Verlag: Columbia Pictures, Culver City, CA, 1950
Anbieter: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, USA
Manuskript / Papierantiquität
First Estimating Script for the 1950 film. Released in the US under the title "The Lady and the Bandit." Based on the 1927 poem by Alfred Noyes, about the 18th century highwayman Dick Turpin. Louis Hayward stars as the highwayman who must ride 200 miles from London to York to save his wife from the gallows. One of two 1951 films based on the Noyes' poem, released one day apart, the other being "The Highwayman," directed by Lesley Selander and starring Philip Fiend. Titled blue wrappers, noted as 1st Estimating Script on the front wrapper, dated June 16, 1950. Title page present, dated June 16, 1950, noted as FIRST ESTIMATING SCRIPT, with credits for screenwriters Robert Libott and Frank Burt. 133 leaves, with last page of text numbered 132. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good, with front wrapper with splashing, light soiling, and foxing at the extremities, bound with two gold brads.