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[CUKOR, George (1899-1983), his copy]. TROTTI, Lamar (1900-1952) and LEVIEN, Sonya (1888-1960). “In Old Chicago”... Beverly Hills, Calif.: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., [1937]. 8vo. [vi], [1]-263, [3, blank] pp. Publisher’s full blue cloth, front board and spine lettered in gilt (spine lightly sunned, spine edges rubbed, minor offsetting to endleaves, small chip at the lower margin of the final blank). Fine. FIRST EDITION OF THIS PUBLISHED SCREENPLAY, LEGENDARY DIRECTOR GEORGE CUKOR’S COPY WITH HIS BOOKPLATE ON THE FP. This film (1938, directed by Henry King), a fictional account of the Great Chicago Fire, has a famous fire sequence, so expensive to stage, that this was one of the most expensive films of its time. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. Cukor did not work on this film.