Elia Kazan – Scripts on Screen

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Script

celluloid — Sun, 18 Aug 2024 19:33:35 +0000

Year:1945

Director:Elia Kazan

Written by:Betty Smith (Novel), Nicholas Ray (Dialogue), Arthur Pierson (Dialogue), Anita Loos (Dialogue), Tess Slesinger (Screenplay), Frank Davis (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:In Brooklyn circa 1900, the Nolans manage to enjoy life on pennies despite great poverty and Papa's alcoholism. We come to know these people well through big and little troubles: Aunt Sissy's scandalous succession of "husbands"; the removal of the one tree visible from their tenement; and young Francie's desire to transfer to a better school...if irresponsible Papa can get his act together.

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Script Resources:

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Script PDF - 5/1/44 SHOOTING at Script City ($)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 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.

Other Links:

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn ( tt0038190 ) at IMDb
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn ( 30177 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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The Last Tycoon Script

celluloid — Sun, 01 Jan 2023 00:48:58 +0000

Year:1976

Director:Elia Kazan

Written by:F. Scott Fitzgerald (Novel), Harold Pinter (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Monroe Stahr, a successful movie producer, pursues a beautiful and elusive young woman — all the while working himself to death.

The Last Tycoon Script Resources:

The Last Tycoon Transcript at Script-O-Rama

Other Links:

The Last Tycoon ( tt0074777 ) at IMDb
The Last Tycoon ( 37774 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Boomerang! (1946) Script

celluloid — Sun, 04 Aug 2019 16:12:38 +0000

Year:1946

Director:Elia Kazan

Written by:Richard Murphy (Screenplay), Fulton Oursler (Writer)

Script Synopsis:In a quiet Connecticut town, a kindly priest is murdered while waiting at a street corner. The citizens are horrified and demand action from the police. All of the witnesses identify John Waldron, a nervous out-of-towner, as the killer. Although Waldron vehemently denies the crime, no one will believe him. District Attorney Henry Harvey is then put on the case and faces political opposition in his attempt to prove Waldron's innocence. Based on a true story.

Boomerang! Script Resources:

Boomerang! Script PDF - 9/23/46 REVISED FINAL *msg pgs. at Script City ($)
Boomerang! Script PDF - [9-23-46] at Script Fly ($)
Boomerang! 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.

Other Links:

Boomerang! ( tt0039208 ) at IMDb
Boomerang! ( 18926 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Wild River Script

celluloid — Thu, 21 Jan 2016 02:10:58 +0000

Year:1960

Director:Elia Kazan

Written by:Paul Osborn (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:A young field administrator for the TVA comes to rural Tennessee to oversee the building of a dam on the Tennessee River. He encounters opposition from the local people, in particular a farmer who objects to his employment (with pay) of local black laborers. Much of the plot revolves around the eviction of an elderly woman from her home on an island in the River, and the young man's love affair with that woman's widowed granddaughter.

Wild River Script Resources:

Wild River Script PDF - [FINAL 10-5-1959] at Script Fly ($)
Wild River Script PDF - 10/5/59 FINAL at Script City ($)
Wild 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.

Other Links:

Wild River ( tt0054476 ) at IMDb
Wild River ( 82311 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Pinky Script

celluloid — Thu, 21 Jan 2016 02:06:39 +0000

Year:1949

Director:Elia Kazan

Written by:Cid Ricketts Sumner (Novel), Philip Dunne (Screenplay), Dudley Nichols (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Pinky, a light skinned black woman, returns to her grandmother's house in the South after graduating from a Northern nursing school. Pinky tells her grandmother that she has been "passing" for white while at school in the North. In addition, Pinky has fallen in love with a young white doctor, Dr. Thomas Adams, who knows nothing about her black heritage.

Pinky Script Resources:

Pinky Script PDF - 3/17/49 REVISED at Script City ($)
Pinky 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.

Other Links:

Pinky ( tt0041746 ) at IMDb
Pinky ( 62727 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Panic in the Streets Script

celluloid — Mon, 24 Feb 2014 11:53:23 +0000

Year:1950

Director:Elia Kazan

Written by:Richard Murphy (Screenplay), Daniel Fuchs (Adaptation), Edna Anhalt (Story), Edward Anhalt (Story)

Script Synopsis:One night in the New Orleans slums, vicious hoodlum Blackie and his friends kill an illegal immigrant who won too much in a card game. Next morning, Dr. Clint Reed of the Public Health Service confirms the dead man had pneumonic plague. To prevent a catastrophic epidemic, Clint must find and inoculate the killers and their associates, with the reluctant aid of police captain Tom Warren, despite official skepticism, and in total secrecy, lest panic empty the city. Can a doctor turn detective? He has 48 hours to try...

Panic in the Streets Script Resources:

Panic in the Streets Script PDF - XL 2/9/50 SHOOTING FINAL at Script City ($)
Panic in the Streets Transcript at Script-O-Rama

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.

Other Links:

Panic in the Streets ( tt0042832 ) at IMDb
Panic in the Streets ( 32078 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Gentleman’s Agreement Script

celluloid — Tue, 24 Dec 2013 21:08:51 +0000

Year:1947

Director:Elia Kazan

Written by:Moss Hart (Screenplay), Laura Z. Hobson (Novel)

Script Synopsis:A magazine writer poses as a Jew to expose anti-Semitism.

Gentleman's Agreement Script Resources:

Gentleman's Agreement Script PDF - 6/3/47 FINAL SHOOTING DRAFT at Script City ($)
Gentleman's Agreement Script PDF - [Final Shooting 7-7-47] at Script Fly ($)
Gentleman's Agreement Transcript at Script-O-Rama

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.

Other Links:

Gentleman's Agreement ( tt0039416 ) at IMDb
Gentleman's Agreement ( 33667 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Viva Zapata Script

celluloid — Fri, 06 Dec 2013 01:50:35 +0000

Year:1952

Director:Elia Kazan

Written by:John Steinbeck (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:The story of Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata, who led a rebellion against the corrupt, oppressive dictatorship of president Porfirio Diaz in the early 20th century.

Viva Zapata Script Resources:

Viva Zapata Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
Viva Zapata 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.

Other Links:

Viva Zapata ( tt0045296 ) at IMDb
Viva Zapata ( 1810 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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East Of Eden Script

celluloid — Wed, 04 Dec 2013 01:49:55 +0000

Year:1955

Director:Elia Kazan

Written by:John Steinbeck (Author), Paul Osborn (Author)

Script Synopsis:In the Salinas Valley, in and around World War I, Cal Trask feels he must compete against overwhelming odds with his brother for the love of their father. Cal is frustrated at every turn, from his reaction to the war, to how to get ahead in business and in life, to how to relate to estranged mother.

East Of Eden Script Resources:

East Of Eden Script PDF - 5/18/54 FINAL at Script City ($)
East Of Eden Script PDF - [Fair Quality] at Script Fly ($)
East Of Eden Transcript at Script-O-Rama

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.

Other Links:

East Of Eden ( tt0048028 ) at IMDb
East Of Eden ( 220 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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A Face in the Crowd Script

celluloid — Mon, 02 Dec 2013 11:25:23 +0000

Year:1957

Director:Elia Kazan

Written by:Budd Schulberg (Story), Budd Schulberg (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:"A Face in the Crowd" charts the rise of a raucous hayseed named Lonesome Rhodes from itinerant Ozark guitar picker to local media rabble-rouser to TV superstar and political king-maker. Marcia Jeffries is the innocent Sarah Lawrence girl who discovers the great man in a back-country jail and is the first to fall under his spell.

A Face in the Crowd Script Resources:

A Face in the Crowd Script PDF - 8/15/1956 at Script City ($)
A Face in the Crowd Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
A Face in the Crowd Script PDF - [FINAL] at Script Fly ($)
A Face in the Crowd Transcript at Script-O-Rama

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.

Other Links:

A Face in the Crowd ( tt0050371 ) at IMDb
A Face in the Crowd ( 21849 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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