Arnold Laven THE RACK Original screenplay for the 1956 film 1955 #146135

  
The Rack (Original screenplay for the 1956 film). Author: Arnold Laven (director); Stewart Stern (screenwriter); Paul Newman, Wendell Corey, Walter Pidgeon (starring) Title: The Rack (Original screenplay for the 1956 film) Publication: Culver City, CA: MGM, 1955. Description: Composite script for the 1956 film. With occasional copied handwritten annotations throughout, but made from a master, with machine hole punches and no hole shadows, and rainbow revisions throughout.

One of Paul Newman's first starring film appearances, and an early exploration of the horrors of psychological torture and brainwashing-a predecessor to films such as "Time Limit" (1957), "The Manchurian Candidate" (1962), and "Telefon" (1977). Goldenrod titled wrappers, noted as VAULT COPY / COMPOSITE SCRIPT / COMPLETE on the front wrapper, rubber-stamped copy No. 5630, dated 10-25-55, with credits for director Arnold Laven and screenwriter Stewart Stern. 214 leaves, with last page of text numbered 108.

Mimeograph duplication, rectos only, with pink and white revision pages throughout, dated variously between 10-24-55 and 12-15-55. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, with tide marks to the upper edge of the rear wrapper, bound with two gold brads. Subject: 1950s Cinema, Film Scripts, Films Based on Plays, Korean War, US Army, War Film. Royal Books is located in the midtown area of Baltimore, Maryland.

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