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Gord Green
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Here's another couple of cleaned versions of your two prints Eadie.
Re: The Rocket Bourbon label.
Absolutely it looks like dark brown ink on a light brown label. But i'm sure the commercial version "back home" could very well look like the color one.
And, by the way, whiskey could be made anywhere, but ONLY Scotland can make "whisky" (Scotch).
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Forgive me for saying it, Gord, but your versions are just as illegible as her version and mine. But we both appreciate your efforts. 
I added some interesting things to my post above after you read the first version and replied to it. Please go back and read it again to enjoy the stuff I added.
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| Bud Brewster wrote: | | Notice that the font used for the words "Ancient Rocket" is very different on the real ones than on the replica. |
And the words "ANCIENT ROCKET" and "GENUINE" on the replica label are digitally (and somewhat ungracefully) distorted to fit the curved shape, while "BOURBON" is in a digitally stretched font. That wouldn't have been possible in 1956! |
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Eadie
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I found a slightly better copy, but it's still too blurry make out much.
Oh well . . . 
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I have that picture also but Bonhams mislabeled it as the house blueprint.
It is the tunnel and lab set, (Cimpare it with the tunnel and lab set show in the Cinefantastique double issue for confirmation,)
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Bud Brewster
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By gum, you're right Eadie. It's so blurry we've wasted our time on it. I guess we should just move on.
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Eadie
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Two new set photos. Dr. Morbius' study:
Tunnel and entrance:
More to come as I go through Butch's archives.
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From the Bonhams auction, the Krell lamp (cut scene from work print showing how the tunnel was illuminated):
Dr. Morbius' black silk costume:
Dr. Morbius' brown silk costume:
Unused brown crew tunic:
C-57-D flight display:
Continuity script:
Exterior lock lights on:
Fence post:
Colt-Vickers blaster pistol:
Colt-Vickers blaster rifle:
Soft Kepi cap:
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Gord Green
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You know there is another version of the bottles label.
Perhaps this is closer to the one used on the prop.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't that just a black and white version of the one I posted? Other than the lack of color, there seems to be no difference.
Note to Eadie: Great pictures!
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Gord Green
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Here's a little better view of the label shown in FP.
You can see the circle representing a planet and the weathered scalloped border around the outside of the label.
Remember too, Robby produced the bourbon in pint bottles and labels could vary by bottle type. Keep in mind too Cookie carried this original bottle around with him for over a year and might have taken a bit of weathering during that time.
As to where the other bottles went......It's obvious!
Why do you think the Id Monster was so nasty?????
HE WAS DRUNK !
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From the UK press book a colouring contest:
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Robby's early days back on Earth. He doesn't sound quite himself.
https://youtu.be/IflO5x9aUBk
Robby's voice changed again when he did this intro to a screening of FP for Royal Cinema.
https://youtu.be/4D7jLpGVmgg
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't that just a black and white version of the one I posted? Other than the lack of color, there seems to be no difference.
Note to Eadie: Great pictures! |
That repro label is so off. The name is all uppercase ANCIENT ROCKET as opposed to the mixed case Ancient Rocket seen in the film. The "i" might even have a star as the dot. The letters in the film labels are also shaded like chromed letters, with red only at the top. I think those might be rockets or gantries to either side of the word BOURBON.
Unless they had some deal with a distiller, the bottles were probably filled with something like tea, which is frequently used to stand in for brown liquors in film and TV. Incidentally, the bottles also resemble a 1956 Old Forester Bonded, 1/2 Pint, which has a short neck.
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Maurice
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| Eadie wrote: |
Unused brown crew tunic:
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According to this site (LINK) "The uniform jacket was later dyed chocolate brown from its original gray (Credit: Bonham's)", so perhaps screen-used and later dyed for a different film or TV show.
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| Eadie wrote: | | Bud Brewster wrote: | I found a slightly better copy, but it's still too blurry make out much.
Oh well . . . |
I have that picture also but Bonhams mislabeled it as the house blueprint.
It is the tunnel and lab set, (Compare it with the tunnel and lab set show in the Cinefantastique double issue for confirmation,) |
Yep. Here's the plan in Cinefantastique (LINK).)/size]
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