Robert nathan novel (5 resultados)

Dialogue Cutting Continuity script for the 1949 film. Based on the 1940 novella by Robert Nathan. A struggling artist sells one of his paintings to a very strange woman in Central Park. He notices that she seems to have a different relationship to linear time than he and everyone else does. "Portrait of Jennie" was painstakingly developed by Selznick International and then released under the auspices of Vanguard Pictures (to whom Selznick International was sold). Set in New York City, shot on location in New York City, New York and Boston, Massachusetts. Light blue titled wrappers, noted as Dialogue Cutting Continuity on the front wrapper, dated Jan. 11, 1949. 5 leaves, with last page of text numbered 5. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound with two staples along the top edge. …

Vintage reference photograph from the 1948 film, showing actors Mae Marsh, John Wayne, Ward Bond, and Ben Johnson. Based on the 1913 novel, following three outlaws who discover a dying woman and her infant stranded in the desert. Director John Ford had previously adapted the novel for film with "Marked Men" in 1919. Set in Arizona, shot on location in Mojave and Cantil, California. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. Pitts 4360.…

Revised First Draft script for an unproduced film. Based on screenwriter Josef Shaftel's experiences working as a newspaper correspondent in 1948 in the Middle East during the Arab-Israeli conflict, during which time he falls in love with a Jewish refugee and gradually becomes sympathetic to the Zionist cause. Shaftel's story was also the basis for a 1962 novel by Robert Nathan. Set in Rome, Israel, and Palestine. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present, dated JUNE 5, 1978, noted as REVISED FIRST DRAFT, with credits for screenwriter JOSEF SHAFTEL. 125 leaves, with last page of text numbered 133. Xerographic duplication, rectos only, with undated yellow revision pages throughout. Pages Very Good plus, wrapper Very Good plus, with a small dampstain affecting the front wrapper and lower page edge, bound with two gold brads.…

Vintage reference photograph from the 1950 film, showing actors Esther Williams and Howard Keel. Censorship stamp on the verso. Based on William S. Stone's 1946 novel "Tahiti Landfall." A Tahitian woman with a dream of living in the US falls in love with a visiting schoolteacher from Ohio. Shot on location in Hawaii. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, with creasing and pinholes at the corners.…

Softcover. Condición: Near Fine. A collection of 16 items relating to the 1948 Selznick film adaptation of Robert Nathan's 1940 novel *Portrait of Jennie*, consisting of twelve mimeographed typescripts, three typescript carbon copies, and one mimeographed circular letter. Quarto and large quarto. Most scripts are brad bound, two are stapled, with mimeographed covers. A few brads have some light rust, one large quarto has a few short tears at the cover edges, near fine. One of the great melodramas directed by William Dieterle and starring Jennifer Jones as the ghostly muse of Joseph Cotton, also featuring Ethel Barrymore and Lillian Gish. Final credits for the screenplay included Leonardo Bercovici (adaptation), Peter Berneis and Paul Osborn. Highlights from the collection include two treatments (of the first and "2nd Typing" dated May 18 and July 16, 1946), together with four screenplays attributed solely to Berneis, consisting of the "First Temporary Draft" (October 29, 1946), "Final Shooting Script" (January 24, 1947), "Revised Final Shooting Script" (February 4, 1947), and one additional copy "Revised March 12, 1947". Also included are three variant draft screenplays attributed solely to Osborn (each issued with a different date in June, 1947); an undated 3pp. synopsis from Paul MacNamara, Director of Publicity; a script of "Retakes, Added Scenes, Narration, Wild Lines" from June 26, 1948; a combined continuity script prepared by Sidney G. Samuels from March, 1949; and a later "Combined 16mm Continuity on Portrait of Jennie" from May 16, 1961. A comprehensive accumulation of detailed primary source material for the film. A detailed list of all 16 items is available. …