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Auction History Result 8k161 LEARNING TREE script March 1965 rejected screenplay by Alan Martin from Gordon Parks' novel! Date Sold 6/8/2014 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Movie Script (measures 8 1/2" x 11" [22 x 28 cm], 140 pages). Also included is a "budget estimate" supplement that has 14 pages. (Learn More) The Learning Tree, the 1969 Gordon Parks turn-of-the-century black African American melodrama ("Learn Baby Learn."; "It's the place where you come to learn what life is all about. By the time he was 14, Newt Winger had learned."; "Alienation. Betrayal. Withdrawal. Involvement. Sex. Shame. Murder."; "The tree of knowledge for Newt Winger."; "Warner Bros.-Seven Arts presents A film by Gordon Parks based on his novel.") starring Kyle Johnson, Alex Clarke, Estelle Evans, Dana Elcar, Mira Waters, Joel Fluellen, Malcolm Atterbury, and Don Dubbins. Note that film historians consider this movie to be the first studio-financed Hollywood movie to be made by an African American director! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that this script is from March 1965 and the screenplay was written by Alan Martin. Apparently, in 1965, Mr. Martin wrote this screenplay based on Gordon Parks' novel, but it seems that Mr. Parks rejected this screenplay, and when the movie was ultimately filmed four years later, the screenplay was solely written by Mr. Parks (one could compare this screenplay to the filmed screenplay to see if any elements of this script were retained). Apparently, this script made it pretty far along in the production process, because there is a separate "budget estimates" section that is 14 pages, and it gives a complete breakdown of how much it would cost to make the movie (which was $553,385). Note that this item comes from the estate of Paul Kohner, who as an agent for hundreds of actors, writers, directors, etc., was constantly sent scripts to "pitch" to his clients or to the studios, and therefore we are 100% certain that this is an original script created at the time it was written. Kohner had a remarkable life! Kohner was born in Czechoslovakia in 1902, and he was a journalist working at his father's newspaper. He came to Hollywood after interviewing Carl Laemmle, who gave him a job as a publicity man. He became the head of Universal's European department in Berlin, and returned to the U.S. in the early 1930s, and left Universal in 1938, becoming a publicity agent. Among his clients were some of the greatest film stars ever, including Greta Garbo, Ingrid Bergman, and also great directors such as John Huston and Billy Wilder. He had close personal friendships with many of his clients, and he saved every bit of correspondence and paper work from his agency! He was married to actress Lupita Tovar from 1932 until his death in 1988. Amazingly, after his death, few institutions showed interest in his immense files, and only a small amount ended up being saved, with a lot literally thrown away! Our consignor purchased the item offered here from Mr. Kohner's estate in 1989, and he has held it until now, when he has consigned several items from Mr. Kohner's estate to eMoviePoster.com, and each item is being auctioned separately. Condition: very good. There is a small bit of water staining on the first page and on the cover of the supplement, but otherwise, the script is in nice condition. Learn More about condition grades 
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