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"Zola" : original story
Creator
Title
"Zola" : original story / by Heinz Herald and Geza Herczeg ; screen play by Norman Reilly Raine.
Production
[Burbank, California] : Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., Story Dept., [1937]
Physical Description
1 volume (184 leaves) : paper ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Local Notes
Hicks classification: MssA Z745 1937 flat.
Notes
Manuscript.
Dialogue transcript of the screenplay "The life of Emile Zola"; based on the book "Zola and his Times" by Matthew Josephson.
Released under title: The life of Emile Zola.
Typewritten and numbered on recto only.
Includes distribution page.
Volume consists of 184 leaves, with last page of text numbered 172 and errors in foliation. Mimeographed blue leaves in the volume are revisions to the script, dated 3/17/37 and 3/24/37.
On the distribution page, dated "3/16/37, Rev. Final" with receipt removed; rubber stamped copy No. 87 on front cover.
Biographical / Historical Note
Emile Zola was a French novelist, playwright and journalist. He was known as a practitioner of literary school of naturalism. Zola played a major role in defending the French officer Alfred Dreyfus, who was accused and convicted of treason against France. Zola defended Dreyfus in his famous newspaper opinion titled "J'Accuse...!," which he wrote to the French president in January, 1898.
Summary
Based loosely on Mathew Johnson's 1928 biography of Emile Zola, a French author, who attempted to help clear Army captain Alfred Dreyfus. Dreyfus was a French officer of Jewish ancestry and was charged with treason and convicted in 1894. His trial went down in history as the Dreyfus Affair. The film represents Zola's involvement in the Dreyfus affair.
Variant and related titles
Zola : original story.
Life of Emile Zola (Motion picture)
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
November 11, 2021
Subjects
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Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967), issuing body.
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