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monsterdavid	Los tesoros de Colossa, firts spanihs Harryhausen's world	#101	[-]
Dec 13 11 3:19 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Hello. I'd like you the first Spanish fanzine dedicated to Ray Harryhausen. I hope you like it. Regards http://issuu.com/monsterdavid/docs/colossa_numero_0
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BijouBob8mm		#102	[-]
Jan 30 12 6:06 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	On the previous page I had posted a photo taken from the last page of Chapter 1 of Harryhausen's book An Animated Life, which showed a miniature set of three crosses against a dramatic evening sky, to tie in with Easter last year. (It was less messy than dipping eggs in dye, but just as colorful.) In his book Ray H mentions he shot it for a religious group but, due to the passage of time, couldn't remember any more about it. By sheer dumb luck I recently stumbled across the film for which that miniature set had been made and photographed. It appears in one of a series of 16mm shorts made in 1951 by Cathedral Films for use by church and civic groups called THE LIVING CHRIST. There were 12 episodes made for the series in all, and Harryhausen's miniature Golgotha piece appears at the finale of the 12th film, "Crucifixion and Resurrection." I don't know if future reprints of the book will ever be revised, but I sent the info along to Ray H's official website in case they wanted to incorporate it into his credits or use it for future reference. EDIT/UPDATE: Was just contacted by Tony Dalton, Ray's co-author, saying Ray had seen my e-mail and added "it seemed like a hopeless case in trying to find out what it was for. You have filled in a gap we have been trying to resolve for many years." They hope to be able to use the footage (the series is listed as a public domain title) on their website, now that they know what to look for. Last Edited By: BijouBob8mm Feb 1 12 11:59 AM. Edited 2 times.
lynaron		#103	[-]
Mar 10 12 2:40 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Way to go, BB!! The old clock on the wall says it's time to start jumping to conclusions again.
bobzilla		#104	[-]
Mar 10 12 3:24 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	A pat on the back is due, BB! Makes ya feel good, doesn't it? Nice job!
BijouBob8mm		#105	[-]
Apr 12 12 2:23 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Thanks, guys! Wish I could claim it was hours of cinematic detective work and research, but it was more a matter of me all but stumbling over it.
Dr Acula		#106	[-]
May 10 12 8:51 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts
monsterdavid	The treasures of Colosssa number 1	#107	[-]
May 13 12 3:47 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Hello to all fans of wizard Ray Harryhausen. I submit on-linepublication "Colossa Treasures", the first publication in Spaindedicated to Ray, number 1 that you can free download from the link that you facilitated. I hope you like it. Greetings from the island of the Cyclops! http://issuu.com/monsterdavid/docs/colossa
BijouBob8mm		#108	[-]
Jun 9 12 9:49 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	According to his Facebook page, Ray H is recording commentaries for the rest of his films. MYSTERIOUS ISLAND and CLASH OF THE TITANS have already been completed.
BijouBob8mm		#109	[-]
Jan 15 13 3:38 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Harryhausen has mentioned at different times he had ideas for some of his films that got dropped prior to production, and how he would tuck those concepts away in hopes of finding them homes in future projects. While looking through some of his artwork, it would seem that recycling mindset was applied to his illustrations as well. Compare these two shots for unrealized projects, WAR OF THE WORLDS and THE ELEMENTALS. (Appologies on the WAR OF THE WORLDS pic...couldn't find a good copy and had to enlarge it.) Both show scenes that would have given us a cockpit point-of-view of the action. Except for what's seen through the window, the two pieces are identical. Was Harryhausen able to replicate all those details of the cockpit and pilot that precisely in a second drawing, or did he simply draw over part of his original illustration to replace monsters with Martians (or vice-versa)?
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bobzilla		#110	[-]
Jan 15 13 4:42 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	He did the same with (I think) a Satyr and the Ymir in two drawings.
MonsterGuy95		#111	[-]
Feb 6 13 6:51 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I heard somewhere that Ray did an interview in the late 50's in which he brought along the Ymir from "20 MILLION MILES TO EARTH". Does anyone know if this interview exists? I would love to see the actual model - shame that it doesn't exist now, just as a plaster copy.
rmefx		#112	[-]
Feb 21 13 5:06 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I doubt it was taped or filmed. It was on the Dick Whittinghill Show in Los Angeles which was an afternoon talk show. There are probably other interviews from that time because 20 Million Miles was given more publicity than most monster films. A similar interview was done for Jack the Giant Killer featuring the Cormoran and Harpy puppets on the Skipper Frank cartoon show. I assume there is still film of the Warner Bros. short showing the making of The Animal World which was broadcast in 1956 on the Warner Bros. Presents show on television. I saw all three of these and have never forgotten them.
Full Port Rudder		#113	[-]
Feb 22 13 12:53 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	MonsterGuy95 wrote: I heard somewhere that Ray did an interview in the late 50's in which he brought along the Ymir from "20 MILLION MILES TO EARTH". Does anyone know if this interview exists? I would love to see the actual model - shame that it doesn't exist now, just as a plaster copy. I don't know if it's likely that that was the actual model, it was dismantled for its armature for the second cyclops (not the one pictured in your avatar), it had to be a bit smaller scale for the fight with the dragon. Ray might have brought the plaster copy with him on the show, it depends on when it aired. If it was after 1957, most likely it was the plaster one.
rmefx		#114	[-]
Feb 22 13 1:41 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Full Port Rudder wrote: MonsterGuy95 wrote: I heard somewhere that Ray did an interview in the late 50's in which he brought along the Ymir from "20 MILLION MILES TO EARTH". Does anyone know if this interview exists? I would love to see the actual model - shame that it doesn't exist now, just as a plaster copy. I don't know if it's likely that that was the actual model, it was dismantled for its armature for the second cyclops (not the one pictured in your avatar), it had to be a bit smaller scale for the fight with the dragon. Ray might have brought the plaster copy with him on the show, it depends on when it aired. If it was after 1957, most likely it was the plaster one. The interview was shown during the first run of 20 Million Miles to Earth in the summer of 1957. It was a daytime show in the afternoon. which I would not have seen during the school year. As far as I remember Ray did move the puppet so it must have been the armatured one. The program opened with a tight close-up of the Ymir on Whittinghill's desk.
skull island escapee		#115	[-]
Feb 23 13 3:06 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	The pilot drawing by Ray looks identical to me in both cases, Bob------the seamless composites are worthy of today's photoshop abilities, and I'm not quite sure how this was achieved in the 50s---Ray did sometimes paint/draw flying saucers direct onto photos---maybe he photographed the original concept, then simply made a cut-out composite using the original pilot artwork, or maybe a photograph of the pilot? 'the horror..............THE HORROR!' Cartoon-strip blog here [updated regularly]: http://zoomertoonsrabsmith.blogspot.com/
Full Port Rudder		#116	[-]
Feb 28 13 2:55 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	He's done it on film, why not on paper?
BijouBob8mm		#117	[-]
May 3 13 8:48 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I would love to see the actual model Here's a shot that Jim Aupperle shared with us over in the Fifties Folder:
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