BID TIME RETURN Literature 1975. Written by Richard Matheson.

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Total Records: 40 - Medium: LITERATURE

#	Record Name	Group	Category	Subcategory
BOGUS BUSINESS BUREAU
1	Broadway	BBB	Literature	Books
	Broadway Book by Paul O'Neil that Richard Collier buys at Wahrenbrock's Book House in San Diego.
2	Elise McKenna: An Intimate Biography	BBB	Literature	Books
	Elise McKenna: An Intimate Biography Book by Gladys Roberts that Richard Collier picks up at the San Diego library.
3	Luminaries of the American Theater	BBB	Literature	Books
	Luminaries of the American Theater Book by John Fraser that Richard Collier buys at Wahrenbrock's Book House in San Diego.
4	My Fate	BBB	Literature	Books
	My Fate Richard's despicable writer's mind improvises a stark Victorian melodrama entitled "My Fate", in which Elise departs from the hotel as scheduled, leaving him behind. Penniless, he takes a job in the hotel kitchen washing dishes. Thirty years later, after become a white haired man babbling about lost love, topples head first into a tub of soapy water and drowns.
5	My Years on Stage	BBB	Literature	Books
	My Years on Stage Book by John Drew that Richard Collier picks up at the San Diego library.
6	Photographic History of the American Sta...	BBB	Literature	Books
	Photographic History of the American Stage Book by Martin Ellsworth that Richard Collier buys at Wahrenbrock's Book House in San Diego.
7	San Diego Costume Company	BBB	Apparel	Clothing Stores
	San Diego Costume Company Clothing rental store on 7th Avenue in San Diego where Richard Collier buys a suit to wear in 1896.
8	The Story of American Theater, Volume II...	BBB	Literature	Books
	The Story of American Theater, Volume II Book by V.A. Bentley that Richard Collier buys at Wahrenbrock's Book House in San Diego.
9	Well Known Actors and Actresses	BBB	Literature	Books
	Well Known Actors and Actresses Book that Richard Collier picks up at the San Diego library.
FICTITIOUS TIMELINE
10	November 11, 1867	Dates	19th Century and earlier	Birth Dates
	November 11, 1867 Famous American theater actress Elise McKenna born in Salt Lake City, Utah.
11	September 30, 1896	Dates	19th Century and earlier	Events
	September 30, 1896 While digging through books and documents in a Hotel Coronado storage room in 1971, Richard Collier finds a book of correspondence containing a letter from hotel manager E.S. Babcock to Elise McKenna dated October 6, 1896, informing her that he is looking forward to her arrival. His letter is in response to a letter from her dated September 30.
12	October 6, 1896	Dates	19th Century and earlier	Events
	October 6, 1896 While digging through books and documents in a Hotel Coronado storage room in 1971, Richard Collier finds a book of correspondence containing a letter from hotel manager E.S. Babcock to Elise McKenna dated October 6, 1896, informing her that he is looking forward to her arrival. His letter is in response to a letter from her dated September 30.
13	November 19, 1896	Dates	19th Century and earlier	Events
	November 19, 1896 After falling in love with a portrait of famous American theater actress Elisa McKenna in the Hotel Coronado's Hall of History, TV writer Richard Collier wills himself back in time, from 1971 to 1896. He arrives in the afternoon, tracking Elisa down on a walking path near the beach. Later, he has dinner with Elise, her mother and her manager, William Fawcett Robinson. He spends the night on the extra bed in Robinson's room.
14	November 20, 1896	Dates	19th Century and earlier	Events
	November 20, 1896 After falling in love with a portrait of famous American theater actress Elisa McKenna in the Hotel Coronado's Hall of History in 1971, TV writer Richard Collier digs through books and documents in a storage room, discovering a hotel register from 1896 with his name signed on the page for November 20. He was there. He checked in to Room 350, signing his name as R.C. Collier, at 9:18am. He proceeds to will himself back in time, arriving the day before, meeting Elisa and spending the night in the room of her manager, William Fawcett Robinson. After waking up the following day, November 20, and paying Elisa a visit, he checks in to the hotel, spending the afternoon with Elisa in her train car and attending her play that night. During intermission, he is abducted by two thugs hired by Robinson and left tied up in a shed off hotel grounds.
15	November 21, 1896	Dates	19th Century and earlier	Events
	November 21, 1896 After being abducted the night before by two thugs hired by Elise McKenna's manager William Fawcett Robinson, Richard Collier wakes up, tied up, in a shed off hotel grounds. He races back to the Hotel Coronado, praying Elise didn't leave as scheduled with her theater group. She didn't. He finds her at the hotel waiting for him. After getting to know each other better, including a romantic encounter, Richard discovers a penny in his suit pocket from the future, destroying his grasp on the past, and he returns to 1971.
16	February 20, 1935	Dates	20th Century: 1st Half	Birth Dates
	February 20, 1935 TV writer and time traveler Richard Collier born in Brooklyn, New York.
17	November 14, 1971	Dates	20th Century: 70s	Events
	November 14, 1971 Richard Collier travels to San Diego, checking in to the Hotel Del Coronado.
18	November 15, 1971	Dates	20th Century: 70s	Events
	November 15, 1971 While staying at the Hotel del Coronado in San Diego, TV writer Richard Collier falls in love with a portrait of famous American theater actress Elise McKenna in the hotel's Hall of History, later driving to Wahrenbrock's Book House in San Diego in order to learn more about her.
19	November 16, 1971	Dates	20th Century: 70s	Events
	November 16, 1971 While staying at the Hotel Del Coronado, TV writer Richard Collier visits a bookstore in San Diego, buying several books about famous American theater actress Elise McKenna, with whom he has fallen in love after seeing a portrait of her in the hotel's Hall of History.
20	November 17, 1971	Dates	20th Century: 70s	Events
	November 17, 1971 After falling in love with famous American theater actress Elise McKenna, TV writer Richard Collier studies J.B. Priestly's book Man and Time, deriving a method of time travel involving performing self-hypnosis to convince his mind that he's in the past in order to meet her.
21	November 18, 1971	Dates	20th Century: 70s	Events
	November 18, 1971 After falling in love with a portrait of famous American theater actress Elise McKenna in the Hotel Coronado's Hall of History, TV writer Richard Collier digs through books and documents in a storage room in 1971, discovering a hotel register from 1896 with his name signed on the page for November 20. He attempts to travel back in time through self-hypnosis, and it works, but only for a very brief moment. Later, he purchases a suit to wear in the past at a costume shop in San Diego.
22	November 19, 1971	Dates	20th Century: 70s	Events
	November 19, 1971 Richard Collier wills himself back in time to 1896 in order to meet famous American theater actress Elisa McKenna, with whom he has fallen in love after seeing a portrait of her in the Hotel Coronado's Hall of History.
23	November 22, 1971	Dates	20th Century: 70s	Events
	November 22, 1971 TV writer Richard Collier returns to his original present of 1971, following his trip to the past of 1896, leaving the love of his life, famous American theater actress Elise McKenna behind.
OTHER
24	Elisa McKenna	Other	Quotes	Quotes
	Elisa McKenna Elisa McKenna: And love most sweet.
25	Elisa McKenna	Other	Quotes	Quotes
	Elisa McKenna Elise McKenna: I am engaged to you as an actress, not a doormat, Mr. Robinson. Do not attempt to wipe your boots on me.
26	Elise McKenna	Other	Quotes	Quotes
	Elise McKenna Elise McKenna (when first meeting Richard Collier): Is it you?
27	Famous American theater actress Elise Mc...	Other	Trivia	Questions
	Famous American theater actress Elise McKenna's room number at the Hotel del Coronado in 1896. 171 41 350
28	The first room key number that the front...	Other	Trivia	Questions
	The first room key number that the front desk clerk gives Richard Collier when he's checking in to the Hotel Coronado on November 20, 1896, before another clerk advises that it is reserved. 420 527 350
29	The Hotel del Coronado was built in what...	Other	Trivia	Numbers Game
	The Hotel del Coronado was built in what year? 1888 1887 1919
30	Jack	Other	Quotes	Quotes
	Jack Jack: You're a good lad, Collier, but you're off your nut.
31	Richard Collier	Other	Quotes	Quotes
	Richard Collier Richard Collier: Time travel? Jesus. I belong in the Night Gallery, not in this hotel.
32	Richard Collier	Other	Quotes	Quotes
	Richard Collier Richard Collier: It is November 19, 1896, Thursday, November 19, 1896. You're Richard Collier. Thirty-six. Lying on your hotel bed, eyes closed, on Thursday afternoon, November 19, 1896. 1896. 1896. Room 527. Hotel del Coronado. Thursday afternoon, November 19, 1896.
33	Richard Collier	Other	Quotes	Quotes
	Richard Collier Richard Collier: It's Thursday afternoon. You're lying on your bed in your room at the Hotel del Coronado and it's Thursday afternoon, November 19, 1896. Your mind accepts this absolutely. There is no question in your mind.
34	Richard Collier	Other	Quotes	Quotes
	Richard Collier Richard Collier: It's November 19, 1896. November 19, 1896. You're lying on a bed in the Hotel Del Coronado and it's November 19, 1896. Elisa McKenna and her company are in the hotel at this very moment. The stage issuing set for their performance of The Little Minister tomorrow night.
35	Richard Collier	Other	Quotes	Quotes
	Richard Collier Richard Collier: It is November 19, 1896. You're lying on your bed eyes close, relaxed, and it is November 19, 1896. No tension, no distress.
36	Richard Collier and Elisa McKenna both a...	Other	Trivia	Numbers Game
	Richard Collier and Elisa McKenna both attend a part at Stephens college in Columbia, Missouri in what year? 1953 1971 1964
37	Richard Collier's room number at the Hot...	Other	Trivia	Questions
	Richard Collier's room number at the Hotel del Coronado in 1896. 527 237 350
38	Richard Collier's room number at the Hot...	Other	Trivia	Questions
	Richard Collier's room number at the Hotel del Coronado in 1971. 237 527 350
39	Untitled	Other	Themes	Solo
	#77320d #daab37 #998545
40	Year of the penny that Richard Collier f...	Other	Trivia	Questions
	Year of the penny that Richard Collier finds in his rented costume suit that yanks him out of the past and away from the love of his life. 1971 1972 1980

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