US Marines from Royal Books, Inc.

New York: The Living Theatre, 2007. Vintage program for the 2007 revival of the 1963 play at The Living Theatre, directed by Judith Malina. The Living Theatre revived the play to inaugurate its new permanent location on the Lower East Side in Manhattan on March 29, 2007. The play premiered at The Living Theatre on May 13, 1963… Read more about this item

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1937. Vintage reference photograph from the 1937 film, showing actors Dick Powell and Jane Wyman. A young Marine from Arkansas competes in a singing contest in New York, with resulting detriment to his love life, career, and status in the Corps. Set in New York. 10 x 8 inches. Very… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1967. 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… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

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. … Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

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.… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

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.… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

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.… Read more about this item

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.… Read more about this item