Three Cheers for the Irish

N.p. N.p., 1939. Second Revised Draft script for the 1940 film. Specially bound copy belonging to screenwriter Jerry Wald, with his name in gilt on the bottom of the front board.

Jerry Wald is best remembered for his long and successful association with Warner Brothers as both a screenwriter and producer of a number of notable films, including "Mildred Pierce" (1945), "Humoresque" (1946), "Key Largo" (1948), and "Flamingo Road" (1949). In the 1950s he moved to Twentieth Century-Fox, and was the producer there for "An Affair to Remember" (1957), "Peyton Place" (1957), and "Sons and Lovers" (1960).

Thomas Mitchell stars as a Irish New York policeman forced into retirement after 25 years on the force who must cope with his favorite daughter, played by Priscilla Lane, who is romantically involved with Dennis Morgan, the Scottish cop who he despises who has taken over his beat.

Bound in maroon cloth with maroon quarter leather binding, with five raised bands and gilt titles on the spine. Distribution page present, with receipt intact. Title page present, dated December 12, 1939, with credits for screenwriters Jerry Wald and Richard Macaulay. 144 leaves, with last page of text numbered 138. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only, with blue revision pages, dated 1/6/40. Pages Near Fine, binding Very Good plus, with faint rubbing and toning.

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