Billy Wilder Some Like It Hot Production Archive....

Description

Billy Wilder Some Like It Hot Production Archive. This extensive lot from Billy Wilder's classic 1959 United Artists comedy starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, and Jack Lemmon includes "First Draft" script by Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond, 69 pages, red construction-paper covers with three metal clips; "Dialogue Continuity" script by Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond, February 17, 1959, 69 pages; "Cutting Continuity" script, February 20, 1959, 49 pages; typescript publicity booklet featuring a synopsis and biographies of the cast and crew, 49 pages; correspondence and telegrams to and from Wilder (no B.W. signatures); research notes, cast lists, Academy Award nominations brochure, an issue of Film Daily with an ad for the film, and dozens of newspaper and magazine articles. The lot ranges from Fair to Fine condition, with evidence that some of the material was exposed to an office fire at some point. From the Billy Wilder Archive.

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