Lot #28 Beyond the Poseidon Adventure Storyboards

Lot #28
Irwin Allen | "Beyond the Poseidon Adventure" Joe Musso Storyboard Illustrations
Estimate: $500 - $700
Starting Bid: $100

Over 350 original ink on paper storyboards from the production of Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (Warner Bros., 1979) by production illustrator Joseph Musso in black ink with pencil captions and a small number of red ink markings. The sketches appear to be organized primarily by shoot week.

Joseph Musso began his career as a matte painter, storyboard artist, and production artist at Warner Bros. and worked on many Irwin Allen films, including The Towering Inferno (20th Century Fox, 1972), The Swarm (Warner Bros., 1978), Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (Warner Bros., 1979), and When Time Ran Out... (Warner Bros., 1980). His other credits include Torn Curtain (Universal Pictures, 1966), In the Heat of the Night (1967, United Artists), Dick Tracy (1990, Touchstone Pictures), Star Trek: First Contact (1996, Paramount Pictures), and many more. He also had a small part as an accordionist at a party gone awry in The Man Who Wasn't There (Paramount Pictures, 1983).

11 x 9 inches (each); 14.5 x 10.5 inches (overall)

Sold for $455 including Buyer's Premium.