Sidney Carroll Screenwriter (5 results)

Vintage borderless photograph of Jackie Gleason from the 1961 film. Based on the 1959 novel by Walter Tevis, about a small-time pool hustler who challenges a champion for a shot at the big time. Jackie Gleason famously did all of his own billiards shots, while pool legend Willie Mosconi served as a technical advisor and stand in for the other actors. Nominated for nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor, Best Actress, and twice for Best Supporting Actor. Shot on location in New York, including the use of several actual pool halls. 7 x 9 inches. About Near Fine with some shallow light creasing to the corners. National Film Registry. Ebert II. Rosenbaum 1000. Spicer US.…

Revised Draft script for the 1973 television film. Copy belonging to uncredited crew member Ron Muky, with his name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper, and a small manuscript ink annotation noting the number 50 on the first page. Based on Edward Everett Hale's 1865 novel. A naval officer renounces his country and is sentenced to sail indeterminately, never to return to America, and kept unaware of the country's developments. Shot on location in Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New York. Goldenrod titled Studio Duplicating Service wrappers. Title page present, dated August 14, 1972, with credits for screenwriter Carroll. 93 leaves, with last page of text Mechanical duplication, undated throughout, with blue and pink revision pages. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, bound with two gold brads.…

Revision Final script for the 1966 film. Copy belonging to actor Natalie Masters, who played Mrs. Stribling, with her name and role in the film in manuscript ink on the front wrapper, and extensive manuscript annotations throughout. A hapless woman enters into a poker game in order to save her family's earnings from her wayward husband's gambling debts. Set in Laredo, Texas. Goldenrod titled wrappers, noted as REV. FINAL on the front wrapper, rubber-stamped copy No. 49, dated July 9, 1965. Distribution page present, with receipt intact. Title page present, dated 7/9/65, with credits for screenwriter Sidney Carroll. 134 leaves, with last page of text numbered 128. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only, with blue revision pages throughout, dated 7/19/65. Pages Very Good plus, wrapper Very Good plus, bound with two gold brads. Pitts 317.…

Draft script for the 1973 television movie, originally aired on April 24, 1973, on ABC. Production memo and seven-page shooting schedule laid in. An American officer is sentenced to permanent exile from his homeland after being court-martialed for conspiring to attack and annex Mexico with Aaron Burr. Shot on location in Newport, Rhode Island, in Niagara, New York, and in Mystic, Connecticut. Mustard titled Studio Duplicating Service wrappers. Title page present, dated August 14, 1972, with credit for screenwriter Sidney Carroll. 92 leaves, with last page of text numbered 88. Xerographic duplication, rectos only, with undated blue revision pages throughout. Pages Very Good plus, wrapper Very Good plus, moderately edgeworn, with splashes affecting the final ten leaves and rear wrapper, bound with two gold brads.…

Vintage one sheet poster for the 1966 film, with corrected credits at the bottom margin on an affixed label. Adapted from the teleplay "Big Deal in Laredo," written by Sidney Carroll, originally aired on "The DuPont Show of the Week," on NBC, October 7, 1962, starring Walter Matthau, Teresa Wright, and Zachary Scott. Meredith (Henry Fonda), his wife Mary (Joanne Woodward), and their young son are passing through Laredo, Texas during an annual high-stakes poker game, when Meredith decides to buy into the game. After losing all of their family savings he suffers a physical breakdown, prompting the attention of a doctor and for his wife Mary (Joanne Woodward) to take over his hand. Because she has no more money to bet, she takes a loan from the bank based on her hand. Set in Laredo, TX and filmed on location in Flagstaff, AZ. 27 x 41 inches. Folded as issued. Light splitting at bottom crease, else Near Fine. Pitts 317. …