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Sons and Lovers (Original screenplay for the 1960 film)

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Sons and Lovers (Original screenplay for the 1960 film)

by D.H. Lawrence (novel); Trever Howard, Dean Stockwell, Wendy Hiller, Mary Ure (starring); Jack Cardiff (director); Gavin Lambert, T.E.B. Clarke (screenwriters)

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N.p.: N.p., 1959. Shooting script for the 1960 film. Title annotated on the right edge of the front wrapper in manuscript pencil and copy number "36" annotated on title page above title in manuscript ink.

Based on the 1913 novel by D.H. Lawrence, about a young man caught between his domineering, manipulative mother, his repressed former girlfriend, and an independent but married co-worker. Winner of an Academy Award, nominated for six others including, Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor for Trevor Howard, and Best Screenplay. Nominated for the Palme d'Or.

Set in an English coal-mining town in the early twentieth century. Shot on location in English coal-mining county of Nottinghamshire.

Red untitled wrappers with die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present, dated December 8th, 1959, noted as SHOOTING FINAL, with credits for screenwriter Gavin Lambert and author D.H. Lawrence. 109 leaves, with last page of text numbered 107. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only, with white revision pages throughout, dated variously between Dec. 2. 1959 and Dec.5/2. 1959. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound internally with three flat metal brads.

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Though it is the author’s third novel, Sons and Lovers is often regarded as D.H. Lawrence’s masterpiece. The autobiographical work, which was originally titled Paul Morel after its protagonist, was set in motion with the death of Lawrence’s mother, Lydia. The author used the opportunity to reexamine his childhood, his relationship with his mother, and her psychological effect on his sexuality. Sons and Lovers had already been rejected by one publisher when Lawrence sent the manuscript to Edward Garnett of Gerald Duckworth and Company Ltd. Garnett made extensive editing suggestions and still — after Lawrence rewrote the manuscript for the fourth time — cut 80 passages, about 10% of the work, before its 1913 publication. At the time of publication, Sons and Lovers was criticized for being obscene. But the novel endured. It has been adapted for film multiple times, including the Academy Award winning 1960 film. The Modern Library placed it ninth on their list of the 100 best novels of the 20th century.

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Title
Sons and Lovers (Original screenplay for the 1960 film)
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D.H. Lawrence (novel); Trever Howard, Dean Stockwell, Wendy Hiller, Mary Ure (starring); Jack Cardiff (director); Gavin Lambert, T.E.B. Clarke (screenwriters)
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1959
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Film Scripts | 1960s Cinema | Films with Literary Sources | British Cinema | Social Justice, Radical, and Proletarian Interest | British Interest | Academy Awards | Cannes Film Festival
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