Lot 1020
Two Harper Goff screenplays of The Vikings with his production archive
21 November 2017, 13:00 EST
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Two Harper Goff screenplays of The Vikings with his production archive
United Artists, 1958. Mimeographic manuscript, (titled The Viking), Revised Final Screenplay by Noel Langley, January 17, 1957, 136 pp, with blue revision pages dated February 5th and yellow revision pages dated March 4th, annotated, bound with brads in beige wrappers, "H. Goff / Palace Hotel / Copenhagen. DK" in black marker to cover, "Harper Goff. Pers" in black marker to cover under title, with several letters folded in.
Mimeographic manuscript, (Titled The Viking), Revised Final Screenplay by Noel Langley, January 17, 1957, 134 pp, bound with brads in blue wrappers, ownership signature ("H. Goff") to cover in black marker, with typed carbon production notes, 12 pp and a map, housed in folded sheets of lined paper, 4 original set design drawings, 2 pp of production correspondence, annotated reference photographs, and other production ephemera, and an original drawing of a ship, pen and ink on paper.
Goff reteamed with 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea director Richard Fleischer and star Kirk Douglas (who doubled as producer on The Vikings) for this hit Norse adventure costarring Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh. (Goff himself cameos in the film.) Goff had to accurately re-create three Viking ships, a Viking village, and many other period details in the film's primarily Norwegian and French filming locations. Goff's focus on authenticity is reflected in these detailed production design files on Viking life, including his drawings of Viking homes. The scripts included here are the initial version by Noel Langley, co-screenwriter of The Wizard of Oz (1939). Fleischer championed Langley's script, but Douglas disliked Langley's dialogue and had him replaced. Calder Willingham and Dale Wasserman received final screenwriting credit, but neither of them is mentioned in these drafts, which differ noticeably from their rewritten versions.
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Mimeographic manuscript, (Titled The Viking), Revised Final Screenplay by Noel Langley, January 17, 1957, 134 pp, bound with brads in blue wrappers, ownership signature ("H. Goff") to cover in black marker, with typed carbon production notes, 12 pp and a map, housed in folded sheets of lined paper, 4 original set design drawings, 2 pp of production correspondence, annotated reference photographs, and other production ephemera, and an original drawing of a ship, pen and ink on paper.
Goff reteamed with 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea director Richard Fleischer and star Kirk Douglas (who doubled as producer on The Vikings) for this hit Norse adventure costarring Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh. (Goff himself cameos in the film.) Goff had to accurately re-create three Viking ships, a Viking village, and many other period details in the film's primarily Norwegian and French filming locations. Goff's focus on authenticity is reflected in these detailed production design files on Viking life, including his drawings of Viking homes. The scripts included here are the initial version by Noel Langley, co-screenwriter of The Wizard of Oz (1939). Fleischer championed Langley's script, but Douglas disliked Langley's dialogue and had him replaced. Calder Willingham and Dale Wasserman received final screenwriting credit, but neither of them is mentioned in these drafts, which differ noticeably from their rewritten versions.
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