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Beginner’s Guide To Screen Used Props

Beginner's Guide To Screen Used Props

Part one of my Definitive guide to screen used props. By Stuart D. of Showreel Relics 1st June 2020 Starting out So, you’ve decided to buy that prop from your favourite movie or tv show? Any beginner’s guide to screen used props, must help you address the following questions… Do you know if you are …

Production Used Kryten Head From Red Dwarf

Red Dwarf Kryten Sparen Head

Production used Kryten head from the hugely successful BBC TV series Red Dwarf. Robert Llewellyn played the role of Kryten, a “series III mechanoid” in all but the first appearance of the character. This is a static head & one of several used in the series. In the storyline, these were supposedly spare heads for …

“Noah’s Ark” Warner Bros Publicity Movie Clock

Noah's Ark Clock (1928)

My Warner Bros publicity clock from Noah’s Ark (1928). A production with a fascinating, important and certainly sad history. Dolores Costello, that is to say, Drew Barrymore’s grandmother starred alongside George O’Brien in the 1928 epic “Noah’s Ark”. Michael Curtiz and Darryl F. Zanuck directed. A hybrid part talkie using the Vitaphone sound-on-disc system. Production …

The Man Who Would Be King Script & Battle Plan

“The Man Who Would Be King”. My production used script & battle plan. I certainly credit my dearly adored and greatly missed mum for my love of the screen. She had above all others I know, a rich encyclopedic knowledge of cinema. She would share with me the films, the stars, the directors & tons …

Catch-22 (1970) Screen Worn Bomber Jacket

I had the greatest pleasure of acquiring this genuine original 1942 bomber jacket. Moreover, it’s a screen worn bomber jacket used in the film classic Catch-22 (1970). Therefore, I was thrilled the previous owner shared his first-hand history. His involvement in the film as a flight engineer/extra in the production was similarly fascinating. His story …

M:i-2 Mission:Impossible-2 Press Kit

M:i-2 Mission:Impossible-2 Press Kit. It looks new! However, it’s now 20 years since M:i-2 Mission: Impossible-2 (2000) opened in cinemas across the United States. The second instalment in the franchise. M:i-2 certainly won at the box office, and as a result, became the highest grossing film of 2000. The film remains director John Woo‘s highest …

Screen Used Salvage Tug. Ghost Ship (2002)

screen used salvage tug.

Presenting the Ghost Ship (2002) Screen Used Salvage Tug “Arctic Warrior“. I have always loved this film. Above all, it has one of the most effective horror film intro sequences in modern cinema. I was, as a result, excited at the prospect of owning this piece. Aware the previous owner had it sitting in his …

“Temple Of Doom” Indiana Jones movie press kit!

“Temple Of Doom”. Indiana Jones movie press kit! Original press kit from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom movie! It has been 36 years, so time to present this relic! Press kit for the Australian release of “Indiana Jones and the Temple Of Doom” (1984). This second instalment of the franchise was however a prequel …

Screen-Used Prop Bollard A Little Piece Of Asgard

screen-used prop bollard

Direct from the film set of “Asgard” is this screen-used prop bollard. Custom made, it appeared as part of the set decoration in the blockbuster motion picture Thor: Ragnarok (2017). Fashioned on the styling of ancient quayside bollards, these were part of the set design. For example, the Asgard Piazza set incorporated a man-made canal …