JOHN FORD JOHN WAYNE - THREE GODFATHERS - SCREENWRITER'S OWN LEATHERBOUND SCRIPT

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THREE GODFATHERS - THE FILM, JOHN FORD,  JOHN WAYNE, FRANK NUGENT. The Three Godfathers - Screenplay by Frank Nugent & Laurence Stallings. Los Angeles: Argosy Pictures, 1948. Screenwriter Frank Nugent’s personal copy of his screenplay. Original 116 page mimeographed shooting script that was for the classic John Ford directed western starring John Wayne, Pedro Armendariz, and Harry Carey Jr. Hardbound in full gilt-stamped blue leather with Nugent’s name stamped on the front board in the lower left hand corner. With marbled endpapers. Nugent has hand-corrected a couple of typographical errors and at one point has written in dialogue that was missing. The Three Godfathers was the first western directed by John Ford filmed in color. Frank Nugent was a New York journalist who reviewed over 1000 films for The New York Times. Director John Ford turned Nugent into one of Hollywood’s most respected screenwriters. He wrote 11 screenplays for John Ford directed films including The Searchers, The Quiet Man, Fort Apache, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, Wagon Master, Mister Roberts, The Last Hurrah, The Rising of the Moon, Two Rode Together, Donovan’s Reef. Nugent was respected by other directors as well and he wrote The Tall Men for director Raoul Walsh, Angel Face for Otto Preminger, Paratrooper for Terence Young, and others. Nugent was elected President of the Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW) from 1957 to 1958 and he served as the guild’s representative on the Motion Picture Industry Council from 1954 to 1959.