The Mysterious Mr. Reeder [The Mind of Mr. Reeder]

Edgar Wallace (novel)
Jack Raymond (director)
Marjorie Gaffney, Michael Hogan, Bryan Edgar Wallace (screenwriter)
Will Fyffe, Kay Walsh (starring)

N.p. Grand National Pictures, 1935. Early Draft script for the 1939 film, "The Mysterious Mr. Reeder," here under the working title (and the title Monogram Pictures used for its 1940 re-release), "The Mind of Mr. Reeder." Copy belonging to screenwriter Bryan Edgar Wallace (Edgar Wallace's son), with his name and manuscript annotations in pencil on the front wrapper.

Based on the 1925 collection of short stories "The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder" by Edgar Wallace. The second Mr. Reeder film, this time seeing the absentminded detective investigate a gang of counterfeiters.

Tan titled wrappers. Title page present, dated October 1, 1935, with credit for writer Wallace. 78 leaves, mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound with a teal cord.

Okuda 71.


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