Little Big Shot (Original screenplay for the 1935 film, presentation copy belonging to screenwriter Jerry Wald)

  • N.p.: N.p., 1935
By Sybil Jason, Glenda Farrell, , Edward Everett Horton, Jack La Rue, J. Carrol Naish, Robert Armstrong (starring); Michael Curtiz (director); Jerry Wald, Julius J. Epstein, Hardy Andrews (screenwriters)
N.p.: N.p., 1935. Final script for the 1935 film. Specially bound copy belonging to screenwriter Jerry Wald, with his name in gilt on the front board.

Jerry Wald is best remembered for his long and successful association with Warner Brothers as both a screenwriter and producer of a number of notable films, including "Mildred Pierce" (1945), "Humoresque" (1946), "Key Largo" (1948), and "Flamingo Road" (1949). In the 1950s he moved to Twentieth Century-Fox, and was the producer there for "An Affair to Remember" (1957), "Peyton Place" (1957), and "Sons and Lovers" (1960).

After her parents are murdered by mobsters, a young girl endears herself to her newfound caretakers, a pair of kindhearted, small-time confidence men.

Set in New York.

Bound in full red leather, with gilt titles on the front board and spine. Distribution page present, stamped copy No. 95 and noted as Final, with receipt intact. Title page present, dated 5/14/35, with credits for screenwriters Robert Andrews, Julius J. Epstein, and Jerry Wald. 125 leaves, with last page of text numbered 122. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, binding Very Good plus, lightly worn at the corners and spine.

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