Original brad-bound production-used script for the 1936 MGM film Romeo and Juliet, 93 pages, 8.5 x 11, November 13, 1935, signed on the front cover in fountain pen by numerous members of the cast and crew, including Norma Shearer (who adds, "as 'Juliet'"), John Barrymore, Basil Rathbone, C. Aubrey Smith, Conway Tearle, Edna May Oliver, Ralph Forbes, Reginald Denny, Andy Devine, Violet Kemble Cooper, Henry Kolker, Maurice Murphy, Katherine DeMille, director George Cukor, screenwriter Talbot Jennings, producer Irving Thalberg, composer Herbert Stothart, art director Cedric Gibbons, and other crew members including Edwin B. Willis, Margaret Booth, Oliver Messel, Agnes de Mille, literary consultant William Strunk, Jr., William Daniels, and Douglas Shearer. In fine condition.
When Romeo and Juliet was made its budget reached two million dollars, becoming MGM's most expensive sound film up to that time. With a star-studded cast and lavish sets, the film received a mixed reception but earned four Academy Award nominations, all of which are represented here—Thalberg for best picture, Shearer for best actress, Rathbone for best supporting actor, and Gibbons for best art direction, although none of them ultimately took home the top prize. For the cinematic adaptation of arguably the most famous story ever told, this near-fully signed script is a treasure to behold.
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