Canyon passage : final shooting script 1945 August 1

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Canyon passage : final shooting script 1945 August 1

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Bound typescript final shooting script for the movie "Canyon Passage" by Ernest Pascal, based on the novel by Ernest Haycox, 146 pp and 2 pp of changes, about a business man in 1850s Oregon who must choose between two women, and help a friend who is a compulsive gambler.

.12 cubic feet (1 folder)

eng,

Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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Haycox, Ernest,

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Pascal, Ernest,

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Pascal, Ernest, 1896-1966

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In 1947 RKO studio announced its plans of a major motion picture production about the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Ernest Pascal was hired to write a script and Stephen Ames was named as producer. Warner Brothers obtained the screenplay and planned to produce it in 1955, but the plan was abandoned when Paramount released its own Lewis and Clark movie, "Far Horizons" starring Charlton Heston and Fred McMurray. This is the surviving script for the movie. From the guide to the Lewis and ...