Lot #27 Poseidon Adventure Original Storyboards

Lot #27
Irwin Allen | "The Poseidon Adventure" Original Storyboard Illustrations
Estimate: $500 - $700
Starting Bid: $100

Six pages of original hand-drawn ink on vellum storyboard illustrations from the production of the watershed Irwin Allen disaster film The Poseidon Adventure (20th Century Fox, 1972) by production illustrator Tom Cranham. The film follows the adventures of an all-star cast trying to escape the wreckage of a cruise ship which capsizes on New Year’s Eve. These storyboards depict the rescue of the surviving passengers, followed by the overturned hull's final submersion into the ocean. In The Fantasy Worlds of Irwin Allen (Creature Features, 2019), Jeff Bond writes that this final action "was eliminated early on by Irwin Allen to reduce costs."

Cranham worked on many Allen projects including Lost in Space (CBS, 1965-68), Land of the Giants (ABC, 1968-70), City Beneath the Sea (Warner Bros. Television, 1971), The Poseidon Adventure (20th Century Fox, 1972), The Towering Inferno (20th Century Fox, 1974), The Swarm (Warner Bros., 1978), and Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (Warner Bros., 1979), as well as other iconic films like Jurassic Park (Universal Pictures, 1993), Star Trek: The Motion Picture (Paramount Pictures, 1979), and Blade Runner (Warner Bros., 1982).

8.5 x 11 inches (each)

PROVENANCE Tom Cranham, by descent to Gina Cranham