tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825429179234380868.post3856693700903592081..comments2024-03-19T01:21:30.660-07:00Comments on 13: THE WAR OF THE WORLDS / Paramount Pictures - 1953Eegah!! and Tabonga!http://www.blogger.com/profile/05260131201716267229noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825429179234380868.post-26321002151321581332012-12-01T16:41:53.737-08:002012-12-01T16:41:53.737-08:00I was 8 years old when I saw this picture in theat...I was 8 years old when I saw this picture in theater and it scared the hell out of me. It's still one of my favorite pictures. The color is beautiful, but then, all of the technicolor pictures were beautiful, particularly the westerns.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825429179234380868.post-38228275272886741762012-02-23T17:30:57.397-08:002012-02-23T17:30:57.397-08:00Please add the photo of Los Angeles City Hall gett...Please add the photo of Los Angeles City Hall getting blasted.scrubjayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09149173603708989182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825429179234380868.post-14523803861630178912012-02-22T10:49:27.846-08:002012-02-22T10:49:27.846-08:00Isn't there anyway to go through the Paramount...Isn't there anyway to go through the Paramount records to see who the band was they hired to do the square dance music? I'm sure it must be a local California group. Does anyone recognize any of the musicians?<br /><br />Thanks.Rocky Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17283300430859715416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825429179234380868.post-59784064346306668502011-12-07T03:33:03.250-08:002011-12-07T03:33:03.250-08:00Glad I checked back. The stills now are spectactul...Glad I checked back. The stills now are spectactular, as this picture deserves.<br /><br />I attended a screening of WOTW at Cal State Long Beach once many years ago, where George Pal and Byron Haskin spoke and took questions after the picture ran. Haskin said: "Unfortunately, we had Gene Barry just <i>before</i> he learned to act."<br /><br />I also attended a screening of it once at UCLA, where the blowing up of LA City Hall got cheers that had nothing to do with the virtuosity of the shot, and a lot to do with how hated then-Mayor Sam Yorty was at the time.Douglas McEwannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825429179234380868.post-61137111689498752522011-12-06T12:56:39.127-08:002011-12-06T12:56:39.127-08:00An all-time fave!
Thanks!
--IvanAn all-time fave!<br />Thanks!<br />--IvanIvanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16443946766217092846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825429179234380868.post-10239235620975787352011-12-06T01:10:01.660-08:002011-12-06T01:10:01.660-08:00the prime-time television premiere of WOTW was my ...the prime-time television premiere of WOTW was my first viewing of it, right after the priest gets it my mom decided it was too intense for me and sent me to my room!...Prof. Grewbeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16132543249418576650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825429179234380868.post-91291577656089064042011-12-05T22:51:47.665-08:002011-12-05T22:51:47.665-08:00One of the Best Science Fiction-Film who ever made...One of the Best Science Fiction-Film who ever made!!!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10750384332347562905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825429179234380868.post-82106783666123232082011-12-05T22:24:04.424-08:002011-12-05T22:24:04.424-08:00Fixed!Fixed!TABONGA!noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825429179234380868.post-40371868504802276722011-12-05T16:29:38.633-08:002011-12-05T16:29:38.633-08:00Sorry about quality of the stills on this one...Sorry about quality of the stills on this one...TABONGA!noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825429179234380868.post-66280370853096230592011-12-05T14:47:58.752-08:002011-12-05T14:47:58.752-08:00What a shame that your screencaps for this George ...What a shame that your screencaps for this George Pal classic are all from an interference-plagued broadcast.<br /><br />Gene Barry was also in the Spielberg <i>War of the Worlds</i> with Ann Francis. The two of them play Tom Cruise's parents-in-law, playing the parents of Miranda Otto, who had played Eowyn in <i>The Lord of the Rings</i>, which I guess makes Gene Barry into the brother of King Theoden of the Riddermark. Pretty cool.Douglas McEwannoreply@blogger.com