script reader
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of script reader
First recorded in 1955–60
Example Sentences
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Grace Hodgett Young, wearing sneakers and long sweat socks, plays Betty Schaefer, the bright studio script reader who tries to revive Joe’s passion, first as a writer and then as man.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2024
Entwistle biographer James Zeruk, Jr. notes that RKO’s script reader Miriam Meredith advised the studio against buying Thirteen Women because it contained “nothing for pictures.”
From Slate ● May 11, 2020
He then showed it to Stephanie Allain, a script reader for two of Columbia Pictures’ top executives.
From New York Times ● Apr. 29, 2019
Eventually, he sold some stories, was hired part time by a magazine called the Hollywood Spectator, and finally landed work as a script reader for Warner Bros., though he soon advanced to B-movie screenwriter.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 30, 2015
In 1935, Collins returned to Los Angeles where he took a job at a department store, before becoming a script reader and junior writer at various Hollywood studios.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 20, 2013
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