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Turnabout : William Faulkner's second version. Synopsis of scene sequences and their content : carbon typescript, 1932 Oct. 18.

BIB_ID
381864
Accession number
MA 6089.4
Display Date
1932 Oct. 18.
Credit line
Gift of the Family of Carter Burden.
Description
1 item (6 p.), unbound ; 27.8 cm
Notes
Based on Faulkner's short story, "Turnabout" (which was published in the Saturday Evening Post on Mar. 5, 1932). The movie version, which was ultimately called "Today We Live," was directed by Howard Hawks.
Part of a collection of material related to Faulkner's "Turn About" that includes two mimeographed typescripts, two typescripts of a "Synopsis of Scene Sequences and their Content," and a typescript by Dwight Taylor of "Notes on Final Faulkner Script of 'Turn About'"; the five items are described in separate records; see MA 6089 for more details.
Stapled in the upper left corner.
Provenance
The Carter Burden Collection of American Literature.
Summary
A synopsis of the scenes in Faulkner's second version of "Turn About"; item is stamped "file copy," "vault copy," and "1927" and has "D. Taylor" written in pencil in the upper right corner.