Lady Sings the Blues (Original screenplay for the 1972 film) - 1971

Hollywood: Motown-Weston-Furie Productions, 1971. Final Shooting script for the 1972 film. Copy belonging to early production designer Harry Horner, with his name in manuscript ink on the title page. Noted as copy No. 23 on the lower right corner of the title page, with manuscript pencil and ink annotations on six pages. According to the AFI catalog, immediately prior to the commencement of photography several last-minute changes were made to the production crew, including the replacement of Harry Horner with Carl Anderson. The script found here also co-credits director Sidney J. Furie as screenwriter with Terence McCloy. Furie did not receive a screenwriting credit in the final film. Based on Billie Holiday's 1956 autobiography, co-authored by William Duffy, which recounts Holiday's troubled rise to fame, failed romantic relationships, and drug addiction. Diana Ross' film debut. Set in New York and Baltimore. Red untitled wrappers. Title page present, dated November 11, 1971, noted as Final Shooting Script, with credits for screenwriters Sidney J. Furie and Terence McCloy. 134 leaves, with last page of text numbered 130. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Near FIne, wrapper Near FIne, bound in a Near Fine red three-ring binder.