John Wayne HONDO Original screenplay for the 1953 film #156931

Description

Hondo (Original screenplay for the 1953 film)
Author:
John Wayne (starring); John Farrow (director); James Edward Grant (screenwriter); Geraldine Page, Ward Bond, Michael Pate (starring)
Title:
Hondo (Original screenplay for the 1953 film)
Publication:
Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1953
Description:
Final script for the 1953 film. Laid in with the script are 26 pages of revisions and staff lists.
Based on the short story "The Gift of Cochise" by Louis L'Amour, published in Collier's Magazine on July 5, 1952. One of John Wayne's best performances, but virtually unviewable until the early 1990s due to a conflict within the Wayne estate. Geraldine Page, in her film debut, received an Academy Award nomination for her role as Wayne's love interest.
Shot in the briefly popular stereoscopic 3D technique that was invented in late 1952, in which two cameras are placed slightly apart from each other for filming and two projectors are used to screen the film while the audience wears 3D glasses. As opposed to widely used gimmicks like objects coming at the camera, director John Farrow wished to use the format to more evocatively portray the depth of the Mexican desert.
Set at a remote ranch in the Arizona Territory, shot on location in Mexico, Arizona, and Utah.
Orange titled wrappers, noted as Final Script on the front wrapper, dated May 1, 1953. Title page present, dated May 1, 1953, noted as Final Script, with credits for screenwriter James Edward Grant, and author Louis L'Amour. 80 leaves, with last page of text numbered 79. Mimeograph duplication on blue stock, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, bound with three gold brads. In a custom green quarter-leather clamshell box.
Pitts 1921.
Seller ID:
156931
Subject:
1950s Cinema, Academy Awards, Film Scripts, Films with Literary Sources, Romance, War Film, Western
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