Author: Cowan, Lester
Title: Bolivar. Numerous Sketches, Drafts, Outlines, and Other Material Related to Hollywood Producer Lester Cowan's Abandoned Film Project About Simon Bolivar. Typical Item: Typed Memorandum Dated September 8, 1956 to Philip H. Burton (Who Adopted and Taught Richard Burton). Concise Description of Materials in This Collection: Black & White Photo Print of Famous Simon Bolivar Portrait by an Anonymous Painter; 8 Page Plot Outline, Typed Ms with Cowan's Notes in Pencil and Ink; 4 Page Typed "Memorandum" from Cowan to Burton Dated September 8, 1956, Including Outline of Plot, Preface Notes, & Continuity of Boliver, Santander, Manuela Story; Second Copy of Same "Memorandum", Cowan to Burton 9/8/56, This Copy with Ms Notes Inked in Margins and on Small Page Attached to Paper Clipped Section; 9/20/56 Typed One Page "Memorandum" Cowan to Burton, Minor Ms Inked Correction Notes Presumably by Cowan; Copy of Typed, Stapled 10 Page Document, "Campaigns of Bolivar to Be Reenacted in Actual Locales" (Plus Second Copy of This Document, First Page with Corner of Document Torn Off & Missing); 3 Page Stapled Ms in Pencil, Essentially Plot Outlne, Presumably in Cowan's Hand; 2 Loose Pages, Ms in Pencil, Notes on Characters and Business Matters, Presumably in Cowan's Hand; "List of Principal Characters--Bolivar", 4 Page Stapled Typed Document Listing Characters, with Potential Actors, Such As Laurence Olivier in the Lead, Co-Starring Ava Gardner, Eli Wallach, Burgess Meredith, Hume Cronyn, Etc. , This Section with Numerous Penciled Ms Notes; 3 Page Paper Clipped Typed Document, "Notes with L. Cowan", May 31, 1956, on Characterizations; 2 Page Inked Ms Document on Caribe Hilton, San Juan, Puerto Rico Letterhead, Presumably Cowan's Hand, Re: Bolivar, Stapled to 4 Page Typed Document Fleshing out Ideas from Caribe Hilton Ms Regarding Cinerama Production, Budget and Related Project Matters; 3 Page Typed Document on Character Development and Plot Points; 40 Pages of Typed, Loose Documents, Most with Ms Notations, Some Simply Copies of Other Documents in This Collection; and One Loose Ms Page, in Ink, with a Possible Cast List Including Rita Hayworth
Description: 1956. 8vo. [ca. 100] pp. Very Good, Typed pages with MS notation, stapled, paper-clipped & loose. .

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