Wilson Mizner – Scripts on Screen

The Mind Reader Script

Year:1933

Director:Roy Del Ruth

Written by:Robert Lord (Screenplay), Wilson Mizner (Screenplay), Vivian Cosby (Theatre Play)

Script Synopsis:Chandler, a con-man, and his helper Frank decide to create a clairvoyant act for the carny circuit, as a little research reveals Ameicans spent $125 million on mind-readers and astrology. The carny, renamed Chandra, falls for one of his marks, Sylvia, but their love is tested when he brings tragedy to other peoples' lives and she asks him to go straight.

The Mind Reader Script Resources:

The Mind Reader Script PDF - NO DATE at Script City ($)
The Mind Reader 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.

One Way Passage Script

Year:1932

Director:Tay Garnett

Written by:Wilson Mizner (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:A terminally ill woman and a debonair murderer facing execution meet and fall in love on a trans-Pacific crossing, each without knowing the other's secret.

One Way Passage Script Resources:

One Way Passage Script PDF at The Script Savant
One Way Passage Transcript at archive.org

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.

20,000 Years in Sing Sing

Year:1932

Director:Michael Curtiz

Written by:Lewis E. Lawes (Novel), Courtney Terrett (Adaptation), Robert Lord (Adaptation), Wilson Mizner (Screenplay), Brown Holmes (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Brash hoodlum Tom Connors enters Sing Sing cocksure of himself and disrespectful toward authority, but his tough but compassionate warden changes him.

20,000 Years in Sing Sing Script Resources:

20,000 Years in Sing Sing Script PDF - 5/13/1932 at Script Fly ($)
20,000 Years in Sing Sing Script PDF - NO DRAFT DATE at Script City ($)

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.