Strange Fruit (Original screenplay for the 1979 short film, actor Charles Hutchins' working copy)
- N.p.: N.p., 1978
N.p.: N.p., 1978. Revised Draft script for the 1979 short film. Copy belonging to uncredited actor Charles Hutchins, with his name and role ("The Court Clerk") in manuscript ink on the title page, and his annotations in manuscript ink indicating scenes on three pages.
The first film adaptation of the 1944 novel by Lillian Smith, about a Black painter in 1940s Georgia whose attempt to register to vote culminates in his murder by a lynch mob. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Short Film.
Set in Georgia.
Self wrappers. Title page present, dated Feb. 20, 1978, noted as Revised Draft, with credits for screenwriter Stephen B. Katz, director Seth Pinsker, and novelist Lillian Smith. 36 leaves, with last page of text numbered 33. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Very Good plus, lightly edgeworn, partially bound at the top left corner with three staples.
The first film adaptation of the 1944 novel by Lillian Smith, about a Black painter in 1940s Georgia whose attempt to register to vote culminates in his murder by a lynch mob. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Short Film.
Set in Georgia.
Self wrappers. Title page present, dated Feb. 20, 1978, noted as Revised Draft, with credits for screenwriter Stephen B. Katz, director Seth Pinsker, and novelist Lillian Smith. 36 leaves, with last page of text numbered 33. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Very Good plus, lightly edgeworn, partially bound at the top left corner with three staples.