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Bill Warren	Re: My recently acquired DVd of this movie.	#21	[-]
Mar 17 07 1:56 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I kind of wish that the "monster" costume hadn't been designed to look like a relief map of the Moon. That seemed silly to me even when the movie was new. And the gait of the actor--someone said he walked like his pants were full of mud--is a bit on the risible side, too. But overall, it's a tough, good little movie. My Aunt Sis was a very proper 6th grade school teacher. She assumed the title meant that it would be a realistic depiction of space travel. I don't think she'd ever seen a monster movie before, and was quite alarmed by the whole thing. May you be safely in heaven before the devil knows you're dead.
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skelton knaggs	First Hombre into elspaceo	#22	[-]
Apr 25 07 4:59 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Here's a fun little Mexican lobby card I found.
Zombie Dad	Re: First Hombre into elspaceo	#23	[-]
Apr 25 07 11:14 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	"Aw, quit talkin' like a macaroni". ZD
skelton knaggs	Re: First Hombre into elspaceo	#24	[-]
Jun 26 07 6:38 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Sooo.... This is the guy responsible for my childhood nightmares.
Monsterpal	Re: First Hombre into elspaceo	#25	[-]
Jun 26 07 8:43 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	My Dear, Dear, Dear Squelchington, Have you seen Mr. Day's rarely screened feature, THE RUG OF HORROR? Curioser and curioser, Erasmus Q. PhuD, PhD, LLB, MAD
skelton knaggs	Re: First Hombre into elspaceo	#26	[-]
Jun 26 07 9:24 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	My dear rubellish Erasmus, My shame is of legend. Extra salt in my tear. My colon is spastic. My feet smell like beer. I missed the curtin for RUG OF HORROR, they say... But I did catch his short... ROBERT'S NOW GOT TOUPEE. Resuscitatingly yours, Scarington S. Knaggs
zogstar67	Re: First Hombre into elspaceo	#27	[-]
Jun 28 07 3:50 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Normally, all the space program/test pilot stock footage stuff at the beginning would bore me to tears, but the combination of the stirring score and bold 50s open sky visuals really grabbed me. This gets my vote as some of the best integrated stock footage ever. Particularly the guy covering his ears! Chris Herzog "What good can there be in a Hunchback?"--Torch-wielding villager in CONDEMNED TO LIVE VISIT ME AT MY SPACE: http://www.myspace.com/39159010
skelton knaggs	Re: First Hombre into elspaceo	#28	[-]
Jul 1 07 2:49 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	FIRST MAN INTO SPACE....FACT OR FICTION ? Yuri Gagarin, or..... Lieutenant Dan Prescott... You decide. Last Edited By: skelton knaggs Jan 28 08 2:00 PM. Edited 1 times.
PJAceto	Re: First Hombre into elspaceo	#29	[-]
Jul 2 07 6:00 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Actually, the first man in space is rumored to be an unknown Russian who had the misfortune to land in China. He survived but was captured by the Chinese. The Russians couldn't claim their victory so they hurriedly launched Gagarin in a second capsule.
Zombie Dad	Re: First Woman Into Space	#30	[-]
Jul 2 07 1:15 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Wasn't the first woman into space Alice Kramden? ZD
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TomWeaver999	Re: First Woman Into Space	#31	[-]
Jul 2 07 1:31 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Ralph often threatened to send her to the Moon but never did -- explaining, in one of the "Lost HONEYMOONERS," that he can't hit her "because you're JUST the kind of snitch who'd call the cops!"
skelton knaggs		#32	[-]
Nov 5 07 11:14 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Talk about your crappy lighting. Although, there's something creepy and unsettling about this pic. Kinda like the vibe this film emotes. FIRST MAN INTO SPACE was gritty and upsetting to a nine year old on a Saturday afternoon. I know.....I was there ! "You can't smell any reefer, can you"?
skelton knaggs		#33	[-]
Jan 28 08 2:03 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	This is what nightmares are made of. "You can't smell any reefer, can you"?
Tom Powers		#34	[-]
Jan 28 08 9:15 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I always thought this was an effective little film. The 'eletronic music' stings really got me as a kid. I'll have to look at my old VHS tape, because if memory serves they're credited seperately from the score.
Bud Brewster	Help, Bill! I'm stumped!	#35	[-]
Jul 1 08 9:19 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I remember seeing the following movies at drive-in theaters in the late 1950s, but I'm not sure which movies were seen as double features, and in some cases the second feature might not even have been a sci-fi film (which means I probably have little-or-no memory of them). Here's a list movies I do remember seeing, grouped by their release dates. Please use your detailed knowledge on this subject to make an educated guess as to which ones I saw together at the drive-in. Earth versus The Flying Saucers (1956) The Werewolf (1956) 20 Million Miles to Earth (1957) The 27^th Day (1957) The Space Children (1958) The Colossus of New York (1958) The Fly (1958) First Man into Space (1959) Have Rocket, Will Travel (1959) To aid you in this effort, here are a few non-science-fiction movies I remember seeing at the drive-in which may have been second features for some of the movies listed above. Tunnel of Love (1958) The Mating Game (1959) It Started with a Kiss (1959) The Rat Race (1960) Thanks for helping me straighten out the treasured memories of an old man's past. Bud Last Edited By: Bud Brewster Jul 1 08 9:31 PM. Edited 2 times.
Monsterpal		#36	[-]
Jul 2 08 12:54 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I'm no expert, Bud, but I definitely saw EARTH VS THE FLYING SAUCERS and THE WEREWOLF, 20 MILLION MILES TO EARTH and 27th DAY, and THE SPACE CHILDREN and THE COLOSSUS OF NEW YORK all on double bills.
bipolarber		#37	[-]
Jul 2 08 4:03 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	We had a movie night over a decade ago, when we screened both "First Man Into Space" and the terrible film that copied it's plotline: "The Incredible Melting Man." Unfortunately, neither film really fared well with my friends... I guess too much time has passed...
Bud Brewster	Yep, same with me.	#38	[-]
Jul 2 08 5:44 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Those are the ones I was pretty sure of, too. I still wonder what films the other's were paired up with. Boy, one the things I'm going to do when I finish building my time machine is go back to the 1950s and copy all those pages from the Atlanta Journal that had ads for the movies playing each week. After that, I'll go to the drive-in and see all the movies. I wonder if my old high school sweetheart would like to go with me. By the way, folks, does anybody know why all of Bill Edwards' dialog in "First Man into Space" sounds dubbed while everyone else's sounds like it was recorded during the actual filming? Weird, huh? Bud Last Edited By: Bud Brewster Jul 2 08 5:58 PM. Edited 1 times.
Bill Warren		#39	[-]
Jul 2 08 7:05 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Actually, SPACE CHILDREN and COLOSSUS OF NEW YORK were >not< an official double bill--though they were originally intended to be. Which is probably why a few individual theaters paired them up. There's a topic in which I and others tried to list the official double features of the 50s, and here's a link to it: http://monsterkidclassichorrorforum.yuku.com/topic/2528
Hedley L		#40	[-]
Jul 6 08 10:02 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Bill, you sure know a lot. Now stop writing in blue. PLEASE!
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