USA, 1955
82m
35mm film, Technicolor, 3D, 1.37:1
mono (RCA Sound Recording), English
An American documentary with a science fiction sequence directed by Irwin Allen.
Plot Summary
A documentary about the animal world including a lengthy sequence featuring dinosaurs and culminating in what appears to be the world exploding.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Irwin Allen
Copyright MCMLV [1955] by Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.
Warner Bros. Pictures presents a Windsor production
Produced by: Irwin Allen
Written by: Irwin Allen
Photographed by: Harold Wellman and naturalist photographers throughout the world
Film Editors: Gene Palmer, Robert A. Belcher
Music Composed and Conducted by: Paul Sawtell
Special Effects: Arthur S. Rhoades
Supervising Animator: Willis O’Brien
Animation by: Ray Harryhausen
Art Director: Bill Tuttle
Cast
Narrated by: Theodore Von Eltz, John Storm
Alternative Titles
Eläinten maailma – Finland
Il mondo è meraviglioso – Italy
Die Tierwelt ruft – West Germany
Links
Extracts included in
Americathon (1979)
Trog (1970)
References
Periodicals
- Daily Film Renter no.7235 17 October 1956) p.3 – review
- The Film Daily vol.109 no.76 (19 April 1956) p.6 – review
- Films in Review vol.7 no.6 (June/July 1956) p.291 – review
- The Hollywood Reporter vol.133 no.23 (18 February 1955) – credits, review
- Kine Weekly no.2566 (18 October 1956) p.17 – review
- Monthly Film Bulletin vol.23 no.275 (December 1956) p.157 – credits, synopsis, review
- Motion Picture Herald vol.203 no.3 (21 April 1956) p.865 – review
- Supernatural no.1 (January 1969) p.29 – note (Round the cinema’s zoo of horrors with Supernaturalist)
- Today’s Cinema vol.84 no.7197 (3 February 1955) p.8 – review
- Today’s Cinema vol.87 no.7631 (17 October 1956) p.8 – review
- Variety 18 April 1956 – credits, review
Books
- Beasts and Behemoths: Prehistoric Creatures in the Movies by Roy Kinnard pp.77-79
- Horror and Science Fiction Films: A Checklist by Donald C. Willis p.25 – credits
- The Dinosaur Filmography by Mark E. Berry pp.12-17 – illustrated credits, synopsis
- Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee p.14 – credits
- The Stop-motion Filmography by Neil Pettigrew pp.39-43
