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  Topic: R.U.R. was on Radio at least 21 times...
Steve Joyce

Replies: 1
Views: 6695

PostForum: Sci-Fi Radio Programs   Posted: Fri Jun 28, 2024 7:29 pm   Subject: R.U.R. was on Radio at least 21 times...
... and that's just before 1950.

This I know because I'm currently writing a book on all of the worldwide productions of the play ... on T.V., on film (realized and aborted plans), radio and theate ...
  Topic: The Time Machine (1949) BBC
Steve Joyce

Replies: 15
Views: 14701

PostForum: Sci-Fi on Television from 1950 to 1969   Posted: Fri Jun 28, 2024 7:24 pm   Subject: Time Machine
Well, once again I posted without reading related threads!

Sorry 'bout that.

This is very interesting stuff. (Love some of the comments too)
  Topic: Hey there was S.F. tv before 1950!!
Steve Joyce

Replies: 0
Views: 2963

PostForum: Sci-Fi on Television from 1950 to 1969   Posted: Fri Jun 28, 2024 7:22 pm   Subject: Hey there was S.F. tv before 1950!!
R.U.R. was shown twice and I believe that the BBC did some H.G. Wells
  Topic: Dr. Cyclops (1940)
Steve Joyce

Replies: 8
Views: 18433

PostForum: Sci-Fi Movies and Serials from 1900 to 1949   Posted: Fri Jun 28, 2024 7:19 pm   Subject: Dr. Cyclops
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IMDB has a very interesting trivia items about this production. Very Happy
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~ Standing more the 6'6", ...
  Topic: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)
Steve Joyce

Replies: 22
Views: 48207

PostForum: Sci-Fi Movies and Serials from 1900 to 1949   Posted: Fri Jun 28, 2024 7:13 pm   Subject: ... and they both inherited the wind!!
I'm a big fan of Spencer Tracy but he seems remote, aloof as Dr. Jekyll.
I have to admit, I got the same impression the one and only time I saw this one, back in the 1990s.
Tracy once admitted that ...
  Topic: The Mechanical Man (1921)
Steve Joyce

Replies: 6
Views: 15662

PostForum: Sci-Fi Movies and Serials from 1900 to 1949   Posted: Fri Jun 28, 2024 7:10 pm   Subject: The Mechanical Man (1921)
Gosh. I recall being so thrilled to get this on a grey market nth generation VHS tape.

Tempus sure does fugit!!

I can probably fit a good number of my tapes these days on a thumb drive (and are ...
  Topic: Dr. Renault's Secret (1942)
Steve Joyce

Replies: 4
Views: 10282

PostForum: Sci-Fi Movies and Serials from 1900 to 1949   Posted: Fri Jun 28, 2024 7:06 pm   Subject: Dr. Renault and Balaoo by Leroux
From the for-what-it-is-worth department:

Renault is based upon a story by Gaston (Phantom of the Opera) Leroux called "Balaoo".

Balaoo was filmed twice in the silent era. First time w ...
  Topic: End of the World (1931)
Steve Joyce

Replies: 2
Views: 7723

PostForum: Sci-Fi Movies and Serials from 1900 to 1949   Posted: Fri Jun 28, 2024 6:59 pm   Subject: more Gance
So glad to see some Gance appreciation.

Here is what we have for devoted followers of this film:

Omega: The Last Days of the World by Camille Flammarion which inspired the film has been translat ...
  Topic: I Acccuse (1938)
Steve Joyce

Replies: 2
Views: 4651

PostForum: Sci-Fi Movies and Serials from 1900 to 1949   Posted: Fri Jun 28, 2024 6:52 pm   Subject: I Accuse
iirc, this was (very unfortunately in the sense that it was necessary) a remake of Gance's picture by the same name concerning World War I. Both are very, very powerful.

I think that Gance's pictu ...
  Topic: Super-Hero TV recommendations sought
Steve Joyce

Replies: 32
Views: 32368

PostForum: Sci-Fi on Television from 2011 to 2020   Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2017 5:51 pm   Subject: Super-Hero TV recommendations sought
CW crossover episodes Very Happy
Looking forward to the new crossovers coming up!

And ... did my eyes and ears deceive me?

In the recent Flash Bachelorette / Bachelor Party episode, did Felicity init ...
  Topic: Supergirl (CBS 2015 / CW 2016)
Steve Joyce

Replies: 216
Views: 190591

PostForum: Sci-Fi on Television from 2011 to 2020   Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2017 2:19 pm   Subject: Supergirl (CBS 2015 / CW 2016)
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I said it before and I'll say it again!

This show just gets better and better! Very Happy
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Supergirl Sneak Peek "Crossf ...
  Topic: Cosmic Voyage (aka Cosmic Journey 1936)
Steve Joyce

Replies: 11
Views: 23651

PostForum: Sci-Fi Movies and Serials from 1900 to 1949   Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2017 2:10 pm   Subject: Cosmic Voyage (aka Cosmic Journey 1936)
I'm not entirely sure, but while this was shot as a 30s silent (lots of other countries besides the US were still making silents after the United States stopped), I believe the music sound track was p ...
  Topic: Super-Hero TV recommendations sought
Steve Joyce

Replies: 32
Views: 32368

PostForum: Sci-Fi on Television from 2011 to 2020   Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2016 5:21 pm   Subject: Super-Hero TV recommendations sought
Definitely will catch the 4 way crossover. Looking forward to it.

Wish I recorded the Martain Manhunter episode.
  Topic: MIRACLES DO HAPPEN!
Steve Joyce

Replies: 20
Views: 24186

PostForum: Contact All Sci-Fi   Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2016 3:41 pm   Subject: MIRACLES DO HAPPEN!
Great News!
  Topic: Men Must Fight (1933)
Steve Joyce

Replies: 12
Views: 19791

PostForum: Sci-Fi Movies and Serials from 1900 to 1949   Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2016 10:24 pm   Subject: Men Must Fight (1933)
Here is an honest attempt to project the world into the future, not some silly cowboys-in-space flick.

That's exactly why I like films such as MMF. It's creaky but it's earnest. (And...I have to ...
 
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