" GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES" SCREENPLAY BY....
[Loos, Anita]: Lederer, Charles:
[Los Angeles: 20th Century-Fox], 19 August 1952. [1],140 leaves. Quarto. Mimeographed typescript, printed on rectos only of yellow stock. Bradbound in stenciled wrappers. Production stamps on upper wrapper, wrappers a bit used at overlap edges, with snag-tear to spine, internally about fine. Denoted a "Writer's Working Script." An unspecified but pre-production script of Lederer's adaptation to the screen of the 1949 Broadway musical adaptation (by Joseph Fields) of Anita Loos's novel. The film was directed by Howard Hawks, and starred Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell. It was released in July of 1953, and Lederer's script was nominated for an award from the WGA. Of special note as one of Monroe's most important early roles, and of added significance because the 1928 adaptation by John Emerson is, as of current references, a lost film.
(Item ID: WRCLIT59920) $1,250.00