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Pat and Sam in Los Angeles (2018)
Avalon cove and moorings
John Payne’s sailboat
Capricorn
(courtesy of Marilyn Wayne)
Isthmus of Catalina Island viewed from airplane
Example of replica treasure coin (credit Reller Gold)
Harbor Patrolman Curt Craig (1981) (courtesy of Curt Craig)
Restaurant owner and Harbor Patrol operator Doug Bombard (2017) (courtesy of Jan Morris)
El Galleon, Natalie Wood’s favorite Avalon restaurant
Research assistant Jan Morris and Doug Bombard on Catalina Island (2016) (courtesy of Jan Morris)
1970 newspaper story about Jill St. John’s luxurious life
John Payne and Anthony Wayne (1981) (courtesy of Marilyn Wayne)
Stanley Mosk Courthouse housing Los Angeles County Superior Courts
Lana Wood with portrait of sister Natalie as Anastasia (1982) (courtesy of Lana Wood)
Natalie and Lana Wood in the ’60s (courtesy of Lana Wood)
Natalie Wood’s parents Maria and Nick Gurdin (courtesy of Lana Wood)
1981 newspaper clipping of Natalie Wood’s arrival in N.C. for
Brainstorm
filming
Researcher Kevin Brechner and Pat Perroni in Los Angeles (2018)
Down jacket similar to one Wood Natalie Wood wore on November 28, 1981
1964 article about Jill St. John in
This Week
magazine
Zodiac dinghy being towed from Perdition Cave (1981) (credit Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department)
Pat and Sam Perroni with movie producers Peter Beard and Dave Nath (2017)
Jill St. John and Robert Wagner with his daughters Natasha and Courtney and housekeeper Willie Mae Worthen (credit © 1982 Gary Lewis)
Splendour
in disrepair at Ala Wai Harbor in Hawaii in December 2019 (courtesy of Zepure Matossian)
Deterioration on
Splendour
‘s portside in late 2019 (courtesy of Zepure Matossian)
Time and weather took a toll on
Splendour
, its starboard side revealing major damage in 2019 (courtesy of Zepure Matossian)