eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 9d108 ENCHANTED ISLAND revised second draft script August 3, 1956, screenplay by Nigel Balchin! Date Sold 8/27/2017Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Movie Script (measures 8 1/2" x 11" [22 x 28 cm], 134 pages) (Learn More) Enchanted Island, the 1958 Allan Dwan romantic Polynesian tropical island adventure melodrama ("He dared to love a cannibal princess!"; "The dread "Typee" cannibal love rites!"; "War of the Headhunters!"; "Sacred secret taboos!"; "Captured by cannibals! Slave to the blue-eyed princess of the dread 'Typee' headhunters... and to her savage code of love and taboo!"; "The mightiest of adventures - by the author of mighty 'Moby Dick'!" [Herman Melville]) starring Dana Andrews, Jane Powell, Don Dubbins, Arthur Shields, Ted de Corsia (billed as "Fred de Corsia"!), and Friedrich Ledebur. This was one of the last films produced for RKO. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that this script is the revised second draft from August 3, 1956 and the screenplay was written by Nigel Balchin (there is a note at the bottom of the title page that reads "This is Nigel Balchin's 2nd Version"). The script has the working title "Typee", and it was under production from Allied Artists (there is a stamp saying the script is their property on the inside front cover), but the Allied Artists version of the movie was never completed, and two years later, a movie, based on this novel and written by James Leicester and Harold Jacob Smith, now called "Enchanted Island", was produced in 1958 by RKO (but because RKO was going broke at that time, the movie was released by Warner Bros.). We don't know if the RKO/Warner Bros. version of the movie has any connection to this two years earlier Allied Artists version. If anyone knows more about this, please e-mail us and we will post it here. Note that this is a script for a screenplay that was sent to agent Paul Kohner (see below), and it is 100% certainly an original script that was created at the time we indicate above, and it is NOT any sort of copy or later creation. The person who purchases this script is solely purchasing the script itself, and NOT any right to reproduce it in any way, or publish it. This script comes from the estate of Paul Kohner, who had a remarkable life! Kohner was born in Czechoslovakia in 1902, and he was a journalist working at his father's newspaper. He came to Hollywood after interviewing Carl Laemmle, who gave him a job as a publicity man. He became the head of Universal's European department in Berlin, and returned to the U.S. in the early 1930s, and left Universal in 1938, becoming a publicity agent. Among his clients were some of the greatest film stars ever, including Greta Garbo, Ingrid Bergman, and also great directors such as John Huston and Billy Wilder. He had close personal friendships with many of his clients, and he saved every bit of correspondence and paper work from his agency! He was married to actress Lupita Tovar from 1932 until his death in 1988. Amazingly, after his death, few institutions showed interest in his immense files, and only a small amount ended up being saved, with a lot literally thrown away! Our consignor purchased the item offered here from Mr. Kohner's estate in 1989, and he has held it until now, when he has consigned several items from Mr. Kohner's estate to eMoviePoster.com, and each item is being auctioned separately. Condition: very good. See our multiple images to get a good sense of the exact condition of this script. Learn More about condition grades
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