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N.p.: N.p., 1948. Draft script for the 1948 British film. Copy belonging to production manager Mickey Delamar, with his name in manuscript pencil to the title page, and his manuscript annotations throughout. With revision pages laid in throughout the script, along with a distribution receipt signed by Delamar, and with a reference photograph from the film, showing actors Vivien Leigh and Ralph Richardson. Delamar worked as a producer, production manager, and assistant director on over 30 films, and was active in the film industry for four decades. His credits include Charlie Chaplin's "A King in New York" (1957), Francois Truffaut's "Fahrenheit 451" (1966), and Terence Young's "Mayerling" (1968). Based on the classic 1877 novel by Leo Tolstoy, about how all happy families are alike, but each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. Set in St. Petersburg. Black titled wrappers. Title page present, with credits for novelist Tolstoy, and screenwriters Jean Anouilh, Julien…

Anna Karenina is a novel by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy, first published in book form in 1878. Many authors consider Anna Karenina the greatest work of literature ever written, and Tolstoy himself called it his first true novel. It deals with themes of betrayal, faith, family, marriage, Imperial Russian society, desire, and rural vs. city life. The complex novel unfolds against the backdrop of 19th-century Russian high society and tells the tragic story of a married aristocrat and her affair with the affluent Count Vronsky. The novel explores a diverse range of topics throughout its pages and profoundly influences the genres of realist and romantic fiction.