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The Europeans : typescript of a screenplay / adapted from the novel by Henry James by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala and James Ivory.

BIB_ID
414436
Accession number
MA 9273
Creator
Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer, 1927-2013, screenwriter.
Display Date
New York, New York, 1978-1978.
Credit line
Gift of James Ivory, 2017.
Description
1 item (approximately 90 leaves), bound ; 27.8 x 21.5 cm
Notes
Shooting script of 87 leaves (typed on the rectos and with many with typed or handwritten additions on the versos and with a few additional leaves loosely inserted) heavily annotated by James Ivory. Title page includes the address for Merchant Ivory Productions in New York and is dated "Sept. 11, 1978."
With a note in James Ivory's hand adhered to the title page: ""The Europeans" Original Script 1977 addl. scenes."
The Europeans was directed by James Ivory and produced by Ismail Merchant for Merchant Ivory Productions; it premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May 1979 and was released in the United States on 2 October 1979.
Part of a collection of film director James Ivory's heavily annotated shooting scripts, editing notebooks, and small scripts. Each of the thirty-one films he directed for Merchant Ivory Productions is represented in the collection, beginning with the production company's first film, The Householder (1963), and including, among others, The Europeans (1979), A Room with A View (1985), Howards End (1992), The Remains of the Day (1993), The Golden Bowl (2000), and The City of Your Final Destination (2010). The collection also includes two films directed by Ivory's partner, Ismail Merchant (In Custody (1994) and The Mystic Masseur (2002)). Items in the collection have been cataloged individually; see collection-level record for more information.
Provenance
Gift of James Ivory, 2017.