File pertains to 49 b&w & col. strips of film containing 65 photographs. Includes production shots from various film projects, including: "Rainbow Boys," a Universal Studios project shot at Sunshine in April 1977, "Nights in Oberdoff" [Feb 1982], "David" [a 1982 Alpine Film production shot at Sulph…
65 photographs : b&w & col. negatives ; 18.4 x 6.2 cm and 23.2 x 3.4 cm or smaller
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File pertains to 49 b&w & col. strips of film containing 65 photographs. Includes production shots from various film projects, including: "Rainbow Boys," a Universal Studios project shot at Sunshine in April 1977, "Nights in Oberdoff" [Feb 1982], "David" [a 1982 Alpine Film production shot at Sulphur Mountain],"Matter of Convenience" [also possibly called "Matter of Inconvenience" shot at Sunshine in March 1977], a commercial for Sport Check filmed at Haig Glacier in 1982, an unnamed Japanese film project filmed at Mt. Nestor Glacier in 1981, and "Love Letters to Elvis" [also possibly called "To Elvis With Love" shot in 1973].
File pertains to 56 b&w & col. strips of film containing 188 photographs. Includes production shots from the filming of the movie "Death Hunt" in and around Canmore and the Spray Lakes area. Includes portraits of the cast and crew during filming and behind the scenes, sets [mostly of an old West-st…
188 photographs : b&w & col. negatives ; 18.4 x 6.2 cm and 23.2 x 3.4 cm or smaller
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File pertains to 56 b&w & col. strips of film containing 188 photographs. Includes production shots from the filming of the movie "Death Hunt" in and around Canmore and the Spray Lakes area. Includes portraits of the cast and crew during filming and behind the scenes, sets [mostly of an old West-stlye town and a series of mine shafts], and a model plane and its real-life counterpart used for various stunts.
File pertains to 40 b&w strips of film containing 138 photographs. Includes production shots from the filming of the movie "First Hello" in and around the Banff and Canmore areas. Includes mostly portraits of the cast and crew during filming and behind the scenes.
138 photographs : b&w negatives ; 10.1 x 12.7 cm and 35 mm
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File pertains to 40 b&w strips of film containing 138 photographs. Includes production shots from the filming of the movie "First Hello" in and around the Banff and Canmore areas. Includes mostly portraits of the cast and crew during filming and behind the scenes.
File pertains to 194 b&w & colour negatives on 55 strips of film. Includes production photos from the shoot of "Hoax," including portraits of the director, cast, and crew, shots from scenes being filmed, and members of the cast interacting with locals.
"Vanishing Act," called "Hoax" during production, 1986, directed by David Greene and starring Elliott Gould, Mike Farrell, Margo Kidder, and Fred Gwynne.
A husband loses his wife during their honeymoon at a U.S. Rocky Mountain resort town. After going to local authorities to initiate a search, the mystery deepens when a strange woman shows up claiming to be his wife.
Location filming primarily around the Banff townsite, including the Banff Park Lodge, CIBC, various private residences on Buffalo Street, and Banff Avenue.
Scope & Content
File pertains to 194 b&w & colour negatives on 55 strips of film. Includes production photos from the shoot of "Hoax," including portraits of the director, cast, and crew, shots from scenes being filmed, and members of the cast interacting with locals.
File pertains to 224 b&w & colour negatives on 64 strips of film. Includes members of the crew filming inside a flooded house interior, portraits of cast members and the director, exterior shots of houses, group portraits of the cast and crew, and people skating on Spray Lakes.
"Housekeeping," 1987, directed by Bill Forsyth and starring Christine Lahti, Sara Walker, and Andrea Burchill.
Set in the Pacific Northwest. After their mother commits suicide, two sisters go to live with their eccentric aunt in a remote mountain town
Location filming primarily in Nelson, BC, but skating scenes were filmed on Spray Lakes Reservoir in Kananaskis.
Trivia: Director Bill Forsyth original wanted to find a large frozen lake in the Yukon to film the skating scene that closes the movie. Bruno Engler, as the on-scene photographer in Nelson, suggested the much more accessible Spray Lakes near Canmore. The movie, which is set in the 1950s, was originally going to be filmed in the same location as the book its based on, Sandpoint Idaho. However, the town of Sandpoint had changed too much by 1986 to suit the film's needs and instead the town of Nelson, British Columbia was chosen.
Scope & Content
File pertains to 224 b&w & colour negatives on 64 strips of film. Includes members of the crew filming inside a flooded house interior, portraits of cast members and the director, exterior shots of houses, group portraits of the cast and crew, and people skating on Spray Lakes.
File pertains to 213 b&w & colour negatives on 45 strips of film. Includes production photos from the shoot of "Natty Gann," consisting of portraits of cast members, action shots from filming, and shots of the sets (mostly mountain scenes).
213 photographs : b&w and col. negatives ; 18.5 x 6.2 cm or smaller
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"Natty Gann" [full title " The Journey of Natty Gann"], 1985, directed by Jeremy Kagan and starring Meredith Salenger, John Cusack, and Ray Wise.
During the Great Depression, a young tomboy runs away from her Chicago guardian to join her father, who is working in a Pacific Northwest lumber camp. Riding the rails west, she teams up with tough, young hobos and a protective wolf.
Location filming near the Crowsnest Pass and at Fort Steele Historic Park for the steam engine scenes, as well as the lower mainland region of British Columbia.
Scope & Content
File pertains to 213 b&w & colour negatives on 45 strips of film. Includes production photos from the shoot of "Natty Gann," consisting of portraits of cast members, action shots from filming, and shots of the sets (mostly mountain scenes).
File pertains to 147 b&w & colour negatives on 43 strips of film depicting the shoots of "Superman III" and a few from "Superman." Includes the chemical plant explosion scene from "Superman III," external glacier scenes also for "Superman III," Badlands-based locations for "Superman," portraits of …
147 photographs : b&w and col. negatives ; 6.1 x 15.3 cm or smaller
History / Biographical
"Superman III," 1982, directed by Richard Lester and starring Christopher Reeve, Richard Pryor, Margot Kidder, Annette O'Toole, and Roberta Vaughn.
Clark Kent travels to Smallville for his high school reunion and reconnects with childhood sweetheart Lana Lang; meanwhile Lois Lane goes on vacation in the Carribean. Computer programmer Gus Gorman is hired by tycoon Ross Webster to program a machine that will wipe out the entire coffee industry of Columbia, thus giving him the monopoly. This plot is foiled by Superman so Webster orders Gorman to replicate Kryptonite but, unable to identify a missing ingredient, he uses tar, which causes Superman to have a nervous breakdown and splits his identity. Overcoming this, Superman is eventually able to stop Webster's evil machine with Gorman's help and saves the day.
Location filming mostly around High River and Calgary. Power plant scenes possibly from Milton Keynes, England.
"Superman," 1978, directed by Richard Donner and starring Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder, Marlon Brando, and Gene Hackman.
An origin story for Superman: born on the dying planet Krypton, he is evacuated by his parents and lands on a prairie farm, where he grows up as Clark Kent. After the death of his father, he recieves a psychic call from his deceased biological father and travels to the Arctic to build the Fortress of Solitude, where he trains and eventually becomes the famous caped hero. Meanwhile, Lex Luthor learns of a joint US Army and US Navy missile testing site and steals two missiles with the intent to blow up the San Andreas Fault. Luthor initially succeeds in this plan thanks to the use of Kryptonite on Superman, but as a result Lois Lane is killed, causing Superman to turn back time by flying around the Earth, allowing him to save her and stop the missile.
Location filming for mountain scenes done in the Kananaskis Valley and prairie scenes around High River.
One of the first motion pictures to film scenes on the newly-constructed highway into the Kananaskis Valley (Kananaskis Country). When a local resident encountered a flatbed truck carrying a U.S. guided missile on the highway (a prop for the movie), he was convinced the U.S. had invaded Canada.
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File pertains to 147 b&w & colour negatives on 43 strips of film depicting the shoots of "Superman III" and a few from "Superman." Includes the chemical plant explosion scene from "Superman III," external glacier scenes also for "Superman III," Badlands-based locations for "Superman," portraits of cast and crew, shots of the scene where Superman rescues a child from a tree in "Superman," and shots of the fake US Navy missle travelling down the new Kananaskis Highway also for "Superman."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superman_III ; https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086393/locations?ref_=tt_dt_loc ; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superman_(1978_film) ; "Hollywood in the Canadian Rockies," by Brian Patton, e-book
File pertains to 58 b&w negatives on 26 strips of film depicting production photos from the shoot of "To Touch the Wind." Includes shots of the crew and director, action shots of a plane flying overhead and being shot at, portraits, and a tamed bear.
58 photographs : b&w negatives ; 6.1 x 18.9 cm or smaller
History / Biographical
"To Touch the Wind" [officially titled "Kelly" and also known as "Like Father, Like Daughter"], 1981, directed by Chistopher Chapman and starring Robert Logan, George Clutesi, Elaine Nalee, and Twyla-Dawn Vokins.
A young girl escapes a broken home and school problems by travelling to the Alaska wilderness to live with her father.
Location filming mostly around the Canmore area (Spray Lakes Reservoir) and Seebe, with a brief scene filmed in Field, Yoho National Park.
Scope & Content
File pertains to 58 b&w negatives on 26 strips of film depicting production photos from the shoot of "To Touch the Wind." Includes shots of the crew and director, action shots of a plane flying overhead and being shot at, portraits, and a tamed bear.
ca. 17,580 photographs: negatives, prints, and transparencies. -- 1 photograph album (ca. 150 prints). -- ca. 12.5 cm textual records. -- 42 reels of film