Vera Caspary – Scripts on Screen

Easy Living Script

Year:1937

Director:Mitchell Leisen

Written by:Preston Sturges (Screenplay), Vera Caspary (Story)

Script Synopsis:J.B. Ball, a rich financier, gets fed up with his free-spending family. He takes his wife's just-bought (very expensive) sable coat and throws it out the window, it lands on poor hard-working girl Mary Smith. But it isn't so easy to just give away something so valuable, as he soon learns.

Easy Living Script Resources:

Easy Living Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
Easy Living Script PDF - 4/10/37 FINAL REVISED at Script City ($)
Easy Living 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.

Laura Script

Year:1944

Director:Otto Preminger

Written by:Vera Caspary (Novel), Jay Dratler (Screenplay), Samuel Hoffenstein (Screenplay), Elizabeth Reinhardt (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he's investigating.

Laura Script Resources:

Laura Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
Laura Transcript at Script-O-Rama

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Letter To Three Wives Script

Year:1949

Director:Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Written by:Vera Caspary (Adaptation), John Klempner (Novel), Joseph L. Mankiewicz (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Lora May Hollingsway, who grew up next to the wrong side of the tracks, married her boss who thinks she is just a gold digger. Rita Phipps makes as much money writing radio scripts at night as her school teacher husband does. Deborah Bishop looked great in a Navy uniform in WWII but fears she'll never be dressed just right for the Country Club set. These three wives are boarding a boat filled with children going on a picnic when a messenger on a bicycle hands them a letter addressed to all three from Addie who has just left town with one of their husbands. They won't know which one until that night.

Letter To Three Wives Script Resources:

Letter To Three Wives Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
Letter To Three Wives 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.