Mel Dinelli Screenwriter (3 results)
The Spiral Staircase (Original post-production script for the 1961 re-release of the 1945 film)
Ethel Lina White (novel); Robert Siodmak (director); Mel Dinelli (screenwriter); Dorothy McGuire, George Brent, Ethel Barrymore, Rhonda Fleming, Elsa Lanchester (starring)
Published by Selznick International / RKO Radio Pictures, Culver City, CA 1961
- Softcover
- Manuscript
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.Royal Books, Inc., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerCombined 16mm Continuity script for the 1961 re-release of the 1946 film. Based on the 1933 novel by Ethel Lina White. A mute woman lives in a small town in Vermont where a serial killer is targeting vulnerable women. Set in Vermont, shot on location in Detroit, MI. Green titled wrappers, with back wrapper missing, noted as Comb…ined 16mm Continuity on the front wrapper, dated May 9th, 1961. 85 leaves, with last page of text numbered 7. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound with two staples along the top edge.
Trent's Last Case (Original screenplay for the 1952 film)
Herbert Wilcox (director); Pamela Bower (screenwriter); Mel Dinelli (screenwriter, uncredited); E.C. Bentley (novel); Michael Wilding, Margaret Lockwood, Orson Welles (starring)
Published by Republic Pictures, Los Angeles 1947
- Softcover
- Manuscript
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.Royal Books, Inc., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerFirst Draft script for the 1952 film. The script's development history began in the US with Vanguard Films and this draft by Dinelli, and was ultimately produced by Republic Pictures in conjunction with Herbert Wilcox Productions in the UK. Script credit was ultimately given to Pamela Bower. Based on the 1913 novel by E. C. Bent…ley. A reporter is assigned to cover the case of an international businessman in town who was found dead. He poses as a member of the family to gain access to the businessman's house and information from the lead detective on the case who suspects the death was a suicide. Set in Hampshire, England. Blue titled wrappers, noted as First Draft on the front wrapper, rubber-stamped copy No. 12, dated May 22, 1947, with credits for novelist E.C. Bentley and screenwriter Mel Dinelli. Distribution page present, with receipt intact. 110 leaves, with last page of text numbered 109. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound internally with three silver brads.
Lizzie (Original photograph from the 1957 film)
Hugo Haas (director, starring); Shirley Jackson (novel); Mel Dinelli (screenwriter); Eleanor Parker, Richard Boone, Joan Blondell (starring)
Published by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], Beverly Hills, CA 1957
- Photo
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.Royal Books, Inc., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerVintage studio still photograph from the 1957 film, showing actors Eleanor Parker and Richard Boone. Based on the 1954 novel "The Bird's Nest" by Shirley Jackson, about a young woman with dissociative identity disorder who undergoes hypnosis therapy. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.
