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Re: Swiss Family Movie Sites Revisited - a revisit 60 years later, of filming locations used by Walt Disney in the movie
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2020 3:08 am
by Jazz557
Tommy Kirk “Ernst” Autograph (with COA) on 8”x10” photo of 1960 Swiss Family Robinson movie poster
Poster illustrations - clockwise from top right: 1. Animal races around the treehouse, Goldsborough. 2. Pirate attack on the Robinson fort at Richmond Bay. 3. Robinsons escaping the shipwreck and later, the shipwreck being dynamited, Belle Garden. 4. Fritz and Roberta embrace at Craig Hall waterfall. 5. The big pirate at Goldsborough. 6. The treehouse at Goldsborough.
Re: Swiss Family Movie Sites Revisited - a revisit 60 years later, of filming locations used by Walt Disney in the movie
Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2020 3:42 pm
by Jazz557
Swiss Family Robinson ORIGINAL 8x10 photo - Dorothy McGuire on the beach after escaping from the shipwreck - Richmond Bay 1959. The movie studios produced this photo in 1960 for distribution to the press, photo agencies and publicity departments to advertise the film.
The Swiss Family Robinson movie was released on 21 December 1960.
Re: Swiss Family Movie Sites Revisited - a revisit 60 years later, of filming locations used by Walt Disney in the movie
Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2020 9:23 pm
by Jazz557
Swiss Family Robinson 14” x 11” Lobby Card.
(Lobby Cards were created by the film studios to publicize their movies and were intended for display outside movie theaters in special glass display boxes).
The Swiss Family Robinson defend their fortress by deploying coconut logs on the invading pirates.
Richmond Bay, Tobago 1959
Re: Swiss Family Movie Sites Revisited - a revisit 60 years later, of filming locations used by Walt Disney in the movie
Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2020 4:54 pm
by Jazz557
Makeup artists at work behind the scenes - the pirate attack on the Robinson Family Fort - Richmond Bay, Tobago,1959.
Re: Swiss Family Movie Sites Revisited - a revisit 60 years later, of filming locations used by Walt Disney in the movie
Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2020 12:23 am
by Jazz557
Swiss Family Robinson ORIGINAL 8x10 photo. The movie studios produced this photo for distribution to the press, photo agencies and publicity departments to advertise the film.
Young Francis guides Rocky, the Asian elephant to pull the canoe outrigger out to sea at Richmond Bay. The Richmond River is in the background.
Re: Swiss Family Movie Sites Revisited - a revisit 60 years later, of filming locations used by Walt Disney in the movie
Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2020 2:38 am
by Jazz557
Swiss Family Robinson behind the scenes photo. Locals employed by Disney, pose for a photo on the stern of the unfinished shipwreck set at Shipwreck Bay, Belle Garden, Tobago 1959.
Swiss Family Robinson was one of the top grossing movies in 1960. December 21st is the 60th anniversary of the movie.
Re: Swiss Family Movie Sites Revisited - a revisit 60 years later, of filming locations used by Walt Disney in the movie
Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2020 1:30 am
by Jazz557
Swiss Family Robinson behind the scenes photo - Kevin Corcoran, Richmond Bay, Tobago 1959
Behind the scenes photo of Swiss Family Robinson. Kevin Corcoran enjoying a wheelbarrow ride to the movie set at Richmond Bay. He was just 10 years old when he played Young Francis in Swiss Family Robinson. He played Tommy Kirk’s brother in 5 different movies - Old Yeller (1957), Shaggy Dog (1959), Swiss Family Robinson (1960), Bon Voyage (1962) and Savage Sam (1963).
Kevin Corcoran (Moochie) autograph October 1959 - signed during a weekend trip to Buccoo Reef, Tobago with some of the Swiss Family Robinson cast and crew.
Moochie’s 1959 autograph
is still in the hands of a local who worked at one of the hotels where some of the Disney cast and crew members stayed in 1959.
Re: Swiss Family Movie Sites Revisited - a revisit 60 years later, of filming locations used by Walt Disney in the movie
Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2020 9:49 pm
by Jazz557
The 60th anniversary of the movie
. Swiss Family Robinson Is on the 21st December ...
This post is dedicated to the filming locations in Tobago ... and of course the treehouse, 60 years later!
I would love to get your feedback!
Thank you
Jazz
Re: Swiss Family Movie Sites Revisited - a revisit 60 years later, of filming locations used by Walt Disney in the movie
Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2020 9:53 pm
by Jazz557
Behind the scenes story of Swiss Family Robinson. Walt Disney stands in front of a miniature model of the full size pirate ship used in the movie Swiss Family Robinson ... Described by Walt Disney himself as “one of the greatest adventure stories of all time”.
Swiss Family Robinson behind the scenes photo 1959 - Filming the pirate ships in the bay.
The second pirate ship in the movie is a matte painting on glass done by Peter Ellenshaw.
Mt. Irvine Bay, Tobago.
Re: Swiss Family Movie Sites Revisited - a revisit 60 years later, of filming locations used by Walt Disney in the movie
Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2020 1:37 am
by Jazz557
Swiss Family Robinson behind the scenes photos - local workers taking props out to the shipwreck at the end of the ramp in Shipwreck Bay, Belle Garden, Tobago 1959.
Re: Swiss Family Movie Sites Revisited - a revisit 60 years later, of filming locations used by Walt Disney in the movie
Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2020 2:50 am
by Jazz557
Swiss Family Robinson behind the scenes photo - local workers using donkeys to transport material to build the Robinson fort set at Richmond Bay, Tobago.
Re: Swiss Family Movie Sites Revisited - a revisit 60 years later, of filming locations used by Walt Disney in the movie
Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2020 11:44 pm
by Jazz557
Swiss Family Robinson 8” x 10” Lobby Card and Shooting Script.
This scene with the family escaping from the shipwreck in a makeshift tub raft was filmed at Belle Garden, Tobago, West Indies 1959.
Swiss Family Robinson 8” x 10” Lobby Card - Swiss Family Robinson escaping from the shipwreck using a makeshift barrel raft. Ernst (Tommy Kirk) is handling the oars. The two Captain’s dogs (Duke and Turk) accompany the family.
Lobby Cards were created by the film studios to publicize their movies and were intended for display outside movie theaters in special glass display boxes.
Swiss Family Robinson 'Shooting Script' by Lowell S. Hawley dated 1959. Page 14 - ANGLE TO RAFT
Re: Swiss Family Movie Sites Revisited - a revisit 60 years later, of filming locations used by Walt Disney in the movie
Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2020 3:50 pm
by Jazz557
Swiss Family Robinson movie screenshot of the treehouse built on the samaan tree at Goldsborough, Tobago 1959.
Swiss Family Robinson 'Shooting Script' by Lowell S. Hawley dated 1959.
Page 47 - POV (Point Of View) TO TREE-HOUSE.
View of the Samaan tree at Cow Farm Road, Goldsborough, Tobago 2020.
Re: Swiss Family Movie Sites Revisited - a revisit 60 years later, of filming locations used by Walt Disney in the movie
Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2020 2:53 am
by Jazz557
Behind the scenes photo of Swiss Family Robinson. Kevin Corcoran and a local getting a closeup view of Duchess the zebra - the zoo compound, Goodwood, Tobago 1959.
Behind the scenes photo of Swiss Family Robinson. Kevin Corcoran playing with Rocky, the elephant at Richmond Bay, Tobago 1959.
Re: Swiss Family Movie Sites Revisited - a revisit 60 years later, of filming locations used by Walt Disney in the movie
Posted: Sun Nov 29, 2020 2:50 am
by Jazz557
Swiss Family Robinson movie screenshot - Pirates, led by Kuala (Sessue Hayakawa) about to storm the Robinson family fort. Richmond Bay, Tobago 1959.
Swiss Family Robinson 'Shooting Script' by Lowell S. Hawley dated 1959. Page 155 of 179 BEACH AREA - DAY.
Re: Swiss Family Movie Sites Revisited - a revisit 60 years later, of filming locations used by Walt Disney in the movie
Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2020 4:00 am
by Jazz557
Swiss Family Robinson behind the scenes photo - (L to R) John Mills and James MacArthur chat off camera. Kevin Corcoran is at the far right. Richmond Bay, Tobago 1959.
John Mills (Father) autograph October 1959 - signed during a weekend trip to Buccoo Reef, Tobago with some of the Swiss Family Robinson cast and crew.
Re: Swiss Family Movie Sites Revisited - a revisit 60 years later, of filming locations used by Walt Disney in the movie
Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2020 3:55 am
by Jazz557
Tommy Kirk “Ernst” Autograph on 8”x10” photo of 1960
Swiss Family Robinson movie poster. The animal race is illustrated at the top right.
Swiss Family Robinson 'Shooting Script' by Lowell S. Hawley dated 1959.
Page 150 - ANGLE TO STARTING LINE.
Re: Swiss Family Movie Sites Revisited - a revisit 60 years later, of filming locations used by Walt Disney in the movie
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2020 1:31 am
by Jazz557
Tommy Kirk (Ernst) autograph October 10th 1959 - signed during a weekend trip to Buccoo Reef, Tobago with some of the Swiss Family Robinson cast and crew.
The Disney movie Swiss Family Robinson was released 60 years ago on December 21st 1960.
Re: Swiss Family Movie Sites Revisited - a revisit 60 years later, of filming locations used by Walt Disney in the movie
Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2020 4:31 am
by Jazz557
Re: Swiss Family Movie Sites Revisited - a revisit 60 years later, of filming locations used by Walt Disney in the movie
Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2020 4:49 am
by Jazz557
is still in the hands of a local who worked at one of the hotels where some of the Disney cast and crew members stayed in 1959.
. Swiss Family Robinson Is on the 21st December ... 
Happy 79th birthday