Earl Hamner Screenwriter (2 results)
More imagesPublished by Twentieth Century-Fox Television, Los Angeles 1964
- Softcover
- Manuscript
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.Royal Books, Inc., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerFirst Draft script for the pilot episode of the 1965-1966 television series, which originally aired on September 16, 1965 on ABC. Based on the 1958 film directed by Martin Ritt, which was in turn based on the 1931 novella "Spotted Horses," the 1939 short story "Barn Burning," and the 1940 novel "The Hamlet" by William Faulkner.…The series followed the Varners, a wealthy Mississippi family whose patriarch is forced to confront the newly arrived young son of his former rival, who challenges the Varners' control over the town. Set in the fictitious town of Frenchman's Bend, Mississippi. Red titled wrappers, noted as FIRST DRAFT on the front wrapper, dated October 7, 1964. Title page present, dated October 7, 1964, noted as FIRST DRAFT, with credits for screenwriter Earl Hamner, film screenwriters Irving Ravetch and Harriet Frank Jr., and story and novel credits to William Faulkner. 63 leaves, with last page of text numbered 58. Multilith duplication on eye-rest green stock, rectos only, with blue, pink, green, and yellow revision pages throughout, dated variously between 12/3/64 and 12/21/64. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound with two gold brads.
More imagesPublished by Radnitz / Mattel Productions, Studio City, CA 1972
- Manuscript
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.Royal Books, Inc., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerRevised Draft script for the 1974 film. Based on the 1969 novel by Bill and Vera Cleaver. After the death of their widowed father, four children decide to conceal his passing from the outside world in order to avoid being separated in the foster system. Soundtrack by Earl Scruggs. Set in the mountains of North Carolina, shot on…location in Boone, Blowing Rock, West Jefferson, Lansing, Elk Park, and Banner Elk, North Carolina. Tan titled front wrapper, lacking the rear wrapper, with annotation in manuscript ink noting copy No. 69. Title page present, dated April 3, 1972, noted as REVISED DRAFT, with credits for the Cleavers and screenwriter Earl Hamner. 117 leaves, with last page of text numbered 112. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only, with blue revision pages throughout, dated 4/3/72. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good, bound with two gold brads.
