Ironically, Hardwicke plays the old pharaoh in The Ten Commandments! Note from me: When I read this I remembered that DeMille provided narration for The Ten Commandments and sounded pretty good, but Mr. Pal also paid tribute to DeMille in the film by having his film Samson and Delilah (1949) listed on the theater marquee early in the film. DeMille had played in bringing the story to the screen, George Pal wanted him to narrate the film, but DeMille suggested Sir Cedric Hardwicke instead. ~ By way of acknowledging the part that Cecil B. Note from me: "Ladies and gentlemen, please remember to put on your 3D glasses at the appropriate moment or you'll be blinded by the atomic blast in the movie. The rest of the movie would have been in 3-D. ~ George Pal originally wanted the audience to put on 3-D glasses when the actors put on goggles. Note from me: Hey, ditto for that sound effect! It DOES sound like a vacuum cleaner engine winding down! ~ The sound of the spaceships shutting down was made by vacuum cleaners being turned off. Note from me: By gum, now that I know how those sound effect were done, it's easy to imagine electric guitars and dry ice being the source of those sounds! The former set of sound effects became widely used stock sound effects after the film was released. The sound of the Martian screaming after Forrester hit it was a mixture of a microphone scraping along dry ice and a woman's scream played backward. ~ The sound effects of the Martian war machines' heat ray were created from three electric guitars played backward. Call me a heretic, but I'd love to see those damned annoying wires removed from the ships in this movie. Note from me: Digitally removing wires from actors portraying weightlessness in spaceships has created some great scenes in recent years. This was produced before there were lightweight circuits and sophisticated radio controls. Some were for suspension and maneuvering, while others carried power to the various lights and mechanisms. ~ The Martian war machines had about twenty wires running to each one. Note from me: As much as I love stop motion, I doubt the audience would be as impressed with animated tripods as they were with the slow, ominous, floating Martian ships. Wells' novel, but George Pal didn't know how a tripod would walk and instead went with the flying machines. ~ The Martian war machines were originally going to be walking tripods as they were depicted in H.G. Here's a few more trivia items from IMDB in the blue text. Last edited by Bud Brewster on Tue 2:03 pm edited 1 time in total Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child? I won't correct my post above unless Pow wants to change his, then I'll fix both our errors. A stingray is pointed at the front, the manta ray isn't. The Flying Sub was designed from the Stingray, not the manta ray. > Sci-Fi Movies and Serials from 1950 to 1969 Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in ALL SCI-FI :: View topic - The War of the Worlds (1953)įAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register
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