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Burbank, CA: Waterlow and Sons / Warner Brothers, 1955. Collection of 7 vintage British front-of-house cards from the UK release of the 1955 US film. Based on Leon Uris' first book, about a new recruitment of Marines primed for battle, but the battle comes when they least expect it. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.

New York: The Living Theatre, 1963. Vintage script for the 1963 off-Broadway play. INSCRIBED on the title page by The Living Theatre co-founder-and production designer for the play-Julian Beck: "This is the mimeographed text which The Living Theatre used for its production of the world premiere of the play (May 1963). It precedes all other publications of the play. / Julian Beck / NYC Feb 1985." The play premiered at The Living Theatre on May 13, 1963. It was the recipient of three Obie Awards for Best Production, Best Design, and Best Direction. Jonas Mekas would film a 1963 performance of the play after it had closed, released in 1964. A realistic and anti-authoritarian depiction of a US Marine Corps prison, based on playwright Kenneth H. Brown's experience being held in a brig for 30 days while serving with the Third Marines at Camp Fuji in the 1950s. The Living Theatre revived the play to inaugurate its new permanent location on the Lower East Side in Manhattan on March 29, 2007, directed by… Read More

N.p.: N.p., 1964. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1964 film. One photograph with the stamp of photographer Adam Woolfitt and cropping annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. Based on the 1963 play by Kenneth H. Brown, based on his experiences in a military prison at Camp Fuji in Japan in the 1950s. Originally performed in New York by avant-garde theatre company The Living Theatre, and secretly shot by director Jonas Mekas using the company's sets shortly after the play closed. One photograph 8.25 x 6 inches, one photograph 9.5 x 8 inches. Near Fine.

N.p.: N.p., 1967. Draft script for an unproduced film. Laid in is a letter dated February 16, 1967, from Elizabeth Leeson, secretary of Leon Mirelli, returning the screenplay to Ilse Lahn, as well as 15 on-set photographs housed in an envelope. During the Korean War, a group of marines are pinned down behind enemy lines in a remote village where the only survivor is a widowed Korean woman and her child. Chaos descends as the soldiers find their radio is broken, they are running out of supplies, and they are slowly being picked off by snipers. Set in Korea. Yellow untitled wrappers. Title page present, with credits for screenwriter Jack Lewis. 103 leaves, with last page of text numbered 101. Ribbon copy typescript. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads.

N.p.: N.p., 1967. Collection of three Draft scripts for an unproduced film. During the Korean War, a group of marines are pinned down behind enemy lines in a remote village where the only survivor is a widowed Korean woman and her child. Chaos descends as the soldiers find their radio is broken, they are running out of supplies, and they are slowly being picked off by snipers. Set in Korea. Script 1: Self wrappers. Title page present, with credits for screenwriter Jack Lewis. Twelve leaves, with last page of text numbered twelve. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Very Good plus, lacking wrappers unbound. Script 2: Self wrappers. Title page present, with credits for screenwriter Jack Lewis. 101 leaves, with last page of text numbered 100. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Very Good plus, lacking wrappers unbound. Script 3: Self wrappers. Title page present, with credits for screenwriter Jack Lewis. 100 leaves, with last page of text numbered 99. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Very Good plus,… Read More

Atlanta, GA: New World Pictures, 1986. Revised Draft script for the 1987 film. With a few annotations in manuscript pencil throughout. Gunnery Sergeant Burns (Dryer) is sent to the Middle East, where he acts as a guard at the local US Embassy. However, due to the pacific nature of the ambassador, the marine corps detachment is severely limited in their ability to protect the base, thus allowing terrorists to take over and take everyone hostage except Burns. Now Burns must act as an army of one to defeat the terrorists and save the Americans. Set in the Middle East. White titled self wrappers, noted as Revised Draft on the front wrapper, dated February 24, 1986, with credits for screenwriter John Gatliff. 117 leaves, with last page of text numbered 106. Photographically reprodcued, with revision pages dated between February 18, 1986 and February 24, 1986. Pages Very Good plus, wrapper missing bound with two gold brads.

New York: Jay Garon - Brooke. Draft script for an unproduced film. The US Marine Corps decides that it needs to add attack helicopters to its arsenal of weapons and trains a hotshot jet pilot right before the breakout of the Korean War. After falling in love with the commander's daughter, he is packed off to war where he consistently disobeys order to leave his helicopter and engage the enemy on the ground, much to the chagrin of his commanding officer. Set in Korea. Brown titled wrappers, with credits for screenwriter Jack Lewis. Title page present, with credits for screenwriter Jack Lewis. 105 leaves, with last page of text numbered 104. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads.

N.p.: N.p., 1951. Vintage manuscript for a short story, originally published in the December, 1951 issue of "The Link" magazine. With a few manuscript pencil annotations throughout addressing grammatical revisions. On Christmas Eve in South Korea, a soldier with tiny feet decides gives his new shoes to a small Korean boy who has been traveling with his outfit. Author Jack Lewis was best known for his work as a screenwriter on films such as "Outlaw Gold" (1950), "Whistling Hills" (1951), "The Amazing Transparent Man" (1960), and "Black Eagle of Santa Fe" (1965). Set in South Korea. White titled self-wrappers. Title integral to the first leaf, presumably as issued. 11 leaves, with last page of text numbered 11. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Very Good plus, partially bound with a single paper clip.

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1962. First UK Edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the title page. Author's second novel, originally published as a paperback original in 1952. Very Good plus in a Near Fine dust jacket. Spine lean, foxing to the page edges, extremities lightly toned. Jacket spine toned, with light foxing to the verso and rear panel. Scarce.

Santa Monica: Hermes Productions, 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film. Noted as "MASTER" in manuscript ink and copy No. 8 in manuscript pencil on the title page. A military drama about a coed group of US Marine recruits in San Diego. Screenwriter Nicholas Corea, better known for his work on "The Incredible Hulk" television series, enlisted as a Marine during the Vietnam War and was awarded a Purple Heart. Red titled wrappers with credit for screenwriter Nicholas Corea. Title page present, undated, with credit for screenwriter Nicholas Corea. 131 leaves, with last page of text numbered 129. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound with two gold brads.

Los Angeles: Kranze/Birdt Productions, 1974. Draft script for an unproduced film. Note laid in from producer Marvin Birdt to screenwriter Jim Poe, dated 9/30/74, simply stating, "When you calm down - call me." A former US Marine is called out of retirement by an old friend who takes him to a rich man in Florida who wants to employ the Marine to destroy a ham radio and recover a wall hanging. Set in Florida and Cuba. Orange titled wrappers. Title page present, dated October 1, 1974, with credits for screenwriter James Poe. 117 leaves, with last page of text numbered 116. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads.

New York: Grove Press, 1969. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1969 documentary film. Canadian filmmaker Bill Brodie's directorial debut, an incisive look at the Vietnam War through the eyes of Terry Whitmore, an African American US Marine who sought asylum in Sweden after being wounded in action near Con Thien. Whitmore became one of the few African American veterans to write about the experiences which drove him to desert, publishing a memoir, "Memphis-Nam-Sweden: The Autobiography of a Black American Exile," in 1971. Shot on location in Sweden. One photograph 8 x 10 inches, the other photograph 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus overall, one with light soil to the top edge.

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox / Marvin Schwartz Productions, 1970. Final script for the 1970 television movie, originally broadcast on November 10, 1970, on ABC. A pacifist hippie is drafted and reluctantly reports to boot camp, where he excels as a Marine in spite of his principles. Problems emerge, however, when his superiors catch wind of his antiwar beliefs. Winner of three Emmy Awards, including Best Original Teleplay. Red titled wrappers, noted as FINAL on the front wrapper, dated May 25, 1970. Title page present, noted as FINAL, dated May 25, 1970, with credits for screenwriters Marvin Schwartz and Tracy Keenan Wynn. 76 leaves, with last page of text numbered 76. Mimeograph duplication on eye-rest green stock, rectos only. Pages Fine, wrapper Good, with a dampstain on the bottom left corner of the front wrapper, bound with two gold brads.

Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1957. Vintage double weight reference photograph from the 1957 film. Mimeo snipe and one provenance stamp on the verso. Based on the 1951 story by James A. Michener. During WWII, three sisters fall in and out of love with the soldiers who are stationed in Christchurch, though one sister is married. Set and shot on location in New Zealand. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine, with some small splashes at the top center.

Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures, 1942. Draft script for the 1942 film, in maroon leather presentation binding belonging to William Bendix, with his name in gilt on front board, and title in gilt on spine. Copy lacking last part of Sequence "C" and Sequence "D," possibly due to reports that multiple endings had been considered and filmed, due to the uncertain course of the war. William Bendix was an American stage, film, radio, and television actor who is best remembered as one of television's archetypal patriarchs, the blundering Chester A. Riley in "The Life of Riley," first on the 1944-1951 ABC and NBC radio serial, then in the 1949 film, directed by Irving Brecher, then finally in the 1953-1958 NBC television series. Bendix was nominated for an Academy Award in 1942 for his supporting role in the WWII drama "Wake Island," directed by John Farrow. Preceding the script is a note asserting the "extremely confidential information supplied by the US Marine Corps" in the script, emphasizing that it is… Read More

Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures, 1942. Draft script for the 1942 film, with annotations in manuscript pencil on three pages regarding action and character. Final 25 pages bound separately, likely due to reports that multiple endings had been considered and filmed, due to the uncertain course of the war. Laid in following script are four blue revision pages. Housed in a black spring binder with two "Property of Paramount Pictures Inc." stamps on labels on verso of front board. Second page of script is a "Note" asserting the "extremely confidential information supplied by the US Marine Corps" in the script, emphasizing that it is not to be taken out of the studio unless absolutely necessary, nor is it to be read by or discussed with any unauthorized persons. The script, written just a few months after the fall of Wake Island to Japanese forces, was based on official Marine records, then confidential, and was sent to the Marines for approval prior to filming. Based on the World War II Battle of Wake… Read More