Elliott Clawson (3 results)
More imagesPublished by Metro Golden Mayer Studios, 1928
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Burns' Bizarre, IOBA, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.Burns' Bizarre, IOBA
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Scenario by Elliott Clawson [Cover dated June 14, 1928 ; on page 1 dated June 7] Pale yellow covers, paper label with MGM logo; stamped file copy ; two-hole punched, brass brads. No. 1666 stamped upper right corner; no. 3580 on the label. Lower right cor…ner: Script Okayed by [producer] Mr. [Irving] Thalberg. June 14. 1928. 85 pages mimeographed in black ink. Title page integrated with first lines of text. West of Zanzibar is a 1928 silent film directed by Tod Browning. The screenplay concerns the vengefulness of a cuckolded magician (Chaney) paralyzed in a brawl with his rival (Lionel Barrymore). The film is based on a 1926 Broadway play called Kongo starring Walter Huston. This appears to be a first draft scenario with dialogue, no revision pages, and Chaney s character [Phroso] yet to be named; he is referred to throughout as Chaney. Also a somewhat different ending than was filmed, with the notation on page 85: There will be twenty additional scenes in which, in his effort to save the girl, Chaney sacrifices his life and is burned upon the funeral pyre. The film was released in Nov 1928. Condition: Covers fair; numerous small chips along edges; 1/3 of spine paper missing. Remnants of erased pencil markings on front where someone had written the name of the production team. Interior pages fine; clean with no markings.
West of Zanzibar (Original photograph from the 1928 silent film)
Tod Browning (director); Chester De Vonde (play); Elliott J. Clawson (screenwriter); Lon Chaney, Lionel Barrymore, Mary Nolan, Warner Baxter (starring)
Published by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], Beverly Hills, CA, 1928
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Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.Royal Books, Inc., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerVintage reference photograph from the 1928 silent film, showing actress Mary Nolan. With a mimeo snipe to the verso, along with manuscript pencil annotations regarding layout. A bitter magician in charge of a small outpost in Zanzibar, paralyzed by the man who wooed and killed his wife, seeks to exact revenge upon the philandere…r and the girl that he believes is their offspring. He attempts to do so by carrying out the African tradition of burning a man's daughter at the stake after a man has died, though only after killing his rival does he realize the daughter is his. One of Browning and Chaney's best joint efforts, a tragically grim film depicting a lurid Africa. Set in Zanzibar. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, slightly wavy, with light toning.
West of Zanzibar (Original photograph from the 1928 silent film)
Tod Browning (director); Chester De Vonde (play); Elliott J. Clawson (screenwriter); Lon Chaney, Lionel Barrymore, Mary Nolan, Warner Baxter (starring)
Published by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], Beverly Hills, CA, 1928
- Photo
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.Royal Books, Inc., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerVintage oversize reference photograph from the 1928 silent film, showing actor Lon Chaney swallowing a sword. Manuscript ink annotations regarding layout on the verso, along with a provenance stamp. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Having been abandoned by his wife and paralyzed by her lover, a bitter m…agician vows to exact revenge upon the philanderer and the girl that he believes is his rival's daughter. He attempts to do so by carrying out the African tradition of burning a man's daughter at the stake after a man has died, though only after killing his rival does he realize the daughter is his own. One of Tod Browning and Lon Chaney's best joint efforts, a tragically grim film depicting a lurid Africa. Set in Zanzibar. 8.5 x 10.75 inches. Very Good plus.
