Charles Schnee – Scripts on Screen

The Bad and the Beautiful Script

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Year:1952

Director:Vincente Minnelli

Written by:Charles Schnee (Screenplay), George Bradshaw (Story)

Script Synopsis:Told in flashback form, the film traces the rise and fall of a tough, ambitious Hollywood producer, Jonathan Shields, as seen through the eyes of various acquaintances, including a writer, James Lee Bartlow; a star, Georgia Lorrison; and a director, Fred Amiel. He is a hard-driving, ambitious man who ruthlessly uses everyone on the way to becoming one of Hollywood's top movie makers.

The Bad and the Beautiful Script Resources:

The Bad and the Beautiful Script PDF - 3/26/52 *pg at Script City ($)
The Bad and the Beautiful Transcript at scripts.com

Note: Multiple links are listed since (a) different versions exist and (b) many scripts posted become unavailable over time. Please notify me if you encounter a stale link.

They Live By Night Script

Year:1949

Director:Nicholas Ray

Written by:Charles Schnee (Screenplay), Nicholas Ray (Adaptation), Edward Anderson (Novel)

Script Synopsis:The story of a petty criminal and his girlfriend who try to escape their gang after a double cross of the thieves.

They Live By Night Script Resources:

They Live By Night Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
They Live By Night Transcript at scripts.com

Note: Multiple links are listed since (a) different versions exist and (b) many scripts posted become unavailable over time. Please notify me if you encounter a stale link.

Red River Script

Year:1948

Director:Howard Hawks, Arthur Rosson

Written by:Borden Chase (Screenplay), Charles Schnee (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Headstrong Thomas Dunson starts a thriving Texas cattle ranch with the help of his faithful trail hand, Groot, and his protégé, Matthew Garth, an orphan Dunson took under his wing when Matt was a boy. In need of money following the Civil War, Dunson and Matt lead a cattle drive to Missouri, where they will get a better price than locally, but the crotchety older man and his willful young partner begin to butt heads on the exhausting journey.

Red River Script Resources:

Red River Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
Red River Transcript at scripts.com

Note: Multiple links are listed since (a) different versions exist and (b) many scripts posted become unavailable over time. Please notify me if you encounter a stale link.