Planned HBO Movie 'Candybomber' to Sell Vintage DC-4 Aircraft Through
Hollywoodparts.com
HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Oct. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- A Pair of vintage WWII aircraft
carefully restored to star in an HBO film Candybomber, are looking for a new
home! Hollywoodparts.com, a production asset management and movie prop broker
has been selected to find a home for two Douglas DC-4 Skymasters. These WWII
era flying and operational aircraft were carefully brought up to mechanical
specifications to make the long journey from the US to England where many WWII
aircraft were being gathered for the movie Candybomber.
The Candybomber was actually a US Pilot post WWII, Gail Halvorsen, who was
flying the sturdy Douglas C-54 (DC-4) during the 1948 Berlin airlift and after
befriending German children, began dropping small bags of candy tied to
handkerchief parachutes as he flew food and supplies into Berlin which was
isolated by the Russians. Soon word of the Candybomber spread throughout the
military and back to the US where soldiers, school children and candy
companies started sending candy of all types to Gail to drop to the German
children as he waggled his wings to signal when the plane unloaded its sweet
cargo.
"It's a great story, and these Douglas DC-4s were going to star in the film,"
states Mike Filonczuk, Exec VP of Operations and Development at
Hollywoodparts.com. "These planes are some of the largest movie props we have
handled. It is just a shame the film didn't get made, but we are happy to find
a new home for the DC-4s," laments Mike.
The two Douglas aircraft are powered by 4 Pratt Whitney engines with low
operational hours and spent their early years in different service as one was
a military C-54G and the other was a civilian DC-4. Both Aircraft will be
readied to make the return flight to the US unless they are sold to a buyer
elsewhere in the world. The planes are valued at around $400,000.00 each, but
under the right circumstances, perhaps another movie, these fine and
dependable aircraft could end up in your hangar.
About Hollywoodparts.com: Hollywoodparts.com is a production asset management
company that uses proprietary software to identify, barcode, track, photo,
store and list data online so film and television productions can retain and
manage assets created or purchased in the making of entertainment product.
Movie props http://www.Hollywoodparts.com/movie-props and Movie Wardrobe
http://www.Hollywoodparts.com/memorabilia-movie from the productions are then
repurposed to other productions or sold to the public, bringing a larger
return for the client and making Hollywood a little greener.
SOURCE Hollywoodparts.com
Mike Filonczuk of Hollywoodparts.com, +1-818-255-0617,
Mike@hollywoodparts.com
