Strings to the Past: Vintage Hollywood Memories & Marionette Auction

Lot #8:

Bernard H. Hyman Marie Walewska/Conquest Script

Conquest, 1937, MGM. Studio bound and bradded, 207-multi-color page Complete Script MGM file copy for the Greta Garbo (Countess Walewska) and Charles Boyer (Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte) historical drama. The script is dated Feb. 9, 1937 with pencil dates handwritten below. The first page of the script features a "Guide to Pronunciation of Names." No writer attributed on the pages, although as was the custom in the studio system of the day, more than 5-6 writers had their fingers in the screenplay. The covers exhibit chipping and some tearing to edges. In vintage very good condition.