Where to find old scripts and screenplays?

March 22, 2019 10:52 AM

Hi. I've had a desire to write a screenplay for some time. I've been kicking around the same idea for a while. It's based very much in an old western style. I'd like to read some other scripts to get a feel for the language and structure. But. I've had a hard time finding the screenplays I want to read. There's a few sites like Drews Scriptorama but they don't seem to have much thats older. I'd like to read Shane, Pale Rider, the 1971 Get Carter, The Outlaw Josey Wales... Is there another resource? the Writers Guild perhaps?
posted by Shanachie to Media & Arts (3 answers total)

Cornell's got a good link round-up.
posted by Iris Gambol at 10:57 AM on March 22, 2019

The /r/screenwriting subreddit has requests and fulfillments for produced screenplays all the time.
posted by gauche at 11:15 AM on March 22, 2019 [2 favorites]

The Writers Guild Foundation Shavelson-Webb Library, a non-lending library in Los Angeles, is open to the public.
posted by Iris Gambol at 11:29 AM on March 22, 2019 [3 favorites]