[Black Fury] Archive of film-related correspondence by Sacco-Vanzetti/Nuremberg Justice Michael A. Musmanno#####A remarkable archive of nearly 41 original letters from noted judge/author/screenwriter Michael A. Musmanno concerning the 1935 Warner Brothers film "Black Fury" starring Paul Muni. The letters are written to his ghostwriter/script doctor/amanuensis Bruce Lockwood. With another five letters from Lockwood to Musmanno. #####The film was based on an actual 1929 incident in whichJohn Barkoski, a miner agitating for recognition of theUnited Mine Workers of America, was beaten to death by... View More...
First draft, original typescript for an unpublished and unproduced screenplay about migrant farmworkers and UFW organizers in the San Joaquin Valley of California. 8.5x11" in two-post card binder.#####A fictional treatment exploring some of the labor issues Matthiessen explored in his sojourns with Cesar Chavez and his 1969 nonfiction book Sal Si Puedes. 86 typescript pages, with a duplicate final page containing two holographic corrections by Matthiessen and handwritten delivery instructions to his Hollywood agent. Together with a brief handwritten note two decades later about the possibili... View More...