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[Bud Brewster]

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Wow, Danilo, I had no idea that the release print was so much shorter than the initial cut. Where did you find that amazing bit of information?

[Gord Green]

[Robert (Butch) Day]

[Robert (Butch) Day]

The year book mentioned is this:



It can only be found in very large libraries as the cost is $150.00 for past editions and $500.00 for current subscription. The only copies I've ever seen are in the library at the University of Washington and at the home library of Mike Walsh, now retired movie critic for the Vancouver, B. C. newspaper The Sun. HE photo copied the relevant pages for me.

BONUS

Close-up of the 'plastic educator' controls:


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Common Sense ISN'T Common

[Gord Green]

Here's a couple of blueprints from the Bonham collection.




And the covers to the original "file copy" script and the continuity listing.




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There comes a time, thief, when gold loses its lustre, and the gems cease to sparkle, and the throne room becomes a prison; and all that is left is a father's love for his child.

[Robert (Butch) Day]

I was asked by Pye-Rate what would fireworks be like on Altair IV. The only thought I had was the attacking Id in shifting colors:













Late Addition. Pye-Rate created this:



[Added July 2, 2019 at 3:12 PM]

Then in a rainbow blend! It would be, one might say, pretty but deadly!
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Common Sense ISN'T Common

[Bud Brewster]

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I don't know if IMDB will approve the trivia item shown below which I submitted today, but I couldn't resist taking a shot, because it's bothered me for years that the inferior special effects in The Ten Commandments received the FX Oscar in 1956 when Forbidden Planet should have been the clear winner!

Anyway, here's what I submitted.
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Although the elaborate special effects in The Ten Commandments are impressive, many film historians and movie fans feel that MGM's Forbidden Planet should have gotten the FX Oscar in 1956. However, since Forbidden Planet was basically a B movie that turned out remarkable well because the film crew exceeded the budget after they became so enthusiastic about the project, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences decided that Paramount's colossal religious epic was a more appropriate choice for the FX Oscar.
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Ill let you folks know if they actually accept my submission.
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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)

[Robert (Butch) Day]

Also WHO in 1956-1957 would vote against a religious epic in communist-fearing US of A and gain the wrath of the nearly-all-powerful Cecil B. DeMille?

Besides Joshua Meador animated the "Pillar of Fire" and the "Burning Bush" sequences; so he effectively was competing with himself!
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Common Sense ISN'T Common

[Bud Brewster]

[Maurice]

[Gord Green]

That's a great copy too!

This is the first page.....



The dates are a bit confusing, but it looks like this is dated complete on 9/3/54.

The scripts Butch is talking about are earlier drafts from Feb 1954.
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There comes a time, thief, when gold loses its lustre, and the gems cease to sparkle, and the throne room becomes a prison; and all that is left is a father's love for his child.

[Bud Brewster]

[Gord Green]

[Robert (Butch) Day]

Yes, QUITE different. Sorry it is taking so long.

I found this in my archives. Sorry for the size. To reduce it looses detail.




I wonder if it is similar to what the EX-101 Bellerophon crew found?
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Common Sense ISN'T Common

[Bud Brewster]