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Voyage to the
Bottom of the Sea
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Richard Basehart confers with Voyage guest star George Sanders
between takes during filming of "The Traitor," the final first-run
show to be broadcast in the premiere season. At that time,
Voyage was shot on Twentieth's small and cramped Stage B. Away
from the Seaview and Institute sets, props, lighting and other
equipment were piled high, as can be seen in the background in this
photo. Although not quite the romantic image of work in the
film industry, this shot reflects the way it actually was in the
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At left, George Sanders looking a bit sinister during filming of "The Traitor". At right, a friendlier Sanders poses in front of a stack of the lightweight empty barrels often incorporated into the filming of fight sequences. In the photo above, note the large boxes which were equally popular fight sequence props. Voyage regular Ray Didsbury explains it this way: "they were often used to land on to break falls that the stuntmen would take. For particularly high falls, an air bag would be surrounded by the boxes so that when a stuntman fell, it looked like he had landed on the boxes when in reality he had hit the hidden air bag." Props ordered from the prop or set-dressing departments often temporarily dotted the limited stage area. |
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