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The drawing above is from Abbott and Costello
Go to Mars, Robert Boyle, Production Designer.
In this 1953 film, Lester and Orville (Abbott and
Costello) accidently launch a rocket to Mars.
Despite the title of the film, they never get there
but instead, land in New Orleans for Mardi Gras.
They are then forced by bank robbers to fly to
Venus, where they find a civilization made up
entirely of women.
The unsigned painting is done in opaque
watercolor on paper and mounted on illustration
board. It is part of the Robert Boyle collection at
the Margaret Herrick Library.
A SCENE FROM THE FILM
WITH THE VENUSIAN
QUEEN, MARI BLANCHARD,
AND HER COURT. ALL
THE VENUSIANS BESIDE
THE QUEEN WERE MISS
UNIVERSE CONTESTANTS.
C O U RT E S Y O F T H E M A R G A R E T H E R R I C K L I B R A RY, A . M . P. A . S.
