Group of James Drury Personal Scripts Including Perry Mason (CBS TV, 1957-1966) and ...

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Group of James Drury Personal Scripts Including Perry Mason (CBS TV, 1957-1966) and Pollyanna (Buena Vista, 1960). Vintage original group of (12) scripts, call sheets, and shooting schedules personally owned by James Drury including (1) 76-page black leather-bound script for NBC Matinee Theater (1956), Episode 157, "Autumn Crocus," (1) 116-page bound and bradded Final script from Bernardine (1957), dated December 14, 1956, accompanied by a 3-page call sheet and a 4-page call sheet, (1) 119-page green canvas-bound Final Draft for Playhouse 90 (1958), Season 2, Episode 40, "The Brand of Jesse James," (which became "Bitter Heritage"), dated January 29, 1958, (1) 39-page bound and bradded script for Zane Gray Theatre (1959), Season 3, Episode 16, "Welcome Home a Stranger," accompanied by 3-folded pages of script revisions and a 2-page stapled and folded call sheet, (1) 31-page bound and bradded script with revised pages for Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1959), Season 3, Episode 7, "Murder at the Mansion," with pages dated 2/13/59 through 2/17/59, (1) 29-page bound and bradded Revised Draft for The Rebel (1960), Season 2, Episode 12, "Vindication," dated 7/8/60, (1) 28-page bound and bradded script for The Loretta Young Show (1960), Season 8, Episode 4, "Linda," accompanied by a folded call sheet and a 2-page stapled shooting schedule, (1) 163-page First Draft Screenplay for Pollyanna (1960), dated May 25, 1959, with attached 45-page shooting schedule, (1) 61-page bound and bradded script for Perry Mason (1961), Season 5, Episode 3, "The Case of the Missing Melody," dated July 10, 1961, (2) call sheets for Love Me Tender (1956) dated 9/11/56 and 9/12/56, and (1) advance schedule for Love Me Tender (1956), dated September 11, 1956. Page numbers are as paginated. Ranges in size from 8.5" x 11" to 9" x 11.5". Items exhibit production wear and age, including handling wear, edge wear, staining, creasing, and overall toning. The Playhouse 90 script has distress and holes to the exterior of the canvas binding. Comes with a COA from Heritage Auctions.

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