Benjamin Stoloff Director (2 results)
More imagesTake it or Leave It (Original screenplay for the 1944 film)
Benjamin Stoloff (director); Mac Benoff, Harold Buchman, Snag Werris (screenwriters); Phil Baker, Edward Ryan, Madge Meredith (starring)
Published by Twentieth Century-Fox, Los Angeles, 1944
- Softcover
- Manuscript / Paper Collectible
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.Royal Books, Inc., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerFinal Draft script for the 1944 film, with name of actor and entertainer Phil Silvers, who played himself in the film, in manuscript pencil on top left of distribution page. Based on the popular radio series "Take It or Leave It" (1940-1949) starring host Phil Baker (which would later become the television game show "The $64,000… Question" [1955-1958]), young sailor Eddie Collins (Edward Ryan) finds out his wife (Madge Meredith) is pregnant while on shore leave and appears on the quiz show to raise money for his wife's obstetrician. Collins chooses "Films" as his category which serves as a framework for a compilation of clips from other Twentieth Century-Fox films. Blue titled wrappers, noted as FINAL on the front wrapper, rubber-stamped copy No. 109 and production No. 988, dated MARCH 9, 1944. Distribution page present, with receipt intact. Title page present, dated March 9, 1944, noted as Final Script, with credits for screenwriter Harold Buchman. 60 leaves, with last page of text numbered 2. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only, with blue revision pages throughout, dated variously between 3/28/44 and 4/20/44. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound internally with two gold brads.
Bermuda Mystery [Murder in Bermuda] (Original screenplay for the 1944 film)
Benjamin Stoloff (director); W. Scott Darling (screenwriter); Preston Foster, Ann Rutherford, Charles Butterworth, Helene Reynolds (starring)
Published by Twentieth Century-Fox, Los Angeles, 1943
- Softcover
- Manuscript / Paper Collectible
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.Royal Books, Inc., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerRevised 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.
