Tag: Harry Segall

Monkey Business (1952) Script

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Year:1952
Director:Howard Hawks
Written by:I. A. L. Diamond (Screenplay), Charles Lederer (Screenplay), Ben Hecht (Screenplay), Harry Segall (Story)

Script Synopsis:Research chemist Barnaby Fulton works on a fountain of youth pill for a chemical company. One of the labs chimps gets loose in the laboratory and mixes chemicals, but then pours the mix into the water cooler. When trying one of his own samples, washed down with water from the cooler, Fulton begins to act just like a twenty-year-old and believes his potion is working. Soon his wife and boss are also behaving like children.
Monkey Business Script Resources:

  • Monkey Business Script PDF - 2/28/52 FINAL - AKA Darling, I Am Growing Younger at Script City ($)
  • Monkey Business Transcript at scripts.com

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Here Comes Mr. Jordan Script

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Year:1941
Director:Alexander Hall
Written by:Sidney Buchman (Screenplay), Seton I. Miller (Screenplay), Harry Segall (Theatre Play)

Script Synopsis:Boxer Joe Pendleton, flying to his next fight, crashes...because a Heavenly Messenger, new on the job, snatched Joe's spirit prematurely from his body. Before the matter can be rectified, Joe's body is cremated; so the celestial Mr. Jordan grants him the use of the body of wealthy Bruce Farnsworth, who's just been murdered by his wife. Joe tries to remake Farnsworth's unworthy life in his own clean-cut image, but then falls in love; and what about that murderous wife?
Here Comes Mr. Jordan Script Resources:

  • Here Comes Mr. Jordan Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
  • Here Comes Mr. Jordan Script PDF - (XL) 5/12/41 REVISED at Script City ($)
  • Here Comes Mr. Jordan 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:
  • Here Comes Mr. Jordan ( tt0033712 ) at IMDb
  • Here Comes Mr. Jordan ( 38914 ) at TheMovieDB.org
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For Heaven’s Sake Script

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Year:1950
Director:George Seaton
Written by:Harry Segall (Theatre Play), Dorothy Segall (Theatre Play), George Seaton (Writer)

Script Synopsis:An angel takes on human form in order to persuade a theatrical couple to finally consummate their child that has been waiting to be born.
For Heaven's Sake Script Resources:

  • For Heaven's Sake Script PDF - 6/21/50 REVISED FINAL at Script City ($)
  • For Heaven's Sake Script PDF at Script Fly ($)

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Heaven Can Wait Script

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Year:1978
Director:Warren Beatty, Buck Henry
Written by:Elaine May (Screenplay), Harry Segall (Theatre Play)

Script Synopsis:Joe Pendleton is a quarterback preparing to lead his team to the superbowl when he is almost killed in an accident. An overanxious angel plucks him to heaven only to discover that he wasn't ready to die, and that his body has been cremated. A new body must be found, and that of a recently murdered millionaire is chosen. His wife and accountant, the murderers, are confused by this development, as he buys the L.A. Rams in order to once again quarterback them into the Superbowl.
Heaven Can Wait Script Resources:

  • Heaven Can Wait Script PDF at Script Slug
  • Heaven Can Wait Script PDF - 6/28/1977 at Script City ($)
  • Heaven Can Wait Script PDF - [miss pgs 40,85] at Script Fly ($)
  • Heaven Can Wait Script PDF - [12/14/1942][miss pg 28] at Script Fly ($)
  • Heaven Can Wait Transcript at Script-O-Rama

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