Lot #93 Towering Inferno Original Oversized Storyboard

Lot #93
Irwin Allen | "The Towering Inferno" Original Oversized Storyboard Illustration
Estimate: $500 - $700
Starting Bid: $100

An original large scale hand-drawn ink and pencil on paper storyboard illustration from the production of Irwin Allen's Academy Award-nominated blockbuster The Towering Inferno (1974, 20th Century Fox) by production illustrator Tom Cranham, illustrating the camera set-up and effects plan for a sequence in which the fire department tries to fight blazing flames in the residential reception area on the 81st floor.

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 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).

21 x 27 inches; 21 x 1.5 x 1.5 inches (rolled)

PROVENANCE Tom Cranham by descent to Gina Cranham

Sold for $2600 including Buyer's Premium.