*Joseph Pasternak's THE SAN FRANCISCANS (1963) Unproduced Screenplay BY JOHN GAY

Description

This is a
vintage original screenplay
for an unproduced film by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) entitled,
THE SAN FRANCISCANS
, that was to be produced by Joseph Pasternak.
Written by John Gay and dated February 25, 1963
, it consists of 117 pages on eye-rest green stock which were 3-hole punched and bound with two brass brads between and light blue cardstock front and back cover. As indicated in the top right corner of the front cover, this was the third copy of this script to be issued. No interior title page is present. It is complete in overall very fine condition with a vertical crease on the front cover to the right of the brads with a 1.25 in. horizontal tear on the center of the left edge and random signs of wear. The back cover has signs of wear along the brads and on the corners. There is a small diagonal crease on the right corners of the last few pages.
John Gay
(April 1, 1924 – February 4, 2017) was an American screenwriter, born in Whittier, California. He began his career writing episodes for television anthology series such as
Lux Video Theatre, Kraft Television Theatre
, and
Goodyear Television Playhouse
. He made his film screenwriting debut in 1956 with
Run Silent, Run Deep
. Additional screen credits include
Separate Tables, Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, The Courtship of Eddie's Father, The Hallelujah Trail, No Way to Treat a Lady, Soldier Blue, Sometimes a Great Notion
, and
A Matter of Time
. For television, Gay has adapted numerous literary classics, including
The Red Badge of Courage, Captains Courageous, Les Miserables, A Tale of Two Cities, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Ivanhoe, Uncle Tom's Cabin, and Around the World in 80 Days.
He also wrote television biopics of Howard Hughes, George Armstrong Custer, Caryl Chessman, and Adolf Hitler; small screen remakes of
Dial M for Murder, Witness for the Prosecution, Inherit the Wind
, and
Shadow of a Doubt
; adaptations of the bestsellers
Fatal Vision
and
Blind Faith
by Joe McGinniss and
The Burden of Proof
by Scott Turow; and the television movie,
A Piano for Mrs. Cimino,
starring Bette Davis.
Gay also wrote the one-man play,
Diversions and Delights
, in which Oscar Wilde
presents a lecture about his career to a Parisian
audience in November 1899. With Vincent Price
portraying Wilde, the play premiered in
San Francisco
in July 1977 and toured more than 300 cities during the next three years.
Gay was nominated for the Academy Award for "Best Adapted Screenplay" and the Writers Guild of America Award for "Best Adapted Screenplay" for
Separate Tables
. He has been nominated once for the Emmy Award for "Outstanding Writing in a Limited Series or Special" and three times for the Edgar Award for "Best Television Feature or Miniseries." Gay wrote the memoir
Any Way I Can: 50 Years in Show Busines
s with his daughter, Jennifer Gay Summers.