James Webb Novel (4 results)
Pork Chop Hill (Original photograph from the 1959 film)
Gregory Peck, George Shibata, Rip Torn, George Peppard, Martin Landau (starring); Lewis Milestone (director); S.L.A. Marshall (novel); James R. Webb (screenwriter)
Published by United Artists, Beverly Hills, CA, 1959
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Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.Royal Books, Inc., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerVintage reference photograph from the 1959 film, showing actors Gregory Peck and George Shibata. Stamp of photographer Roy George on the verso. Based on the 1956 historical novel by S.L.A. Marshall, about the titular Battle of Pork Chop Hill, which took place in April of 1953, between the US Army's 7th Infantry Division and Chin…ese and North Korean forces. Set in Cheorwon-gun, South Korea, and shot on location in California and Arizona. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus.
Trapeze (Original photograph from the 1956 film)
Tony Curtis, Gina Lollobrigida, Burt Lancaster (starring); Carol Reed (director); Max Catto (novel); Liam O'Brien, James R. Webb (screenwriters)
Published by N.p., N.p., 1956
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Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.Royal Books, Inc., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerVintage reference photograph from the 1956 film, showing actress Gina Lollobrigida. Based on Max Catto's 1950 novel "The Killing Frost." An aspiring trapeze artist convinces a former aerialist-unable to perform after a fall-to teach him the deadly triple somersault. All is well until the arrival of a manipulative, seductive acro…bat, capturing the hearts of both men. Shot on location in France. 8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine.
Woman in Hiding (Original double weight photograph from the 1950 film noir)
Michael Gordon (director); James Webb (novel); Roy Huggins (screenwriter); Ida Lupino, Howard Duff (starring)
Published by Universal Pictures, Universal City, CA, 1950
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Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.Royal Books, Inc., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerVintage double weight studio still photograph from the 1950 film noir, showing the crew retrieving the waterlogged car used in the climactic scene. An heiress inherits her father's steel mill and then must extricate herself from a marriage to the mill's general manager, who means to kill her in order to own the mill. 8 x 10 inch…es. Very Good plus, with light rippling near one extremity. Grant US. Selby US. Silver & Ward US. Spicer US.
More imagesPork Chop Hill (Original screenplay for the 1959 film, copy belonging to actor Martin Landau)
Lewis Milestone (director); S.L.A. Marshall (novel); James R. Webb (screenwriter); Gregory Peck, Harry Guardino, Rip Torn, George Peppard, Martin Landau (starring)
Published by Melville Productions, Los Angeles, 1959
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Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.Royal Books, Inc., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerRevised Shooting Final Draft script for the 1959 film, belonging to actor Martin Landau, his screen debut, housed in paper envelope bearing Landau's name, film title, script, and "Will pick up at the gate" on label. Annotations of Landau's name and character's name, written on the top of page 36 of script, and Landau's name agai…n written at the top of page "66-67" of script, in manuscript ink. Laid in is a nine page production announcement from United Artists, which includes cast, credits, synopsis, and production notes. Based on the 1956 historical novel Pork Chop Hill: The American Fighting Man in Action by S.L.A. Marshall. The first bloody Battle of Pork Chop Hill, which took place in April of 1953, between the US Army's 7th Infantry Division and Chinese and North Korean forces. Gregory Peck portrays Lieutenant Joe Clemons, who along with South Korean Lieutenant Suki Ohashi, played by George Shibata, lead the Division to recapture the hill. All while American and Communist North Korean and Chinese forces convene to discuss a cease fire, 70 miles away at Panmunjon. Martin Landau's feature film debut, and featuring break out performances from numerous actors who become major film and television stars in the 1960s and 1970s including, Woody Strode, Harry Guardino, Robert Blake, George Peppard, Norman Fell, Abel Fernandez, Gavin MacLeod, Harry Dean Stanton and others. Set in Cheorwon-gun, South Korea, shot on location in California and Arizona. Title page integral with front wrapper, dated APRIL 22, 1958, noted as REVISED SHOOTING FINAL, with credits for screenwriter James R. Webb and author S. L. A. Marshall. 121 leaves, with last page of text numbered 125. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only, with blue and pink revision pages throughout, dated variously between 5/20/58 and 6/20/58. Pages Very Good plus, with occasional light soil and dampstain on very bottom edge of leaf following title page, title page Very Good with large dampstain along two to three inches of bottom and lightly along outer edge, bound with three gold brads.
