A Pair of Screenplays of The Unholy Three

A Pair of Screenplays of The Unholy Three MGM, 1925. 1.Mimeographed Manuscript (spirit duplicator) by C.A. Robbins, continuity by Waldemar Young, 111 pp, 4to, Culver City, CA, December 20, 1924, bound with brads in goldenrod MGM wrappers, stamped 'file copy,' light creasing and thumbing, edges worn. 2.Mimeographed Manuscript by J.C. Nugent and Elliott Nugent, 154 pp, 4to, Culver City, CA, March 27, 1930, bound with brads in goldenrod MGM wrappers, stamped 'file copy' and 'incomplete,' light toning, wrappers chipped and torn with loss at edges. MGM found the plot about The Unholy Three, about 3 sideshow performers who become criminals, such a fascinating concept that the studio made it twice within 5 years' time, first as a silent and then as a sound picture. The silent version was directed by Tod Browning, whose eccentric style had not been successful until the release of this film. The sound version was directed by Jack Conway, and both versions of the film star Lon Chaney and Harry Earles as two of the three con artists (this was Chaney's last film before his death in 1930 and the only sound picture he ever made). 8.5 x 11 in. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing