Thursday, December 31, 2015

War of the Worlds



Press Photo Scene from the motion picture "The War of the Worlds" - tup09645

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1953 Press Photo Ann Robinson American Movie Actress - RSC48567

This is an original press photo. Ann Robinson and Gene Barry in the movie "The War of The Worlds"   Photo measures 10 x 8.25inches. Photo is dated --1953.
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Press Photo Aliens Invade Hollywood & Alien Encounters for Alien Invasion Week

This is an original press photo. Long before Independence Day broke box-office records, America looked up in apprehension. Aliens have always captured, if not the planet, then at least the popular imagination. From Sunday, March 23, to Sunday, March 30, Alien Invasion Week contains shows that raise the question "Are we alone?" The week includes two world premiere specials, Aliens Invade Hollywood [(March 23, from 9-10 pm (ET)], a salute to aliens in the movies, and Alien Encounters [March 25, from 10-11 pm (ET)], a review of NASA's search for extra-terrestrial intelligence. Pictured Top: Mars Attacks! (c) 1996 Warner Bros. Photo Courtesy of Industrial Light and Magic; Pictured Bottom: War of the Worlds (c) Paramount PicturesPhoto measures 8 x 10inches. Photo is dated --none.
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1952 Press Photo War of the Worlds LA City Hall effect - dfpb94499

Los Angeles City Hall was blown apart yesterday by invading monsters from Mars, but it was only for a scene for a forthcoming movie, "The War of the Worlds." Gordon Jennings, special effects director at Paramount studio, built the five-foot model at left and then blew it up (right) to simulate the effect of a deadly ray supposedly in possession of the invaders. The movie is a modernized version of H.G. Wells story which Orson Welles produced on radio years ago and scared the wits out of the East coast. Photo measures 10 x 8.25 inches. Photo is dated 07/19/1952.

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Press Photo Scene from the motion picture "The War of the Worlds" - tup09646
Scene from the motion picture "The War of the Worlds"
Photo measures 10 x 8.25 inches. Photo is dated --none.




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1986 Press Photo Scenes from Orson Welles' 1938 broadcast of War of the Worlds.

ABC News "Our World" remembers October 30, 1938. On Halloween Eve in 1938, Orson Welles presented a radio interpretation of H.G. Wells' "War of the Worlds," as part of his Mercury Theater of the Air on CBS radio. They had

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1938 Press Photo GH Wells' The War of the Worlds illustrated by Alvin Correco

This is an original press photo. This drawing, published in 1906. by Alvin Correco, illustrates a part of HG Wells' fantasy, "The War of the Worlds", radio dramatization of which nearly caused a national panic Sunday night when broadcast by Orson Welles. This scene depicts Londoners examining some of the strange machines used by the invading army of Mars to spread death and destruction on this terrestrial sphere. After the Martians died off, unable to "take it" on this disease ridden globe, the death ray machines and disintegrators were of no avail. PS We won.Photo measures 8 x 10.25inches. Photo is dated 11-2-1938.
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H. G. Wells, famed British author and Historian, here describes the "Curve of War" which he explained to newsmen upon his arrival in Chicago for a speech Oct. 29 at Northwestern University. Wells indicated his belief was that a wide-spreak war is in the offing. He tripped an "ardent reader" when the girl couldn't name his recent books. Photo measures 7 x 9inches. Photo is dated 10-28-1937.
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1954 Press Photo Actress Ann Robinson - nox45315

This is an original press photo. Ann Robinson Photo measures 7.75 x 10.25 inches. Photo is dated 09-07-1954.

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1955 Press Photo Ann Robinson Actress - RSC38203

This is an original press photo. Ann Robinson Actress   Photo measures 8 x 10inches. Photo is dated 01-01-1955.

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