A Life & Legacy: The Joanne Woodward & Paul Newman Collection
A Life & Legacy: The Joanne Woodward & Paul Newman Collection
"The Left Handed Gun" | Bound presentation script incorporating photographic stills
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June 12, 05:47 PM GMT
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400 - 600 USD
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The Left Handed Gun
Bound presentation script incorporating photographic stills
1957
Film script (8 1/4 x 10 3/4 in.; 206 x 275 mm). Approximately 130pp printed on cream and blue sheets, dated 16 May 1957, signed and inscribed by Gore Vidal on title-page "Based on the beautiful television play by Gore Vidal," interleaved with 6 vintage black and white and color film stills; very faint toning to text leaves, some stills loose with corners creased, most with adhesive residue primarily to borders where affixed with tape. Full brown leather, bound by California Bookbinding, original front wrapper bound in with notice reading "Please return this script to production manager when picture is completed", cover and spine with gilt rules, title gilt-lettered, "Paul Newman " gilt-lettered at lower right of cover; very minor shelfwear.
Celsa: Stay here. They'll kill you!
Billy The Kid: They've been killin' me. Now I don't wait. I go first!
Celsa: What are you going to do?
Billy The Kid: I don't run. I don't hide. I go where I want. I DO what I want!
Screenplay for The Left Handed Gun, written by Leslie Stevens, and directed by Arthur Penn, inscribed by Gore Vidal, author of the teleplay that inspired the film
This 1958 revenge-driven Western directed by Arthur Penn placed a 33 year-old Newman in the role of Billy the Kid, who died at 22 (a good decade younger than the actor portraying him). The Left Handed Gun keyed into the teenage rebel movement of the day, and in spite of being poorly received at the time of its release, it has since become a cult film for many.
Another notable aspect of this particular copy of the script is the inscription from Vidal, who was a close friend of both Newman and Joanne Woodward.