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Dramatic composition Stowaway : Hong Kong 1946 / [Charles Chaplin] - ECCI00010270
"Stowaway" is a scenario written for Paulette Goddard in 1936; Chaplin got the idea for it in Shanghai, when he saw American soldiers dance with "taxi-girls", Russian women who escaped from their country during the revolution. The screenplay for "A Countess from Hong Kong" originated from this scenario.
Typescript with corrections and revisions
(original)
130 leaves, bound ; 30 cm.
Bound with black leather cover. - Pencil ms. notes on recto and verso of leaves. Some variations, including variations to music and lyrics, are handwritten on two pages inserted between leaves 8 and 9. The script registration certificate appears on a preliminary page.
ECCI00010270, CH000
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