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[Bud Brewster]

[Bud Brewster]

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I just read pages 2 and 3 of this great thread, I love the ideas you guys presented!

Bravo!
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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)

[Bud Brewster]

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IMDB has several interesting trivia items for this production.
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~ Writer/director Edward Bernds first sought Sterling Hayden and then Frank Lovejoy for the lead. Producer Richard V. Heermance eventually hired Hugh Marlowe, who asked for only a quarter of the other actors' salaries. According to Bernds, Marlowe was often lazy and unprepared.

Note from me: I like Hugh Marlow, and his character is very appealing in this movie. I can't quite picture Sterling Hayden or Frank Lovejoy in the role.

~ This film was produced directly by Allied Artists (formerly Monogram Pictures). It was made in hopes of shedding Monogram's "poverty row" image.

It was given a larger budget, shot in color and CinemaScope and ran a full reel longer than their usual 60- to 70-minute running time common to "B" pictures. Allied Artists was able to book it under percentage contracts rather than flat rates.

Note from me: I love this movie. I just wish we'd gotten matte shots of the underground complex, something like these (but not quite as expansive






~ Writer/director Edward Bernds disagreed with first-time producer Richard V. Heermance's budget-saving practices, especially the economically filmed final scene.

Note from me: Ironically the final scene, which shows the underground people mixing with the normal people from the mutant tribe (and all their children) has always moved me.

~ Writer/director Edward Bernds disagreed with first-time producer Richard V. Heermance's budget-saving practices, especially the economically filmed final scene.

Note from me: I've scene both movies many times, and I've never spotted any shots from Flight to Mars in this movie. Even the crash landing in the snow which the rocket made in both movie were significantly different.

~ Just four years later, one of this film's stars, Rod Taylor, would star in George Pal's The Time Machine (1960). Based on the novel by H.G. Wells, this film would be Rod's second foray through time in his career.

Note from me: Come to think of it, the two movies would make great double features!

~ In this film, Rod Taylor still retains traces and phrases from his Australian background. By the time he filmed "The Time Machine", just a few years later, he'd lost all vestiges of his home country.

Note from me: Ironically, the first time I saw World Without End in 1980s on a VHS tape I wondered why Rod was trying to speak with an unconvincing British accent!

~ Although the films had nothing in common except time travel, the H.G. Wells estate sued the producers for plagiarism, citing similarities to Wells' novel "The Time Machine". Ironically, the producers of the film made from that story, The Time Machine (1960), used Rod Taylor, who starred in this film.

Note from me: This seems bogus. How could the Wells' relatives think this movie bore ANY resemblance to H.G.'s novel.

~ Renowned illustrator Reynold Brown did the poster art.

Note from me: This poster is one of seven which decorated the walls of my room in the 1960s.


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~ Writer/director Edward Bernds reused the motorized spiders in Queen of Outer Space (1958) and Valley of the Dragons (1961).

Note from me: This isn't quite accurate. The spider was certainly NOT motorized! It's a big, stuffed, ridiculous prop that had to thrown down onto the actors, who then struggled with it unconvincingly while they tried to keep for laughing . . .

~ Released on a double bill with Indestructible Man (1956).

Note from me: I wish I'd seen this double feature at the Roosevelt Drive-In which my parents took my sister and me to in the later 1950s.

But the only sci-fi movie I remember seeing there in 1956 was the double feature of Earth vs the Flying Saucers and The Werewolf.





Ironically, that drive-in was the site of a famous UFO incident in 1956. Fortunately the drive-in's owner snapped this remarkable photo!



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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)

[17 Oaks]

One of my favs in SciFi, great movie done right and more babes too. But a HARD movie to find, lots of trailers, but the movie itself not even a 'rent or buy' on line.

I keep looking.

[Phantom]

17 Oaks,

You can find the movie on Warner Bros DVD, along with Satellite in the Sky, a minor but interesting sci-fi romp from 1956. It's in color (a real surprise) and stars Shakespearean actor Sir Donald Wolfit.

I saw World Without End in '56, then not again until dvd. Not a particular favorite of mine, but good enough to collect.

Hope you can find a copy (if it is still in circulation).
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[Bud Brewster]

[Bud Brewster]

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IMDB has several interesting trivia items for this production.
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~ Writer/director Edward Bernds first sought Sterling Hayden and then Frank Lovejoy for the lead. Producer Richard V. Heermance eventually hired Hugh Marlowe, who asked for only a quarter of the other actors' salaries. According to Bernds, Marlowe was often lazy and unprepared.

Note from me: I like Hugh Marlow, and his character is very appealing in this movie. I can't quite picture Sterling Hayden or Frank Lovejoy in the role.

~ This film was produced directly by Allied Artists (formerly Monogram Pictures). It was made in hopes of shedding Monogram's "poverty row" image.

It was given a larger budget, shot in color and CinemaScope and ran a full reel longer than their usual 60- to 70-minute running time common to "B" pictures. Allied Artists was able to book it under percentage contracts rather than flat rates.

Note from me: I love this movie. I just wish we'd gotten matte shots of the underground complex, something like these (but not quite as expansive






~ Writer/director Edward Bernds disagreed with first-time producer Richard V. Heermance's budget-saving practices, especially the economically filmed final scene.

Note from me: Ironically the final scene, which shows the underground people mixing with the normal people from the mutant tribe (and all their children) has always moved me.

~ Writer/director Edward Bernds disagreed with first-time producer Richard V. Heermance's budget-saving practices, especially the economically filmed final scene.

Note from me: I've scene both movies many times, and I've never spotted any shots from Flight to Mars in this movie. Even the crash landing in the snow which the rocket made in both movie were significantly different.

~ Just four years later, one of this film's stars, Rod Taylor, would star in George Pal's The Time Machine (1960). Based on the novel by H.G. Wells, this film would be Rod's second foray through time in his career.

Note from me: Come to think of it, the two movies would make great double features!

~ In this film, Rod Taylor still retains traces and phrases from his Australian background. By the time he filmed "The Time Machine", just a few years later, he'd lost all vestiges of his home country.

Note from me: Ironically, the first time I saw World Without End in 1980s on a VHS tape I wondered why Rod was trying to speak with an unconvincing British accent!

~ Although the films had nothing in common except time travel, the H.G. Wells estate sued the producers for plagiarism, citing similarities to Wells' novel "The Time Machine". Ironically, the producers of the film made from that story, The Time Machine (1960), used Rod Taylor, who starred in this film.

Note from me: This seems bogus. How could the Wells' relatives think this movie bore ANY resemblance to H.G.'s novel.

~ Renowned illustrator Reynold Brown did the poster art.

Note from me: This poster is one of seven which decorated the walls of my room in the 1960s.


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~ Writer/director Edward Bernds reused the motorized spiders in Queen of Outer Space (1958) and Valley of the Dragons (1961).

Note from me: This isn't quite accurate. The spider was certainly NOT motorized! It's a big, stuffed, ridiculous prop that had to thrown down onto the actors, who then struggled with it unconvincingly while they tried to keep for laughing . . .

~ Released on a double bill with Indestructible Man (1956).

Note from me: I wish I'd seen this double feature at the Roosevelt Drive-In which my parents took my sister and me to in the later 1950s.

But the only sci-fi movie I remember seeing there in 1956 was the double feature of Earth vs the Flying Saucers and The Werewolf.





Ironically, that drive-in was the site of a famous UFO incident in 1956. Fortunately the drive-in's owner snapped this remarkable photo!



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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)

[Rick3]

[Bud Brewster]

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By gum, Rick, you're right! I've never scene Marnie, but I knew darn well that it starred Connery not Taylor.

Please feel free to let me know when I make a goof like that one. Ditto for any opinion I express that you disagree with. I created this board to exchange both information AND opinions, and I LOVE a spirited debates — even when I ! )
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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)