Editing notebook for the film Roseland : autograph manuscript.

Spiral-bound notebook of 80 leaves (most with text on both recto and verso) containing James Ivory's notes made while editing the film Roseland (written by and based on three stories by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala). Upper cover is labeled in James Ivory's hand "March 1, 1977 Roseland" and the notebook includes dates through June.
Probable location of production inferred from contents of the notebook and relationship to the screenplay for Roseland (MA 9269).
The screenplay for Roseland was written by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. The film was directed by James Ivory and produced by Ismail Merchant for Merchant Ivory Productions; it was first released in the United States on 2 October 1977.
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.