Pride of the Marines [This Love of Ours] (Original screenplay for the 1945 film, presentation copy belonging to producer Jerry Wald) John Garfield, Eleanor Parker (starring); Delmer Daves (director, screenwriter); Albert Maltz, Marvin Borowsky (screenwriters); Roger Butterfield (book) 1940s Cinema,Film Scripts,US Marines,War Film,World War II

Draft script for the 1945 film, seen here under the working title "This Love of Ours." Specially bound copy belonging to producer Jerry Wald, with his name in gilt on the spine. Twelve reference photographs from the film bound in variously among the script leaves. Jerry Wald is best remembered for his long and successful association with Warner Brothers as both a screenwriter and producer of a number of notable films, including "Mildred Pierce" (1945), "Humoresque" (1946), "Key Largo" (1948), and "Flamingo Road" (1949). In the 1950s he moved to Twentieth Century-Fox, and was the producer there for "An Affair to Remember" (1957), "Peyton Place" (1957), and "Sons and Lovers" (1960). Based on Roger Butterfield's 1944 book detailing the heroic actions of US Marine Al Schmid during World War II, and his rehabilitation after being blinded in battle. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Screenplay. Shot on location in Philadelphia and San Diego. Bound in beige cloth with tan quarter leather binding, with five raised bands and gilt titles on the spine. Title page present, undated, with credits for Wald, director Delmer Daves, screenwriter Albert Maltz, and biographer Roger Butterfield. 190 leaves, with last page of text numbered 159. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only, with blue revision pages throughout, dated variously between 12/8/44 and 2/21/45. Pages Near Fine, binding Very Good plus, with moderate wear on the leather and front board lightly soiled.