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A third revised final draft of the screenplay of Citizen Kane
25 November 2013, 13:00 EST
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A third revised final draft of the screenplay of Citizen Kane
Mimeographed Manuscript, 156 pp, with RKO Radio Pictures Stenographic Department title page marked "3rd Revised Final 7/16/40," in blue RKO wraps additionally stamped "3rd Revised Final ... copy #124" and also noting changes through July 19, 1940, mild toning and staining to leaves, mild dampstaining to lower wrap, stain (spilled white-out?) to upper wrap. In custom clamshell box.
Provenance: Serendipity Books; the Richard Manney Collection.
A good copy of the greatest script in cinema history. The blue revision pages bound in near the end of the script are dated July 19, 1940, and comprise the Everglades picnic scene. An unusual feature: the pages for the "News Digest" sequence near the beginning of the film are bound recto-verso, like a traditional book, rather than recto-recto, as normal scripts (and indeed, the rest of this script) appear. Also, no writing credit appears on the cover or title page.
The script for Citizen Kane took 4 drafts to reach the "final" stage, and then 3 drafts beyond that, this copy being one of the third revised final drafts, and the last in the process.
Provenance: Serendipity Books; the Richard Manney Collection.
A good copy of the greatest script in cinema history. The blue revision pages bound in near the end of the script are dated July 19, 1940, and comprise the Everglades picnic scene. An unusual feature: the pages for the "News Digest" sequence near the beginning of the film are bound recto-verso, like a traditional book, rather than recto-recto, as normal scripts (and indeed, the rest of this script) appear. Also, no writing credit appears on the cover or title page.
The script for Citizen Kane took 4 drafts to reach the "final" stage, and then 3 drafts beyond that, this copy being one of the third revised final drafts, and the last in the process.
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