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William Alland (March 4, 1916 – November 11, 1997) [citation needed] was an American actor, film producer and writer, mainly of Western and science-fiction/monster films, including This Island Earth, It Came From Outer Space, Tarantula!, The Deadly Mantis, The Mole People, The Colossus of New York, The Space Children, and the three ...
William Alland. Jump to Edit. Overview. Born. March 4, 1916 · Delmar, Delaware, USA. Died. November 11, 1997 · Long Beach, California, USA (heart disease) Nickname. Bill. Mini Bio. Born in Delmar, DE, William Alland began his show-biz career as an actor with a semi-professional Baltimore troupe.
- March 4, 1916
- November 11, 1997
La muerte de Kane es noticia en todo el mundo. El periodista Jerry Thompson (William Alland) investiga sobre su vida privada con el objetivo de descubrir qué significaba su última palabra al morir y entrevista a amigos, compañeros y parejas del magnate. Es así como se va desarrollando la historia a través de los recuerdos de los ...
William Alland (1916-1997) Producer. Actor. Writer. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. Born in Delmar, DE, William Alland began his show-biz career as an actor with a semi-professional Baltimore troupe.
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A geology expedition in the Amazon uncovers fossilized evidence (a skeletal hand with webbed fingers) from the Devonian period that provides a direct link between land and sea animals. Expedition leader Dr. Carl Maia orders his two assistants to stay in camp while he visits the marine biologyinstitute. Carl reunites with his friend and former stude...
Producer William Alland was attending a 1941 dinner party during the filming of Citizen Kane (in which he played the reporter Thompson) when Mexican cinematographer Gabriel Figueroa told him about the myth of a race of half-fish, half-human creatures in the Amazon River. Alland wrote story notes titled "The Sea Monster" 10 years later, using Beauty...
Leonard Maltin awarded the film three out of four stars, writing: "Archetypal '50s monster movie has been copied so often that some of the edge is gone, but ... is still entertaining, with juicy atmosphere and luminous underwater photography sequences". Film review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reports an approval rating of 80%, based on 44 re...
Sequels
Creature from the Black Lagoon spawned two sequels: Revenge of the Creature (1955), which was also filmed and released in 3D in hopes of reviving the format, and The Creature Walks Among Us (1956), filmed in 2D. A comedic appearance with Abbott and Costello on an episode of The Colgate Comedy Hour aired prior to the film's release. The appearance is commonly known as Abbott and Costello Meet the Creature from the Black Lagoon.
Cancelled remakes
In 1982, John Landis wanted Jack Arnold to direct a remake of the film, and Nigel Kneale was commissioned to write the screenplay. Kneale completed the script, which involved a pair of creatures, one destructive and the other calm and sensitive, being persecuted by the United States Navy. A decision to make the film in 3D led to the remake being canceled by producers at Universal, both for budgetary concerns and to avoid a clash with Jaws 3-D. In 1992, John Carpenter was developing the remake...
Reboot
Universal Pictures, beginning as early as 2014, began developing a shared universe of rebooted modern-day versions of their classic Universal Monsters, with the studio having various films in different stages of development. The series began with The Mummy (2017) and was intended to be followed by the remake of Bride of Frankenstein in 2019 prior to the critical and commercial failure of The Mummy. The Creature from the Black Lagoon was a remake also intended to be developed within the reboot...
Creature from the Black Lagoon at IMDbCreature from the Black Lagoon at AllMovieCreature from the Black Lagoon at the TCM Movie DatabaseCreature from the Black Lagoon at the American Film Institute CatalogProducida por William Alland y dirigida por Jack Arnold (el director de la primera película Creature ), la película está protagonizada por John Agar, Lori Nelson, John Bromfield y Nestor Paiva. La criatura fue interpretada por Tom Hennesy en tierra y, una vez más, interpretada por Ricou Browning bajo el agua.
13 de nov. de 1997 · Advertisement. Movies. William Alland; Movie Producer, Actor. By MYRNA OLIVER. Nov. 13, 1997 12 AM PT. TIMES STAFF WRITER. William Alland, radio actor and film producer best known for his...
