first edition Hardcover
1946 · New York
by Gassner, John and Dudley Nichols, editiors
New York: Crown Publishers, 1946. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Hardcover. The complete screenplays for ten important films released in 1945. They include The Lost Weekend, Spellbound, Double Indemnity, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, None But the Lonely Heart, The Southerner, Story of G.I. Joe, Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo, Over Twent-One, and A Medal for Benny. Each screenplay includes a list of the cast, the source of the screenplay, and name of director. There are four black & white photos from each film. Bound in original reddish-brown cloth with title and editor names to spine. Very light bumping but near fine. Interior pages are browning as usual but very good. In grey and dark red dusjacket with title to spine and front cover. Some chipping but still very good. Bookplate of Alan Downer affixed to front pastedown. A very nice copy of this anthology. 648 pages. FILM/102716. (Inventory #: 29835)