Ethel Lina White SPIRAL STAIRCASE SOME MUST WATCH Original screenplay #129230

Description

The Spiral Staircase [Some Must Watch] (Original screenplay for the 1945 film)
Author:
Ethel Lina White (author); Robert Siodmak (director); Mel Dinelli (screenwriter); Dorothy McGuire, George Brent, Ethel Barrymore, Rhonda Fleming, Elsa Lanchester (starring)
Title:
The Spiral Staircase [Some Must Watch] (Original screenplay for the 1945 film)
Publication:
Culver City, CA: Selznick International Pictures / RKO Radio Pictures, 1945
Description:
Early Treatment script for the 1945 film, here under its working title, "Some Must Watch." An early treatment by Mel Dinelli, basically a sketch of what would become a much more developed screenplay, offering significant insight into the early development process.
Based on the 1933 novel "Some Must Watch" by Ethel Lina White. One of the best "old dark house" noirs, with Hitchcockian touches both in terms of being a thriller and in terms of multiple insidious characters, all placed in the expert care of Robert Siodmak.
Blue titled wrappers, with a credit for screenwriter Dinelli and dated January 20, 1945. Title page integral with the first page of the script. 19 leaves, mimeograph duplication. Pages and wrapper Near Fine, small rust stain from an old paper clip, bound with three silver brads.
Hardy, The BFI Companion to Crime. Neibaur 806. Selby US. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US.
Seller ID:
129230
Subject:
1940s Cinema, Film Noir, Film Scripts, Film Treatment, Films with Literary Sources, Mystery and Crime
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