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     MANUSCRIPTS and ARCHIVAL MATERIAL

Screenplays

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Written forms of stories prepared for motion picture productions, including description of characters, details of scenes and settings, dialogue, and stage directions.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Dick Miller copy of "The Premature Burial" screenplay

 Collection — Box BW 52, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 16771
Content Description This collection contains Dick Miller's working copy of the original screenplay for the 1962 film "The Premature Burial." Miller's only annotation to the script is blood dripping from the title in red holograph ink. Miller played the part of "Mole" in the film. This film was the director Roger Corman's third of seven Edgar Allan Poe adaptations, known collectively as the "Poe Cycle." Based on the 1844 short story by Edgar Allan Poe, and adapted to the screen by Charles Beaumont, noted horror...
Dates: c. 1962