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A Larry Hagman Dallas script for "A House Divided"
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A Larry Hagman Dallas script for "A House Divided"
Bound in brads with a red cover reading "First Draft," dated February 5, 1980, annotated "Hagman" in pencil in the upper right corner and signed ("Larry Hagman") by the actor in ink, being a partial script for the famous episode in which J.R. Ewing gets shot. Likely given to the actors as a joke, this script contains a title page, a cast list, and a set list, and the beginning of the first scene ("Ext. Ewing Office Building"). It then reads, "From his point on, the Cast will make up their own dialogue as they have been trying to do all season." Hagman has written a few suggested lines for Jock and Ellie below that, and the script is then blank until the last few pages.
After the cliffhanger aired to great acclaim, Hagman took the opportunity to renegotiate his contract with Lorimar, seeking a raise from $15,000 an episode to $100,000. The three pages of notes at the back of this script include Hagman's calculations on the show's profits and what his share should be, comparing it to his friend Carroll O'Connor's then-recently concluded negotiations for All in the Family. Hagman went on to become one of the highest paid stars in television, eventually making $250,000 per episode of Dallas.
8 5/8 x 11 in.
After the cliffhanger aired to great acclaim, Hagman took the opportunity to renegotiate his contract with Lorimar, seeking a raise from $15,000 an episode to $100,000. The three pages of notes at the back of this script include Hagman's calculations on the show's profits and what his share should be, comparing it to his friend Carroll O'Connor's then-recently concluded negotiations for All in the Family. Hagman went on to become one of the highest paid stars in television, eventually making $250,000 per episode of Dallas.
8 5/8 x 11 in.
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