The Case of the Gilded Lily

The Case of the Gilded Lily is a noir-inspired short film produced by Shipwrecked Comedy. It stars private dick Ford Phillips and Fig Wineshine, Junior Ace Reporter at the Tinseltown Times. Together they solve the mystery of who's blackmailing Hollywood starlet and Fig's childhood best friend, Wilhelmina Vanderjetski.

Watch it Here!
https://youtu.be/UqVPzqI9k-Y

Plot
Hollywood. 1939. Wilhelmina Vanderjetski, movie star, and Fig Winshine, reporter, enter Ford Phillips' office offering him a case. Ford is skeptical. Wilhelmina informs him that she's being blackmailed with the threat to reveal her real name to the public, Lily Thomas. She explains how she met Roger Haircremé, famous movie producer, working at one of his parties. He took a shine to Wilhelmina, eventually marrying her and jumpstarting her career. She reveals she lied to Roger about her name to convince him she was a guest at the party, not a cigarette girl. Ford refuses the case, saying he doesn't touch Hollywood cases. Not since... The War. Fig and Wilhelmina make a move to leave, but Ford reluctantly agrees to take the case.

Ford tells Wilhelmina and, more importantly, Fig, to let him handle the case. As he starts gathering more information from the women, Wilhelmina presents him with a dead lily she found outside her dressing room door. After finding out her co-star, Cliff Calloway, knows her secret, and Vivian Nightingale has a grudge against her, Ford makes a plan and Fig and Wilhelmina leave. Ford calls his friend Claudette Knickerbocker, an LAPD dispatcher, and after discussing Lily Thomas and Cliff Calloway, he goes to Cliff's dressing room to question him.

Meanwhile, Fig and Wilhelmina visit Bixby's Lounge, the place where Vivian Nightingale has been singing. They talk to Bixby before watching Vivian perform A Change of Scene on stage. Wilhelmina stays at the bar while Fig goes back to Vivian's dressing room to ask her some questions.

While questioning Cliff (who is becoming more suspicious by the minute), Ford meets struggling comedian and actor Buster Keaton. [not finished lmao]

Main Cast
Sean Persaud as Ford Phillips

Sinéad Persaud as Fig Wineshine

Sarah Grace Hart as Wilhelmina Vanderjetski

Mary Kate Wiles as Vivian Nightingale

Tom DeTrinis as Cliff Calloway

Clayton Farris as Buster Keaton

Gabe Greenspan as Roger Haircremé

Joey Richter as Dash Gunfire

Joanna Sotomura as Claudette Knickerbocker

Dante Swain as Bixby Crane

Jessica Jade Andres as Dolly

Christopher Higgins as Emcee

Background Actors
Madison Brunoehler, Ines Cross, Lauren Cupp, Christopher Darbro, Kinsey Diment, Marissa Flaxbart, Tyler Flynn, Ryan Garcia, Serena Hohenstein, Karen Kavett, Melanie Kocher, Chloe Leadbetter, Corey Lubowich, Peter Madison, Roxanne McDanel, Russel Nickel, Kaley Oliver, Chloe Patton, Edward T Powell, Scott Randall, Estelle Rose, Josh Rutkowski, Keely Kathleen Williams, Tia Workman

Production
Shipwrecked launched a Kickstarter for The Case of the Gilded Lily on June 6, 2017, with an initial goal of $25,000. Within a week, the project was fully funded, reaching its goal during the first livestream of the campaign on June 11. The Kickstarter ended on June 25, with $43,032 pledged by 825 backers, having reached three stretch goals. The stretch goals guaranteed vlogs from each member of Shipwrecked about their favorite Hollywood locations, BTS content shot by Christopher Higgins, and a cameo in the short from a real life Old Hollywood legend.

Filming took place over four days in late July/early August of 2017. The short was mostly filmed at the American Legion and the YouTube Space.

The Case of the Gilded Lily premiered on September 30, 2017 at Buffer Festival in Toronto. Kickstarter backers who pledged at the $25 level and above were sent a link to watch the unlisted short on October 12, and it was posted to YouTube publicly on December 11.

Crew
Production Designer: Katie Moest

Art Director: Kim Brunner

Composer: Dylan Glatthorn

Production Sound Mixer: Justin Lee Dixon

Editor: Raymond Fraser

Director of Photography: Alex Gallitano

Assistant Director: Eden Perry

Second Assistant Director: Ashley Hargrove

Executive Producers: Gregg Gibbons, April Morris, & Paul Komoroski

Shipwrecked Comedy Producers: Sean Persaud, Sinéad Persaud, Mary Kate Wiles, & Sarah Grace Hart

American Black Market Producers: Brent Madison & Ryan M. Murphy

Gaffer: Zach Ziedman

First Assistant Camera: Heather Flynn

Second Assistant Camera: Casey Hilliard

Key Grip: Delaney Teichler & Sargon Saadi

Wardrobe: Sarah Grace Hart, Sinead Persaud, Mary Kate Wiles & Sean Persaud

Hair & Makeup: Roxanne McDanel

Script Supervisor: Russ Nickel

Grip/Swing: Sargon Saadi & Dustin Supenchek

Assistant Hair & Makeup: Courtney Heiser

Logo, Animation, & Endscreen: David Cater

Site Rep: Karl Risinger

Assitant Editor: Brian Rosenthal

Colorist: Michael Solomon

Post Sound Designer - Justin Lee Dixon

Additional Sound Editing - Davis McGinn

BTS: Christopher Higgins

Production Assistants: Stacy Baker, Laurie Coxson, Ines Cross, Serena Hohenstein, Estelle Rose

Extras
Production pre-production vlogs n shit also viv's songs some history and stuff about that uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuh info info info placeholder for later yaaaay

Trivia
idk thought this would be cool! stuff like the special thanks and joey's birthday being celebrated on set!!!