Hound-Dog Man

N.p. N.p., 1959. Shooting Final script for the 1959 film. Specially bound copy belonging to screenwriter Jerry Wald, with his name in gilt on the spine. 23 reference photographs from the film bound in variously among the script pages.

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).

Based on screenwriter Fred Gipson's 1947 novel "Circle Round the Wagon," about two young brothers go on a hunting trip with an older friend. Fabian's film debut. Gipson's second published novel, preceding his better-known 1956 novel, "Old Yeller."

Shot on location in San Bernardino.

Bound in light blue cloth with navy quarter leather binding, with five raised bands and gilt titles on the spine. Title page present, dated July 9, 1959, noted as Shooting Final, with credits for screenwriter-novelist Fred Gipson and screenwriter Winston Miller. 143 leaves, with last page of text numbered 111. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only, with blue revision pages throughout, dated variously between 7/13/59 and 7/22/59. Pages Near Fine, binding Very Good plus, front board slightly warped.

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