ORIGINAL SCRIPT for FRIENDLY PERSUASION - WILLIAM WYLER, GARY COOPER Film

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WYLER, WILLIAM, ROBERT WYLER, JESSAMYN WEST FRIENDLY PERSUASION - THE FILM. Friendly Persuasion. Screenplay by Jessamyn West and Robert Wyler. Based on the Novel by Jessamyn West
. Hollywood, CA: Allied Artists Productions, Inc., 1955. First Edition. Original 163 page temporary shooting script with many color multicolor rewrite pages, dated August 18, 1955, for the Oscar nominated William Wyler directed film Friendly Persuasion. Bradbound in printed covers. Some rubbing and wear to to front cover, internally fine. The final screenplay was written by Michael Wilson, although he did not receive an immediate screenwriting credit because he was on the Hollywood blacklist at the time of the film’s release. His credit was finally restored in 1996. Friendly Persuasion was directed by William Wyler, principally starring Gary Cooper, Dorothy McGuire, and Anthony Perkins. The film tells the story of a Quaker family with Gary Cooper as the family patriarch Jess Birdwell, set in southern Indiana during the American Civil War and the way the war tests their pacifist beliefs. William Wyler received the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival, and the film was nominated for 6 Oscars; Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor (Perkins), Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Sound Recording, and Best Music - Original Song. Anthony Perkins won a Golden Globe for Most Promising Newcomer - Male, and it was nominated for Best Actor - Drama (Cooper), and Best Supporting Actress (Marjorie Main).