Lot 26
A screenplay of Abbott and Costello's Rio Rita
25 November 2013, 13:00 EST
Los AngelesUS$600 - US$900
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A screenplay of Abbott and Costello's Rio Rita
Mimeographed Manuscript by Gladys Lehman and Richard Connell, stamped "temporary incomplete," 126 pp (not consecutively paginated), Culver City, October 20, 1941, bound in blue wrappers with M-G-M script department label to upper cover, annotated throughout in various hands, mild toning and chipping.
Rio Rita was the first of three films Abbott and Costello made for M-G-M while on loan from Universal. A remake of the 1929 version (itself based on the Ziegfeld stage show), the 1942 version had the comedy duo battling Nazi spies in a Texas bordertown. This script is the M-G-M legal department's copy, with notes indicating it was checked out on October 23, 1941, and with penciled annotations throughout querying the use of potentially proprietary names and phrases.
Rio Rita was the first of three films Abbott and Costello made for M-G-M while on loan from Universal. A remake of the 1929 version (itself based on the Ziegfeld stage show), the 1942 version had the comedy duo battling Nazi spies in a Texas bordertown. This script is the M-G-M legal department's copy, with notes indicating it was checked out on October 23, 1941, and with penciled annotations throughout querying the use of potentially proprietary names and phrases.
