FRANCES 1980 Original Movie Script Hand-Typed DREAM GONE BY Early Title Draft

  

In 1980 someone sat down and hand-typed this screenplay - an early draft carrying the working title Dream Gone By, before the film became the harrowing Jessica Lange vehicle that earned her an Academy Award nomination. The hand-typed pages give it an intimacy that later production drafts rarely have. Guaranteed Vintage and Original as issued. Comes with COA from the Museum of Mom and Pop Culture! Original Hand-Typed Manuscript laid out on design pages for printing by "Barbara's Place" Industry typist and printing Co.

179 White Pages - Second Draft dated July 14, 1980 - Written by Eric Bergren and Christopher DeVore - Note notations and measured grid on pages (this color is invisible when printed). Also note original white-out elements. OVERALL CONDITION is Very Fine or Better - Some edge wear and tear from being a loose-page manuscript - You won't be disappointed. It is instructive to consider both scripts together in that there is a 36 page difference.

HISTORICAL INFORMATION: Frances is a 1982 American biographical drama film directed by Graeme Clifford from a screenplay written by Eric Bergren, Christopher De Vore, and Nicholas Kazan. The film stars Jessica Lange as Frances Farmer, a troubled actress during the 1930s whose career suffered as a result of her mental illness. It also features Kim Stanley, Sam Shepard, Bart Burns, Christopher Pennock, Jonathan Banks, and Jeffrey DeMunn in supporting roles. The film chronicles Farmer's life from her days as a high school student, her turbulent relationship with her emotionally abusive mother, her short lived film career in the 1930s, her institutionalization for alleged mental illness in the 1940s, her deinstitutionalization in the 1950s and her appearance on This Is Your Life.

Frances was released theatrically on December 3, 1982 by Universal Pictures. Lange's performance was unanimously praised and has been cited by many (including her) as her best performance. At the 55th Academy Awards, it received two nominations for Lange and Stanley as Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress respectively. STORYLINE: The story of Frances Farmer's meteoric rise to fame in Hollywood and the tragic turn her life took when she was blacklisted. SEE MORE CLASSIC PLAYS, MUSICALS AND SCREENPLAYS FROM THIS AMAZING 150K SCRIPT ARCHIVE IN OUR OTHER AUCTIONS - AND IN THE WEEKS TO COME!

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