DO NOT GO GENTLE INTO THAT GOOD NIGHT.
[NY: CBS Television Network, 1967]. Illustrated. First Edition. A screenplay of this Emmy-winning play, issued by the CBS Television Network. The television script for an original drama about life in an old age home that starred Melvyn Douglas & Shirley Booth. Illustrated with many photos by Bob Willoughby. Inscribed by Mandel (to his aunt) on verso of the front endpaper: “7/68. With all my love for now and for ever—Loring.” Also, laid in is a black-and-white photograph of Mandel accepting an Emmy award, with signed presentation on the verso: “Picture take 5/19/68. To Aunt Bess with all my love, Loring.” Loring Mandel [1928–2020] was an American playwright and screenwriter whose notable works include the TV movie Conspiracy. He wrote for radio, television, film and the stage. Upon his release from the army in 1954, Mandel moved to New York and began his full-time career as a writer for the CBS anthologies Studio One in Hollywood, The Seven Lively Arts" and Playhouse 90. In 1959, his "Project Immortality" script for Playhouse 90 won a Sylvania Award and his first Emmy nomination for best drama. In 1968 he won his first Emmy for "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" on CBS Playhouse. In 1971–72, he was head writer on the CBS Daytime serial Love of Life, for which he won the 1973 Writers Guild of America Award for Best Writing in a Daytime Serial. In 2004, Mandel received the Paddy Chayefsky lifetime achievement award at the 56th Writers Guild of America Awards. A scarce item! Small quarto: black cloth, stamped in gilt; 103 pages. Probably issued without a dust jacket. Item #57973
Very Good (very minor wear covers; contents clean & tight).
Price: $350.00