Dracula in the Provinces [Il cav. Costante Nicosia demoniaco, ovvero Dracula in Brianza] [Young Dracula]

N.p. N.p., 1978. Archive of 180 pages of post-production documents, including Italian and English dialogue-only scripts, regarding English translations and subtitles for the 1975 Italian film, here under the working English title "Young Dracula."

Included in the archive are:

68-page dialogue-only script in Italian, with manuscript ink annotations on 28 pages checking dialog and occasionally noting timing. Attached is a carbon typescript letter signed, from distributor Robert M. Phillips to a "Mr. Finder" at Titra Film Laboratories in New York regarding the English subtitling for the film, dated December 18, 1978. Xerographically duplicated.

46-page dialogue-only script in English, with manuscript ink annotations on every page, noting timing and checking dialogue.

40-page carbon typescript, "English Copy Superimposed Spotted List," on "Spottted and Edited by Nat and Robert Hoffberg" onionskin forms, with manuscript ink annotations on nine pages regarding dialogue and timing.

15-page carbon typescript of "Revised text" on onionskin, with ink annotations on every page checking and noting dialogue.

Four ribbon typescript copy pages on onionskin stock of "Changes For Spotting List" and "Additional Changes for Young Dracula."

Three ribbon typescript pages on onionskin, comprised of two trailer spotting list pages and a one page "Changes for Trailer Spotting List."

Three-page Xerographic copy of "Trailer Dialogue" with manuscript ink annotations throughout, noting timing and checking dialogue.

Typed letter signed on onionskin from Phillips to Robert Hoffberg, dated January 19, 1979, regarding discrepancies in dialogue translations.

Giallo director Lucio Fulco's vampire comedy, wherein a boorish, quick-tempered toothpaste factor owner finds himself thirsty for blood and re-examining his life after a curse from a gypsy aunt and a business trip to Romania where he shared a bed with a suave vampire.

Shot on location in Rome, Italy.

Italian dialogue-only script:

Front wrapper integral with cover letter. 69 leaves, with last page of text numbered 68. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, letter Very Good plus, unbound, with a large paper clip to the top left corner.

English dialogue-only script:

Front wrapper integral with first leaf. 46 leaves, with the last page of text numbered 46. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, unbound, with a binder clip to the top left corner.

Letter, dated January 19, 1979, 8.5 x 11 inches. Very Good, with a small closed tear to the right side, and a large closed tear to the top left, and light edgewear and creasing.

All other documents, 8.5 x 11 inches to 8.5 x 14 inches. Very Good plus to Near Fine overall.

[Book #169977]