The Sun Also Rises

N.p. N.p., 1957. Final script for the 1957 film. Specially bound copy belonging to actress Jacqueline Evans, who played the uncredited role of Mrs. Braddock, with her annotations in manuscript pencil underlining dialogue on several leaves. SIGNED in round-robin fashion by numerous cast and crew members on the first seven leaves, some with inscriptions. Signatures include director Henry King and actors Ava Gardner, Mel Ferrer, Tyrone Power, and Errol Flynn humorously signing as "E. Hemingway," among others.

Full provenance available.

The first screen adaptation of the 1926 novel by Ernest Hemingway. One of the most honest film adaptations of its era, attributable mainly to the screenplay by novelist and Hemingway acolyte Peter Viertel. Featuring a standout performance by Errol Flynn as the hedonistic, hard-drinking, burned-out Mike Campbell... in other words, as himself.

Shot on location in Pamplona, Paris, Biarritz, and Mexico.

Title page present, noted as Final Script, dated February 20, 1957. 147 leaves, with last page of text numbered 142. Mimeograph duplication on eye-rest green stock, rectos only, with blue revision pages throughout, dated variously between March 11 and 14, 1957. Pages Near Fine, binding Very Good plus, specially bound in textured brown cloth with an orange ribbon bookmark.

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