Billy Wilder FEDORA Original screenplay for the 1978 film 1976 #146256

  
Fedora (Original screenplay for the 1978 film). Author: Billy Wilder (director, screenwriter); I. Diamond (screenwriter); Thomas Tryon (novella); William Holdn, Marthe Keller (starring) Title: Fedora (Original screenplay for the 1978 film) Publication: N. Description: Draft script for the 1978 film.

With a manuscript ink notation on the title page reading draft completed 10/8/76. " Based on the novella by Thomas Tryon, from his 1976 collection "Crowned Heads.

A struggling Hollywood producer attempts to revive his career by luring a retired and reclusive actress back into the spotlight. Told in flashback, beginning with her suicide-by-train. The fifth and final pairing of director Billy Wilder and actor William Holden, who began their association in 1950 with the classic Sunset Blvd. "Fedora" has been seen as a companion piece to that film. White titled self wrappers, with credits for screenwriters Billy Wilder and I. Title page integral with the front wrapper, as issued.

109 leaves, with last page of text numbered 107. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, with light toning and soil, bound with two gold brads. Eureka Masters of Cinema 147. Subject: 1970s Cinema, Film Scripts, Hollywood, Romance. Royal Books is located in the midtown area of Baltimore, Maryland.

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