Franco Zeffirelli: Two Original Production Scripts, Tea with Mussolini (1999); and Sparrow (1993) each Signed by Script Supervisor, Angela Allen -

Tea with Mussolini (1999) Original Production Script, First Draft, dated May 19, 1997, based on the memoir of Franco Zeffirelli by Jack Mortimer, Signed by Angela Allen in blue ink on first page, 100-pages on white sheets, 21 x 30cm.

Sparrow (1993) Original Production Script by Allan Baker and Franco Zeffirelli, based on the novella ‘Storia di una capinera’ by Giovanni Verga, Signed by Angela Allen, unbound, 102-pages on white sheets, extensively annotated by Angela in ink throughout, 22 x 30cm; together with, a Call sheet, Signed in blue ink by Angela Allen, Italian and English text, dated 31 Maggio 1993; together with, a small group of Daily Production Information and Sequence Order sheets, May-June 1993. (2)

Provenance:

The Collection of Angela Allen who worked on the films and is credited as Script Supervisor.

Angela’s film career began in 1947, and she has worked on many of cinema’s celebrated films such as The Third Man (1949), The African Queen (1951), The Misfits (1961),The Night of the Iguana (1964), Charge of the Light Brigade (1968), The Dirty Dozen (1967), Women in Love (1969), The Man Who Would Be King (1975), Zulu Dawn (1979) and Labyrinth (1986) to name but a few.