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More imagesThe Hideous Sun Demon [The Sun Demon] (Original screenplay for the 1958 film)
Robert Clarke (director, starring); Tom Boutross (director); Nan Peterson, Patrick Whyte, Patricia Manning (starring); E.S. Seeley, Doane R. Hoag (screenwriters)
Published by Clarke-King Enterprises, Beverly Hills, CA, 1957
- Softcover
- Manuscript
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.Royal Books, Inc., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerFinal Revised Shooting script for the 1958 film. Annotations in manuscript pencil throughout, noting editorial revisions. A scientist transforms into a violent lizard-creature when he is exposed to the sun as the result of an experiment involving a new radioactive isotope. A Z-budget release largely panned by contemporary audien…ces and critics, today considered a cult film, with an unauthorized sequel, "Wrath of the Sun Demon," released in 1965, and several satirical re-dubbings of the film released in the 1980s. Shot on location throughout Southern California. Brown generic card wrappers with a typed title label dated 1958 affixed to the front wrapper. Title page present, dated October 17, 1957, noted as FINAL REVISED SHOOTING SCRIPT, with credit for screenwriter E.S. Seeley Jr. 135 leaves, with last page of text numbered 134. Carbon typescript, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound internally with a silver prong.
