#CONTRABAND CAST MOVIE#

#CONTRABAND CAST MOVIE#

When they finished listening or had to close up, the crystal went into a pocket, the lid on the soapbox, and it just sat there. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing Contraband near you. This was made between and 6 June 1944 as they heard about D. The crystal is embedded in a thimble! / I was told they would move the key to reach Berlin, then by moving a few wires further over they would get BBC. We have not put the ear piece on for years as the prongs are rusty. The crystal and the German aviator's earpiece were traded for cigarettes by American prisoners who spoke German. Cast, was imprisoned during WWII: 'Enclosed is the crystal radio I told you about. MARK WAHLBERG leads the cast as Chris Farraday in Contraband, a white- In the New Orleans-set crime thriller Contraband Mark Wahlberg plays Chris. A key plot device in the play and film is the clandestine radio, smuggled from barracks to barracks, used by the POWs to listen to news from Berlin and the BBC.Ĭast's widow Ruth, in her letter of provenance, gives the history of this radio's construction and use in Stalag 17, where her husband, Sg. Soon after, director Billy Wilder was tapped to direct the film version, which won actor William Holden the Academy Award for Best Actor of 1953.

In 1951 the play Stalag 17 by Donald Bevan and Edmund Trzcinski premiered on Broadway, inspired by their own experiences in the famous German POW camp. SECRET RADIO KEPT BY A STALAG 17 POW THE INSPIRATION FOR A KEY PLOT POINT IN THE PLAY AND FILM. Provenance: with 4 pp autograph letter signed of Cast's widow, Ruth Johnson Cast, dated September 8, 1996, giving detailed history of each piece in this lot. CAST' with gold pin, informally awarded to those who survive an airplane crash by means of parachute a September 20 to Octoprogram for 'STALAG 17 BY DONALD BEVAN AND EDMUND TRCZINSKI' at the 'Gateway Country Dinner Playhouse' detailing a play production based on POW life in the camp one prisoner-made metal cup inscribed 'PACK 1043' on bottom. Promoted to Sgt end of September '43' one photocopy of a POW-produced 'CUPBOARD PLAYHOUSE CHRISTMAS PROGRAM' for 'Krems, Austria, December, 1944' detailing theater and musical acts one paper and plastic 'Caterpillar Club Certificate of Membership' for 'SGT. Prisoner-made crystal radio within a black bakelite soap dish with wood and wire components, with crystal embedded in thimble with aluminum and black bakelite German aviator's earphone with rayon wire cord and bakelite connector with wire components a steel POW dog tag reading 'STALAG XVII B106379' one black and white photo of James Cast with inscription on rear reading 'PFC James L.

Contraband cast