The Dark Side of Innocence [The Hancocks] (Original screenplay for the 1976 television film)

  • Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers Television, 1976
By Anne Archer, John Anderson, Kim Hunter, Joanna Pettet (starring); Jerry Thorpe (director); Barbara Turner (screenwriter)
Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers Television, 1976. Second Revised Draft script for the 1976 television film, which aired on NBC on May 20, 1976, here under the working title "The Hancocks." Copy belonging to unknown crew member "John Linder," with the ink annotation of their name at the top of the front wrapper, along with manuscript marker annotations on 22 pages. 21 pages with the Hancock family tree flow chart printed on the versos.

Anne Archer stars as a frustrated suburban housewife who decides to divorce her husband, causing her daughter, Joanna Pettet, to feel bitterly resentful toward her, and her mother, Kim Hunter, to question her own beliefs about marriage.

Green titled Warner Bros. Television wrappers. Title page present, dated December 11, 1975, noted as Second Revised Draft, with credits for screenwriter Barbara Turner. 198 leaves, with last page of text numbered 96. Xerographic duplication, rectos only, with blue, pink, yellow, green revision pages throughout, dated variously between 12/22/75 and 2/9/76. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, bound internally with two gold brads.

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