{"product_id":"three-comrades-f-scott-fitzgeralds-screenplay-screenplay-library-9780809308545","title":"Three Comrades: F. Scott Fitzgerald's Screenplay (Screenplay Library)","description":"\u003cp\u003eMuch of the magic surrounding his legendary name had vanished by the time F. Scott Fitzgeraldforty-one years old  deeply in debt  full of remorse that I had been only a mediocre caretaker of most things left in my hands  even of mytalentmounted a third assault on the money of Hollywood and  by writing this adaptation of Remarques Three Comrades  proved that the writer  if not the man  had survived the famed crack-up.  The screenplay for Three Comrades starring Robert Young  Margaret Sullavan  Franchot Tone  and Robert Taylor  ultimately was the result of the collaboration of E. E. Paramore and producer Joseph Mankiewicz  though Fitzgerald fought to salvage as much of his original script as possible. By his own reckoning  only about a third of the final script was his  and all shadows and rhythm removed. The script published here is the one Fitzgerald tried desperately to save. Neither Mankiewicz nor Paramore has written a line. This script is  of course  valuable to those who would know the complete Fitzgerald. It also proves fascinating as a study of adaptation  showing which scenes Fitzgerald chose to dramatize to catch the essence of the Remarque story as well as showing how he made visual what the novelist could placein theheads of his readers. Series editor Matthew J. Bruccoli provides the background in an illuminating Afterword and in an appendix containing eight scenes that resulted from the collaboration of Mankiewicz  Paramore  and Fitzgerald.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67930303004725,"sku":"ByrdShop_0809308541","price":83.82,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780809308545.jpg?v=1794209583","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/three-comrades-f-scott-fitzgeralds-screenplay-screenplay-library-9780809308545","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}