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Forbidden Planet Starship C-57D Screen Worn Crewman Shirt Costume

Currency:USD Category:Memorabilia / Movie - Memorabilia Start Price:50.00 USD Estimated At:1,300.00 - 1,500.00 USD
Forbidden Planet Starship C-57D Screen Worn Crewman Shirt Costume
Forbidden Planet Starship C-57D Screen Worn Crewman Shirt Costume - The motion picture masterpiece "Forbidden Planet" (1956) changed the course of Sci-Fi forever. From the biggest studio in the world, MGM, its producer (and subsequent head of production) Dory Schary wanted to take the Sci-Fi genre into a new dimension. He succeeded totally, not only creating one of the top box office successes in the past decade for MGM, but inspiring a new generation of filmmakers, including George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, and especially, Gene Roddenberry. Great care was lavished not only on the production but on every detail, to give an "alternate world" reality to the production. The care given to the different ranks of the crew was not lost on Gene Roddenberry who borrowed heavily from this film, not only in creating specific ranks, and making them part of character and plot in "Star Trek", but in many other aspects of the production, including the ability to "beam me up". Besides the very recognizable Commission Officer uniforms were also the short-sleeve zippered shirts worn by the NCO's and crew of the Starship C-57D . This is one of the actual screen worn uniform shirts from the motion picture. It includes the original Crewman First Class "full moon" insignia patches on both sleeves. These crewmen worked with Chief Quinn (Richard Anderson), in engineering. It includes the original MGM wardrobe inventory tag. Along with the screen worn uniform is also a signed photo of Earl Holliman in his role as the comic relief character of the "Cook" wearing a similar shirt (but with a Crewman 2nd Class Insignia patch on his sleeve), shaking hands with the iconic "Robby The Robot", who basically stole the show! The screen worn shirt and the signed photo come from legendary Jerry Neeley's collection. Neeley was the well known film historian, writer, collector and owner of the famous "Jerry's Video" in Los Feliz, CA. Customers, collectors and throngs of famous directors, writers and industry people would come from around the world to talk to Jerry, whose knowledge and memory were encyclopedic and also visit his collection. Holliman gave him the signed photo after coming to his store specifically to see this rare uniform shirt which brought back a flood of memories of his days making the classic feature. Also included is a Letter of Provenience from Jerry Neeley's widow and co-owner of his various video and memorabilia shops. The costume is in excellent condition. Note that the special filters and MGM's Eastman Color Lap work gives the costume an "otherworldly" blue glow on screen.