DS, three pages, 8.5 x 11, February 5, 1951. A contract between Winchester Pictures and William Faulkner, who agrees to serve "as a writer in connection with the motion picture now entitled 'The Left Hand of God'" for $1500, with a promised bonus of $4000 if the first draft screenplay is completed and delivered within four weeks. Signed at the conclusion in fountain pen by Faulkner. In fine condition.
William Faulkner’s 1951 adaptation of William Barrett’s inspirational novel, The Left Hand of God (1950), never made it to production, but it is superior to the 1955 film. Faulkner’s screenplay reflects a spiritual journey that he explored in Requiem for a Nun (1951) and A Fable (1954), works revealing a hierological intensity that is absent from his earlier fiction. In the process of adapting the novel’s themes and characters, he articulated his own suffering and search for salvation.
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