A "treasure" discovered in Bismarck will be featured on Public Broadcasting's "Antiques Roadshow."

The show will air at 7 p.m. Dec. 15 on PBS.

The "treasure" is a movie script from the 1934 movie "The Informer."

It was first appraised in 2005 when "Antiques Roadshow" came to Bismarck, and the appraisal was first aired in 2006. But now the appraisal will again grace the screen as part of a segment titled "Trash to Treasure."

The script definitely fits into this category as it was destined to be garbage until it was appraised to be worth $4,000 to $5,000 at an auction.

"You don't see many signed cast scripts prior to 1940," said Mike Gutierrez, the appraiser who valued the piece. "They are scarce."

The name of the script's owner hasn't been released.

Bismarck was a stop on the "Antiques Roadshow's" map when the script was appraised. The script is in good condition, is signed by the cast and is one of the few movie scripts left from that period. Gutierrez said it is especially rare to find a script from an Academy Award-winning movie.

The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. Victor McLaglen, the star of the film, won an Oscar for best actor, and John Ford won for best director. The screenplay writer, Dudley Nichols, also won an Oscar for best writing, but turned it down over union disagreements. This was the first time an Oscar had not been accepted. All of these winners signed the script.

"I think that she had an idea that there was a value, but she was not certain if it would be worth a few hundred or a few thousand," Gutierrez said of the script's owner.

(Kay Kemmet is a student at Bismarck High School. She can be reached at kay.kemmet@bismarcktribune.com.)