A number of rare Irwin Allen props are being auctioned at the Profiles in History Hollywood Auction 44 on 14-15 May 2011. These include the original Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Diving Bell prop and the Lost in Space John Robinson spacesuit and helmet.
For more details, please visit the Profiles in History Web Site.
Thursday 28th April (eve of the Royal Wedding) is Irwin Allen Night in London! Sci-Fi-London are holding a free all night Irwin Allen screening event as part of their Sci-Fi-London Festival. You can register for free by visiting the following web page:
Sci-Fi-London Irwin Allen All-night Registration
Just register your details and give your name on arrival (take a copy of the registration email if you can). We have sent a box of goodies over to Sci-Fi-London at the Apollo Cinema for attendees to read and share.
Sci-Fi-London tell us that there will be free tea and coffee at the Apollo cinema and you will also be able to purchase snacks. There will be 15 minute breaks between screenings and the all-nighter will end around 8am on Friday morning. Smokers will be able to get outside during the breaks. Remember that London transport may be very busy on Friday morning due to visitors arriving for the Royal Wedding.
The Sci-Fi-London Festival is holding an Irwin Allen all-night event on Thursday 28th April 2011 at the Apollo Piccadilly Circus. The screenings start at 11.45pm. Tickets are free and must be reserved in advance. Episodes being shown are:
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Pilot Eleven Days to Zero
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Original Unaired Colour Pilot
The Time Tunnel Original Unaired Pilot Rendezvous with Yesterday
The Time Tunnel 2002 Remake
Land of the Giants Pilot The Crash
Land of the Giants Original Unaired Pilot
Note that the Irwin Allen night is being held on the eve of the Royal Wedding so transport in London may be pretty busy on the Friday, so allow extra time for returning home.
Sci-Fi-London Festival Website
On Friday 8th April 2011, the cast of Land of the Giants gathered together in LA to create a very special treat exclusively for the UK Second Season DVD release which is due out in June. Stefan Arngrim, Don Marshall, Deanna Lund, Gary Conway, Heather Young and Don Matheson have recorded a really outstanding audio commentary which will appear on the second season DVD extras. This unique event showcases the delightful camaraderie between the cast members and is something we are very keen to extend to a convention in the UK. More news on this amazing project to follow in the coming weeks.
The 15-17 July 2011 Hollywood Show will have a Poseidon Adventure gathering with Ernest Borgnine, Carol Lynley, Stella Stevens and Eric Shea in attendance. Also scheduled to attend is veteran television actor Joseph Ruskin who guest starred in several Irwin Allen shows. This will be Eric Shea’s first ever appearance at an autograph show.
SHERRY JACKSON (LOST IN SPACE EPISODE THE SPACE CROPPERS) – FIRST WEST COAST SIGNING APPEARANCE AT LOS ANGELES COMIC BOOK AND SCIENCE FICTION CONVENTION ON SUNDAY, APRIL 17, 2011
Actress Sherry Jackson makes her First West Coast autograph signing appearance at the Los Angeles Comic Book and Science Fiction Convention on Sunday, April 17, 2011. Sherry starred as Effra in the first season episode (#25) of Lost in Space titled The Space Croppers. Sherry also starred in many other classic television series, such as in the original Star Trek 1966 episode “What Are Little Girls Made of” as the Android Andrea, a first season Batman as The Riddler’s Henchwoman Pauline, and in many other shows such as Twilight Zone, Maverick, Rawhide, The Rifleman, Fantasy Island, Starsky and Hutch, and The Incredible Hulk. Sherry’s first major television role as a regular was on Make Room For Daddy as the daughter of Danny Thomas, and it’s interesting to note that Angela Cartwright was introduced as a regular on this series during the fifth season of the show.
The Los Angeles Comic Book and Science Fiction Convention will be held at the Shrine Auditorium Expo Center, 700 West 32nd Street, in Los Angeles, CA across the street from USC College. Show Hours are 10:00 A.M.-5:00 P.M., and Sherry Jackson will be signing 12:00 P.M.-4:00 P.M. The Convention also features a large Dealers Room full of Old and New Comic Books, Toys, Action Figures, Trading Cards, DVDs, and many other Collectibles. Admission is only $8.00, five years and under are free. Check www.comicbookscifi.com for more information.
Gary Conway and Don Marshall are planning to attend the 2-3 April 2011 Hollywood Show in Burbank, California. Visit the Hollywood Show site for more details.
June Lockhart, Angela Cartwright, Marta Kristen, Mark Goddard and Bill Mumy from Lost in Space are lined up for the Hollywood Show this coming weekend, on 12-13 February 2011.
Lee Meriwether is appearing in a new one-woman show called Women of Spoon River from 28th January to 13th February at the Theatre West in Los Angeles.
David Hedison and James Darren are Classic Sci-Fi guests at the 11-13 March Monster-Mania Con in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. Information courtesy of Diane Kachmar.