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- Fri Oct 07, 2016 1:25 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Fate's biplane
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Fate's biplane
As noted in the IMDB "goofs" section: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059243/goofs?item=gf1648638 When Professor Fate is lifted by an airplane flown by Max, the plane resembles a Curtiss Headless Pusher. This plane was not designed and built until 1912, four years after the year in which this...
- Tue Sep 27, 2016 9:05 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Fate's sound seeking torpedo to be auctioned on 27-Sep-2016
- Replies: 2
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Re: Fate's sound seeking torpedo to be auctioned on 27-Sep-2016
Looks like it went for £9,500.
- Mon Sep 26, 2016 3:39 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Prop auctions
- Replies: 2
- Views: 17635
Re: Prop auctions
https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/22486/lot/27/ Natalie Wood's script and assorted memorabilia. Went for US$ 3,500 23-Nov-2015 A Natalie Wood bound script and archive for The Great Race Warner Bros., 1965. Mimeographed manuscript, final screenplay by Blake Edwards, April 9, 1964, annotated by Wood th...
- Mon Sep 26, 2016 3:12 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Prop auctions
- Replies: 2
- Views: 17635
Prop auctions
https://www.profilesinhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Prices-Realized-Detail-Auction-56.pdf 28-Jul-2013 ⋅ 483 JACK LEMMON FAUX FUR-TRIMMED LONG COAT AND PETER FALK VEST COSTUME FROM THE GREAT RACE. $1,900 ⋅ 939 NATALIE WOOD “MAGGIE DUBOIS” COSTUME CREATED FOR THE GREAT RAC...
- Mon Sep 26, 2016 2:45 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Fate's sound seeking torpedo to be auctioned on 27-Sep-2016
- Replies: 2
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Fate's sound seeking torpedo to be auctioned on 27-Sep-2016
https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/propstore/catalogue-id-the-pr10001/lot-6c923b38-f149-4129-b1e4-a67400c00cd8 6,000 GBP - 8,000 GBP This torpedo was made for shots when the torpedo is in the water, and consists of an aluminium frame with metal and wood components and a functionin...
- Mon Sep 26, 2016 2:30 am
- Forum: Obscure trivia
- Topic: Scripts for sale
- Replies: 0
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Scripts for sale
You can buy an original script on eBay for US$2,000 http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/252390954012 (Jack Lemmon's personal copy auctioned for US$2750 in 2011. [ Link ]) A collection of original film material is held at the University of Iowa (acquired in 1967) http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/sc/ltfs/fielding/ The...
- Wed Sep 07, 2016 1:11 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Location of Leslie Special & Prof Fate's Hannibal Twin-8
- Replies: 8
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Re: Location of Leslie Special & Prof Fate's Hannibal Twin-8
...( Apparently it stuck with my son as well, as the next day, I woke up and he had made a Leslie-Special and Hannibal Twin-8 out of legos. .. and even Ms DuBois' camera! ) Take some photos before he re-uses the bricks! :) Did it end up anything like this? http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?...
- Tue Sep 06, 2016 12:55 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Location of Leslie Special & Prof Fate's Hannibal Twin-8
- Replies: 8
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Re: Location of Leslie Special & Prof Fate's Hannibal Twin-8
When you drop in, see what you can find about the current state of both Hannibal 8's. One was still being restored in the last photos I saw. I'd love to nail down the history of both cars, e.g. ⋅ which scenes each was used for ⋅ if either of them was used in the "Charge of t...
- Wed Jun 29, 2016 10:49 pm
- Forum: Obscure trivia
- Topic: Steam train v Hannibal 8
- Replies: 2
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Re: Steam train v Hannibal 8
The later shots are probably about midday, and the shadows are going from left to right,
so the camera is probably looking west, and the track curves to the south as it goes around the bend.
It's roughly here on Google maps: https://goo.gl/maps/ShV3mESnELL2
so the camera is probably looking west, and the track curves to the south as it goes around the bend.
It's roughly here on Google maps: https://goo.gl/maps/ShV3mESnELL2
- Mon May 30, 2016 11:29 pm
- Forum: Obscure trivia
- Topic: Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach
- Replies: 1
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Re: Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach
As it turns out, the ballroom scenes were NOT filmed at Schönbrunn Palace, which considerably weakens the above observation.