From the jungle adventures of Tarzan to the dark city streets of The Shadow, heroes from the pages of pulp fiction have provided plenty of fuel for Hollywood, though with varying degrees of success, and today we will be looking at one of the least successful of these attempts, one Warner Brothers had hoped would…
Tag: George Pal
When Worlds Collide (1951) – Review
The disaster movie has been a staple of cinema for quite some time, with RKO’s 1933 disaster epic Deluge being one of the earliest examples of a genre that is still going on strong today, but in 1951 legendary movie producer George Pal put his stamp on the genre with his film When Worlds Collide,…
Conquest of Space (1955) – Review
With the success of Destination Moon producer George Pal decided to take that same “realistic” approached they used for their trip to the Moon for this depiction of the first voyage to Mars. Based on the popular non-fiction book Conquest of Space by author Will Ley, which was illustrated by Chesley Bonestell the man who…
Destination Moon (1950) – Review
It was back in 1902 when Georges Méliès adapted Jules Verne’s novel “From the Earth to the Moon” to the big screen for his short film A Trip to the Moon that the idea of bringing science fiction works of literary greats had truly begun – though I’m betting the “Man in the Moon” getting…
War of the Worlds (1953) – Review
When H.G. Wells, the grandfather of science fiction, released his serialized story of War of the Worlds he not only created one of the best examples of the genre but also a template for all the alien invasion books and movies for generations to come, and his book itself has been adapted many times from…