Rare Photos 5

Shatner in a promotional photo with the 3D chessboard.

Leonard with the same chess board from the series of promotional photos taken against a projected background image.

Yeoman Rand serves an unhappy Captain Kirk a salad under orders from Dr. McCoy in this still from "The Naked Time."

 

Rare Photos 4

 Bruce Hyde as Lt. Kevin Riley is a publicity photo most likely taken during the filming of "The Naked Time," posing at the entrance of the Jeffries Tube.

Leonard goofing with the "unfamiliar" firearm in a publicity photo taken during the third season episode "Specter of the Gun."

Shatner in a behind-the-scenes shot from the second pilot, "Where No Man Has Gone Before."

Rare Photos 3

 Two publicity photos with Shatner and Andrea Dromm taken during the filming of the second pilot, "Where No Man Has Gone Before."

A rare image, behind-the-scenes, taken during the filming of the first pilot, "The Cage."

Rare Photos 2

 Today's post features a behind-the-scenes peek at the filming miniature of the Enterprise shuttle bay.

 Next, a couple of publicity photos from a fun shoot with some lovey-dovey poses of Shatner and Marianna Hill, who played Helen Noel in "Dagger of the Mind."

Rare Photos 1

 Starting off this series of new posts of always old, sometimes rare, black and white publicity photos with this one of Shatner in front of the Transporter Room wall picture, during the filming of "Where No Man Has Gone Before."

Below, a unique set of publicity photos of Majel Barrett posing with a panel on the set of "What Are Little Girls Made Of?"

"New" Nichelle Nichols photo discovered!

Stop the presses! Here's a photo of Nichelle, taken either during the filming of Trek or just before, that has come to light... one that I have never seen before. I had to share it with you immediately! (Click on the images to see full-size, as always.)

Bonus: Below, a fake "vintage" ad that I created using an actual photo of Shatner taking a dramatic smoke break. The professional lighting and look of Bill in the shot seemed to suggest an ad, so I put it in the framework of an existing ad from the 60's. This is not endorsing smoking, but is making the best use of a photo that was perfect for the ad!

Bonus #2: amazing artwork depicting many, if not most, of the characters seen in episodes of the original series! See how many you can find or identify! (Click to enlarge.)

Bob Larkin Star Trek Art

Artist Bob Larkin has been responsible for many. many memorable covers of the magazines that I collected when young; Planet of the Apes, Marvel's monster magazines, Crazy, DC comics covers, Trek novel covers, and many many more. I have just created a Facebook group devoted to collecting his art in one place, so if you, like me, love his art and have good memories of it, come join us! It's at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/boblarkinappreciationgroup

A true Trek fan himself, here we see Bob in a photo from his blog commemorating the 50th anniversary of the show!  Visit his blog here: http://boblarkin.blogspot.com/