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Kiss Them for Me (Original screenplay for the 1957 film, presentation copy belonging to producer Jerry Wald)
by Cary Grant, Jayne Mansfield, Suzy Parker, Leif Erickson (starring); Stanley Donen (director); Julius Epstein (screenwriter); Luther Davis (play); Frederic Wakeman Sr. (novel)
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About This Item
N.p.: N.p., 1957. Revised Final script for the 1957 film. Presentation copy belonging to producer Jerry Wald, with his name in gilt on the spine. Eight reference photographs from the film bound in variously among the script pages.
Jerry Wald is best remembered for his long and successful association with Warner Brothers as both a screenwriter and producer of a number of notable films, including "Mildred Pierce" (1945), "Humoresque" (1946), "Key Largo" (1948), and "Flamingo Road" (1949). In the 1950s he moved to Twentieth Century-Fox, and was the producer there for "An Affair to Remember" (1957), "Peyton Place" (1957), and "Sons and Lovers" (1960).
Based on the 1945 Broadway play by Luther Davis, in turn based on Frederic Wakeman's 1944 novel "Shore Leave." Three Naval pilots on a four-day leave in San Francisco attempt to ignore the distant call of war, instead drinking, dancing, and seducing local women.
Set and shot on location in San Francisco.
Bound in light blue cloth with navy quarter leather binding, with five raised bands and gilt titles on the spine. Title page present, dated April 5, 1957, noted as Revised Final, with credits for screenwriter Julius Epstein, director Stanley Donen, novelist Frederic Wakeman, and playwright Luther Davis. 158 leaves, with last page of text numbered 143. Mimeograph duplication on eye-rest green stock, rectos only, with blue revision pages throughout, dated variously between 4/25/57 and 5/3/57. Pages Near Fine, binding Near Fine.
Jerry Wald is best remembered for his long and successful association with Warner Brothers as both a screenwriter and producer of a number of notable films, including "Mildred Pierce" (1945), "Humoresque" (1946), "Key Largo" (1948), and "Flamingo Road" (1949). In the 1950s he moved to Twentieth Century-Fox, and was the producer there for "An Affair to Remember" (1957), "Peyton Place" (1957), and "Sons and Lovers" (1960).
Based on the 1945 Broadway play by Luther Davis, in turn based on Frederic Wakeman's 1944 novel "Shore Leave." Three Naval pilots on a four-day leave in San Francisco attempt to ignore the distant call of war, instead drinking, dancing, and seducing local women.
Set and shot on location in San Francisco.
Bound in light blue cloth with navy quarter leather binding, with five raised bands and gilt titles on the spine. Title page present, dated April 5, 1957, noted as Revised Final, with credits for screenwriter Julius Epstein, director Stanley Donen, novelist Frederic Wakeman, and playwright Luther Davis. 158 leaves, with last page of text numbered 143. Mimeograph duplication on eye-rest green stock, rectos only, with blue revision pages throughout, dated variously between 4/25/57 and 5/3/57. Pages Near Fine, binding Near Fine.
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- Royal Books, Inc.
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 161357
- Title
- Kiss Them for Me (Original screenplay for the 1957 film, presentation copy belonging to producer Jerry Wald)
- Author
- Cary Grant, Jayne Mansfield, Suzy Parker, Leif Erickson (starring); Stanley Donen (director); Julius Epstein (screenwriter); Luther Davis (play); Frederic Wakeman Sr. (novel)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- N.p.
- Place of Publication
- N.p.
- Date Published
- 1957
- Keywords
- Film Scripts | Presentation Scripts | 1950s Cinema | US Navy | Romance | Films Based on Plays | Films with Literary Sources | Producers
- Bookseller catalogs
- Film Scripts; Films with Literary Sources; US Navy; 1950s Cinema; Producers;
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