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Peking Picnic / Ann Bridge film adaption of novel for Peking Surprised 1930/40'
Peking Picnic / Ann Bridge film adaption of novel for Peking Surprised 1930/40'
Peking Picnic / Ann Bridge film adaption of novel for Peking Surprised 1930/40'

Peking Picnic / Ann Bridge film adaption of novel for Peking Surprised 1930/40'

$ 15.83

Availability: 100 in stock
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  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
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  • Condition: Adaption of the novel by Richard Ritter and William Whitehead.Listed as film Peking Surprised film was ever made.

    Description

    Peking Picnic / Ann Bridge a 1930's film adaption of novel for Movie Peking Suprized.  Script lists
    Adaption by Richard Ritter and William Whitehead.  Checking IMDB find no Film was ever made as either
    Peking Picnic or Peking Surprised might have been made with another name....
    Script has 3 acts  Act 1 has 52 pages, Act 2 has 31 pages and Act 3 has 28 pages..  There are some pencil notes on the script pages.
    Below is a short summary of the novel. Script kind of follows the story line.
    Though war-lords skirmish in the countryside, formal diplomatic life proceeds in the fabled city of Peking. At its centre is Laura Leroy, an attache's wife, "admired, valued and a little feared", though privately grieving for her children and for England. When a group embarks on a camping trip to a great temple, the breathtaking scenery provides a perfect backdrop for romance and, while offering wise and tactful advice to the young lovers in her midst, Laura finds her own heart touched by a lonely visitor, But all such contemplations must be cast aside when a group of bandits takes the party hostage and violence erupts...