The Buttercup Chain

by Robert Ellis Miller, Janice Elliott, Peter Draper, Leigh

$375 · Offered by Royal Books

London: Columbia British Productions, 1969. Draft script for the 1970 British film. Cinematographer Douglas Slocombe's name written and underlined in manuscript ink on the title page, as well as an encircled 71 in red manuscript marker. Based on Janice Elliott's 1967 novel about cousins born on the same day to twin sisters. Inseparable and maybe in love they agree to find suitable romantic partners for each other. Nominated for the Palme d'Or.

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