Bill Warren wrote:
I began to wonder, probably not for the first time, what movies would have been like without Ray Harryhausen.  I doubt that Charles Schneer would have--COULD have--found someone better to do his giant octopus movie than Harryhausen, so he might not have produced a series of fantasy films.  He surely wouldn't have produced THAT series of fantasy films.
Yes, instead of making movies with Ray Harryhausen, Charles Schneer might have produced a successful series of action movies starring Ronald Reagan, like his HELLCATS OF THE NAVY (1957). History might have been changed in a big way!