Screenwriter (1910–1997) whose 50-year-career include such cult classics as Creature from the Black Lagoon, It Came from Outer Space, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, and Dragnet. AQS on a yellow 7 x 5 sheet. Essex writes an excerpt from the screenplay of The Creature from the Black Lagoon: “Fade In: Ext. Cosmic Dust (Nebulae) Revolving in outer space…A ball of smoke intended to depict earth’s formation out of the gaseous materials. The B. G. is deep blackness. First an intense silence, then a voice: voice—’In the beginning God created the Heaven and the earth…,’” signed below, “Harry Essex.” In fine condition. RRAuction COA.
