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Best American Screenplays: Complete Screenplays. First Series by Sam Thomas PDF

The 12 screenplays in this first of a planned series were produced over a 50-year period, 1930-80. Almost all were nominated for a best picture Oscar and some won. Screenplays include All Quiet on the Western Front, Meet John Doe, On Golden Pond, Casablanca, and Arthur. They were selected for their literary merit and for their reflection of a major cultural or social phenomenon. Some of the films included, and many of those omitted, will cause discussion, although Thomas cites copyright problems for the non-inclusion of some classics. These are final versions from which the films were shot, although the completed films may differ in some ways. Brief accounts of script and screenwriter precede each screenplay.

ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT - GEORGE ABBOTT, MAXWELL ANDERSON & DELL ANDREWS
MEET JOHN DOE - ROBERT RISKIN
CASABLANCA - JULIUS J. EPSTEIN, PHILIP G. EPSTEIN & HOWARD KOCH
MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET - GEORGE SEATON
REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE - STEWART STERN
BONNIE AND CLYDE - DAVID NEWMAN & ROBERT BENTON
THE GRADUATE - CALDER WILLINGHAM & BUCK HENRY
BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID - WILLIAM GOLDMAN
SOUNDER - LONNE ELDER III
ON GOLDEN POND - ERNEST THOMPSON
ARTHUR - STEVE GORDON
THE CANDIDATE - JEREMY LARNER

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