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Auction archive: Lot number 173

A Joseph L. Mankiewicz chapbook of anecdotes

TCM Presents
14 Jun 2018 - 28 Jun 2018
Estimate
US$0
Price realised:
US$625
Auction archive: Lot number 173

A Joseph L. Mankiewicz chapbook of anecdotes

TCM Presents
14 Jun 2018 - 28 Jun 2018
Estimate
US$0
Price realised:
US$625
Beschreibung:

Comprising 4 xerographic manuscripts in various draft forms of a chapbook which Mankiewicz put together and which he titled, Parting Remarks: Being Sixty Years of Opinions, Stray Thoughts / Concrete Notions, / Ephemeral Ideas / And Anecdotes / Both Absurd and Sublime / Selections compiled and edited / by / Joseph L. Mankiewicz & Stefan Petrucha," 151 pp, with annotations and corrections. Joe Mankiewicz's first love was the written word; in fact, he declared that he only got into directing because "I couldn't stomach what was being done with what I wrote." Together with a black binder with 49 pp of typed and handwritten notes which are the basis for the chapbook, written by Joseph L. Mankiewicz on subjects ranging from Actors and Acting to Youth and Age, with much more in between; 7 pp of xerographic typed pages titled, "Possible Chapbook Additions," 9 pp of xerographic typed pages titled, "JLM Film Quotes"; and a file folder of additional corrections to certain pages of the manuscript. 8.5 x 11 in.

Auction archive: Lot number 173
Auction:
Datum:
14 Jun 2018 - 28 Jun 2018
Auction house:
Bonhams London
Los Angeles 7601 W. Sunset Boulevard Los Angeles CA 90046 Tel: +1 323 850 7500 Fax : +1 323 850 6090 info.us@bonhams.com
Beschreibung:

Comprising 4 xerographic manuscripts in various draft forms of a chapbook which Mankiewicz put together and which he titled, Parting Remarks: Being Sixty Years of Opinions, Stray Thoughts / Concrete Notions, / Ephemeral Ideas / And Anecdotes / Both Absurd and Sublime / Selections compiled and edited / by / Joseph L. Mankiewicz & Stefan Petrucha," 151 pp, with annotations and corrections. Joe Mankiewicz's first love was the written word; in fact, he declared that he only got into directing because "I couldn't stomach what was being done with what I wrote." Together with a black binder with 49 pp of typed and handwritten notes which are the basis for the chapbook, written by Joseph L. Mankiewicz on subjects ranging from Actors and Acting to Youth and Age, with much more in between; 7 pp of xerographic typed pages titled, "Possible Chapbook Additions," 9 pp of xerographic typed pages titled, "JLM Film Quotes"; and a file folder of additional corrections to certain pages of the manuscript. 8.5 x 11 in.

Auction archive: Lot number 173
Auction:
Datum:
14 Jun 2018 - 28 Jun 2018
Auction house:
Bonhams London
Los Angeles 7601 W. Sunset Boulevard Los Angeles CA 90046 Tel: +1 323 850 7500 Fax : +1 323 850 6090 info.us@bonhams.com
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