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Entering the 3rd Dimension :: Pent-Up Passion from the Devonian Age Unleashed! (April, 1954)
Posted in 1950-1959, Movie Ads with tags 3-D, 3-D Blogathon, Antonio Moreno, Creature Feature, Creature from the Black Lagoon, Gimmicks and Promotions, Harry Essex, Herbert Lom, Jack Arnold, James Donald, Julie Adams, Nestor Paiva, Phyllis Calvert, Project M7, Richard Carlson, Richard Denning, Safari / Island Adventures, Universal International, Universal Monsters, Whit Bissell, William Alland on November 30, 2012 by WB Kelso
As the legend goes, it was while working for Orson Wells, back in the Mercury Theater days, that producer William Alland first heard the tales of a legendary fish-man that lived somewhere way upstream in the backwaters of the Amazon river. And these tales, told by famed Mexican cinematographer Gabriel Figueroa, eventually germinated into one of the most iconic cinematic monsters ever conceived and executed on film. And though it’s usually one of the first things that come to mind while thinking about 3-D pictures, but truthfully, Creature from the Black Lagoon was one of the last big features to use the already rapidly waning process.
I’ve been lucky enough to see a 3-D print of both Creature and its sequel, Revenge of the Creature, and the differences between seeing them flat and seeing them topographical is like the difference between how long Ben Chapman and Riccou Browning can hold their breath underwater. And now, with advances in home video technology, we all can see the Gill-Man unrequited quest for love in all it’s Stereo-Scopic glory!
Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) Universal International / P: William Alland / D: Jack Arnold / W: Harry Essex, Arthur A. Ross / C: William E. Snyder / E: Ted J. Kent / M: Joseph Gershenson, Henry Mancini, Hans J. Salter, Herman Stein / S: Richard Carlson, Julie Adams, Richard Denning, Antonio Moreno, Whit Bissell, Nestor Paiva
Project M7 (1953) Two Cities Films :: Universal Pictures / EP: Earl St. John / P: Antony Darnborough / D: Antony Darnborough / W: William Fairchild, John Pudney (novel) / C: Desmond Dickinson / E: Frederick Wilson / M: Benjamin Frankel / S: Phyllis Calvert, James Donald, Robert Beatty, Herbert Lom, Muriel Pavlow
Scenes from the Morgue 
Remembering Ray :: Excitement High as the Sky! Mystery Deep as the Sea! (January, 1962)
Posted in 1960-1969, Movie Ads with tags 20th Century Fox, Adventure / Fantasy, Alan Hale Jr., Ameran Films, Associated Producers, Bernard Herrmann, Beth Rogan, Chris Robinson, Columbia Pictures, Creature Feature, Cy Endfield, Dan Jackson, Gary Merrill, Herbert Lom, Hugh Marlowe, Joan Greenwood, Jules Verne, Lisa Montell, Mad Science, Michael Callan, Michael Craig, Mysterious Island, Percy Herbert, Ray Harryhausen, Robert J. Wilke, Sci-Fi, Social Commentary, The Long Rope, Westerns, William Kerwin, William Witney on May 11, 2013 by WB Kelso“They were considered B pictures because they were made on a tight budget. But we outlived many of the A pictures made at the same time.”
Ray Harryhausen
(1920-2013)
Mysterious Island (1961) Ameran Films :: Columbia Pictures / P: Charles H. Schneer / D: Cy Endfield / W: John Prebble, Daniel B. Ullman, Crane Wilbur, Jules Verne (novel) / C: Wilkie Cooper / E: Frederick Wilson / M: Bernard Herrmann / S: Michael Craig, Joan Greenwood, Michael Callan, Gary Merrill, Beth Rogan, Percy Herbert, Dan Jackson, Herbert Lom
The Long Rope (1961) Associated Producers (API) 20th Century Fox Film Corporation / P: Margia Dean, Robert Hamner / D: William Witney / W: Robert Hamner / C: Kay Norton / E: Peter Rolfe Johnson / M: Paul Sawtell, Bert Shefter / S: Hugh Marlowe, Alan Hale Jr., Robert J. Wilke, Lisa Montell, William Kerwin, Chris Robinson
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