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24 Hour Party People   Manuscript
Written by Frank Cottrell Boyce
Draft Date: 12/20/2000    Draft Stage: shooting script    # Pages: 112   
Notes: double-sided copy
 
42nd Street   Published    
Screenplay by Rian James and James Seymour Based on the novel by Bradford Ropes
Draft Stage: final draft    # Pages: 156    Copy #: 1   
Notes: Whitney Bolton listed as uncredited writer in IMDB and as treatment and temporary script writer in appendix of book; included on the National Film Registry, Library of Congress
 
8 Mile   Manuscript
Written by Scott Silver
Draft Date: 12/28/01    Draft Stage: revised draft    # Pages: 103    Copy #: 2   
 
Aladdin   Manuscript
Screenplay by Ron Clements & John Musker and Terry Rossio & Ted Elliott Story by Roger Allers
Draft Date: 3/5/1992    Draft Stage: final draft    # Pages: 86    Copy #: 1   
Notes: Box Office Titans collection
 
Aladdin   Manuscript
Screenplay by Ron Clements & John Musker and Terry Rossio & Ted Elliott Story by Roger Allers
Draft Date: 7/3/1991    Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 88    Copy #: 2   
 
All That Jazz   Manuscript   Awards
Written by Bob Fosse & Robert Alan Aurthur
Draft Date: 12/15/1978    Draft Stage: revised draft    # Pages: 131    Copy #: 1   
Notes: included on the National Film Registry, Library of Congress
 
All That Jazz   Manuscript
Written by Bob Fosse & Robert Alan Aurthur
Draft Date: 6/26/1978    Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 131    Copy #: 2   
 
American Graffiti   Manuscript   Awards
Written by George Lucas and Gloria Katz & Willard Huyck
Draft Date: 5/10/1972    Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 114    Copy #: 1   
Notes: included on the National Film Registry, Library of Congress
 
American in Paris, An   Manuscript   Awards
Written by Alan Jay Lerner
Draft Date: 7/25/1950    Draft Stage: revised draft    # Pages: 85   
Notes: included on the National Film Registry, Library of Congress
 
American Tail, An   Manuscript
Screenplay by Tony Geiss & Judy Freudberg Story by David Kirschner and Tony Geiss & Judy Freudberg
Draft Date: 2/26/1985    Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: unpaged   
 
Annie Get Your Gun   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Sidney Sheldon Based on the musical play by Herbert and Dorothy Fields with music and lyrics by Irving Berlin
Draft Date: 10/7/1949    Draft Stage: revised draft    # Pages: 96    Copy #: 1   
 
At the Circus   Manuscript
Written by Irving Brecher
Draft Date: 9/5/1939    Draft Stage: revised draft    # Pages: 115   
 
Athena   Manuscript
Written by William Ludwig & Leonard Spigelgass
Draft Date: 3/24/54    Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 106    Copy #: 1   
Notes: leatherbound original with 22 photos
 
Babes in Toyland   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Ward Kimball and Joe Rinaldi and Lowell Hawley Based on the operetta by Victor Herbert and Glen MacDonough
Draft Date: 2/22/1961    Draft Stage: revised shooting script    Copy #: 1   
 
Backbeat   Manuscript
Screenplay by Iain Softley, Michael Thomas and Stephen Ward
Draft Date: 10/4/1992    Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 105   
 
Band Wagon, The   Manuscript   Awards
Written by Betty Comden & Adolph Green
Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 87    Copy #: 1   
Notes: included on the National Film Registry, Library of Congress
 
Barkleys of Broadway, The   Manuscript   Awards
Written by Betty Comden & Adolph Green
Draft Date: 7/9/1948    Draft Stage: revised script    # Pages: 93    Copy #: 1   
Notes: Sidney Sheldon listed as an uncredited writer in IMDB
 
Beauty and the Beast   Manuscript
Screenplay by Linda Woolverton Story by Roger Allers
Draft Date: 12/14/1990    Draft Stage: final draft    # Pages: 88   
Notes: Box Office Titans collection; included on the National Film Registry, Library of Congress
 
Bells Are Ringing, The   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Betty Comden & Adolph Green Based on their musical play with music by Jule Styne and lyrics by Comden & Green
Draft Date: 10/23/1959    Draft Stage: revised draft    # Pages: 106    Copy #: 1   
 
Benny Goodman Story, The   Manuscript
Written by Valentine Davies
Draft Stage: revised final screenplay    # Pages: 130    Copy #: 1   
Notes: in original 3-ring binder
 
Billy Rose's Jumbo   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Sidney Sheldon Based on the musical play by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur
Draft Date: 3/21/1962    Draft Stage: revised draft    # Pages: 105    Copy #: 1   
 
Bird   Manuscript
Written by Joel Oliansky
Draft Stage: revised first draft    # Pages: 141   
Notes: this draft titled Charlie Parker
 
Blue Hawaii   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Hal Kanter Story by Allan Weiss
Draft Date: 2/23/1961    Draft Stage: final draft    # Pages: 120    Copy #: 1   
 
Blues Brothers 2000   Manuscript
Written by Dan Aykroyd and John Landis
Draft Date: 4/14/1997    Draft Stage: revised draft    # Pages: 115   
 
Blues Brothers, The   Manuscript
Written by Dan Aykroyd and John Landis
Draft Date: 6/6/1979    Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 124   
 
Boy Friend, The   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Ken Russell Based on the play by Sandy Wilson
Draft Date: 1/17/1972    Draft Stage: combined continuity script    Copy #: 1   
 
Cabaret   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Jay Presson Allen Based on the plays Cabaret by Joe Masteroff and I Am A Camera by John Van Druten and on the short story Berlin Stories by Christopher Isherwood
Draft Date: 3/23/1971    Draft Stage: revised final draft    # Pages: 136    Copy #: 1   
Notes: included on the National Film Registry, Library of Congress
 
Call Me Madam   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Arthur Sheekman Based on the musical play by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse
Draft Date: 9/5/1952    Draft Stage: final shooting script    # Pages: 123    Copy #: 1   
Notes: Irving Berlin listed as musical playwright in IMDB
 
Camelot   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Alan Jay Lerner Based on his play Based on The Once and Future King, a novel by T.H. White
Draft Date: 6/20/1966    Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 137    Copy #: 1   
 
Can-Can   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Dorothy Kingsley and Charles Lederer Based on the musical play by Abe Burrows
Draft Date: 10/1/1959    Draft Stage: final shooting script    # Pages: 137    Copy #: 1   
 
Carmen Jones   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Harry Kleiner Based on the musical play by Oscar Hammerstein II
Draft Date: 4/19/1954    Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 150    Copy #: 1   
Notes: uncredited source material: Prosper Merimee's novel Carmen; included on the National Film Registry, Library of Congress
 
Carousel   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Pheobe & Henry Ephron Based on the the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical play with book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II from the play Liliom by Ferenc Molnar as adapted by Benjamin F. Glazer
Draft Date: 6/13/1955    Draft Stage: final draft    # Pages: 119    Copy #: 1   
 
CB4   Manuscript
Screenplay by Chris Rock & Nelson George and Robert Lo Cash Story by Chris Rock and Nelson George
Draft Date: 3/24/1992    Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 124   
Notes: this draft titled Cellblock Four
 
Chicago   Manuscript   Digital   Awards
Screenplay by Bill Condon Based on the musical play by Maurine Dallas Watkins and book of the musical play by Bob Fosse and Fred Ebb Music by John Kander and Lyrics by Fred Ebb
Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 127    Copy #: 1   
Notes: digital copy on disk TV/Film Scripts Scanned 2003
 
Chorus Line, A   Manuscript
Screenplay by Arnold Schulman Based upon a stage play A Chorus Line Conceived, choreographed and directed by Michael Bennett. Book of stage play by James Kirkwood and Nicholas Dante
Draft Date: 1/14/1985    Draft Stage: revised draft    # Pages: 124   
 
Coal Miner's Daughter   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Tom Rickman Based on the autobiography Loretta Lynn: Coal Miner's Daughter by Loretta Lynn with George Vecsey
Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 105    Copy #: 1   
 
Comin' Round the Mountain
Written by Robert Lees and Frederic F. Rinaldo
Draft Date: 5/1/1951    Draft Stage: continuity & dialog script   
 
Commitments, The   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Dick Clement & Ian La Frenais and Roddy Doyle Based on the novel by Roddy Doyle
Draft Date: 8/10/1990    Draft Stage: shooting script    # Pages: 114    Copy #: 1   
 
Coney Island   Manuscript
Written by George Seaton
Draft Date: 9/15/1942    Draft Stage: shooting final    # Pages: 118   
Notes: missing page 110
 
Cotton Club, The   Manuscript
Screenplay by William Kennedy & Francis Ford Coppola Based on a story by Willam Kennedy & Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo
Draft Date: 5/25/83    Draft Stage: second draft    # Pages: 103    Copy #: 1   
 
Crazy Heart   Published
Screenplay by Scott Cooper Based on the novel by Thomas Cobb
Draft Date: 8/7/2008    Draft Stage: revised production draft    # Pages: 104    Copy #: 3   
Notes: published in book of the same title
 
Daddy Long Legs   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Phoebe & Henry Ephron Based on the novel by Jean Webster
Draft Date: 10/18/1954    Draft Stage: revised final shooting script    # Pages: 109    Copy #: 1   
 
Dancer In The Dark   Manuscript
Written by Lars von Trier
Draft Date: 3/30/99    Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 110    Copy #: 1   
 
De-Lovely   Manuscript
Written by Jay Cocks
Draft Stage: final script    # Pages: 118    Copy #: 1   
Notes: double-sided copy
 
Doctor Dolittle   Manuscript
Screenplay by Leslie Bricusse Based on the Dr. Dolittle stories by Hugh Lofting
Draft Date: 3/7/66    Draft Stage: revised draft    # Pages: 177    Copy #: 2   
 
Doctor Dolittle   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Leslie Bricusse Based upon the Doctor Dolittle stories by Hugh Lofting
Draft Date: 5/25/1967    Draft Stage: revised final draft    # Pages: 156    Copy #: 1   
 
Doors, The   Manuscript
Written by J. Randal Johnson and Oliver Stone
Draft Date: 10/1989    Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 133   
 
Dreamgirls   Manuscript
Screenplay by Bill Condon Based on the Original Broadway Production Book and Lyrics by Tom Eyen, Music by Henry Krieger, Directed and Choreographed for the Stage by Michael Bennett, Produced on Broadway by Michael Bennett, Robert Avian, Geffen Records and the Shubert Organization
Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 116    Copy #: 1   
Notes: double-sided small format
 
Duets   Manuscript
Written by John Byrum
Draft Date: 1/10/1997    Draft Stage: sixth draft    # Pages: 113    Copy #: 1   
Notes: double-sided copy
 
Easter Parade   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Sidney Sheldon and Frances Goodrich & Albert Hackett Story by Frances Goodrich & Albert Hackett
Draft Date: 11/26/1947    Draft Stage: okay script    # Pages: 93    Copy #: 1   
Notes: Guy Bolton listed as an uncredited writer in IMDB
 
Eddy Duchin Story, The   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Samuel Taylor Story by Leo Katcher
Draft Date: 7/26/1955    Draft Stage: third revised final draft    # Pages: 132    Copy #: 1   
 
Emperor Waltz, The   Manuscript   Awards
Written by Charles Brackett & Billy Wilder
Draft Date: 5/31/46    Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 124   
Notes: Billy Wilder special collection
 
Fame   Manuscript   Awards
Written by Christopher Gore
Draft Date: 3/5/1979    Draft Stage: London Draft (sic)    # Pages: 127    Copy #: 1   
 
Fiddler on the Roof   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Joseph Stein Based on his play
Draft Date: 3/15/69    Draft Stage: 1st draft    # Pages: 142    Copy #: 1   
 
Finian's Rainbow   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by E.Y. Harburg & Fred Saidy Based on their musical play Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg Music by Burton Lane
Draft Date: 10/16/1967    Draft Stage: revised final draft    # Pages: 130    Copy #: 1   
 
Five Heartbeats, The   Manuscript
Written by Robert Townsend & Keenan Ivory Wayans
Draft Date: 3/21/1990    Draft Stage: revised shooting script    # Pages: 108   
 
Five Pennies, The   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Melville Shavelson & Jack Rose Story by Robert Smith
Draft Date: 10/31/1958    Draft Stage: revised white script    # Pages: 111    Copy #: 1   
Notes: based on the life of Red Nichols
 
Flower Drum Song   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Joseph Fields Based on the novel by C.Y. Lee and the musical play by Joseph Fields and Oscar Hammerstein II
Draft Stage: final draft    # Pages: 115    Copy #: 1   
Notes: included on the National Film Registry, Library of Congress
 
Funny Face   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Leonard Gershe Based on his musical play
Draft Date: 4/6/1956    Draft Stage: revised final white    # Pages: 100    Copy #: 1   
 
Funny Girl   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Isobel Lennart Based upon her play With music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Bob Merrill, book by Isobel Lennart From original story by Isobel Lennart
Draft Date: 6/17/1967    Draft Stage: second revised draft    # Pages: 143    Copy #: 1   
 
Funny Lady   Manuscript
Screenplay by Jay Presson Allen and Arnold Schulman Story by Arnold Schulman
Draft Date: 3/7/1974    Draft Stage: fourth draft    # Pages: 116   
 
G. I. Blues   Manuscript
Written by Edmund Beloin & Henry Garson
Draft Date: 2/15/1960    Draft Stage: 4th temporary yellow    # Pages: 138    Copy #: 2   
Notes: Henry Garson collection
 
G. I. Blues   Manuscript   Awards
Written by Edmund Beloin & Henry Garson
Draft Date: 2/15/1960    Draft Stage: fourth temporary yellow (sic)    # Pages: 138    Copy #: 1   
 
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Charles Lederer Based on the musical play by Joseph Fields and Anita Loos from the novel by Anita Loos
Draft Date: 12/3/1952    Draft Stage: revised final draft    # Pages: 118    Copy #: 1   
 
Gigi   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Alan Jay Lerner Based on the novel by Colette
Draft Date: 2/10/1958    Draft Stage: revised draft    # Pages: 105    Copy #: 1   
Notes: Anita Loos' play (based on the novel Collette) listed as uncredited source material in IMDB; included on the National Film Registry, Library of Congress
 
Girl Most Likely, The   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Paul Jarrico and Devery Freeman Based on the 1941 RKO movie Tom, Dick and Harry written by Paul Jarrico
Draft Date: 8/7/1956    Draft Stage: final draft    # Pages: 116    Copy #: 1   
Notes: credit corrected per WGA Board of Directors: 7/27/1998 (Paul Jarrico was originally uncredited)
 
Glenn Miller Story, The   Manuscript   Awards
Written by Valentine Davies and Oscar Brodney
Draft Date: 6/5/1953    Draft Stage: revised final screenplay    # Pages: 123    Copy #: 1   
 
Godspell   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by David Greene & John Michael Tebelak Based on the play by John Michael Tebelak & Stephen Schwartz
Draft Date: 6/30/1972    Draft Stage: third draft    # Pages: 66    Copy #: 1   
Notes: The Gospel According to St. Matthew credited as source material on title page
 
Going My Way   Published   Awards
Screenplay by Frank Butler and Frank Cavett Story by Leo McCarey
Draft Stage: no draft info.    Copy #: 1   
Notes: published in the book Best Film Plays 1943-44; included on the National Film Registry, Library of Congress
 
Good News   Manuscript
Screenplay by Betty Comden & Adolph Green Based on the musical comedy book by Lawrence Schwab, Lew Brown, Frank Mandel, B. G. DeSylva and Ray Henderson
Draft Date: 3/17/47    Draft Stage: final revised draft    # Pages: 122    Copy #: 1   
 
Grease   Manuscript
Screenplay by Bronte Woodard Adaptation by Allan Carr Based on the musical by Jim Jacobs & Warren Casey
Draft Date: 4/18/77    Draft Stage: second draft    # Pages: 110    Copy #: 1   
 
Grease 2   Manuscript
Written by Ken Finkleman Suggested by characters created by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey
Draft Date: 10/13/1981    Draft Stage: final draft    # Pages: 101   
 
Great Caruso, The   Manuscript
Screenplay by Sonya Levien & William Ludwig Based on the biography Enrico Caruso, His Life and Death by Dorothy Caruso
Draft Date: 8/31/50    Draft Stage: revised draft    # Pages: 118    Copy #: 2   
Notes: leatherbound original with 12 photos
 
Great Caruso, The   Manuscript   Awards
Screen story and screenplay by Sonya Levien & William Ludwig Based on the biography Enrico Caruso, His Life and Death by Dorothy Caruso
Draft Date: 8/31/1950    Draft Stage: revised draft    # Pages: 118    Copy #: 1   
 
Great Muppet Caper, The   Manuscript
Written by Jerry Juhl & Jack Rose and Tom Patchett & Jay Tarses
Draft Date: 7/22/80    Draft Stage: revised 3rd draft    # Pages: 132    Copy #: 1   
 
Great Race, The   Manuscript
Screenplay by Arthur Ross Story by Blake Edwards and Arthur Ross
Draft Date: 10/15/1962    Draft Stage: final draft    # Pages: 205    Copy #: 2   
Notes: heavily annotated and edited
 
Great Race, The   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Arthur Ross Story by Blake Edwards and Arthur Ross
Draft Date: 10/15/1962    Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 205    Copy #: 1   
 
Guys and Dolls   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Joseph L. Mankiewicz Based on the musical play by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows Based on stories by Damon Runyon and the characters he created
Draft Date: 2/26/1955    Draft Stage: final draft    # Pages: 126    Copy #: 1   
 
Gypsy   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Leonard Spigelgass Based on the musical play by Arthur Laurents and the memoirs of Gypsy Rose Lee
Draft Date: 1/11/1962    Draft Stage: revised final draft    # Pages: 130    Copy #: 1   
 
Hard Day's Night, A   Published   Awards
Written by Alun Owen
Draft Stage: no draft info.    Copy #: 1   
Notes: published in book Film Scripts Four
 
Hard Day's Night, A   Published
Written by Alun Owen
Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 105    Copy #: 2   
Notes: published in book Film Scripts Four
 
Hello, Dolly!   Manuscript
Screenplay by Ernest Lehman From the play by Michael Stewart with music by Jerry Herman, and The Matchmaker by Thornton Wilder
Draft Date: 9/5/1968    Draft Stage: revised final shooting script    # Pages: 165    Copy #: 2   
 
Hello, Dolly!   Manuscript
Screenplay by Ernest Lehman From the play by Michael Stewart with music by Jerry Herman, and The Matchmaker by Thornton Wilder
Draft Date: 5/29/1968    Draft Stage: final shooting script    # Pages: 165    Copy #: 1   
 
Hercules   Manuscript
Screenplay by Ron Clements, Don McEnery, Irene Mecchi, John Musker, Bob Shaw Story by Barry Johnson
Draft Date: 6/29/95    Draft Stage: writer's draft    # Pages: 140    Copy #: 1   
Notes: Box Office Titans collection; double-sided copy
 
Here Comes the Groom   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Virginia Van Upp & Liam O'Brien & Robert Riskin & Myles Connolly Story by Liam O'Brien & Robert Riskin
Draft Date: 11/16/1950    Draft Stage: final white    # Pages: 172    Copy #: 1   
 
Here's to Romance   Manuscript
Screenplay by Ernest Pascal and Arthur Richman Story by Ernest Pascal & Sonya Levien
Draft Date: 5/18/35    Draft Stage: revised first draft continuity    # Pages: 113   
 
High Society   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by John Patrick Based on the play The Philadelphia Story by Philip Barry
Draft Date: 1/17/1956    Draft Stage: revised draft    # Pages: 104    Copy #: 1   
 
Hit The Deck   Manuscript
Screen story and screenplay by William Ludwig & Sonya Levien Based on the musical play by Herbert Fields and the play Shore Leave by Hubert Osborne
Draft Date: 8/30/1954    Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 98    Copy #: 1   
Notes: leatherbound original with 28 photos
 
Hole in the Head, A   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Arnold Schulman From his own play
Draft Date: 5/6/1958    Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 202    Copy #: 1   
 
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by David Swift Based on the musical play by Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstock and Willie Gilbert and the novel by Shepherd Mead
Draft Date: 2/24/1966    Draft Stage: final draft    # Pages: 132    Copy #: 1   
 
I Wanna Hold Your Hand   Manuscript
Written by Robert Zemeckis & Bob Gale
Draft Stage: final shooting script    # Pages: 127   
Notes: this draft titled Beatles 4-Ever!
 
I'll See You in My Dreams   Manuscript   Awards
Written by Jack Rose & Melville Shavelson
Draft Date: 8/4/1951    Draft Stage: revised final draft    # Pages: 103    Copy #: 1   
Notes: uncredited source material: The Gus Kahn Story by Louis F. Edelman and Grace Kahn
 
In the Good Old Summertime   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Albert Hackett & Frances Goodrich and Ivan Tors Based on the play Perfumerie by Miklos Nikolaus Laszlo and the screenplay The Shop Around The Corner by Samson Raphaelson
Draft Date: 10/28/1948    Draft Stage: revised script    # Pages: 131    Copy #: 1   
Notes: Buster Keaton listed as an uncredited writer in IMDB
 
Inside Daisy Clover   Manuscript
Screenplay by Gavin Lambert Based on his novel
Draft Date: 1/28/65    Draft Stage: final draft    # Pages: 114    Copy #: 1   
Notes: from UCLA Theatre Arts Library
 
Interrupted Melody   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by William Ludwig & Sonya Levien Based on the autobiography by Marjorie Lawrence
Draft Date: 8/2/54    Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 99    Copy #: 1   
Notes: leatherbound original with 22 photos
 
Ishtar   Manuscript
Written by Elaine May
Draft Date: 10/11/85    Draft Stage: revised draft    # Pages: 130    Copy #: 1   
 
It's Always Fair Weather   Manuscript   Awards
Written by Betty Comden & Adolph Green
Draft Date: 8/23/1954    Draft Stage: revised script    # Pages: 77    Copy #: 1   
 
It's Always Fair Weather   Manuscript
Written by Betty Comden and Adolph Green
Draft Date: 8/20/1955    Draft Stage: dialogue cutting continuity    Copy #: 2   
 
Jailhouse Rock   Manuscript
Screenplay by Guy Trosper Story by Nedrick Young
Draft Date: 3/15/57    Draft Stage: (shooting script)    # Pages: 108    Copy #: 1   
Notes: included on the National Film Registry, Library of Congress
 
Jazz Singer, The   Published   Awards
Scenario by Alfred A. Cohn Titles by Jack Jarmuth Based on the play Day of Atonement by Samson Raphaelson
Draft Date: 6/1/1927    Draft Stage: final draft    # Pages: 84    Copy #: 1   
Notes: included on the National Film Registry, Library of Congress
 
Jazz Singer, The (1952)   Manuscript
Screenplay by Frank Davis and Leonard Stern and Lewis Meltzer Based on the play by Samson Raphaelson
Draft Date: 7/26/1952    Draft Stage: revised final draft    # Pages: 99    Copy #: 1   
 
Joker is Wild, The   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Oscar Saul Based on the biography of Joe E. Lewis by Art Cohn
Draft Date: 11/8/1956    Draft Stage: revised final white    # Pages: 143    Copy #: 1   
 
Jolson Sings Again   Manuscript   Awards
Written by Sidney Buchman
Draft Date: 10/27/1948    Draft Stage: revised final draft    # Pages: 109   
 
King and I, The   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Ernest Lehman Based on the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical from the novel Anna and the King of Siam by Margaret Landon
Draft Date: 1/5/1956    Draft Stage: revised final script    # Pages: 118    Copy #: 1   
 
King and I, The   Manuscript
Screenplay by Ernest Lehman Based on the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical from the novel Anna and the King of Siam by Margaret Landon
Draft Date: 3/7/1956    Draft Stage: revised draft    # Pages: 118    Copy #: 2   
 
King and I, The   Manuscript
Screenplay by Ernest Lehman Based on the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical from the novel Anna and the King of Siam by Margaret Landon
Draft Date: 8/17/1955    Draft Stage: final script    # Pages: 120    Copy #: 3   
 
Kiss Me Kate   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Dorothy Kingsley Based on the musical play by Samuel and Bella Spewack
Draft Date: 4/29/1953    Draft Stage: revised draft    # Pages: 78    Copy #: 1   
Notes: uncredited source material: William Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew
 
Kissin' Cousins   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Gerald Drayson Adams & Gene Nelson Story by Gerald Drayson Adams
Draft Date: 10/7/1963    Draft Stage: revised draft    # Pages: 109    Copy #: 1   
 
La Bamba   Manuscript
Written by Luis Valdez
Draft Date: 4/28/86    Draft Stage: second draft revised    # Pages: 116    Copy #: 1   
Notes: signed by writer director Luis Valdez and producer Taylor Hackford
 
Lemon Drop Kid, The   Manuscript
Screenplay by Edmund Hartmann and Robert O'Brien and Frank Tashlin Screen story by Edmund Beloin Adaptation by Irving Elison Based on the short story by Damon Runyon
Draft Date: 6/26/50    Draft Stage: final white draft    # Pages: 104    Copy #: 1   
Notes: Si Rose collection; photocopy on shelf (original is in archival box)
 
Les Choristes   Manuscript
Screenplay by Christophe Barratier & Philippe Lopes-Curval Based on La Cage Aux Rossingols (1945) Screenplay by Rene Wheeler & Noel-Noel Story by George Chaperot & Rene Wheeler
Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: unpaged    Copy #: 1   
Notes: double-sided unpaged small format; BAFTA Award nom 2005 best adapted screenplay
 
Les Girls   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by John Patrick Story by Vera Caspary
Draft Date: 1/24/1957    Draft Stage: revised draft    # Pages: 107    Copy #: 1   
 
Let's Make Love   Manuscript   Awards
Written by Norman Krasna With additional dialogue by Hal Kanter
Draft Date: 12/16/1959    Draft Stage: final shooting script    # Pages: 139    Copy #: 1   
 
Li'l Abner   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Norman Panama & Melvin Frank Based on their musical play and the comic strip characters created by Al Capp
Draft Date: 5/27/1959    Draft Stage: final white script    # Pages: 134    Copy #: 1   
 
Light of Day   Manuscript
Written by Paul Schrader
Draft Date: 2/14/1982    Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 105   
Notes: this draft titled Born in the U.S.A.
 
Lili   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Helen Deutsch Story by Paul Gallico
Draft Date: 2/2/1952    Draft Stage: "run" (sic)    # Pages: 97    Copy #: 1   
Notes: includes a 3-page alternate ballet
 
Lion King, The   Manuscript
Screenplay by Linda Woolverton Story by (credit goes to 18 different writers, according to IMDB)
Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 101    Copy #: 1   
Notes: Box Office Titans collection; missing original title page
 
Little Shop of Horrors   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Howard Ashman From the musical play which was based on the film directed by Roger Corman and written by Charles Griffith
Draft Date: 9/27/1985    Draft Stage: final draft    # Pages: 123    Copy #: 1   
 
Little Voice   Manuscript
Written by Mark Herman Based on the play The Rise and Fall of Little Voice by Jim Cartwright
Draft Date: 6/10/97    Draft Stage: revised draft    Copy #: 1   
Notes: unpaged BAFTA nominee 1999 Best adapted screenplay
 
Love Me or Leave Me   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Daniel Fuchs and Isobel Lennart Story by Daniel Fuchs
Draft Date: 12/6/1954    Draft Stage: revised draft    # Pages: 104    Copy #: 1   
 
Luxury Liner   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Gladys Lehman & Richard Connell Based on the story Daddy Is a Wolf (aka Love Makes Me Sick) by Ferenc Molnar
Draft Date: 4/29/1947    Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 147    Copy #: 1   
 
Mad Hot Ballroom   Manuscript
Written by Amy Sewell
Draft Stage: treatment    # Pages: 9    Copy #: 1   
Notes: 9p. film treatment with 4p. outline, 4p. interview chart, 3p. synopsis/project overview
 
Mambo Kings, The   Manuscript
Screenplay by Cynthia C. Cidre Based on the novel by Oscar Hijuelos
Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 122   
Notes: doublesided copy
 
Mary Poppins   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Bill Walsh & Don DaGradi Based on books by P. L. Travers
Draft Date: 6/26/1963    Draft Stage: revised shooting script    # Pages: 147    Copy #: 1   
 
Mary Poppins   Manuscript
Screenplay by Bill Walsh and Don DaGradi Based on books by P. L. Travers
Draft Date: 2/11/1963    Draft Stage: revised shooting script    # Pages: 147    Copy #: 2   
 
Mayor Of The Sunset Strip   Manuscript
Written by George Hickenlooper
Draft Stage: combined continuity script   
 
Meet Me in Las Vegas   Manuscript   Awards
Written by Isobel Lennart
Draft Date: 8/22/1955    Draft Stage: revised draft    # Pages: 89    Copy #: 1   
Notes: fka Weekend at Las Vegas
 
Melody Lingers On, The   Manuscript
Screenplay by Philip Dunne and Ralph Block Adapted from the novel by Lowell Brentano
Draft Date: 8/20/1935    Draft Stage: final draft    # Pages: 159    Copy #: 1   
Notes: incomplete script (no existing complete copy)
 
Merry Widow, The   Manuscript
Screenplay by Sonya Levien & William Ludwig Based on the operetta by Franz Lehar
Draft Date: 10/22/51    Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 121    Copy #: 1   
Notes: leatherbound original with 10 photos
 
Mo' Better Blues   Manuscript   Digital
Written by Spike Lee
Draft Date: 4/16/89    Draft Stage: first draft    # Pages: 104    Copy #: 1   
Notes: digital copy on disk TV/Film Scripts Scanned 2007
 
Movie Movie   Manuscript
Written by Larry Gelbart & Sheldon Keller
Draft Date: 9/15/1976    Draft Stage: first draft    # Pages: 136    Copy #: 2   
 
Movie Movie   Manuscript   Awards
Written by Larry Gelbart & Sheldon Keller
Draft Date: 6/13/1977    Draft Stage: revised draft    # Pages: 122    Copy #: 1   
Notes: fka Double Feature
 
Muppet Movie, The   Manuscript
Written by Jack Burns and Jerry Juhl
Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 100    Copy #: 1   
Notes: included on the National Film Registry, Library of Congress
 
Music Man, The   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Marion Hargrove Story by Franklin Lacey and Meredith Wilson Based on the musical play by Meredith Wilson
Draft Date: 2/3/1961    Draft Stage: final draft    # Pages: 201    Copy #: 1   
Notes: included on the National Film Registry, Library of Congress
 
Music of the Heart   Manuscript
Written by Pamela Gray Inspired by the documentary Small Wonders Based on the life story of Roberta Guasparitzavaras
Draft Date: 6/15/1998    Draft Stage: second revision    # Pages: 111   
Notes: this draft titled Fifty Violins
 
My Blue Heaven   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Lamar Trotti and Claude Binyon Story by S. K. Lauren
Draft Date: 11/1/1949    Draft Stage: final script    # Pages: 132    Copy #: 1   
 
My Fair Lady   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Alan Jay Lerner Based on the musical play by Alan Jay Lerner & Frederick Loewe and the play Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw
Draft Date: 6/24/63    Draft Stage: no draft info.    Copy #: 1   
 
Never Steal Anything Small   Manuscript   Awards
Screen story and screenplay by Charles Lederer Based on Devil's Hornpipe an unpublished and unproduced musical play by Maxwell Anderson and Rouben Mamoulian
Draft Date: 10/9/1957    Draft Stage: revised final screenplay    # Pages: 145    Copy #: 1   
 
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist   Manuscript
Screenplay by Lorene Scafaria Based on the novel by Rachel Cohen and David Levitham
Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 104   
 
Night At The Opera, A   Published
Screenplay by George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind Story by James Kevin McGuinness
Draft Stage: original script    # Pages: 92   
Notes: published in book of the same title; book preface says" because the final film differs so much from the script, this volume includes both the original script and the dialogue and action in the film itself." Included on the National Film Registry, Library of Congress
 
Nine   Manuscript
Screenplay by Michael Tolkin and Anthony Minghella Based on the Broadway musical Nine; book by Arthur Kopit, music and lyrics by Maury Yeston; adaptation from the Italian by Mario Fratti
Draft Date: 2/9/2009    Draft Stage: revised final shooting script    # Pages: 109    Copy #: 1   
 
Nine   Manuscript   Digital
Screenplay by Michael Tolkin and Anthony Minghella Based on the Broadway musical Nine; book by Arthur Kopit, music and lyrics by Maury Yeston; adaptation from the Italian by Mario Fratti
Draft Date: 11/11/2009    Draft Stage: final script    # Pages: 93    Copy #: 2   
Notes: double-sided small page format
 
Nowhere Boy   Digital
Screenplay by Matt Greenhalgh Based on the memoir by Julia Baird
Draft Date: 3/31/2008    Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 122   
 
O Brother, Where Art Thou?   Manuscript   Awards
Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
Draft Date: 4/12/99    Draft Stage: revised draft    # Pages: 104    Copy #: 1   
 
O Lucky Man!   Manuscript
Written by David Sherwin
Draft Date: 6/23/1972    Draft Stage: shooting script    # Pages: 134   
Notes: folio format
 
Oklahoma!   Manuscript
Screenplay by Sonya Levien & William Ludwig From the musical play & lyrics by Rodgers and Hammerstein based on the play Green Grow The Lilacs by Lynn Riggs
Draft Date: 6/1/1954    Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 115    Copy #: 1   
Notes: contains photocopied production stills; included on the National Film Registry, Library of Congress
 
Oklahoma!   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Sonya Levien & William Ludwig From the musical play & lyrics by Rodgers and Hammerstein based on the play Green Grow The Lilacs by Lynn Riggs
Draft Date: 6/1/1954    Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 115    Copy #: 2   
Notes: leatherbound original with 34 photos
 
Oliver!   Manuscript
Screenplay by Vernon Harris Based on the play by Lionel Bart, from the novel by Charles Dickens
Draft Date: 10/31/1966    Draft Stage: revised    # Pages: 174    Copy #: 2   
Notes: folio size
 
Oliver!   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Vernon Harris Based on the play by Lionel Bart, from the novel by Charles Dickens
Draft Date: 5/3/1967    Draft Stage: revised draft    # Pages: 140    Copy #: 1   
 
On an Island With You   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Dorothy Kingsley & Dorothy Cooper and Charles Martin & Hans Wilhelm Story by Charles Martin & Hans Wilhelm
Draft Date: 5/27/1947    Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 122    Copy #: 1   
 
On the Riviera   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Valentine Davies and Phoebe & Henry Ephron Based on the play The Red Cat by Rudolph Lothar and Hans Alder as adapted by Jessie Ernst
Draft Date: 4/28/1950    Draft Stage: temporary script    # Pages: 150    Copy #: 1   
 
On the Town   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Betty Comden & Adolph Green Based on their musical play From an idea by Jerome Robbins
Draft Date: 2/24/1949    Draft Stage: revised script    # Pages: 80    Copy #: 1   
 
One From the Heart   Manuscript
Screenplay by Francis Ford Coppola and Armyan Bernstein Story by Armyan Bernstein
Draft Date: 8/7/80    Draft Stage: first draft    # Pages: 111    Copy #: 1   
Notes: first draft "F. Coppola version"
 
Paint Your Wagon   Manuscript
Screenplay by Alan Jay Lerner Adapted by Paddy Chayefsky from the play by Alan Jay Lerner & Frederick Loewe
Draft Date: 12/1/67    Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 202    Copy #: 1   
 
Pajama Game, The   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by George Abbott & Richard Bissell Based on their musical play and the novel 7 1/2 Cents by Richard Bissell
Draft Date: 10/25/56    Draft Stage: final draft    # Pages: 89    Copy #: 1   
 
Pal Joey   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Dorothy Kingsley Based on the musical play by John O'Hara
Draft Date: 4/11/1957    Draft Stage: revised draft    # Pages: 118    Copy #: 1   
Notes: Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart listed as contributing musical playwrights in IMDB
 
Payday   Manuscript   Awards
Written by Don Carpenter
Draft Stage: first draft    # Pages: 95    Copy #: 1   
 
Pennies From Heaven   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Dennis Potter Based on his original material first presented on Masterpiece Theatre
Draft Date: 7/24/1980    Draft Stage: final draft    # Pages: 150    Copy #: 1   
 
Pennies From Heaven   Manuscript
Screenplay by Dennis Potter Based on his original material first presented on Masterpiece Theatre
Draft Date: 8/18/1980    Draft Stage: final draft    # Pages: 138    Copy #: 2   
 
Prairie Home Companion, A   Published
Screenplay by Garrison Keillor Story by Garrison Keillor & Ken LaZebnik
Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 157    Copy #: 1   
Notes: published in book of the same title
 
Prince of Egypt, The   Manuscript
Screenplay by Philip LaZebnik Additional screenplay by Nicholas Meyer Story by Ken Harsha Additional story by Carole Holliday and Frank Tamura
Draft Date: 9/29/97    Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 80    Copy #: 1   
 
Private's Affair, A   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Winston Miller Based on a story by Ray Livingston Murphy
Draft Date: 4/14/1959    Draft Stage: revised final script    # Pages: 124    Copy #: 1   
 
Producers, The (2005)   Manuscript
Screenplay by Mel Brooks & Thomas Meehan Based upon the 1968 Screenplay The Producers Written by Mel Brooks and the 2001 Broadway stageplay, The Producers the new Mel Brooks Musical Book by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan, Music & Lyrics by Mel Brooks. Direction and Choreography by Susan Stroman
Draft Date: 5/20/05    Draft Stage: final shooting script    # Pages: 146    Copy #: 1   
Notes: double-sided
 
Ray   Manuscript   Digital
Screenplay by James L. White Story by Taylor Hackford and James L. White
Draft Date: 9/24/04    Draft Stage: second revised draft    # Pages: 139    Copy #: 2   
Notes: digital copy on disk TV/Film Scripts Scanned 2007
 
Ray   Published
Screenplay by James L. White Story by Taylor Hackford and James L. White
Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 151    Copy #: 1   
Notes: published in Ray; A Tribute To the Movie, The Music, and The Man
 
Rent   Manuscript
Screenplay by Stephen Chbosky Based on the musical by Jonathan Larson Book, music, and lyrics by Jonathan Larson
Draft Date: 10/12/2000    Draft Stage: second draft    # Pages: 133    Copy #: 1   
Notes: includes writer's note
 
Rent   Manuscript
Screenplay by Stephen Chbosky Based on the musical by Jonathan Larson Book, music, and lyrics by Jonathan Larson
Draft Date: 1/13/2005    Draft Stage: revised shooting script    # Pages: 114    Copy #: 2   
Notes: Prism Award; this draft revisions by Chris Columbus
 
River of No Return   Manuscript
Screenplay by Frank Fenton Story by Louis Lantz
Draft Date: 4/30/1953    Draft Stage: revised final draft    # Pages: 114    Copy #: 1   
 
Road To Rio   Manuscript
Written by Edmund Beloin & Jack Rose
Draft Date: 1/14/47    Draft Stage: revised draft    # Pages: 136    Copy #: 1   
Notes: Si Rose collection; photocopy on shelf (original is in archival box)
 
Roberta   Manuscript
Screenplay by Sam Mintz & Jane Murfin & Allan Scott Based on the play Roberta by Otto A. Harbach and the novel Gowns by Roberta by Alice Duer Miller
Draft Date: 11/27/34    Draft Stage: revised final draft    # Pages: 158    Copy #: 1   
 
Robin and the Seven Hoods   Manuscript   Awards
Written by David Schwartz
Draft Date: 10/23/1963    Draft Stage: revised final shooting script    # Pages: 102    Copy #: 1   
 
Rock 'N' Roll High School   Manuscript
Screenplay by Richard Whitley & Russ Dvonch and Joseph McBride Story by Allan Arkush & Joe Dante
Draft Date: 11/25/1978    Draft Stage: final draft    # Pages: 101    Copy #: 1   
Notes: includes page of notes given by producer Roger Corman
 
Rock Star   Manuscript
Written by John Stockwell
Draft Date: 5/31/00    Draft Stage: revised draft    # Pages: 129   
Notes: this draft titled Metal God with revisions by Callie Khouri and Marc Hyman
 
Rocky Horror Picture Show, The   Manuscript
Screenplay by Jim Sharman & Richard O'Brien Based on the musical play The Rocky Horror Show by Richard O'Brien
Draft Date: 7/18/1974    Draft Stage: no draft info.    # Pages: 88    Copy #: 1   
Notes: includes 3 pages of script amendments; included on the National Film Registry, Library of Congress
 
Rose, The   Manuscript
Screenplay by Bill Kerby and Bo Goldman Story by Bill Kerby
Draft Date: 4/1/1974    Draft Stage: revised first draft    # Pages: 138    Copy #: 2   
Notes: Robert Lewin collection; this early draft by Bill Kerby; includes original note by writer
 
Rose, The   Manuscript
Screenplay by Bill Kerby and Bo Goldman Story by Bill Kerby
Draft Date: 12/21/78    Draft Stage: revised draft    # Pages: 98    Copy #: 1   
 
Roustabout   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Anthony Lawrence and Allan Weiss Story by Allan Weiss
Draft Date: 3/6/1964    Draft Stage: revised final draft    # Pages: 118    Copy #: 1   
 
San Francisco   Published   Awards
Screenplay by Anita Loos Based on a story by Robert Hopkins
Draft Stage: final draft    # Pages: 204    Copy #: 1   
 
Saturday Night Fever   Manuscript   Awards
Screenplay by Norman Wexler Based upon the story by Nik Cohn
Draft Date: 3/10/1977    Draft Stage: revised final version    # Pages: 116    Copy #: 1   
Notes: fka Tribal Rites of the New Saturday Night