Tag Archives: Willis O’Brien
24 Hours of Stop Motion Creatures
The recent arrival of Indicator’s Sinbad Trilogy box set, collecting the three Sinbad films with special effects by Ray Harryhausen, and Indicator’s subsequent announcement of the forthcoming The Wonderful Worlds of Ray Harryhausen Volume 1 (It Came from Beneath the … Continue reading
Son of Kong (1933)
Maybe it’s telling that one of the most memorable moments in Son of Kong (1933) is a troupe of performing monkeys. Specifically, it’s a monkey orchestra, playing for some bored villagers in the Dutch East Indies. Hey, it’s an amazing performance … Continue reading
Posted in Theater Fantastique
Tagged 30's, dinosaurs, Fantasy, giant animals, Helen Mack, King Kong, lovable animals, prehistoric, Robert Armstrong, Stop Motion, Willis O'Brien
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Double Feature: The Beast of Hollow Mountain (1956)/The Valley of Gwangi (1969)
Cowboys vs. dinosaurs! The idea was kicking around in stop-motion animator Willis O’Brien’s head for a while in the years following his seminal work on The Lost World (1925) and King Kong (1933). It was an appealing and original notion to … Continue reading
Posted in Double Feature, Theater Fantastique, Theater Leone
Tagged cowboys, dinosaurs, Fantasy, Guy Madison, James Franciscus, prehistoric, Ray Harryhausen, Stop Motion, Western, Willis O'Brien
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