BIB_ID
91255
Accession number
MA 8692
Creator
Goodrich, Frances, screenwriter.
Display Date
New York, New York, 1938 February 7.
Credit line
The Carter Burden Collection of American Literature.
Description
1 item (211 pages), bound ; 27.9 x 21.6 cm
Notes
Typescript of a screenplay for the 1939 American film, the third of six in the Thin Man series. It stars William Powell and Myrna Loy as Nick and Nora Charles, and is based on the writings of Dashiell Hammett's "The Farewell Murder." The film was originally promoted in the United States under the title of Return of the Thin Man, and was followed by Shadow of the Thin Man (1941). Screenplay by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett. The movie was released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1939.
Typed on front wrapper: "This script is the property of LOEW'S INCORPORATED. No one is authorized to dispose of the same."
Typed on front wrapper: "Original from which copied - Feb.7,1938."
Stamped "Vault Copy" on front wrapper.
Extensively marked and corrected in unknown hand in various colored inks and pencils throughout.
Typed on front wrapper: "This script is the property of LOEW'S INCORPORATED. No one is authorized to dispose of the same."
Typed on front wrapper: "Original from which copied - Feb.7,1938."
Stamped "Vault Copy" on front wrapper.
Extensively marked and corrected in unknown hand in various colored inks and pencils throughout.
Provenance
Carter Burden.
Housed in
Red cloth drop-spine box (30 cm)
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