Alfred Hitchcock NORTH BY NORTHWEST Original screenplay for the 1959 #147154

Description

North by Northwest (Original screenplay for the 1959 film belonging to actor Martin Landau)
Author:
Alfred Hitchcock (director); Ernest Lehman (screenwriter); Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason (starring)
Title:
North by Northwest (Original screenplay for the 1959 film belonging to actor Martin Landau)
Publication:
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1958
Description:
Draft script for the 1959 film, belonging to actor Martin Landau with his signature in holograph pencil on top of first page, and annotations in holograph ink and pencil throughout, primarily making note of action and dialogue for Landau's character Leonard.
Martin Landau's second film role, and a memorable early one, as James Mason's sadistic henchman.
Considered to be one of Hitchcock's best films, the last of four the director made with Cary Grant, with a score by Bernard Hermann and a famous title sequence by Saul Bass. Nominated for three Academy Awards, including Best Original Screenplay.
Shot in Hollywood and in various locations across the United States.
Title page integral with first page, dated 8-12-58. 174 leaves, with last page of text numbered 179. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only, with pink revision pages throughout, dated variously between 8-27-58 and 10-27-58. Pages very good plus, with some creasing, chipping, and closed tears to first page and eight 10-27-58 revision pages (which appear to have been originally paper clipped and later bound in.)
National Film Registry. Godard, Histoire(s) du cinema. Grant US. Rosenbaum 1000. Penzler 101.
Seller ID:
147154
Subject:
1950s Cinema, Academy Awards, Actors, Adventure, Film Scripts, Mystery and Crime
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