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Three treatments and a screenplay of Angels with Dirty Faces
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Three treatments and a screenplay of Angels with Dirty Faces
Warner Bros., 1938. This lot comprises 5 manuscripts, as follows:
1. Typed Carbon, story treatment by Rowland Brown, 120 pp, 4to, n.p., January 22, 1938, in plain blue wraps bound with brads, some wear.
2. Typed Manuscript, treatment by John Wexley and Warren Duff, based on an original by Rowland Brown, 73 pp, 4to, n.p., n.d., in plain blue wraps bound with brads. WITH: another copy, typed carbon, similarly bound.
3. Typed Carbon, "revised treatment" by Wexley and Duff, 41 00, 4to, n.p., n.d.,in plain blue wraps, staple bound.
4. Mimeographed Manuscript, temporary screenplay of Angeles With Dirty Faces, 192 pp, 4to, Burbank, May 12, 1938, in brown wrappers with Warner Bros. steno department stamp, stamped #64 and with "Warren Duff" penciled to upper cover, light wear.
Provenance: Estate of screenwriter Warren Duff.
A fascinating opportunity to chart the story and character development of one of the greatest of all gangster films. James Cagney plays Rocky and Pat O'Brien Jerry, two childhood friends who grow up on different sides of the law.
1. Typed Carbon, story treatment by Rowland Brown, 120 pp, 4to, n.p., January 22, 1938, in plain blue wraps bound with brads, some wear.
2. Typed Manuscript, treatment by John Wexley and Warren Duff, based on an original by Rowland Brown, 73 pp, 4to, n.p., n.d., in plain blue wraps bound with brads. WITH: another copy, typed carbon, similarly bound.
3. Typed Carbon, "revised treatment" by Wexley and Duff, 41 00, 4to, n.p., n.d.,in plain blue wraps, staple bound.
4. Mimeographed Manuscript, temporary screenplay of Angeles With Dirty Faces, 192 pp, 4to, Burbank, May 12, 1938, in brown wrappers with Warner Bros. steno department stamp, stamped #64 and with "Warren Duff" penciled to upper cover, light wear.
Provenance: Estate of screenwriter Warren Duff.
A fascinating opportunity to chart the story and character development of one of the greatest of all gangster films. James Cagney plays Rocky and Pat O'Brien Jerry, two childhood friends who grow up on different sides of the law.
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