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Bermuda Mystery [Murder in Bermuda] (Original screenplay for the 1944 film)
by Benjamin Stoloff (director); W. Scott Darling (screenwriter); Preston Foster, Ann Rutherford, Charles Butterworth, Helene Reynolds (starring)
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About This Item
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1943. Revised Final Draft script for the 1944 film, "Bermuda Mystery," here under the working title, "Murder in Bermuda."
A comedic mystery based on a story by John Larkin. Constance Martin (Rutherford) is convinced that her uncle's death in Bermuda was a murder. The authorities in Bermuda declare he died of natural causes, so Connie travels to New York to inform her uncles WWI buddies, who have all cashed in their collective "death pool." In New York, Connie hires Steve Carramond (Foster) to help her investigate the death, despite the fact he's set to get married the next day.
Set briefly in Bermuda, mostly in New York.
Blue titled wrappers, noted as FINAL on the front wrapper, rubber-stamped copy No. 8 and production No. 997, dated Dec. 16, 1943. Distribution page present, with receipt intact. Title page present, dated December 16, 1943, noted as Final Script, with a credit for screenwriter Darling. 123 leaves, with last page of text numbered 118. Mimeograph duplication, with blue revision pages throughout, dated 12/17/43. Pages and wrapper Near Fine, bound internally with two gold brads.
A comedic mystery based on a story by John Larkin. Constance Martin (Rutherford) is convinced that her uncle's death in Bermuda was a murder. The authorities in Bermuda declare he died of natural causes, so Connie travels to New York to inform her uncles WWI buddies, who have all cashed in their collective "death pool." In New York, Connie hires Steve Carramond (Foster) to help her investigate the death, despite the fact he's set to get married the next day.
Set briefly in Bermuda, mostly in New York.
Blue titled wrappers, noted as FINAL on the front wrapper, rubber-stamped copy No. 8 and production No. 997, dated Dec. 16, 1943. Distribution page present, with receipt intact. Title page present, dated December 16, 1943, noted as Final Script, with a credit for screenwriter Darling. 123 leaves, with last page of text numbered 118. Mimeograph duplication, with blue revision pages throughout, dated 12/17/43. Pages and wrapper Near Fine, bound internally with two gold brads.
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- Royal Books, Inc.
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 136398
- Title
- Bermuda Mystery [Murder in Bermuda] (Original screenplay for the 1944 film)
- Author
- Benjamin Stoloff (director); W. Scott Darling (screenwriter); Preston Foster, Ann Rutherford, Charles Butterworth, Helene Reynolds (starring)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Twentieth Century-Fox
- Place of Publication
- Los Angeles
- Date Published
- 1943
- Keywords
- Film Scripts | 1940s Cinema | Mystery and Crime
- Bookseller catalogs
- Film Scripts; Mystery and Crime; 1940s Cinema;
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