Gene Fowler: A Group of Four Screenplays Comprising three mimeographed manuscripts and one typed carbon, all from the personal library of Gene Fowler, all produced by Twentieth Century-Fox: Professional Soldier (1935, typed carbon), A Message to Garcia (1936), Half Angel (1936) and Nancy Steele is Missing! (1937). All four volumes uniformly bound in maroon leatherette boards, a few with penciled notations to flyleaves. each 8 3/4 x 11 1/4 in. Footnotes: Provenance The Estate of Gene Fowler; Serendipity Books; The Richard Manney Collection of Film Screenplays. Gene Fowler was a legendary newspaperman who, like Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur, was lured to Hollywood to write for the movies during the 1930s. Fowler famously befriended W.C. Fields, who claimed that Fowler's three sons were the only children he could stand. These four volumes are originally from Fowler's personal library. Lot to be sold without reserve. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ¤ ¤ Unless indicated by the ¤ symbol next to the lot number (or bearing an explicit statement such as 'No Reserve' or 'Without Reserve'), which denotes no reserve, all lots in the catalog are subject to a reserve. The reserve is the minimum hammer price that the seller is willing to accept for a lot. This amount is confidential and does not exceed the low estimate value. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing