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Jazz Singer Script

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Year:1953
Director:Michael Curtiz
Written by:Frank Davis (Screenplay), Leonard B. Stern (Screenplay), Lewis Meltzer (Screenplay), Samson Raphaelson (Theatre Play)

Script Synopsis:As Jerry Golding scales the heights of show business, he breaks the heart of his father, who'd hoped that Jerry would follow in his footsteps. Sorrowfully, Cantor Golding reads the Kaddish service, indicating that, so far as he is concerned, his son is dead. A tearful reconciliation occurs when Jerry dutifully returns to sing the "Kol Nidre" in his ailing father's absence.
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Kid From Left Field Script

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Year:1953
Director:Harmon Jones
Written by:Jack Sher (Writer)

Script Synopsis:Coop's an ex-ballplayer is now a peanut vendor, who takes too much of an interest in the game. But he's passed on his craze for baseball to his son, Christie. When his dad gets fired, Chris makes friends with the former team owner's niece (and her boyfriend Pete), and not only gets his dad's job back, but a batboy position for himself. With his dad's help, Christie begins to make a few suggestions here and there. And as a publicity stunt, the team makes him their youngest manager on record. But when Chris gets sick, Coop has to come to the rescue.
Kid From Left Field Script Resources:

  • Kid From Left Field Script PDF - 5/5/53 FINAL at Script City ($)
  • Kid From Left Field Script PDF at Script Fly ($)

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The Maze Script

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Year:1953
Director:William Cameron Menzies
Written by:Maurice Sandoz (Novel), Daniel B. Ullman (Screenstory)

Script Synopsis:A Scotsman abruptly breaks off his engagement to pretty Kitty and moves to his uncle's castle in the Scottish highlands. Kitty and her aunt follow Gerald a few weeks later, and discover he has suddenly aged. Some mysterious things happen in a maze made from the hedges adjoining the castle.
The Maze Script Resources:

  • The Maze Script PDF - [miss pg. 43] at Script Fly ($)

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Mesa Of Lost Women Script

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Year:1953
Director:Ron Ormond, Herbert Tevos
Written by:Herbert Tevos (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:A mad scientist, Dr. Aranya (Jackie Coogan), has created giant spiders in his Mexican lab in Zarpa Mesa to create a race of superwomen by injecting spiders with human pituitary growth hormones. Women develop miraculous regenerative powers, but men mutate into disfigured dwarves. Spiders grow to human size and intelligence.
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Miss Sadie Thompson Script

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Year:1953
Director:Curtis Bernhardt
Written by:Harry Kleiner (Writer), W. Somerset Maugham (Story)

Script Synopsis:Sadie Thompson winds up stranded on an island and while her boat is being quarantined, she manages to stir up the blood of every marine on the base.
Miss Sadie Thompson Script Resources:

  • Miss Sadie Thompson Script PDF - 3/24/53 2ND REVISED FINAL at Script City ($)
  • Miss Sadie Thompson Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
  • Miss Sadie Thompson Transcript at scripts.com

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Niagara Script

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Year:1953
Director:Henry Hathaway
Written by:Charles Brackett (Writer), Walter Reisch (Writer), Richard L. Breen (Writer)

Script Synopsis:Rose Loomis and her older, gloomier husband, George, are vacationing at a cabin in Niagara Falls, N.Y. The couple befriend Polly and Ray Cutler, who are honeymooning in the area. Polly begins to suspect that something is amiss between Rose and George, and her suspicions grow when she sees Rose in the arms of another man. While Ray initially thinks Polly is overreacting, things between George and Rose soon take a shockingly dark turn.
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The Robe Script

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Year:1953
Director:Henry Koster
Written by:Albert Maltz (Screenplay), Philip Dunne (Screenplay), Gina Kaus (Adaptation), Lloyd C. Douglas (Novel)

Script Synopsis:Marcellus is a tribune in the time of Christ. He is in charge of the group that is assigned to crucify Jesus. Drunk, he wins Jesus' homespun robe after the crucifixion. He is tormented by nightmares and delusions after the event. Hoping to find a way to live with what he has done, and still not believing in Jesus, he returns to Palestine to try and learn what he can of the man he killed.
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Robot Monster Script

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Year:1953
Director:Phil Tucker
Written by:Wyott Ordung (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Ro-Man, an alien robot who greatly resembles a gorilla in a diving helmet, is sent to earth to destroy all human life. Ro-Man falls in love with one of the last six remaining humans, and struggles to understand how his programming can instruct him to kill her while his heart demands that he can't.
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Roman Holiday Script

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Year:1953
Director:William Wyler
Written by:Dalton Trumbo (Novel), Ian McLellan Hunter (Screenplay), John Dighton (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Overwhelmed by her suffocating schedule, touring European princess Ann takes off for a night while in Rome. When a sedative she took from her doctor kicks in, however, she falls asleep on a park bench and is found by an American reporter, Joe Bradley, who takes her back to his apartment for safety. At work the next morning, Joe finds out Ann's regal identity and bets his editor he can get exclusive interview with her, but romance soon gets in the way.
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The War Of The Worlds Script

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Year:1953
Director:Byron Haskin
Written by:Barré Lyndon (Screenplay), H. G. Wells (Novel)

Script Synopsis:The residents of a small town are excited when a flaming meteor lands in the hills, until they discover it is the first of many transport devices from Mars bringing an army of invaders invincible to any man-made weapon, even the atomic bomb.
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  • The War Of The Worlds ( 8974 ) at TheMovieDB.org
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