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The Golden Age of Hollywood
Lot 214

Joseph L. Mankiewicz's handwritten first draft of the All About Eve screenplay

14 May 2019, 13:00 PDT
Los Angeles

US$20,000 - US$30,000

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Joseph L. Mankiewicz's handwritten first draft of the All About Eve screenplay

Autograph Manuscript in pencil, 285 pp, 4to, [Los Angeles], fall 1949, the original handwritten first draft of the All about Eve screenplay housed in 6 separate spiral bound notebooks (the first a "Standard Combination Theme and Note Book," the rest are "Golden West" theme books), paginated thus: #1, 1-46; #2, 47-96; #3, 97-146; #4, 147-196; #5, 197-246; #6, 247-285. Each notebook with handwritten title and number on applied paper label.

Written soon after the completion of the previous lot, this manuscript represents the first full draft of All About Eve in screenplay format. The film opens in the dining hall of the Sarah Siddons society, followed by a close-up of the award statuette and Addison de Witt's snarky voice-over commentary about the proceedings, Margo Channing, and of course, all about Eve Harrington.
Mankiewicz wrote All About Eve entirely in longhand, turning these notebooks over to a typist to produce the next lot.

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