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Nunnally Johnson scripts
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Johnson, Nunnally |
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Dates: |
1933-1974 |
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The collection consists of Nunnally Johnson's scripts for many different productions. These include a screenplay for The Three
Faces of Eve (1956), a playscript for Holly (1966), Henry, Sweet Henry (1967), and a teleplay for The Grapes of Wrath (1974),
written by Christopher Knopf and based on Johnson's screenplay for the 1940 film version of John Steinbeck's novel. Holly
is an adaptation of Truman Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's, and the collection contains an early draft and final draft of
the play. Knopf's version of The Grapes of Wrath was never produced. The Frontiersmen is a first draft for an unproduced film.
Two drafts for Alias the Cat were unproduced TV scripts. Scripts for unproduced films Stag at Bay , The Visit (c.1960), The
$100,000,000 Snatch, Scuba Duba (1968), The Wandering Jew (1957), and film screenplays for Phone Call from a Stranger (1951),
The Moon is Down (1942), My Cousin Rachel (1952), The Keys to the Kingdom (1944), and a copy of executive producer Darryl
F. Zanuck's copy of Banjo on my Knee (1936) are also included.
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ms3845 |
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Hargrett Library |
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WUSA movie script
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Stone, Robert, 1937- |
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Dates: |
1969 |
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The collection consists of the final draft of the script, dated 20 January, 1969, with changes keyed by different colored
paper and listing shooting dates for scenes, and two still photographs from the production.
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ms1021 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Nunnally Johnson letters
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Johnson, Nunnally |
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Dates: |
1946-1977 |
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The collection consists of correspondence written by Nunnally Johnson, clippings and other documents. The earliest letter,
dating from December 1946 (only "Tuesday" appears in the heading), is written on Johnson's personalized stationery and addressed
to movie columnist Louella Davis. Johnson discusses the Christmas party he hosted and thanks Louella for her mention of The
Dark Mirror in Cosmopolitan. Two of the letters, both from April 1952, are written to director George Cukor regarding the
casting and filming of Daphne du Maurier's My Cousin Rachel. Another letter, dated January 22, 1958, is written to Jimmy Starr
concerning the Academy Awards and Joanne Woodward. There is a series of personal letters between Johnson and his friend, director,
and author Robert Parrish from the 1970s. There is a also a letter to Leon Jaworski, U. S. Special Prosecutor during Watergate,
in which Johnson gives his opions on a suitable punishment for President Nixon.
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ms3372 |
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Hargrett Library |
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