George Bernard Shaw SHEWING-UP OF BLANCO POSNET Original screenplay 1962 #146393

Description

The Shewing-Up of Blanco Posnet (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
Author:
George Bernard Shaw (playwright); Henry Myers (screenwriter);
Title:
The Shewing-Up of Blanco Posnet (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
Publication:
New York London: Louis De Rochemont Associates / Grand Prize Films, 1962
Description:
Draft script for an unproduced film.
Based on the 1909 one-act play. Blanco Posnet, a drunkard in a small Western town, faces hanging for stealing the sheriff's horse, but the situation grows complicated when the jury learns that Posnet gave the horse to a woman carrying her dying child to the doctor, in spite of the knowledge that he would be more easily caught on foot. The play was banned in its day for its blasphemous discussion of the subjectivity of good and evil, and adapted decades later by prolific screenwriter and lyricist Henry Myers who was known for "Destry Rides Again" (1939) and "Hey, Rookie" (1944).
Self wrappers. Title page integral with front wrapper, dated October 15, 1962, with credits for screenwriter Henry Myers and playwright G. Bernard Shaw. 111 leaves, with last page of text numbered 110. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, bound with three gold brads.
Seller ID:
146393
Subject:
1960s Cinema, Film Scripts, Films Based on Plays, Unproduced Films
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