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Auction History Result 8k104 FEDORA script '78 screenplay by Billy Wilder & I.A.L. Diamond! 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], 123 pages) (Learn More) Fedora, the 1978 Billy Wilder French/German acting movie-making romantic melodrama ("Youth had been a habit of hers for so long that she could not part with it."; "Based on a story from 'Crowned Heads' by Thomas Tryon"; about a Hollywood producer attempting to lure an aging actress out of retirement) starring William Holden, Marthe Keller, Jose Ferrer, Frances Sternhagen, Mario Adorf, Stephen Collins, Hans Jaray, Gottfried John, Henry Fonda ("as the President of the Academy"), Hildegard Knef ("as the Countess"), and Michael York ("as himself") NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that this screenplay was written by Billy Wilder & I.A.L. Diamond. 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 to fine. Learn More about condition grades 
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