Hammett, Dashiell]: Malloy, Doirs, and Harry Clork [screenwriters]:
EDMUND LOWE IN "MISTER DYNAMITE" [wrapper title - Dialogue Continuity Script].
[Los Angeles: Universal Pictures, ]. 1935 - [1],16,18,19,23,19,24,16 leaves plus two terminal blanks. Quarto. Mimeographed typescript, printed on rectos only. Punched and brad bound at top edge. Some slight tanning and slight darkening along top edge, small rectangle of tan offsetting to lower margin of second leaf, crease to final blank, otherwise very good. An undated dialogue continuity script for film based on Dashiell Hammett's original screen story, "On the Make," with a screenplay written by Doris Malloy and Harry Clork. The 1935 release was directed by Alan Crosland, and starred Edmund Lowe as "Mr. Dynamite." Hammett originally wrote the story for hire for Warner Bros. in 1931, but that studio rejected it and he was released from his contract. In September of 1934, Universal bought the rights to the story, and the film was released in May 1935. The opening credits continue to cite the original story's title, "On the Make." Script material for any of the early Hammett films or adaptations is not particularly abundant.
[Bookseller: William Reese Company - Literature, ABAA]
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