The Great Moment: A Screenplay, Paramount Pictures, 1944 A 160 pp, mimeographed manuscript, titled 'Triumph Over Pain' in typed, crossed out and retitled in pencil 'The Great Moment,' dated March 30, 1942 (blue revision pages dated as late as April 27 bound in throughout), with Paramount Steno department text to title page, lacking wraps, some red pencil markings throughout, wear to title page and preliminary leaves, some toning throughout. 8 1/2 x 11 in. Footnotes: Provenance Serendipity Books, receipt laid in; The Richard Manney Collection of Film Classics. A curious Sturges film, not released by Paramount after he parted ways with the studio. Sturges was drawn to the story of Boston dentist Dr. W.T.G. Morgan, who pioneered the use of ether in surgery and who, for his troubles, was ruined professionally and financially. Shot in 1942, the film was shelved, recut by Paramount, and released to poor reviews in 1944, but this script conveys Sturges' version which plays with the sequence of time and ends with the character's career high point: the moment he discovers the usage of ether. 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