Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1951. Shooting Final Draft script for the 1952 film. Brief annotations in manuscript pencil on a few pages. Included is a vintage black-and-white still photograph from the UK release, circa 1952, of the 1952 US film. Features Jean Peters, with distributor rubber-stamps on the verso.

Based on Ferdinand Reyher's 1946 novel, about a barber (Wayne) at the turn of the century, watching his small town grow around him. He tries to shield his wife, Nellie (Peters), from the outside world, but she rebels while he is away at war and takes a fateful trip to Chicago, in what turns out to be the first of a string of crises. Overall a stunning portrayal of early twentieth century midwestern Americana.

Set in the fictitious town of Sevillinois, Illinois, and shot on location in Castleton, Hutchinson, and Pretty Prairie, Kansas.

Cream titled wrappers, noted as SHOOTING FINAL on the front wrapper, rubber-stamped copy No. 7, dated July 23, 1951. Distribution page present, with receipt intact. Title page present, dated July 23, 1951, noted as Shooting Final, with credits for screenwriter Scott and novelist Reyher. 114 leaves, with last page of text numbered 112. Mimeograph on eye-rest green stock. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, bound internally with three gold brads.

[Book #137061]