Tag: Sidney Buchman

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

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  • Here Comes Mr. Jordan ( tt0033712 ) at IMDb
  • Here Comes Mr. Jordan ( 38914 ) at TheMovieDB.org
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Talk Of The Town Script

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Year:1942
Director:George Stevens
Written by:Irwin Shaw (Screenplay), Sidney Buchman (Screenplay), Sidney Harmon (Story)

Script Synopsis:When the Holmes Woolen Mill burns down, political activist Leopold Dilg is jailed for arson (and murder; one man was lost). Escaping, Leopold hides out in the home of his childhood sweetheart Nora Shelley ...which she has just rented to unsuspecting law professor Michael Lightcap.
Talk Of The Town Script Resources:

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Lost Horizon

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Year:1937
Director:Frank Capra
Written by:James Hilton (Novel), Robert Riskin (Screenplay), Sidney Buchman (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:British diplomat Robert Conway and a small group of civilians crash land in the Himalayas, and are rescued by the people of the mysterious, Eden-like valley of Shangri-la. Protected by the mountains from the world outside, where the clouds of World War II are gathering, Shangri-la provides a seductive escape for the world-weary Conway.
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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

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Year:1939
Director:Frank Capra
Written by:Sidney Buchman (Screenplay), Lewis R. Foster (Story)

Script Synopsis:Naive and idealistic Jefferson Smith, leader of the Boy Rangers, is appointed to the United States Senate by the puppet governor of his state. He soon discovers, upon going to Washington, many shortcomings of the political process as his earnest goal of a national boys' camp leads to a conflict with the state political boss.
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Script Resources:

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  • Mr. Smith Goes to Washington ( tt0031679 ) at IMDb
  • Mr. Smith Goes to Washington ( 3083 ) at TheMovieDB.org
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Cleopatra

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Year:1963
Director:Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Rouben Mamoulian, Darryl F. Zanuck
Written by:Carlo Mario Franzero (Novel), Joseph L. Mankiewicz (Screenplay), Ranald MacDougall (Screenplay), Sidney Buchman (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Determined to hold on to the throne, Cleopatra seduces the Roman emperor Julius Caesar. When Caesar is murdered, she redirects her attentions to his general, Marc Antony, who vows to take power—but Caesar’s successor has other plans.
Cleopatra Script Resources:

  • Cleopatra Script PDF - [Shooting][miss pg. 62] at Script Fly ($)
  • Cleopatra Script PDF - (xxl). 3/19/62 REVISED. *pg. at Script City ($)
  • Cleopatra Transcript at scripts.com

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