The Lie Down Talk to Me Love Me Blues

New York: Cates Films, 1983. Revised script for an unproduced film.

A drama about a psychology professor who gets involved with a sexual abuse case against a respected therapist.

Playwright Jerome Coopersmith wrote prolifically for television and the stage throughout the mid- to late-twentieth century. He is best remembered today for his writing for "Hawaii Five-O" (1968-1980), and the 1974 Christmas television special "'Twas the Night Before Christmas," but also contributed episodes for “Armstrong Circle Theater,” “The Streets of San Francisco,” “Combat!,” “Spenser for Hire," and others. In 1965, he received a Tony nomination for the Sherlock Holmes Broadway musical "Baker Street," and wrote and co-wrote a number of off-Broadway plays, including "Eleanor" (1967), about the early life of Eleanor Roosevelt.

Coopersmith and Cates Films would work together in 2004, on the television movie adaptation of the 1980 Mary Higgins Clark novel "The Cradle Will Fall."

Untitled William Morris Agency wrappers, with clear front wrapper and navy rear wrapper. Title page present, noted as Revised, dated November 1983, with credit for Coopersmith. 107 leaves, with last page of text numbered 105. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper about Near Fine, bound internally with three silver brads.

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