" MONSIGNORE" SCREENPLAY BY....
Polonsky, Abraham:

[Np]. 4 December 1979. [1],124 leaves. Quarto. Mimeographed typescript, printed on rectos only. Boltbound into plain stiff wrappers. Scattered and occasionally detailed revisions, deletions, comments and annotations in an unknown hand, in pencil and ink, otherwise very good or better. Denoted a "Final Draft" of Abraham Polonsky's adaptation to the screen of Jack-Alain Léger's novel. However, many subsequent revised drafts followed, and the script for the 1982 film release directed by Frank Perry was credited on screen to Wendell Mayes, who wrote at least one early draft in February 1979. In spite of that, drafts as late as October 1981 bore only Polonsky's name. This was the last film with which Polonsky was associated as screenwriter, though to what degree it was a collaborative effort is unclear. As screenwriter for BODY AND SOUL (1947) and writer/director of FORCE OF EVIL (1948), Polonsky was well on his way toward a distinguished career in film when he was blacklisted and fired by Fox for refusing to cooperate with HUAC. He continued to work during the Blacklist, either uncredited or pseudonymously, and in 1996 the Writers Guild restored his real name and credits. While the author(s) of the annotations may not be identifiable at this point, the notes/revisions were surely made by someone intimately involved in the process.

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