The Four Poster [A Hymn to Marriage]

Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1951. Final Draft script for the 1952 film, "The Four Poster," with the working title "A Hymn to Marriage" on the front wrapper and preliminary leaves. Bookseller label on the front wrapper verso, and page numbers circled in manuscript pencil on two pages.

Based on Jan de Hartog's two-person stage play, opened on Broadway in October, 1951, starring Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy. John Edwards (Harrison) recounts the history of his marriage to his wife Abby (Palmer), telling the story from a four-poster bed. The story begins with their wedding in 1897 and follows to the death of the wife in the 1930s, will all scenes acted out in the couple's boudoir, near the bed they'd received as a wedding present. The film also includes transitional animation sequences produced by the UPA cartoon studios.

Nominated for an Academy Award for Cinematography.

Green titled wrappers, noted as FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper, production No. 8057, dated Aug. 14, 1951. Title page present, dated August 13, 1951, noted as FINAL DRAFT, with a credit for screenwriter Scott. 122 leaves, with last page of text numbered 122. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, bound with two gold brads.

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