Edgar Allan Poe (source) THE OBLONG BOX (Nov 13, 1968) UK film script

London: American International Productions, 1968. Vintage original 11 x 8 1/2″ (28 x 22 cm) British film script, 111 leaves, with last page of text numbered 101. Script belonged to art director George Prevos, his name written on top of first page, with manuscript pencil annotations striking pages throughout. Blue untitled wrappers with British style die-cut window. Title page dated 13th November, 1968, noted as “Draft”, with credits for screenwriter Laurence Huntingdon. Mimeographic duplication, rectos only, with undated pink, blue and goldenrod revision pages throughout. Brad bound, near fine.

George Provis was a British art director and production designer who began his career working on quota quickies (low budget features made to comply with Britain’s Cinematograph Films Act of 1927) in the 1930s. After the Second World War, Provis was appointed by British film producer Sydney Box to head the art department at Gainsborough Pictures, and is credited on over 120 films.

Inspired by the works of Edgar Allan Poe, with the title taken from his 1844 short story. Vincent Price starred as the guilt-ridden aristocrat Julian Markham, who kept his brother Edward (horribly disfigured from an African voodoo ceremony) chained in a tower. With the help of his unethical attorney and a witch doctor, Edward faked his death in an effort to escape but was unwittingly buried alive, until unearthed by grave robbers working for the evil Dr. Neuhardt, played by Christopher Lee. (Wikipedia)