Over 70 pages of PRN wardrobe documents for Prince’s 1986 film Under the Cherry Moon, which contains complete daily outfit shooting schedules for Prince, Jerome Benton, and Emmanuelle Sallet, a packet of outfit designs for Kristin Scott Thomas, detailed itemized pricing lists for the film’s cast, and shooting schedules for three music videos: ‘Girls & Boys,’ ‘Kiss,’ and ‘Love or Money.’’
The daily outfit shooting schedules for Prince (7 pages), Jerome (5), and Emmanuelle (3), list their character names, “Christopher,” “Tricky,” and “Katy,” and are copiously annotated in ballpoint across four columns related to “Change,” “Scene Number,” “Name of Set,” and “Description of Wardrobe.” Given that his character appears in nearly all of the film’s scenes, Prince has a total of 12 outfit changes to the schedule, with the upper portion of the first sheet listing pieces of jewelry, “watch, St. christ. + cross, 2 waist chains, wedding band.” Jerome’s schedule, with four pages taped together, features nine changes, and Emmanuelle’s contains five, with the first sheet bearing an affixed Polaroid of Emmanuelle wearing her first listed outfit.
The 10-page packet of outfit designs for actress Kristin Scott Thomas contains copies of the elaborate dresses and outfits designed to be worn by Mary Sharon, Prince’s love interest in the film.
The itemized pricing lists contain 37 pages of extravagant outfit articles and accessories for the film’s various actors and actresses, including Prince, Jerome, Kristin, Steven Berkoff, Emmanuelle Sallet, Alexandra Stewart, and Francesca Annis, in addition to the film’s stunt players. The film’s period style, a blend of 1930s European and Jazz Age American aesthetics, resulted in a dazzling array of suits and dresses; among the more expensive outfits are Prince’s “3 Pr. Pink PJs & Robe” for $4034.90, “2 blk/wht swirl suits” for $6020.60, and “21 Pr Boots” for $8430.
The music video shooting documents relate to ‘Girls & Boys’ and ‘Kiss,’ which were both from the film’s soundtrack album, Parade, and ‘Love or Money,’ which was the B-side track for the ‘Kiss’ single. An eight-page packet for ‘Girls and Boys’ contains a detailed ‘Night Shooting’ call sheet for November 22, 1985, at La Rotonde, Beaulieu, a transport sheet, and a five-page shooting schedule that lists all three videos. In the end, the ‘Girls and Boys’ music video consisted of clips from the film and separately shot footage of The Revolution; the ‘Kiss’ music video was filmed on February 13, 1986, at Laird International Studios in Culver City, California; and the video for ‘Love or Money’ never came to fruition. Also includes two Cherry Moon Productions Unit Lists and a packet labeled “Different Lists of Useful Addresses in Nice.”
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