London: Warner-Pathe, 1966. Collection of 10 vintage still photographs from the 1966 UK release of the 1965 US film. Six stills are full-color, and four stills are black-and-white, with a studio stamp on the verso of one of the black-and-white stills. One of the most ambitious films about World War II made during the 1960s, but denounced by President Eisenhower...
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Los Angeles: American International Pictures [AIP], Circa 1958. Draft script for the 1958 film, "Suicide Batallion," here under its working title, "Hell Raiders." The screenwriter-director team of Rusoff and Kahn worked together on several AIP films, including "Girls in Prison" (1956), "The She-Creature" (1956), "Shake, Rattle & Rock" (1956), "Runaway Daughters" (1956), "Dragstrip Girl" (1957), and "Motorcycle Gang" (1957). Rusoff...
France: 79th Division, May 8, 1919. An archive of material from James M. Cain's estate, originally from his office, relating to the newspaper edited (and largely written) by James M. Cain, The Lorraine Cross, during his service with the 79th Division of the US Army of the Allied Expeditionary Force in World War I. Included are: James M. Cain's own copy...
Beverly Hills, CA: American Broadcasting Company [ABC], 1968. First Draft script for the 1971 television movie, "The Reluctant Heroes," here under the working title, "The Egghead on Hill 56." This script is set during the Vietnam War, with scenes set in South Vietnam and characters speaking in Vietnamese, and it is presumed the setting was changed when screenwriter Ernie Frankel...
Los Angeles and London: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1958. Collection of four and two double weight vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1958 US film. Two stills are from the UK release, with seller stamps on the versos. Based on the novel of the same name by Irwin Shaw, set during World War II, this largely antiwar film follows two American soldiers...
London: Rank Film Distributors Ltd., Circa 1959. Collection of 7 vintage full-color still photographs from the 1959 UK release of the 1958 US film. Tony Curtis stars as a sex-starved soldier who wins a date with pinup model Linda Cristal. Janet Legih (Curtis' real life wife) plays an Army shrink tasked with keeping things chaste. 8 x 10 inches (20...
Los Angeles: Carolco Pictures Inc., 1991. Two Draft scripts for the 1992 film. The first draft (dated 1/11/91) gives credits for the film's original screenwriters, Philippe Browning and Andrew Davis. Two months later, as seen in the second draft (dated 3/30/91), the script was rewritten by Dean Devlin ("Independence Day," 1996, and "Godzilla," 1998), and he would be given sole...
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 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.
Culver City, CA: Army Air Forces First Motion Picture Unit, Circa 1944. Revised Final Draft script for the 1944 military training film. Although not indicated on the script, copy belonging to actor Van Heflin, who appears in an uncredited role in the film. White titled wrappers, noted as Revised Final on the front wrapper, and production No. 88, with credit...
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1966. Two vintage still photographs (one black-and-white, one color) from the 1966 UK film. Based on the 1964 novel by Jack D. Hunter, about a German World War I pilot (Peppard) whose ambition to win the prized "Blue Max" medal leads him to a tragic end. Considered among the best "fighter pilot" films ever made. Set...
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1942. Collection of 37 vintage keybook set design photographs from the 1942 film. Original brown front wrapper present, with film title printed on the wrapper. Nominated for an Academy Award. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography. Congress reestablishes a military academy at West Point, lead by a strict commander (Cregar) who pushes the young...
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1948. Vintage black-and-white double weight still photograph from the 1948 film. Based on a story by Sidney Kingsley, about a doctor who enlists with the Army during World War II. The third collaboration of Clark Gable and Lana Turner. 7.5 x 9.25 inches. Contemporary seller stamp on the verso, else Near Fine.
Camino Capistrano, CA: Charger Books / Gallant / Charger Publications, 1987. First Hardcover Edition, preceded by a paperback original published by Paperback Library in 1970. INSCRIBED by the author on the front endpaper: "7-5-89 / To Llewellyn W. Lord / Some cast of characters, different story--if this gives you a few chuckles, I'll know I've done some things right. /...
Culver City, CA: Army Air Forces First Motion Picture Unit, 1943. Revised Final Draft script for the 1944 military training film. Actor Van Heflin's copy, with his holograph name on the front wrapper and holograph notations throughout. White titled wrappers, noted as Revised Final on the front wrapper, and production No. 112, rubber-stamped copy No. 20, dated October 11, 1943...
Universal City: Universal Pictures, 1963. Vintage photograph of actor Tony Curtis and director David Miller on the set of the 1963 film. Mimeo snipe on the verso. An odd World War II comedy about a fairly serious topic. Gregory Peck plays Captain Newman, a doctor in charge of a hastily-developed and under-funded neuropsychiatric ward for the Army Air Corps in...
Universal City, CA: Universal Pictures, 1962. Master revised typescript for the 1963 film. Likely belonging to producer Robert Arthur, with "Mr. Arthur" and "Master Copy" in blue and black holograph ink to the front wrapper respectively, likely unique or one of only a handful made prior to mimeograph issue. In 1944, Capt. Josiah J. Newman is the doctor in charge...
Los Angeles: Marvin Moss, Circa 1974. Uncorrected proof of Owen's 1975 novel, "The Indian-Lover," here under the working title, "Simon Girty, Indian-Lover." This proof is an early draft of the novel, produced for purposes of film development. Agency photocopy, with the Marvin Moss agency label on the title page and accompanying cardboard box lid, and photocopied corrections throughout. A fictional...
N.p. N.p., ca. 1956. Draft script for an unproduced film "Just Before Laughter," based on the 1955 novel "A Change of Climate" by Stanley Kauffman. Copy belonging to screenwriter Partos, with a Jaffe Agency label on the title page. The story of a professor who leaves his teaching position to become a salesman at a company he later finds had...
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1964. First Draft script for the 1965 film. Based on the 1964 novel by David Westheimer. Based on David Westheimer's 1964 novel, about an American POW (Sinatra) who leads a group of British prisoners to escape from the Germans in World War II. Nominated for an Academy Award. Periwinkle titled wrappers, noted as First Draft Screenplay...
London: Smith, Elder and Comapny, 1858, 1867. Second Edition. Three volumes. Set belonging to US Army General, White House Staff Secretary, and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient Andrew Goodpaster, with a presentation bookplate on the front pastedown of each volume. Very Good plus. Rebound in full leather, with marbled endpapers, raised bands, gilt page edges, lettering, design, and rule. Light...
Atlanta: All Girls Productions, 1990. Revised Draft script for the 1991 film. With the help of the singer and dancer Dixie Leonhard US-Entertainer Eddie Sparks wants to bring some fun to the soldiers during World War II. Becoming a perfect team they tour from North Africa to the Pacific to act for "the boys." Later they continue their work but...
Universal City, CA: Universal Pictures, 1973. First Draft script for the 1977 film. The story of General of the Army Douglas MacArthur (played by Gregory Peck), Supreme Allied Commander during World War II and United Nations Commander for the Korean War. "MacArthur" begins in 1942, following the fall of Philippines, and covers the remarkable career of this military legend up...
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1943. Continuity and Dialogue script for the 1943 film. Based on John Brophy's 1942 novel. Top-billed Henry Fonda plays Colin Spence, a shy Canadian coporal. Thomas Mitchell plays the "immortal" Sergeant Kelly in charge of a fourteen-man patrol in the Libyan Desert during WWII. When they all become lost in the desert, it is the guidance...
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1955. Original scenario artwork for the 1955 film, depicting two men and a woman, each well dressed and on horseback, meeting in front of a large mansion. Historical costume drama set during the Revolutionary War. American Major John Boulton feigns desertion in order to uncover a British plot to seize the stronghold of West Point...
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Universal City, CA: Universal Pictures, 1942. Draft script for the 1942 film "Mug Town," seen here under the working title "Skidrow." A crew of teenage tramps finds themselves about to be framed for a freight heist, and must clear their names of the charges. Once they are able to do so, they enlist in the US Army in order to...
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Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1959. Revised Final Draft script for the 1959 film, "A Private's Affair," here under the working title, "The Love Maniac." Brief notations in holograph pencil on a couple of pages. One of the last films of director Raoul Walsh. Based on a story by Ray Livingston Murphy. Luigi (a young Sal Mineo), Jerry (Coe), and Mike...
Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1945. Vintage pressbook for the 1945 film. Ernie Pyle (Meredith) is a journalist who enlists in the US Army during WWII. During his tour of duty in Africa and Italy, he documents the effects of war on the human condition, illuminating catastrophe, the consequences of combat, and new partnerships in times of crisis, all from...
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the dedication page. Basis for the 1992 Keith Gordon film starring Peter Berg, Ethan Hawke, Gary Sinise, and Kevin Dillon. Foxing to the page edges and jacket flaps, and a crease to each jacket flap, else Near Fine and unread in a Near Fine dust jacket.