DAYBREAK (1940s) Dore Schary Thriller Treatment David O Selznick COA

  
Early treatment for Daybreak, written by Dore Schary for producer David O. Selznick, offering a rare look at a developing studio-era thriller that never reached production. A piece tied directly to classic Hollywood's creative pipeline. Guaranteed Vintage and Original - Comes with COA from the Museum of Mom and Pop Culture. Not signed or noted, but this important script was David O. Selznick's personal copy and was deaccessioned from the Selznick Archive by the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas in Austin. Original 3-Ring Presentation Folder - 57 white pages - Undated, but circa late 1940s when Schary worked for Selznick. It appears this film was never made. A quick perusal of the treatment concerns a blind woman being gaslighted - a tense dramatic thriller. OVERALL CONDITION: See Photos - VF to XF - A beauty! HISTORICAL CONTEXT: Isadore "Dore" Schary (August 31, 1905 - July 7, 1980) was an American playwright, director, and producer for the stage and a prolific screenwriter and producer of motion pictures.

He directed one feature film, Act One, the film biography of his friend, playwright and theatre director Moss Hart. He became head of production at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and replaced Louis B.

Mayer as president of the studio in 1951. Schary accepted an offer to go to work for David O.

Selznick's Vanguard Films as head of the production. He produced I'll Be Seeing You (1944), The Spiral Staircase (1946), Till the End of Time (1946), The Farmer's Daughter (1947) with Loretta Young, and The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947) with Cary Grant, Myrna Loy and Shirley Temple. All films were considered critical and commercial successes. HAPPY TO COMBINE - SEE MORE CLASSIC SCREENPLAYS IN OUR COMPANION AUCTIONS!

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