The Snake Woman [The Lady is a Snake]

Sidney J. Furie (director)
Orville H. Hampton (screenwriter)
John McCarthy, Susan Travers, Geoffrey Denton (starring)

Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists / Caralan Productions, 1961. Draft script for the 1961 British horror film, here under the working title "The Lady is a Snake," with the release title in manuscript pencil on the front wrapper. Though made in the UK, the film was a US co-production, and this is a US draft of the script, noting the US production company Playstar Productions on the front wrapper.

A doctor injects his pregnant wife with snake venom causing her to give birth to a snake woman who grows up to terrorize the local town.

Set in Victorian England.

Tan titled wrappers, with credits for screenwriter Orville H. Hampton. Distribution page present, with receipt intact. 114 leaves, with last page of text numbered 111. Mimeograph Pages Fine. Front wrapper detached. Now encapsulated in mylar, else Very Good plus, bound with three gold brads.


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