sydney box screenwriter (4 Ergebnisse)

Two vintage photographs from the US release of the 1957 UK film, one studio still photograph and one reference photograph. A man recalls his past and present relationships in order to help another man understand his wife. One 10 x 8 inches, one 9.75 x 7.7x inches. Near Fine.

Draft script for the 1957 British film, copy belonging to Art Director George Provis, with manuscript pencil and ink annotations in his hand throughout, and his name written on the top of revision page 85. George Provis was a British Art Director and Production Designer who began his career working on quota quickies (low budget features made to comply with Britain's Cinematograph Films Act of 1927) in the 1930s. After the Second World War, Provis was appointed by British film producer Sydney Box to head the art department at Gainsborough Pictures, and is credited on over 120 films. Laurence Harvey stars as Sir Humphrey Tavistock, who consoles his son-in-law, Roland Culver, who finds all women impossible to love, with tales of found lovers and lost love. Tall maroon untitled wrappers. Title page present, dated 14.1.57, with credits for screenwriter Muriel Box. 109 leaves, with last page of text numbered 108. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only, with undated green revision pages throughout. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good, bound internally with a prong binding.

Third Draft script for the 1957 British film, copy belonging to Art Director George Provis, with his name written on the titled label on the front wrapper, with manuscript pencil and ink annotations throughout, including rough pencil prop and set sketches on the versos of eight pages. Here under the working title "A Novel Affair," which was used as the title for the US release of the film. Laid in are over 30 production documents including: 17 pages of handwritten Prop Lists, eleven dated from May to July 1956. Two pages of rough pencil sketches including several story boards, with two film clippings attached by paperclip, each containing 3 full frames. Three letters to Provis, two autograph letters signed, dating from May and June, 1956, and one typed letter signed from February 1956. As well as Shooting Schedules, Set Lists, Locations lists, and additional Prop Lists. George Provis was a British Art Director and Production Designer who began his career working on quota quickies (low budget features made to comply with Britain's Cinematograph Films Act of 1927) in the 1930s. After the Second World War, Provis was appointed by British film producer Sydney Box to head the art department at Gainsborough Pictures, and is credited on over 120 films. Novelist Judith Wynter (Margaret Leighton) gets inspiration for her new novel when her wheelchair-bound husband (Ralph Richardson) hires a new Italian chauffeur Carlo(Carlo Giustini). When Carlo reads her lurid tale of adultery and murder the husband mistakenly concludes that she is actually madly in love with Carlo. Green generic file wrappers with a title label, noted as 3rd Draft Screenplay on the title label, dated 23-4-1956. Title page present, noted as Third Draft of Screenplay, with credits for screenwriters Muriel and Sydney Box. 97 leaves, with last page of text numbered 96. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Very Good plus, wrapper Very Good plus, bound internally with a prong binding.

Draft script for the 1959 British film, copy belonging to Art Director George Provis, with manuscript pencil annotations in Provis' hand on six pages. Laid in are over 50 pages of notes, prop requirements, and original set drawings, as well as a three-page Unit List, three carbon-typescript copy pages listing props, and a 1959 typed letter signed to Provis from J. Crichton Slagg of Anglo-Scottish Pictures Limited regarding matte painting for the film. Provenance available upon request. George Provis was a British Art Director and Production Designer who began his career working on quota quickies (low budget features made to comply with Britain's Cinematograph Films Act of 1927) in the 1930s. After the Second World War, Provis was appointed by British film producer Sydney Box to head the art department at Gainsborough Pictures, and is credited on over 120 films. Based on the 1944 play "Pick-Up Girl" by Elsa Shelley. A New York juvenile court judge (Thomas MItchell) hears a case of a 15 year-old girl (Pauline Hehn) caught with a 47 year-old man, and reveals in flashback the girl's neglectful parents and her life's downward-spiral which lead to prostitution and abortion. A rather troubling time capsule of victim blaming and the social and sexual politics of the 1950s, wherein the casualty of pedophelia is on trial with nary a accusation leveled at of the perpetrator of the crime. More so disturbing as the film was directed and co-written by a woman, Muriel Box, and based on a play by a woman, Elsa Shelley. Tall maroon untitled wrappers with a die-cut window in the British style. Title page present, with credits for playwright Elsa Shelley. 99 leaves, with last page of text numbered 98. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound internally with three flat metal brads. Script and laid-in materials Near Fine overall.