Harry Chandlee – Scripts on Screen

Sergeant York Script

Year:1941

Director:Howard Hawks

Written by:Abem Finkel (Screenplay), Harry Chandlee (Screenplay), Howard Koch (Screenplay), John Huston (Screenplay), Alvin C. York (Writer)

Script Synopsis:Alvin York a hillbilly sharpshooter transforms himself from ruffian to religious pacifist. He is then called to serve his country and despite deep religious and moral objections to fighting becomes one of the most celebrated American heroes of WWI.

Sergeant York Script Resources:

Sergeant York Script PDF - (XL) 3/26/41 REVISED at Script City ($)
Sergeant York 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.

Platinum Blonde

Year:1931

Director:Frank Capra

Written by:Harry Chandlee (Story), Douglas W. Churchill (Story), Robert Riskin (Dialogue), Jo Swerling (Adaptation)

Script Synopsis:Anne Schuyler is an upper-crust socialite who bullies her reporter husband into conforming to her highfalutin ways. The husband chafes at the confinement of high society, though, and yearns for a creative outlet. He decides to write a play and collaborates with a fellow reporter.

Platinum Blonde Script Resources:

Platinum Blonde Script PDF at The Script Savant
Platinum Blonde Script at IMSDb
Platinum Blonde Script at The Daily Script
Platinum Blonde Script PDF - NO DRAFT DATE at Script City ($)
Platinum Blonde Script PDF at Script Fly ($)

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.

The Jolson Story

Year:1946

Director:Alfred E. Green

Written by:Harry Chandlee (Writer)

Script Synopsis:The Jolson Story is a 1946 musical biography which purports to tell the life story of singer Al Jolson. It stars Larry Parks as Jolson, Evelyn Keyes as "Julie Benson" (approximating Jolson's wife, Ruby Keeler), William Demarest as his manager, Ludwig Donath and Tamara Shayne as his parents, and Scotty Beckett as the young Jolson.

The Jolson Story Script Resources:

The Jolson Story Script PDF at The Script Savant
The Jolson Story Script at The Daily Script

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.