'The Savage Canary', radio adaptation of a novel by David Lampe, typescript.
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Typescript file copy of screenplay by B.S. Johnson with John Paxton, from a treatment by John Burke, of the novel by David Lampe about the Danish resistance in World War II. Dated Jan-Mar 1965.
'The Deluge at Norderny', drafts, typescript and correspondence relating to a proposed film treatment of Isak Dinesen's novel.
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File copy typescript of preliminary film presentation for a proposed screenplay for The Deluge at Norderny by Isak Dinesen, delivered 27 Sep 1966. Hand-written drafts and notes on the proposed film. Includes a loose note on dates. Three letters from Robert Light Productions Inc., two carbon copie...
Material relating to the making of the film written and directed by B.S. Johnson. Johnson had the idea to turn his stage play Your Human Like the Rest of Them in to a film in August 1966. He received funding from the BFI to carry out a test sequence in September 1966. He completed and submitted ...
Working papers and correspondence relating to the film
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Correspondence and adminstrative documents relating to the making of the film. Dated between 1966-1967. Draft shot sequence and editing order. ca. 1967. Test sequence placard, printed text pages of the script and press cuttings. Typescript of the presentation of the film, ca. 1966.
Press and prizes relating to Your Human Like the Rest of Them
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Papers relating to film festival in Krakow, 1969. Correspondence and adminstrative papers relating to press and publicity of the film, 1968. Photographs of B.S. Johnson at a film festival, ca. 1968.