Hollywood Treasure
| Hollywood Treasure | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Documentary Reality |
| Directed by | Hans van Riet |
| Starring | Joe Maddalena |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 30 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Mark Zupon Scott Gurney Deirdre Gurney David Luce (co-ex) Joe Weinstock (co-ex) Janice Engel (co-ex) |
| Producers | Joe Maddelana Gabriel Landau (sup) Matt Weber (sup) Avi Eshed (line) |
| Running time | Season 1 – 30 minutes Season 2 – 60 minutes |
| Production companies | Gurney Productions, Zupon Entertainment, LLC |
| Original release | |
| Network | Syfy |
| Release | October 27, 2010 – June 26, 2012 |
Hollywood Treasure is an American
Hollywood, California-based appraiser named Joe Maddalena and his team as they track down, appraise and help auction off valuable film, television, and pop culture memorabilia.[1]
Opening
My name is Joe Maddalena. I hunt for iconic treasures from the movies and TV shows you loved, and auction them for prices you wouldn't believe. Together with my team of talented investigators, I would scour the globe to uncover Hollywood treasure.
Cast
- Joe Maddalena – "Treasure Hunter", Host/Owner of Profiles In History
- Brian Chanes – Head of Acquisitions/Consignment Relations
- Jon Mankuta – Special Projects Manager
- Tracey McCall – Client Relations/Special Events Coordinator
- Jesse D'Angelo – Prop Maker/Specialist
- Cherry Davis – Receptionist
- Stacey Roman – Auctioneer
Critical reception
David Hinckley of the New York Daily News wrote "Hollywood Treasure will intrigue film junkies and memorabilia collectors. For the rest of us, it's breezy amusement about a world that, like the movies themselves, we will always be watching from the audience".[2]
Brian Lowry of Variety wrote that "we've seen this movie (or rather, reality-TV show) before, dozens of times, in more glamorous settings. And having each half-hour (two will air back to back) conclude with an auction doesn't really foster much suspense".[3]
Patty Miranda of Shakefire.com wrote "For those who wish there was a Hollywood-themed version of American Pickers, Hollywood Treasure scratches that itch as it returns for a second season".[4]
Episodes
Season one (2010–11)
| Ep # | Title | Airdate | |
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| 101 (1) | "Let the Bidding Begin" | October 27, 2010 | |
| Joe tries to recover one of the mechanical sharks used in a Jaws movie that was on display at a junkyard. Later, a Chicago family offers to auction the original carpet bag prop used in the 1964 Mary Poppins film. | |||
| 102 (2) | "I'll Get You, My Pretty" | October 27, 2010 | |
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As time runs out for an auction deadline, Joe rushes to authenticate a The Wizard of Oz . | |||
| 103 (3) | "Comic Con-quest" | November 3, 2010 | |
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Joe descends upon the starfighter used in the show. | |||
| 104 (4) | "Joe Goes Ape" | November 3, 2010 | |
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Joe meets a New York City collector of classic movie posters and he believes his 1931 Frankenstein poster could fetch a million dollars, but does not convince the owner to part with it. He also meets a film historian who has leads to original King Kong memorabilia. | |||
| 105 (5) | "London Calling" | November 10, 2010 | |
| Joe heads to England to see the car used in the film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Later, Joe meets former child star Harvey Spencer Stephens, who played Damien in The Omen (1976) to appraise a tricycle used in the film. Stephens has second thoughts with selling the tricycle and instead, parts with a costume from the film. | |||
| 106 (6) | "Joe Gets Animated" | November 10, 2010 | |
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Joe appraises KITT Shelby Mustang used in the 2008 Knight Rider television series. | |||
| 107 (7) | "Joe's Golden Opportunity" | November 17, 2010 | |
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As Joe brings the Space Pod from The Wizard of Oz. Later in England, Joe acquires a Golden Ticket from the 1971 film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory from Julie Dawn Cole, the actress who played Veruca Salt. Other items include a license plate from the Jeep used in Jurassic Park and original Batman artwork by Bob Kane . | |||
| 108 (8) | "The Munster Hunt" | November 17, 2010 | |
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Joe holds an "appraisal clinic" at the Hollywood & Highland Center and later he fetches original Eyvind Earle concept art from Disney's Sleeping Beauty. Meanwhile Tracey tracks down costumes worn by Butch Patrick, who played Eddie Munster in The Munsters and Jon scores an original Action Comics 1 and Green Hornet comic books for an upcoming auction. | |||
| 109 (9) | "In Full Effects" | December 1, 2010 | |
| Joe acquires consignments from the Stan Winston School of Character Arts for a children's charity auction sponsored by Variety magazine. Among them a bust of Iron Man signed by Stan Lee, raptor puppet heads from Jurassic Park 2 and 3, and a mangled cyborg arm worn by Arnold Schwarzenegger in Terminator 2, but the big seller at the auction is an identity disc prop from Tron: Legacy. | |||
| 110 (10) | "Joe's Judgement Day" | December 1, 2010 | |
| With an auction deadline approaching, Joe loses out on obtaining the original Lawgiver statue from 1968's Planet of the Apes, and a wax statue of Jerry Lewis from 1963's The Nutty Professor, but lands obscure items from the collection of the late Forrest J Ackerman, who coined the term "science fiction". Later, actor Christopher Judge, who played Teal'c in Stargate SG-1, offers up dozens of original props used in the series. | |||
| 111 (11) | "Chasing Rudolph" | December 8, 2010 | |
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With a Christmas Colin Ferguson from Eureka offers his character's complete sheriff uniform. | |||
| 112 (12) | "Justice For Dorothy" | December 8, 2010 | |
| Joe sets up an auction for the Michael J. Fox charity Team Fox and meets with screenwriter Bob Gale, the creator of the Back to the Future trilogy, to get original memorabilia from the films which includes the Grays Sports Almanac, the power-lace Nike shoes and resizing jacket from Back to the Future Part II, and a custom-built replica of the time-traveling DeLorean used in all three films. Joe also treks to the Judy Garland Museum in Grand Rapids, Minnesota on an investigation for one pair of the iconic ruby slippers, which were stolen in 2005. | |||
| 113 (13) | "Packrats, Robots and Oz" | June 1, 2011 | |
| Joe comes to the aid of prop maker Lauren Vogt who needs money to save her home and is considering selling her items kept in a storage shed, such as models from James and the Giant Peach and The Nightmare Before Christmas and masks from Enemy Mine. Joe gets a call about a copy of The Wizard of Oz signed by every cast member of the 1939 movie, including Toto. Later, he visits Golden Era science-fiction collector Bill Malone, who will not sell his Robby the Robot from Forbidden Planet, but parts with a ray gun from the film instead. | |||
| 114 (14) | "Endoskeletons in the Closet" | June 1, 2011 | |
| Joe is contacted by Eric Lidoff, the son-in-law of legendary FX artist Stan Winston, to help auction off some family heirlooms to fund a character school in Stan's name. The prize of the collection is a full endoskeleton from Terminator 2. Later Joe checks out a plane on the roof of a restaurant that was allegedly used in the James Bond film, Octopussy, but he finds too many inconsistencies between the plane and production photos from the movie. The last items he looks at are original RKO Pictures title cards. | |||
| 115 (15) | "Trek to the Future" | June 8, 2011 | |
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Joe helps Desi Dos Santos, a Star Trek Phase II TV series, but the owner does not want to sell. | |||
| 116 (16) | "Monsters and Miracles" | June 8, 2011 | |
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Joe's mother Betty shows him an article about a Christmas movie-themed museum in Jeepers Creepers II, a collection of checks signed by Frank Sinatra, Orson Welles and Alfred Hitchcock . | |||
| 117 (17) | "Demons and Spacesuits and Slippers, Oh My" | June 15, 2011 | |
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Joe and Tracey visit actress 2001: A Space Odyssey as well as a photo archive of the cast and crew. Jon takes a trip to "Meltdown", a comic book shop and discovers a Hellboy "Sammael" creature hiding in the back. | |||
| 118 (18) | "The One That Got Away" | June 15, 2011 | |
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Joe visits "Abacus Costumes and Props" in H.G. Wells' The Invisible Man movie poster. | |||
| 119 (19) | "Blood, Sweater & Terminators" | June 22, 2011 | |
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Joe issues a challenge to his team: whoever brings in the best consignments wins a free trip to North Hollywood, California and lands what she believes is Jeff Bridges' "The Dude" sweater from The Big Lebowski (though Joe shows her it is not), Jesse finds an Arnold Schwarzenegger latex puppet head from Terminator 2 and a Beneath the Planet of the Apes "Bleeding Lawgiver" statue. Jon appraises two Sheena, Queen of the Jungle costumes, and Joe lands Clark Gable's World War II United States Army Air Corps jacket from 1943 when he enlisted. | |||
| 120 (20) | "Holy Gobstopper, Batman!" | June 22, 2011 | |
| In TV series. | |||
| 121 (21) | "Lost in Apes" | June 29, 2011 | |
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Joe travels to animatronic mask he believes is from King Kong Lives, however its actually from the 1976 King Kong making it more valuable. Jesse authenticates an unknown flying saucer model which turns out to have been used in The Dick Van Dyke Show . | |||
| 122 (22) | "Chitty Chitty Bid Bid" | June 29, 2011 | |
| Joe lands for the auction the original car used in the film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and races to the studio of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno to present it to guest Dick Van Dyke who starred in the original movie. Meanwhile, Brian checks out some creature costumes and manages to get a Predator 2 costume for the auction. Chitty fails to attract a bid at the starting price of $950,000, but later sells privately for $800,000, not the million Joe estimated for owner Pierre Picton. Another big ticket item exceeds expectations; $210,000 is paid for a hand-written letter from Walt Disney to Ub Iwerks, the man behind Mickey Mouse, offering him a job. | |||
| 123 (23) | "The Zombie and the Rocketeer" | July 6, 2011 | |
| Wanting to help those who suffered in the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, producer-director Frank Darabont has Joe pick through his movie props collection where he finds prison badges, rock hammers, and the soapstone and alabaster chess set from The Shawshank Redemption along with the "Sparky" electric chair used in The Green Mile. Special effects artist, Greg Nicotero donates his foam latex zombie masks used in The Walking Dead. Meanwhile, Brian and Jesse attend the Monsterpalooza horror movie convention hoping to land some classic horror film consignments. Instead they find a stuntman's helmet used in The Rocketeer which fetches $10K at auction, while the disaster relief items benefit $99,000. | |||
| 124 (24) | "A Borg in the Basement" | July 6, 2011 | |
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Joe gets a call from Rene Reyes at the Nautilus submarine miniature from Captain Nemo and the Underwater City , to auction. | |||
Season two (2012)
| Ep # | Title | Airdate | |
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| 201 (25) | "Riddler Rudy and the Ruby Slippers" | May 22, 2012 | |
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Joe finds a pair of Dorothy's The Wizard of Oz, but the seller won't accept anything less than two million dollars. Joe's longtime associates Chad and Doug Dreier put their collection up for sale which includes Christopher Reeve and Marlon Brando's outfits from Superman. Finally, Sean Astin stops by to show Joe his own movie collection from his career, such as Rudy, The Goonies, and The Lord of the Rings . | |||
| 202 (26) | "Chamber of Secrets" | May 29, 2012 | |
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Joe auctions off the 35mm PSR-153 Canadian caper incident in Iran. Also, a collector comes into the showroom wanting to sell his duel stunt pistols from Lara Croft: Tomb Raider . | |||
| 203 (27) | "Hunger for District 12" | June 5, 2012 | |
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Joe and Brian purchases the 1977 District 12", the 72-acre site filmed in Hildebran, North Carolina from The Hunger Games into their auction. They also buy a "Mockingjay" pin used in the movie. Then, a collector comes into the showroom to sell his "puzzle box" from Hellraiser which could be just a replica. | |||
| 204 (28) | "Auctions Are Like a Box of Chocolates" | June 12, 2012 | |
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Tracey and Jon head to Blast from the Past, a local memorabilia store to check out a pair of Hunt for Red October. Jon goes to the Hollywood Show in Burbank, California where he tracks down his "others" costume from his stint on season 6 of Lost. Brian buys an "Immortal" battle mask from 300 and a client wants to sell a lock of Marilyn Monroe 's hair. | |||
| 205 (29) | "X Marks the Prop" | June 19, 2012 | |
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Brian meets his friend at animatronic gorilla head from Instinct . | |||
| 206 (30) | "Vampires, Swords and the Queen of the Night" | June 26, 2012 | |
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Tracey takes Joe to a collector who has a screen-used stunt version of the " Dr. Manhattan's gloves from Watchmen, Gort's helmet from The Day the Earth Stood Still, and Whitney Houston's "Queen of the night" dress from The Bodyguard . Also, hundreds of 1950 and 1960s sci-fi movie posters are auctioned off. | |||
