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The Maltese falcon : typescript of a screenplay / from the novel by Dashielle Hammet ; screen play by John Huston.

BIB_ID
91266
Accession number
MA 8695
Creator
Huston, John, 1906-1987, screenwriter.
Display Date
Burbank, California, 1941 May 26.
Credit line
The Carter Burden Collection of American Literature.
Description
1 item (148 pages), bound ; 28.4 x 21.7 cm
Notes
Typescript for the screenplay for the 1941 film noir written and directed by John Huston in his directorial debut, and based on Dashiell Hammett's 1930 novel of the same name. The film stars Humphrey Bogart and Mary Astor. The film was released by Warner Bros. and premiered on October 3, 1941, in New York City.
Typed on title page: "Producer: Henry Blanke."
Front wrapper stamped "Final," "Important! / Return to / Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. / Story Dept.," and "The Maltese Falcon."
Written in unknown hand on front wrapper: "Wallis" [i.e. Hal Wallis]; signed in ink on front wrapper by Dick [Richard] Widmark.
Provenance
Dick Widmark; Carter Burden.
Housed in
Red cloth drop-spine box (31 cm)