{"title":"Scripts","description":"\u003cp\u003eBrowse our Scripts collection. Best Price.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"lon-chaney-talks-dracula-by-philip-j-riley-paperback","title":"LON CHANEY TALKS DRACULA by Philip J. Riley (paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003eIn late 1929 after the stock market crash, Irving Thalberg, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's head of production, was involved in a power struggle, and actor Lon Chaney's contract was coming up for renewal.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eTod Browning, MGM's famed director of the macabre genre, had left, and he had signed a contract back at his home studio, Universal, with studio founder, Carl Laemmle, where his son, Carl Laemmle Jr., was made production head. Laemmle Jr. wanted to produce a film version of the Broadway stage hit, Dracula. Laemmle Sr. agreed, as long as they had Lon Chaney as the star.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eEarly in August 1930, Laemmle Jr. still attempting to sign Chaney for the role, ordered a treatment to be authored by Louis Bromfield. By mid-August, Bromfield teamed with screenwriter Dudley Murphy and they began work on the script. Then, in the middle of the negotiations, Lon Chaney unexpectedly died on August 26, 1930. \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eDracula\u003c\/span\u003e was produced with Bela Lugosi, veteran of silent movies and star of the Broadway play version of \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eDracula\u003c\/span\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIncludes:\u003cbr\u003e-the incomplete first draft screenplay by Bromfield and Murphy\u003cbr\u003e-a list of subtitles written for a silent movie version of the film that was prepared for theaters that had not yet converted to sound \u003cbr\u003e-a translated version of F.W. Murnau's shooting script for \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eNosferatu\u003c\/span\u003e (1922), an earlier silent movie version based on Bram Stoker's novel, \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eDracula\u003c\/span\u003e. The script features Murnau's hand annotations in bold print\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAnyone who cares about classic monster movies will find a treasure trove of information, rare photos, and meticulous detail in these books. They are obviously a labor of love.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e Leonard Maltin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\"Each page is filled with documented information that will change a few history books. The student of writing for the screen has an opportunity to see the development of screenplays under every possible condition.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e— Ray Bradbury, Author\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\" color=\"black\" style=\"color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003eArticle in The Examiner\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BearManor Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47026471305415,"sku":"izu1787291577306","price":18.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0702\/7923\/3735\/files\/lon-chaney-talks-dracula-by-philip-j-riley-paperback_1.jpg?v=1787291582"},{"product_id":"frankenstein-a-play-paperback","title":"FRANKENSTEIN: A PLAY (paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus novel by the English author Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley tells the story of Victor Frankenstein and the grotesque creature he creates in an unorthodox scientific experiment.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe book spawned several high-profile play and film versions, including:\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eHenry M. Milner's adaptation, The Man and The Monster; or The Fate of Frankenstein, which opened on July 3, 1826 at the Royal Coburg Theatre, London.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eEdison Studios’ Frankenstein 1910 film directed by J. Searle Dawley. [See our book documenting this film, Edison’s Frankenstein by Frederick C. Wiebel, Jr.]\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eLife Without Soul, the 1915 film adaptation.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe Monster of Frankenstein, the 1920 film adaptation directed by Eugenio Testa, starring Luciano Albertini and Umberto Guarracino.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn 1930, John L. Balderston was hoping to repeat his huge success with the American version of Dracula. Before production started on the 1931 Universal film version that starred Bela Lugosi, Balderston wrote another play adaptation of Frankenstein with screenwriter Garrett Fort. Although their version was never produced, the play remains an important document in American Theater history.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eDiscover the thrills that were originally meant for 1930s Depression-era audiences in this faithfully reproduced version of Balderston’s and Fort’s play.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN 9781593934804\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BearManor Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47026471338183,"sku":"lyg1787291578431","price":19.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0702\/7923\/3735\/files\/frankenstein-a-play-paperback_1.jpg?v=1787291583"}],"url":"https:\/\/nextstylefashion.shop\/collections\/scripts.oembed","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}