The Last Child [The Day They Took the Babies Away]

John Llewellyn Moxey (director)
Peter S. Fischer (screenwriter), Michael Cole, Van Heflin, Ed Asner (starring)

Burbank, CA: American Broadcasting Company [ABC], 1971. Draft script for the 1971 television movie, here under the working title "The Day They Took the Babies Away." Actor Van Heflin's working copy, with his manuscript annotations throughout.

A film produced for ABC's now-legendary "Movie of the Week" series. A pregnant woman goes on the run in a dystopian future where having children is outlawed due to overpopulation.

Goldenrod titled wrappers, noted as Revised on the front wrapper, dated 2-1-71. Title page present, dated January 26, 1971, with credit for screenwriter Fischer. 122 leaves on green stock, mimeograph duplication, with goldenrod, light orange, yellow, and blue revision pages throughout, dated variously between 1-29-71 and 2-12-71. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound with two gold brads.


[Book #130851]