Search Results: US Army from Royal Books, Inc.

Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1954. Vintage three-sheet poster for the 1953 film. Based on the 1949 novel "The Girl on the Via Flaminia" by Alfred Hayes. Visiting Villefrance in the early 1950s, Robert Teller (Kirk Douglas) reminisces on his time in the US Army in Paris, nearing the end of WWII, and his romance with the beautiful French peasant girl Lise (Dany Robin). Set in and shot on location in Paris and the French Riviera, France. 40.75 x 78 inches. Two panels, folded as issued. Very Good, with large closed tear to mid-right, splitting in creases, several small closed tears at the extremities, and light soiling. Royal Books can arrange for archival linen backing of posters. Please inquire.

France: 79th Division, 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 of the final issue of The Lorraine Cross, published just prior to the division's soldiers return to the US at the end of the war. A typed letter signed from the division's commanding General Joseph E. Kuhn to Cain, praising him and the paper's staff for their efforts. An original broadside printed in red and blue: "Have You Subscribed to The Lorraine Cross?" printed in red and two shades of blue with a comic drawing of doughboys reading the paper. Also included is Cain's copy of "Seventy-ninth Division, Headquarters Troop: A Record," a summary of the division's activities in the war, assessed mostly in a long essay, with illustrations. Cain is… Read More

N.p.: N.p., 1983. Final Draft script, belonging to actor Ron Travis, with his ownership name in manuscript ink on the title page, and his manuscript ink annotations throughout. Bound in after the script are a substantial number of call sheets, cast and crew lists, and production memos, many with Travis' manuscript ink and pencil annotations. Based on the 1981 novel by Ernest K. Gann, and written for the screen by Marc Norman, who along with Tom Stoppard won the Oscar for Best Screenplay in 1998 for "Shakespeare in Love." A curmudgeonly pilot who finds himself stranded in the wilderness with his sole passenger, a wealthy sixteen-year-old girl, after crash-landing on a remote mountain ridge populated by ravenous wolves. Shot on location in Yugoslavia, Croatia, and Slovenia. Generic report wrappers, mylar front wrapper and blue plastic rear wrapper, as housed by Travis on the set. Title page present, dated 22 October 1983, noted as FINAL DRAFT, with credits for screenwriter Marc Norman and… Read More

London: Warner-Pathe, 1966. Collection of 10 vintage British front-of-house cards from the 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 due to its many inaccuracies. An epic story that details the events leading to the title confrontation, one of the bloodiest battles the US fought in WWII and one of the key turning points in the war. Filmed almost entirely in the Spanish desert. Set in France, shot on location in Spain. 8 x 10 inches. Six stills have small pieces of cello tape at the top and bottom edges, else Near Fine.

Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1925. Vintage program for the 1925 silent film. With the stamp of Grauman's Hollywood Egyptian Theatre on the rear wrapper. Laid in with the program is a smaller black-and-white bifold program, also produced for showings at Grauman's. During World War I, a wealthy, idle young man joins the US Army's Rainbow Division, and is sent to France to fight, where he befriends two working class men, is hardened by the horrors of war, and falls in love with a French woman. Notable for its realistic depiction of trench warfare, a predecessor to Lewis Milestone's epic antiwar film "All Quiet on the Western Front" (1930). Color program: 9 x 12 inches. Six leaves, side stapled, with illustrated wrappers. Very Good, splitting at the binding, with moderate edgewear and age toning. Black-and-white program: 4.5 x 7 inches. Bifold. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Rosenbaum 1000. Scorsese, A Personal Journey Through American Movies.

N.p.: N.p., 1965. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Based on Fritz Habeck's 1951 German novel "Das Boot kommt nach Mitternact," about a Nazi officer who accepts a bribe from a persecuted couple to allow them to escape Paris by boat. Set in Paris. Tan titled wrappers, with credit for screenwriter Peter A. Schnitzler. Title page present, dated June 1965, with credits for screenwriter Peter A. Schnitzler and author Fritz Habeck. 54 leaves, with last leaf of text numbered 53. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Very Good plus, wrapper Very Good plus, bound with three gold brads.

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1941. Collection of 64 vintage keybook set design photographs for the 1941 film. A West Point cadet falls for the lead singer of his brother's band, and decides to marry her even if it means leaving the army. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.

Universal City: Universal International Pictures, 1962. Final Draft script for the 1963 film. Based on the 1961 novel by Leo Rosten. An Army doctor in charge of a neuropsychiatric ward at an Air Corps hospital in Arizona encounters a variety of tough, humorous, and touching cases. Rosten's novel took inspiration from the experiences of his wartime friend Ralph Greenson, a psychoanalytic doctor who was one of the first in his field to link post-traumatic stress disorder (although that terminology was not yet in use) with the ordeals of war. Nominated for three Academy Awards, including Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Bobby Darin. Set and shot on location in Arizona. Red titled wrappers, noted as FINAL SCREENPLAY on the front wrapper, rubber-stamped production No. 8473, dated November 19, 1962. Title page present, with credits for screenwriter Richard L. Breen. 163 leaves, with last page of text numbered 167. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only, with pink, yellow, and blue revision pages… Read More

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1986. Collection of six vintage studio still photographs from the 1986 television series, which originally aired on March 9, 1986, on NBC. Based on the 1979 novel by Lucian Truscott IV, about a cadet at a military academy who investigates the murder of a fellow cadet. Adapted for the screen by Gore Vidal. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.

N.p.: N.p., 1981. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1981 film, showing actress Lynn Hancock. An unpopular, orphaned military cadet seeks revenge on his bullies by summoning demonic spirits through his computer. Shot on location in Santa Barbara and Los Angeles. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Nightmare USA.

Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1946. Vintage studio still photograph of Edward Everett Horton and Sig Ruman from the 1946 film. Tom Drake stars as a US Army soldier who returns home on leave after several years, unaware his fiancée, Donna Reed, is now engaged to another man she works with at the department store, and sets up a ruse with other co-workers to keep him unaware until he's deployed again. Set in New York City. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus, with light edgewear and a half inch closed tear to the center left.

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 manuscript name on the front wrapper and manuscript annotations 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, with credits for screenwriters Sgts. Maddow and Scherding, and screenwriter T/Sgt. Malone. 1Title page integral with the front wrapper, as issued. 3 leaves, mimeograph duplication, with annotations throughout. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, side-stapled.

Los Angeles: Lippert Pictures, 1951. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1951 film, showing actors Tom Neal and Jean Porter. A new draftee is assigned to a remote desert post, where he forges military orders that bring a platoon of women soldiers to the encampment. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus overall, with pinholes to the corners.

Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1962. Vintage color studio still photograph from the 1962 film, showing actors Jim Hutton and Paula Prentiss in an an amorous moment. A military comedy about a luckless army intelligence lieutenant who finds himself stationed on a remote island army outpost during World War II, where all the action is between the sheets. Set in Japan. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus overall.

N.p.: N.p., 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 corrupt dealings with the US Army. Set in New York and Florida. Tan titled wrappers. Title page present, with credits for screenwriter Partos and novelist Kauffmann. 131 leaves, mimeograph on eye-rest green stock. Pages Fine, wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads.

N.p.: N.p., 1984. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1984 film, showing director Roland Joffé and actor Haing S. Ngor on the set. Stamp of photographer David Appleby on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A dramatization of the 1975 Khmer Rouge takeover in Cambodia, based primarily on the accounts of journalists Sydney Schanberg and Dith Pran. Nominated for seven Academy Awards, winning two, including Best Supporting Actor for Ngor-making him the second Asian actor to win an Oscar. Shot on location in Bangkok, Thailand, in California and New York in the US, and in Ontario, Canada. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1962. Vintage reference photograph from the set of the 1962 film, showing a group of Allied troops storming Pegasus Bridge, with a camera crew in the foreground. With manuscript pencil annotations on the verso regarding layout, along with the stamp of Marine films. Based on screenwriter Cornelius Ryan's 1959 book. A star-studded dramatization of the events of D-Day, from both the Allied and Axis perspectives, with many scenes (such as the aforementioned storming of Pegasus Bridge) filmed at their corresponding real-life French locations. Set and shot on location in France. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.

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 do their part for the war effort during World War II. Tan titled wrappers, rubber-stamped production No. 7060, dated April 16, 1942, with credits for screenwriters Tarshis and Sucher. 146 leaves, mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good, bound with three gold brads.

Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures, 1951. Draft script for the 1952 film. A Red Scare narrative wherein two all-American parents unsuccessfully attempt to lure their brainy son John away from the call of Communism. Actor Robert Walker unexpectedly died before production for the film ended, leading director Leo McCarey to heavily revise the script and edit in footage from Walker's scenes in Alfred Hitchcock's "Strangers on a Train" (1951) in order to finish the film. Although nominated for an Oscar for Best Writing, and praised by the American Legion and Catholic Press Institute, the film was eviscerated by New York critics for its hot-blooded anti-intellectualism, bigotry, and push for conformity in the name of anti-Communism, a touchstone for the country's fears during the McCarthy era. Titled self wrappers in the Paramount style. Distribution page present, with receipt intact. Title page present, dated February 27, 1951, noted as 1ST PRELIMINARY GREEN, with adaptation credits for John Lee Mahin.… Read More

N.p.: N.p., 1967. Vintage script for the 1967 one-act play, which debuted at the White Barn Theatre in Westport, Connecticut on July 16. A middle-aged divorcee who has accidentally been called to service by the draft butts heads with the no-nonsense career officer. One of prolific, acclaimed playwright Terrence McNally's earliest productions, and the one that brought him his first great acclaim. Maroon titled wrappers. Title page present, with credits for playwright Terrence McNally. 33 leaves, with last page of text numbered 32. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Very Good plus, wrapper Very Good plus, bound with two silver brads.