Brother John [Kane] (Original screenplay for the 1971 film)
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- Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1970
Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1970. Draft script for the 1971 film, here under the working title "Kane." Copy belonging to actor Bradford Dillman, with his stamp to the title page, and his manuscript ink annotations throughout. Laid in with the script are two manuscript pages with Dillman's notes on blocking for various scenes, and two gatherings of cast and crew contact information.
A mysterious African American man returns to his hometown for a funeral and is suspected by the police and district attorney of being a union organizer. His aging family doctor, however, knows the man holds a larger, more meaningful purpose in the world.
Set in Alabama, shot on location in Marysville, California.
Blue titled wrappers, dated January 30, 1970, noted as production No. 8981. Title page present, dated January 30, 1970, with credits for director James Goldstone and screenwriter Ernest Kinoy. 141 leaves, with last page of text numbered 140. Mimeograph duplication on eye-rest green stock, rectos only, with rainbow revision pages throughout, dated variously between February 11, 1970 and March 4, 1970. Pages and wrapper Near Fine, bound with two gold brads.
A mysterious African American man returns to his hometown for a funeral and is suspected by the police and district attorney of being a union organizer. His aging family doctor, however, knows the man holds a larger, more meaningful purpose in the world.
Set in Alabama, shot on location in Marysville, California.
Blue titled wrappers, dated January 30, 1970, noted as production No. 8981. Title page present, dated January 30, 1970, with credits for director James Goldstone and screenwriter Ernest Kinoy. 141 leaves, with last page of text numbered 140. Mimeograph duplication on eye-rest green stock, rectos only, with rainbow revision pages throughout, dated variously between February 11, 1970 and March 4, 1970. Pages and wrapper Near Fine, bound with two gold brads.