Michael Moriarty Robert De BANG THE DRUM SLOWLY Original screenplay for #160230

  
Bang The Drum Slowly (Original screenplay for the 1973 film). Author: Robert De Niro, Michael Moriarty (starring); John Hancock (director); Mark Harris (novel, screenwriter) Title: Bang The Drum Slowly (Original screenplay for the 1973 film) Publication: N. Description: Draft script for the 1973 film. Copy belonging to sound technician Les Lazarowitz, with his name in manuscript ink on the title page, as well as an annotation noting copy No.

Included with the script is a baseball signed by many of the actors in the film, including Robert De Niro, Phil Foster, Tom Signorelli, Andy Jarrell, Tony Major, Donny Burks, and Vincent Gardenia, with a manuscript letter of provenance signed by Lazarowitz. Based on the 1956 novel by screenwriter Mark Harris, about a developmentally disabled baseball catcher with a terminal illness, and his friendship with the team's star pitcher. Shot on location in New York, Washington DC, and Florida. Light blue titled wrappers, with credit for novelist and screenwriter Mark Harris.

Title page present, copyrighted 1972, with credit for novelist and screenwriter Mark Harris. 126 leaves, with last page of text numbered 125. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, bound with two gold brads.

Housed in blue cloth covered clamshell box with label printed on spine. Subject: 1970s Cinema, Baseball, Film Ephemera, Film Scripts, Films with Literary Sources, New Hollywood Cinema, Sports. Royal Books is located in the midtown area of Baltimore, Maryland. Since 1996, we have specialized in rare books and paper relating to twentieth century literature, genre fiction, the arts, and popular culture, with a particular emphasis on cinema.

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