The Mighty Barnum: A Screen Play
Published by Covici Friede, New York, 1934
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: The Accidental Bookseller, IOBA, FABA, Boca Raton, FL, U.S.A.The Accidental Bookseller, IOBA, FABA
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Condition: Used - Very good
£ 153.79
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New York: Covici Friede, 1934. First edition, a photoplay edition. Inscribed "from Zanuck's undertaker" by Fowler to Richard Watts, motion picture critic for the New York Herald. Signed and dated in the month prior to the movie's release. Producer and co-founder of 20th Century Fox movie studio, Darryl Zanuck was known for his hands-on approach, often overseeing scripts, ordering cuts, and working closely with writers. A contemporary article in The New Yorker reported that while writing the script for "The Great Barnum," Fowler had a two-hour conversation on Barnum with Zanuck. "I can't remember a word of this," Fowler complained, so Zanuck used his dictaphone to turn the conversation into a 30,000-word draft by the next morning. From the dust wrapper: The Mighty Barnum "is the first full-length scenario for an actual talking picture production to be published in book form". According to Time Magazine, "[t]he idea is credited to Publisher Pascal Covici of Covici, Friede. Visiting Hollywood last summer he watched the filming of The Mighty Barnum with his good friend, Author Gene Fowler. Publisher Covici secured rights to print the script of The Mighty Barnum in book form. The producers. Twentieth Century Pictures, Inc., asked nothing but the publicity from simultaneous release of book and film. Author Fowler and Co-Author Bess Meredyth were to split 15% of the gross sales. Not to be confused with drug-store novelized editions of cinemas. The Mighty Barnum is the first film script published and sold as a book. Price: $2.00. It is complete with stage directions, camera & sound details, author's notes." Corners scuffed, slight fraying to top spine, otherwise a solid very good copy retaining the brightness of its original orange color and green titles. Very good dust wrapper edges a little rubbed, spine toned, corners clipped but $2.00 price intact.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- The Mighty Barnum: A Screen Play
- Author
- Fowler, Gene & Meredyth, Bess
- Publisher
- Covici Friede, New York
- Publication year
- 1934
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Signed
- Inscribed by Author(s)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Edition
- First.
- Printing
- 1st Printing
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All first editions are also first printings unless otherwise noted. We specialize in Uncommon Copies of Interesting Books and have a small, select stock with focus areas in signed books; modern first editions & poetry; economics; American history; scholarly books. Our grading standards are conservative and all defects are described. Photos are also an integral component of the description, and we attempt to include shots from multiple angles to provide a complete view of the book. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA), an international trade association founded in 1999 for the purpose of ensuring the preservation of traditional bookselling values in the face of rapid developments in the world of online bookselling. We are located in Boca Raton, South Florida. If you're local or visiting, feel free to make an appointment to view our inventory in person. You can contact us at theaccidentalbookseller@gmail.com.…
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