Jane Murfin – Scripts on Screen

Alice Adams Script

celluloid — Thu, 29 Oct 2020 09:22:23 +0000

Year:1935

Director:George Stevens

Written by:Jane Murfin (Screenplay), Mortimer Offner (Screenplay), Booth Tarkington (Novel), Dorothy Yost (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:In the lower-middle-class Adams family, father and son are happy to work in a drugstore, but mother and daughter Alice try every possible social-climbing stratagem despite snubs and embarrassment. When Alice finally meets her dream man Arthur, mother nags father into a risky business venture and plans to impress Alice's beau with an "upscale" family dinner. Will the excruciating results drive Arthur away?

Alice Adams Script Resources:

Alice Adams Script PDF - [SHOOTING] at Script Fly ($)
Alice Adams 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.

Roberta Script

celluloid — Sun, 15 Dec 2013 07:53:40 +0000

Year:1935

Director:William A. Seiter

Written by:Alice Duer Miller (Novel), Jerome Kern (Theatre Play), Jane Murfin (Screenplay), Sam Mintz (Screenplay), Allan Scott (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Football player John Kent tags along as Huck Haines and the Wabash Indianians travel to an engagement in Paris, only to lose it immediately. John and company visit his aunt, owner of a posh fashion house run by her assistant, Stephanie. There they meet the singer Scharwenka (alias Huck's old friend Lizzie), who gets the band a job. Meanwhile, Madame Roberta passes away and leaves the business to John and he goes into partnership with Stephanie.

Roberta Script Resources:

Roberta Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
Roberta Script PDF - 11/30/34 REVISED FINAL. (XL) at Script City ($)
Roberta 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.

What Price Hollywood?

celluloid — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:39:22 +0000

Year:1932

Director:George Cukor

Written by:Jane Murfin (Screenplay), Ben Markson (Screenplay), Gene Fowler (Writer), Rowland Brown (Writer), Adela Rogers St. Johns (Story)

Script Synopsis:Sassy and ambitious waitress Mary Evans amuses and befriends amiable seldom-sober Hollywood film director Max Carey when he stumbles into her restaurant. Max invites Mary to his film premiere and, after a night of drinking and carousing, Mary is granted a screen test. A studio contract follows. Just as Mary finds her dreams coming true, Carey’s life and career begins its descent.

What Price Hollywood? Script Resources:

What Price Hollywood? Script PDF at aellea.com
What Price Hollywood? 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.