Burbank, CA: Acrobat Films, Circa 1973. Shooting script for the 1973 film. Based on the 1970 novel by Darryl Ponicsan. Two foul-mouthed sailors are assigned a shore patrol to escort a young seaman to a Navy prison in Maine to begin a heavy-handed eight year sentence. The pair decides to take their captive out for a few adventures before his.....
Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1938. Final script for the 1939 film. Copy belonging to director Mort Blumenstock, with his ownership name on the front wrapper, and brief annotations throughout in holograph pencil. Blumenstock (1900-1956) was a director of short films like "Morals for Women" (1931) and "Office Blues" (1930), and was Warner Bros. Eastern advertising and publicity representative (through "House.....
Los Angeles: California Pictures, 1979. Collection of 51 vintage borderless, color photographs from the 1979 film. Also included are eight large format negatives for photographs in the collection. Two US Navy divers, taken prisoner by the Japanese in the Philippines, are forced to search for millions of dollars worth of silver that the retreating American forces dumped into Manila Bay.....
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1940. Draft script for the 1940 film. Nominated for an Academy Award. A young hotshot pilot joins an elite flying squadron and has to prove himself to his commanding officer and fellow pilots by taking on a dangerous mission. Made with the cooperation of the US Navy, who lent a real life squadron to the.....
Beverly Hills, CA: MGM, 1940. Temporary Complete script for the 1940 film. Copy belonging to the MGM Legal Department, as marked on the front wrapper. With holograph pencil annotations throughout. A cocky rookie flyer joins the famous Hellcats Squadron, where a series of miscommunications and mistakes lead to problems with his fellow Navy pilots. The first Hollywood film glorifying the US.....
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Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1953. Draft British script for the 1954 UK film, released in the US as "Crest of the Wave." Copy belonging to sound recordist Peter Handford, with his name in holograph pencil on the front wrapper. At a top secret naval base is located on an island near the coast of Scotland, a small group of.....
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1943. Two vintage still photographs from the 1943 US film. One still is a black-and-white reference still, and the other is a full-color studio still. Based on a story by W.R. Burnett. Lieutenant Ward Stewart (Power) is made executive officer of the submarine USS Corsair. Before sailing, he meets schoolteacher Jean Hewlett (Baxter) and seduces her.....
N.p. N.p., 1943. Typescript treatment script for an unproduced film called "The Sailor and the Girl," written by Martha Chapin, whose notable film credits include "Gambling with Souls" (1936), "Slaves in Bondage" (1937), and "Lightning Strikes West" (1940). Typeovers on a few pages. Set in New York during World War II, with a touch of hard-boiled attitude, the story follows.....
Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1954. Collection of 3 vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1954 film. Mimeograph snipes unattached (but present) from the versos of two of the stills. Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Herman Wouk, about a WWII ship captain who is removed from his command, something the US Navy has never experienced, and the consequences.....
New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1894. First Edition. Very Good condition. Dampstain near hinge on interior leaves, tear on heel and crown, and light soil on front and rear boards. Bright illustrations.
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1941. Revised Final Draft script for the 1942 film. Copy belonging to director H. Bruce Humberstone, with his name in holograph pencil on the front wrapper. A bratty naval recruit is transformed into a battle-wise soldier several days before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Set and shot on location in San Diego, California. Red titled wrappers.....
Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1957. Vintage black-and-white still photograph from the 1957 US film. Based on the 1955 book, "Hellcats of the Sea," starring future president Ronald Reagan and his wife-to-be Nancy Davis in their only collaboration. Reagan stars as the commander of a WWII submarine, with Nancy as the onboard nurse. During one mission, the commander is forced.....
N.p. N.p., 1941. Story Outline for an unproduced film called "CinCUS," written for screen by Lieutenants Victor F. Blakeslee and Hartley E. How, and Welbourn Kelley, who was a witness in the Pearl Harbor Attack investigations, 1945-1946. A story about the CinCUS, a naval term for Commander-in-Chief, United States Fleet. Admiral Todd Emery leads his Navy crew to battle "somewhere.....
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Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1942. Final Draft script for the 1942 film, here under the working title "Missing Submarine." Copy belonging to Marguerite Chapman, who played Sue Curry in the film, with a few annotations in holograph pencil at the inclusion of her character's lines. Laid in is a singing telegram birthday greeting for Chapman, from Evelyn Keys, in.....
Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1944. Draft script for the 1945 film musical. Based on the 1940 French comedy "L'homme qui cherche la verite," written by Poerre Wolff. With three pages of shooting schedule laid in and holograph pencil annotations to the verso of the rear wrapper. America's wealthiest bachelor (Eddie Bracken) joins the Navy to escape his gold-digging suitors, only to.....
Universal City, CA: Universal Pictures, 1957. Revised First Draft script for the 1958 film. Brief notation in holograph pencil on the front wrapper verso. Based on the novel, and written for the screen, by Ernest K. Gann, about a disgraced former Navy captain (Hudson) piloting a disparate group of passengers through a storm on a rundown schooner. Green titled wrappers.....
Universal City: Universal Pictures, Circa 1937. Post-production Continuity and Dialogue script for the 1937 film. With a single holograph pencil notation. A young woman relocates with her Navy pilot husband to his base in Honolulu, Hawaii, and tries to adapt to the challenges of military life. An early appearance by breakthrough African American actor Louise Beavers, known for her extensive portrayals.....
Los Angeles: Bischoff-Diamond, 1956. Draft script for an unproduced film. A story set aboard the USS. Missouri, "The Mighty Mo," during WWII. Presnell would also write screenplays for "Screaming Eagles" (1956, also produced by Bischoff-Diamond), "Legend of the Lost" (1957), "Conspiracy of Hearts" (1960), and "The Third Day" (1965). Light blue titled wrappers, noted as copy No. 47, dated January.....
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1955. Original scenario artwork by Charles K. Hagedon for the 1955 film musical. A bizarre image, showing a sailor with his gall, entering a cave that has bats, skeletons, a raven in the shadows, and in the distance a window outside of which appears a Dali-esque landscape. Signed by Hagedon at the bottom right corner.....
Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1942. Final Draft script for the 1943 film. Copy belonging to actress Marguerite Chapman, who played Mary Boleslavski in the film, with her name on the front wrapper in holograph pencil. A battleship in World War II tests very poorly in fighting tests and will not be allowed to engage in combat in the war.....
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Glendale, CA: Allied Artists, 1954. Draft script for the 1954 film. Copy belonging to Robert Arthur, who played Porter, with his character's name on the front wrapper in holograph pencil and profuse holograph pencil annotations to his scenes throughout. Chuck MacLish (Brand) is having a tough time readjusting to civilian life after a life in the Navy, until he meets.....
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Hollywood: Allied Artists Productions, 1954. Draft script for the 1955 film, here under the working title "The Annapolis Story." With small holograph ink annotations throughout, mostly noting the scene entrances of different characters throughout the script. Two sibling cadets at the Annapolis Naval Academy fall for the same girl, creating a love triangle that can only be resolved by one.....
London: National Screen Service / MGM, Circa 1958. Collection of 6 vintage full-color still photographs from the 1958 UK release of the 1957 US film. Based on William Brinkley's 1956 novel, about a small island in the South Pacific, where the Navy is avoiding war. Lt. Max Siegel (Ford) has to find a way for one of his soldiers to.....
London: National Screen Service / MGM, Circa 1958. Collection of three vintage black-and-white double weight still photographs from the 1958 UK release of the 1957 US film. Based on William Brinkley's 1956 novel, about a small island in the South Pacific, where the Navy is avoiding war. Lt. Max Siegel (Ford) has to find a way for one of his.....
Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1954. Vintage double weight still photograph from the 1954 film, nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Based on the 1951 Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Herman Wouk. Shot, struck, and mounted by the film's still photographer, Bob Willoughby, with his ASMP rubber stamp on the verso. Full provenance available. After studying with Saul.....
London: The Readers Library, 1926. First UK Photoplay Edition. Based on the 1926 Paramount film, "Old Ironsides," about the USS Constitution and its efforts to combat the Barbary pirates, directed by James Cruze, and starring Charles Farrell and Esther Ralston. Very Good plus in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Light foxing, small tear to the rear pastedown. Jacket with.....