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Auction archive: Lot number 1005

A group of Harper Goff's scripts of The Great Locomotive Chase

Estimate
US$0
Price realised:
US$1,875
Auction archive: Lot number 1005

A group of Harper Goff's scripts of The Great Locomotive Chase

Estimate
US$0
Price realised:
US$1,875
Beschreibung:

Buena Vista, 1956. Typed carbon manuscript, Comprehensive Action Breakdown by Harper Goff, 25 pp, March 19, 1952, bound with brads in blue wrappers, title, "Comprehensive action breakdown / Chase sequence," "Harper Goff / 3 - 19 – 52" to Walt Disney Productions script label to front cover, bound with a metal clasp in blue wrappers. Typed carbon manuscript, Suggested Story Outline by Charles O'Neal, 35 pp, October 10, 1952, title, "Production #1763," "Treatment by: Charles O'Neal / 10 - 10 – 52" typed to Walt Disney Productions label to cover. Miimeographed manuscript, Extended Treatment by Charles O'Neal, 98 pp, November 11, 1952, bound with brads in blue wrappers, title, "Extended Treatment" and "By / Charles O'Neal / November 11, 1952" typed to Walt Disney Productions label to front wrapper, thumbnail sketches in pencil to title page and p 95. Typed carbon manuscript, First Draft Screenplay by Charles O'Neal, 150 pp, January 15, 1953, bound with brads in blue wrappers, title, "First Draft Screenplay / By / Charles O'Neal / January 15, 1953" typed to Walt Disney Productions label to front wrapper, annotated in pencil and red pencil, several pages bookmarked with paperclips. Typed carbon manuscript, First Draft Screenplay by Charles O'Neal, 150 pp, January 15, 1953, bound with brads in blue wrappers, title, "First Draft Screenplay," "By / Charles O'Neal / January 15, 1953" typed to Walt Disney Productions Script Department label to front wrapper, "Jackie - / SU – 2 – 3640" in pencil to script label. An archive of five treatments and scripts on this live-action Disney production which stars Fess Parker and Jeffrey Hunter in the true story of Union agents who steal a Confederate train and sabotage the Confederate railroad system. Goff was a major railroading enthusiast and is credited in the film as "Production Researcher." The Comprehensive Action Breakdown of a locomotive chase for the film in this lot credited to Goff seems to indicate he had a creative hand in it. Lawrence Edward Watkin is the sole credited screenwriter on the film, but his name is absent from these scripts. 9 x 12 in.

Auction archive: Lot number 1005
Auction:
Datum:
21 Nov 2017
Auction house:
Bonhams London
New York 580 Madison Avenue New York NY 10022 Tel: +1 212 644 9001 Fax : +1 212 644 9009 info.us@bonhams.com
Beschreibung:

Buena Vista, 1956. Typed carbon manuscript, Comprehensive Action Breakdown by Harper Goff, 25 pp, March 19, 1952, bound with brads in blue wrappers, title, "Comprehensive action breakdown / Chase sequence," "Harper Goff / 3 - 19 – 52" to Walt Disney Productions script label to front cover, bound with a metal clasp in blue wrappers. Typed carbon manuscript, Suggested Story Outline by Charles O'Neal, 35 pp, October 10, 1952, title, "Production #1763," "Treatment by: Charles O'Neal / 10 - 10 – 52" typed to Walt Disney Productions label to cover. Miimeographed manuscript, Extended Treatment by Charles O'Neal, 98 pp, November 11, 1952, bound with brads in blue wrappers, title, "Extended Treatment" and "By / Charles O'Neal / November 11, 1952" typed to Walt Disney Productions label to front wrapper, thumbnail sketches in pencil to title page and p 95. Typed carbon manuscript, First Draft Screenplay by Charles O'Neal, 150 pp, January 15, 1953, bound with brads in blue wrappers, title, "First Draft Screenplay / By / Charles O'Neal / January 15, 1953" typed to Walt Disney Productions label to front wrapper, annotated in pencil and red pencil, several pages bookmarked with paperclips. Typed carbon manuscript, First Draft Screenplay by Charles O'Neal, 150 pp, January 15, 1953, bound with brads in blue wrappers, title, "First Draft Screenplay," "By / Charles O'Neal / January 15, 1953" typed to Walt Disney Productions Script Department label to front wrapper, "Jackie - / SU – 2 – 3640" in pencil to script label. An archive of five treatments and scripts on this live-action Disney production which stars Fess Parker and Jeffrey Hunter in the true story of Union agents who steal a Confederate train and sabotage the Confederate railroad system. Goff was a major railroading enthusiast and is credited in the film as "Production Researcher." The Comprehensive Action Breakdown of a locomotive chase for the film in this lot credited to Goff seems to indicate he had a creative hand in it. Lawrence Edward Watkin is the sole credited screenwriter on the film, but his name is absent from these scripts. 9 x 12 in.

Auction archive: Lot number 1005
Auction:
Datum:
21 Nov 2017
Auction house:
Bonhams London
New York 580 Madison Avenue New York NY 10022 Tel: +1 212 644 9001 Fax : +1 212 644 9009 info.us@bonhams.com
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