Bud Brewster Galactic Fleet Admiral (site admin)
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Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2015 1:42 pm Post subject: Conquest of the Poles (1912) |
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Georges Melies (the stage-magician-turned-pioneer-film-maker who gave us "A Trip to the Moon" in 1902) wrote, produced, directed, and starred in this early sci-fi adventure about an international group of scientists who explore the North Pole in a newly invented aero-bus.
After crashing in the Arctic, the explorers encounter the Giant of the North (a full-sized, mock-up monster, manipulated by stage technicians). At the end of the thirty-three minute silent film the explorers return home in a dirigible. _________________ ____________
Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958) |
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