VICTOR HUGO'S TOILERS OF THE SEA

[ Los Angeles, 1953. 181 leaves. Quarto. Mimeographed typescript, printed on rectos only, bradbound in printed wrappers. Wrappers lightly used and soiled, several stamps (with business card stapled inside front wrapper), else a very good copy. An anonymous, unspecified draft of this screenplay, from Victor Hugo's novel. A version of the novel, SEA DEVILS, did make it to the screen in 1953, written by Borden Chase and directed by Raoul Walsh, with Rock Hudson and Yvonne De Carlo. We can't tell if this script is an early version of the released film, or another, entirely different script from another writer. This copy belonged to Costel B. Grozea, who was a cinematographer with a not particularly long list of films to his credit. (Inventory #: WRCLIT40350)