The Other Side of Midnight

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1975. First Draft script for the 1977 film. Laid in is a typed letter signed on Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation letterhead, dated Sept. 27, 1978, from Executive Story Editor Henry Klinger to a Kirt Dressler, regarding the script.

Based on the 1973 novel by Sidney Sheldon. John Beck stars as an American pilot, stationed in France shortly before World War II, who seduces and impregnates Marie-France Pisier, before receiving orders to return to the US, where he meets and marries Susan Sarandon. Following a harrowing abortion and World War II, Pisier, now the lover of a Greek tycoon and a successful actress, vows revenge on her former lover. Nominated for an Academy Award.

Set in and shot on location in Paris, France, California, Virginia, and Washington DC.

Blue titled wrappers, dated October 30, 1975. Title page present, dated October 30, 1975, noted as First Draft, with credits for screenwriter Daniel Taradash and author Sidney Sheldon. 167 leaves, with last page of text numbered 166. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, bound with two gold brads.

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