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Down to the Sea in Ships (Original screenplay for the 1949 film) by Henry Hathaway (director); John Lee Mahin, Sy Bartlett (screenwriters); Richard Widmark, Lionel Barrymore, Dean Stockwell, Gene Lockhart (starring) - 1948

by Henry Hathaway (director); John Lee Mahin, Sy Bartlett (screenwriters); Richard Widmark, Lionel Barrymore, Dean Stockwell, Gene Lockhart (starring)

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Down to the Sea in Ships (Original screenplay for the 1949 film) by Henry Hathaway (director); John Lee Mahin, Sy Bartlett (screenwriters); Richard Widmark, Lionel Barrymore, Dean Stockwell, Gene Lockhart (starring) - 1948

Down to the Sea in Ships (Original screenplay for the 1949 film)

by Henry Hathaway (director); John Lee Mahin, Sy Bartlett (screenwriters); Richard Widmark, Lionel Barrymore, Dean Stockwell, Gene Lockhart (starring)

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Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1948. Second Revised / First Draft Continuity script for the 1949 film. Production No. 143 and copy No. 7, SECOND REVISED, and RIRST DRAFT CONTINUITY all rubber stamped on front wrapper. Single annotation in script, in holograph pencil, on the verso of page 70 listing three names.

Whaling ship captain Bering Joy (Lionel Barrymore) takes his grandson Jed (Dean Stockwell) along on an expedition, intent on teaching the boy life values, which ensues a battle of wills between the captain and First Mate Lunceford (Richard Widmark).

Set in 19th century Massachusetts, shot on location at Seal Beach, California.

Yellow titled wrappers, noted as SECOND REVISED FIRST DRAFT CONTINUITY on the front wrapper, rubber-stamped copy No. 7 and production No. 143, dated FEBRUARY 10, 1948. Distribution page present, with receipt removed. Title page present, dated February 10, 1948, noted as 2nd Revised / 1st Draft Continuity. 143 leaves, with last page of text numbered 141. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound internally with three gold brads.
  • Seller Royal Books, Inc. US (US)
  • Book Condition Used
  • Quantity Available 1
  • Publisher Twentieth Century-Fox
  • Place of Publication Los Angeles
  • Date Published 1948
  • Keywords Film Scripts | 1940s Cinema | Adventure | Maritime Interest

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Down to the Sea in Ships (Original screenplay for the 1949 film)
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Down to the Sea in Ships (Original screenplay for the 1949 film)

by Henry Hathaway (director); Sy Barlett, John Lee Mahin (screenwriters); Richard Widmark, Lionel Barrymore, Dean Stockwell (starring)

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Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1948. Final Draft script for the 1949 film. Copy belonging to an unknown crew member, with several manuscript pencil annotations on the verso of revision pages. A whaling ship captain takes his grandson along on an expedition, intent on teaching the boy life values, instead engaging in a battle of wills with an unruly first mate. Set in nineteenth-century Massachusetts, shot on location at Seal Beach, California. Blue titled wrappers, dated July 13, 1938, noted as FINAL on the front wrapper, rubber-stamped copy No. 143. Distribution page present, with receipt removed. Title page present, dated July 13, 1948, noted as Final Script. 151 leaves, with last page of text numbered 148. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only, with blue revision pages throughout, dated variously between 8/17/48 and 10/2/48. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, slightly yapped to the fore edges, bound internally with three gold brads.
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