Moe Howard's Script for The Three Stooges' Sock-a-Bye Baby, With Working Title and Howard's Annotations and Drawin...

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Moe Howard's Script for The Three Stooges' Sock-a-Bye Baby, With Working Title and Howard's Annotations and Drawings on Back Cover (1942). Moe Howard's personally owned script for the Three Stooges film Sock-a-Bye Baby, here called "Their First Baby" as the working title, with Moe's handwritten annotations and doodles in pencil to back cover. "Final" script is dated April 22, 1942, shortly before principal photography began. Interestingly, the script differs slightly from the film including the scene where Curly sings a Japanese song to the baby.

Script runs 29 pages, secured with two brads to its green covers. Brittle toned pages, with some chipping and closed tear to front cover. Has loose pages from the tear. Overall, in Very Good condition. From the Moe Howard Estate.

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