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Stars in the corps : movie actors in the United States Marines

Title
Stars in the corps : movie actors in the United States Marines / James E. Wise, Jr. and Anne Collier Rehill.
Author
Wise, James E., Jr., 1930-2013.
Publication
Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, ©1999.

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Additional Authors
Rehill, Anne Collier, 1950-
Description
246 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
  • "A companion volume to the popular Stars in Blue: Movie Actors in America's Sea Services by the same authors, this book is filled with more than thirty celebrity profiles of motion picture stars who served in the U.S. Marine Corps from World War I through Vietnam. Many readers will discover for the first time the contributions to the Corps of such actors as Steve McQueen, Gene Hackman, Harvey Keitel, Brian Dennehy, Hugh O'Brian, and Ed McMahon, and the heroic actions of Marines like Sterling Hayden, Brian Keith, Dale Dye, and Lee Marvin."--Jacket.
  • "Accompanied by some never-before-published photographs, many of these revealing profiles are based on recent interviews with the stars or their families and friends. Battle reports, unit diaries, and personnel records were consulted to authenticate the details of their military careers. Filled with little-known facts and fascinating tidbits of information, this book will delight and inform the staunchest Marine supporter and most avid movie fan."--Jacket.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Biography
  • Biographies.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-240) and index.
Contents
pt. 1. In the Heat of Battle. Dale Dye. Sterling Hayden. Louis Hayward. Brian Keith. Lee Marvin. Peter J. Ortiz -- pt. 2. Semper Fidelis. Bob Burns. Macdonald Carey. Barry Corbin. Brian Dennehy. Bradford Dillman. Gene Hackman. George Roy Hill. Harvey Keitel. Bill Lundigan. Jock Mahoney. Ed McMahon. Steve McQueen. Hugh O'Brian. Gerald O'Loughlin. George Peppard. Lee Powell. Tyrone Power. John Russell. Robert Ryan. George C. Scott. Tad Van Brunt. Jonathan Winters. App. A. A Few More Good Men -- App. B. Lillian Russell and Women in the Marines -- App. C. The Swinging Sounds of Bob Crosby's Bands -- App. D. Entertaining the Troops.
ISBN
  • 1557509492
  • 9781557509499
LCCN
99011917
OCLC
  • ocm40631960
  • 40631960
  • SCSB-865923
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library