OUR HEARTS WERE GROWING UP Original Script GAIL RUSSELL Start Price USD 19.99 Current Price USD 19.99 Time Left - Bid Count 2 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Friday, August 22, 2008 End Time Friday, August 29, 2008 Location H O L L Y W O O D CA See more about 'OUR HEARTS WERE GROWING UP Original Script GAIL RUSSELL' Description This is an ORIGINAL Script, OVER 60 years old!!! From Paramount Picture, this is the screenplay for the 1946 motion picture, Our Hearts Were Growing Up Director: William D. Russell Screenplay by Melvin Frank & Norman Panama Cornelia and Emily, at college in the early 1920s, have triangle trouble with their beaus. Their affairs become entangled with those of a chance-met, kindly bootlegger. Much of the humor derives from pre-Roaring Twenties naivity. Amusing sequel to "Our Hearts Were Young and Gay"... The entire cast included: Gail Russell ... Cornelia Otis Skinner Diana Lynn ... Emily Kimbrough Brian Donlevy ... Tony Minnetti Billy De Wolfe ... Roland du Frere James Brown ... Avery Moore Bill Edwards ... Tom Newhall William Demarest ... Peanuts Schultz Sharon Douglas ... Suzanne Carter Mary Hatcher ... Dibs Downing Sara Haden ... Miss Dill Mikhail Rasumny ... Bubchenko Isabel Randolph ... Mrs. Southworth Frank Faylen ... Federal Agent Script does have a lot of wear for it’s age, loose cover. It is dated August 25, 1944 all typed complete with all chapters up to “F” MORE INFO ON GAIL RUSSELL: Gail Russell was born in Chicago, Illinois on September 21, 1924. She remained in the Windy City, going to school until her parents moved to California when she was 14. She was an above average student in school and upon graduation from Santa Monica High School was signed by Paramount Studios.Because of her rare beauty, Gail was to be groomed to be one of Paramount's top stars. She was very shy with virtually no acting experience to speak of, but her beauty was so apparent that the studio figured they could work with her on the acting by way of an acting coach that Paramount employed.Gail's first film came when she was 19 years old when she had a small role as Virginia Lowry in Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour (1943) in 1943. It was her only role that year, but it was a start. Hopefully others would soon follow. The following year she appeared in another motion picture, albeit another insignificant role in The Uninvited (1944) with Ray Milland. (It was also the first time Gail used alcohol to steady her nerves on the set. This would come back to haunt her). It was a horror story very well done for its day. The film was a profitable one for the studio. The third time was the charm as Gail co-starred with Diana Lynn in Our Hearts Were Young and Gay (1944) that same year. The film was based on popular book of the time and the film was even more popular.In 1945, Gail appeared in Salty O'Rourke (1945), a story about crooked gamblers involved in horse racing. Although she wasn't a standout in the film, Gail worked well as part of the supporting cast. Later that year, Gail appeared in The Unseen (1945), a story about a haunted house starring Joel McCrea. Gail played Elizabeth Howard, a governess of the house in question. The film turned a profit, but was not the hit that executives hoped for. In 1946, Gail was again teamed with Diana Lynn for a sequel to Our Hearts Were Young and Gay (1944) in Our Hearts Were Growing Up (1946). The plot centered around two young college girls getting involved with bootleggers. Unfortunately, the film was not anywhere the caliber of the first film and it failed at the box-office.With Calcutta (1947) in 1947, Gail bounced back in a more popular film which starred Alan Ladd. Most critics felt that Gail was miscast in this epic drama. That same year, Gail was cast with John Wayne and 'Harry Carey Sr' in Angel and the Badman (1947). The western was a popular one with the public and Gail shined in the role of Penelope Worth. Still later, Gail appeared in Paramount's all-star musical called Variety Girl (1947). The critics roasted the film, while the public turned out in droves to ensure its success at the box-office. After the releases of Song of India (1949), El Paso (1949), and Captain China (1950), Gail married Guy Madison, one of the up and coming actors in Hollywood.After The Lawless (1950) in 1950, Paramount decided against renewing her contract because Gail's drinking problems. She had been convicted of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol. The studio didn't want its name mired with someone who couldn't control their drinking. The film roles were coming in slowly now. After Air Cadet (1951) in 1951, her only film that year, she disappeared from movie sets for the next five years while she attempted to get control of her life. She divorced Madison in 1954.In 1956, Gail returned to the silver screen in Seven Men from Now (1956). It was a Western with Gail being cast in the minor role of Annie Greer. In 1957, Gail was fourth billed in The Tattered Dress (1957), a film which also starred Jeanne Crain and Jeff Chandler. The following year, she had a reduced part in No Place to Land (1958).By now, the demons of alcohol had her in its grasp. She was again absent from the screen until 1961's The Silent Call (1961). It was to be her last film. On August 26, 1961, Gail was found dead in her small studio apartment in Los Angeles, California. Death was attributed to an alcohol induced heart attack. She was 36 years old. MORE INFO ON DIANA LYNN: Retired for the most part in 1970 to become the director of GO (Travel) Agency in Manhattan, but died a year later at age 45, just nine days after suffering a stroke. Although she was semi-retired and living in New York in 1971, Paramount offered her the role of Anthony Perkins' wife in Play It As It Lays (1972). She returned to Los Angeles in preparation for her role, but suffered a fatal stroke before filming began. In the late 60s, she operated "GO," a travel agency which was situated at a Bonwit Teller store in New York. Her father, Louis William Loehr, was a prosperous oil company exec and her mother, the former Eartha Thes, an accomplished pianist and teacher who guided Diana's early musical career. By age 12, the young prodigy was playing with the Los Angeles Junior Symphony Orchestra. Starred with the late Gail Russell in the highly popular movie Our Hearts Were Young and Gay (1944), in which she played writer Emily Kimbrough and Russell played close friend and author Cornelia Otis Skinner. Ironically, both Kimbrough and Skinner would outlive their 20-odd-years younger screen portrayers. Her first husband's mother was Dorothy Schiff, longtime owner and publisher of the New York Post. Her accomplishments as a pianist were evident in her early Hollywood days when she made several important recordings, including Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue! Proved to be a highly-praised Broadway performer, and critical appreciation was strong. She followed Barbara BelGeddes in the title role in 'Mary Mary' to acclaim, and starred in both new plays and comedies as well as revivals.  Winning bidder agrees in advance to pay an additional 5.15 U.S.A. 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