Paddy Chayefsky Signed by Author (1 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Front Innr Flap DJ Original Price $3.50 Intact, Authors 1st Original Screenplay, Yellow & White Dustjacket Design by Ronald Clyne, Preface, HBDJ, 1958, Stated 1st Edition, Hardcover, 8vo, Gray paper-covered boards backed with yellow cloth Spine, in dustjacket, Book is Very Good a touch of bumping and darkening to the spine ends, mild toning to the edges of the text block, otherwise clean and sharp in Very Good- unclipped dustjacket with some shallow wear to the edges, AS-IS, a bump to the crown, and a bit of sunning to the spine Cvr, Interior nice tight clean light wear FOX, DJ light rub, wear tiny Chips Tears Edges, .With the Carefully Tipped-In Signatures of the screenwriter Paddy CHAYEFSKY and a number of the cast members of the film, including star KIM STANLEY - LLOYD BRIDGES - PATTY DUKE - JOYCE VAN PATTEN - WERNER KLEMPERER - STEVEN HILL - & GERALD HIKEN signature is loosely laid in) Chayefsky's take on the Marilyn Monroe phenomenon Small-town girl becomes a screen goddess and lives to regret it a cult classic of Hollywood Babyloniana. Nominated for an Academy Award for his screenplay, Chayefsky had already won an Oscar three years before, for Marty, and would go on to win two more, for The Hospital (1972) and Network (1977). A unique copy, clearly a labor of love for its former owner and apparently years in the making, as evidenced by Patty Duke, who played an 8-year-old in the film, signing her married name. Signed by Author(s).…