The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (File copy of the screenplay for the 1948 Western film, with original 1948 typescript notes from a WB house reader) by John Huston (director, screenwriter); B. Traven (novel); Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston (starring) - 1980

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1980. Revised Final script for the 1948 film. Reproduced by Warner Brothers in-house in the 1980s, with a reader's carbon typescript report from 1948 summarizing the film's plot laid in, dated 5/11/48.

Based on the 1927 novel by B. Traven, about two American drifters who join forces with an aging prospector to search for gold in the mountains of Mexico. One of the first Hollywood films to be shot on location outside the US. Nominated for four Academy Awards, winning three, including Best Director and Best Screenplay for John Huston-the only two Oscars he would receive throughout his career.

Shot on location in Tampico and Durango, Mexico.

Yellow titled wrappers, dated January 10, 1947, on the front wrapper, noted as REV. FINAL, with a Warner Brothers Story Department stamp. Distribution page present, with receipt removed, dated 1/10/47. Title page present, with credits for director John Huston and novelist B. Traven. 147 leaves, with last page of text numbered 143. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, bound internally with two gold brads.

Reader's typescript notes: carbon typescript, recto only, executed on Warner Brothers onionskin form stock.

National Film Registry. Ebert II. Grant US. Pitts 4543. Selby US. Spicer US.