Lot 95
  • 95

FRANK SINATRA'S FINAL SCRIPT FOR CAN CAN

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2,000 - 3,000 USD
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Description

  • Final revised script for Can-Can (1959)
Mimeographed screenplay (11 x 81/4 in.; 28 x 21 cm) 137 pages with numerous colored script change pages, by Dorothy Kingsley and Charles Lederer, bound in gilt calf by California Bookbinding, upper cover gilt-stamped with title and Frank Sinatra, in card slipcase.

Catalogue Note

Sinatra's starring role here fulfilled his contractual obligation to 20th Century Fox following his walking away from the Carousel film set. He received a percentage of the profits and the film script was revised extensively from the stage version, making his character the lead.