London, Proscenium Films, (n.d.). Owen's screenplay for A Hard Day's Night, the Beatles' first movie, still simply titled The Beatles: the film did not get its actual title until filming was almost done. Photocopy, duplicating the initials "W.S." on the title page, likely Walter Shenson, the producer. This is an early draft, containing much material that was edited out of the final movie, and as such a significant document pertaining to one of the classic movies of the 1960s -- an influential movie for any number of reasons, not least of which is that it is credited with introducing any number of film techniques that have simply become part of the grammar and vocabulary of modern filmmaking: hand-held cameras for authenticity; quick cuts timed to the musical score; and much more. It is also widely credited with being the precursor to the modern music video. Owen got an Oscar nomination for this script. A clean copy, perhaps too clean to be contemporary, although circumstantial evidence does date it to the '60s or '70s. Claspbound in mildly rubbed plain cardstock covers and laid into a sunned plastic file folder. [#027532] SOLD

All books are first printings of first editions or first American editions unless otherwise noted.