The Spiral Staircase Some Must Watch Original screenplay for the 1945 film
1945129230Culver City CA: Selznick International Pictures / RKO Radio Pictures 1945. Early Treatment script for the 1945 film here under its working title "Some Must Watch." An early treatment by Mel Dinelli basically a sketch of what would become a much more developed screenplay offering significant insight into the early development process. <br/><br/>Based on the 1933 novel "Some Must Watch" by Ethel Lina White. One of the best "old dark house" noirs with Hitchcockian touches both in terms of being a thriller and in terms of multiple insidious characters all placed in the expert care of Robert Siodmak. <br/><br/>Blue titled wrappers with a credit for screenwriter Dinelli and dated January 20 1945. Title page integral with the first page of the script. 19 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages and wrapper Near Fine small rust stain from an old paper clip bound with three silver brads. <br/><br/>Hardy The BFI Companion to Crime. Neibaur 806. Selby US. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. Selznick International Pictures / RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
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