Items belonging to Mario Puzo,the author of The Godfather to be auctioned

 

An upcoming auction next month will feature dozens of items and archival material that belonged to The Godfather author Mario Puzo

 

The online auction which begins on February 11,2016 features a number of materials related to The Godfather films and novel, including both handwritten outlines and storyboards for the novel and a 744-page draft manuscript of the original novel. 

Forty-five boxes filled with archival material that belonged to Mario Puzo will be sold including various officially bound versions of The Godfather III script 

 Mario Puzo’s copy of Francis Ford Coppola’s Godfather ‘Bible’, an enormous, impeccably organized three-ring binder (above) covering virtually every aspect of filming, is also being sold

The Godfather II first draft (left), which was submitted December 1, 1971, is up for grabs. A letter from Mario Puzo to actor Marlon Brando is also being sold in the auction. The letter discusses Puzo's disappointment in that he didn't think Marlon would get the lead part in the film

The cover of the third draft of the screenplay (left) with hand written antidotes from Puzo is being sold along with the revised first draft of Godfather II (right)

 Six large oak tag storyboards that outline the lengthy nine-section novel will be sold in the auction next month

Hand written notes about the scene in which Michael Corleone first gets married overseas in Sicily are included in the auction

 Up for grabs in the auction is Mario Puzo’s 1965 Olympia typewriter

It will also include letters written between Puzo and director Francis Ford Coppola about all three of the films in the famous franchise. 

The handwritten notes written by Puzo and Coppola, as well as materials that trace the progression of The Godfather II from its first drafts to the final product. 

The treasure trove of material includes Puzo's copy of a March 7, 1970 letter that he sent to iconic actor Marlon Brando, that shares disappointment that he would likely not get the lead part in the film. 

Mario Puzo requested that Brando play Don Corleone, since he pictured him in the title role since he wrote the first novel. 

Mario Puzo was awarded the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for the first film in 1972 and for Part II in 1974

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