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Auction History Result 1a194 SNAKE PIT continuity & dialogue script Oct 28, 1948 screenplay by Frank Partos & Millen Brand Date Sold 7/9/2013 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Movie Script (measures 8 1/2" x 11" [22 x 28 cm], 100 pages) (Learn More) The Snake Pit, the classic 1949 Anatole Litvak (nominated for the Best Director Academy Award for this film) psychological psychiatric mental illness romantic melodrama ("An achievement born in the raging elements of life's emotions!"; "Based on the Novel by Mary Jane Ward"; produced by Darryl F. Zanuck; about a mentally ill schizophrenic woman who is placed in a mental institution, quite daring for its time, and one of the few movies ever to give an accurate portrayal of schizophrenia and its treatment at that time; nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award) starring Olivia De Havilland (nominated for the Best Actress Academy Award for this film), Mark Stevens, Leo Genn, Celeste Holm, Glenn Langan, Helen Craig, Leif Erickson, Beulah Bondi, Lee Patrick, Howard Freeman, Natalie Schafer, Ruth Donnelly, Katherine Locke, Frank Conroy, and Minna Gombell. Note that Betsy Blair has an important minor role as a mute patient who talks at the film's conclusion, and also note that Jan Clayton sings the song "Going Home" at a dance in the movie (this was the song that was played at FDR's funeral, and was based on both Negro spirituals and music of Antonin Dvorak). NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that this is the continuity & dialogue script ("taken from the screen") is from October 28, 1948 and the screenplay was written by Frank Partos and Millen Brand. Note that we are separately auctioning a script that is dated October 28, 1948, 16 months before this script. It is ironic that that script is marked "FINAL SCRIPT", because the movie was not released for over a year and a half later. Note that this version of the script does have the scene at the end where Jan Clayton sings "Going Home" (but it is NOT in the earlier script, so it was obviously added in between those times!). Condition: good to very good. There are stains down the right side of the cover and tears and some paper loss around the edges. The interior pages are in pretty nice condition! Learn More about condition grades 
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