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1001 Classic Movies: The War of the Worlds (1953)
Old Hollywood Films Posted by Amanda Garrett on Oct 13, 2017
The War of the Worlds (1953) is one of the 1001 classic movies you should see. This science fiction classic shows a Martian army (the creature in the photo) destroying downtown Los Angeles.
Each week, I'm going to recommend a classic movie you should see (for the reasons behind the 1001 series read more
George Pal's Production of H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds
Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on Jun 26, 2016
The Martian machines and their force fields.
H.G. Wells purists may quibble with George Pal's 1953 production of The War of the Worlds. True enough, little remains of the novel's original plot. However, Pal and director Byron Haskin successfully balance the large-scale scope of the Earth's desperat read more
George Pal's Production of H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds
Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on Jun 26, 2016
The Martian machines and their force fields.
H.G. Wells purists may quibble with George Pal's 1953 production of The War of the Worlds. True enough, little remains of the novel's original plot. However, Pal and director Byron Haskin successfully balance the large-scale scope of the Earth's desperat read more
Now on Netflix: The War of the Worlds
Old Hollywood Films Posted by Amanda Garrett on Jan 7, 2015
The groundbreaking science fiction classic The War of the Worlds is now available for streaming on Netflix.
Director: Byron Haskin.
Stars: Gene Barry and Ann Robinson.
The plot: Martians invade a small town in California before beginning their invasion of earth.
The bottom line: Produce read more
The War of the Worlds (1953) with Gene Barry
Classic Film Freak Posted by Greg Orypeck on Jan 8, 2014
Share This! “If they’re mortal, they must have mortal weaknesses. They’ll be stopped, somehow.”——Gene Barry The original version of The War of the Worlds was a product of the horror/science fiction films of the 1950s following World War II and expressing latent fears of the hydrogen read more
The War of the Worlds – part 7
The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Jul 22, 2012
The War of the Worlds was filmed on 3-strip Technicolor film. Fantastic attention was paid to every facet of the film with respect to color. However the process was not without its drawbacks. Two strips of 35 mm black and white film negative, one sensitive to blue light and the other to red read more
The War of the Worlds – part 6
The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Jul 20, 2012
In his relentless search for Sylvia and his friends Clayton wanders through the cities endless maze of streets. During his journey Clayton sees, and we see a number of scenes that somehow look familiar. Invaders from Mars and other worlds seem to take great offense at the existence of water to read more
The War of the Worlds – part 5
The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Jul 17, 2012
Clayton shows off his manliness by beating a completely defenceless machine to a pulp. When Clayton put the remains of the probe in a cloth Sylvia discovers its oozing a moist liquid – Martian blood. She tries to comprehend all that has gone on, tries to rationalize it, and fails miserably. Bu read more
The War of the Worlds – part 4
The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Jul 11, 2012
With the demise of Pastor Collins the Marines attack the Martians. Tanks, rockets, and artillery are all used, but none of them can penetrate their shields, something Clayton Forrester refers to as to as a “protective blister”. Colonel Heffner had just ordered everybody in the bunker to read more
The War of the Worlds – part 3
The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Jul 5, 2012
No, this fellow did not eat a WW2 surplus donut The marines come to aid of Linda Rosa with everything they have. Rifles, pistols, artillery guns, flamethrowers. If it can used as a weapon they have it. The one thing they don read more
The War of the Worlds – part 2
The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Jun 30, 2012
Every town or city, regardless of its size, needs something to bring it together. In this particular case the town of Linda Rosa has a thing, which they think is a meteor. Even though some of the town folk think it behaved rather oddly to be a meteor, the most common explanation for what it is is th read more
The War of the Worlds – part 1
The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Jun 28, 2012
I first encountered the story in Classic Comics. I was about ten. Shortly after reading the Classic Comics version I went to see the film. The theater didn’t have ushers, and it didn’t have booster seats for those of us who were vertically challenged. It didn’t have a candy stand w read more