Thursday, July 10, 2025

Cinema and the UFO

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I n the mid 1950s buckets of courage would have been required for a movie producer to depict "flying saucers" as something other ...
Thursday, November 7, 2024

From Pennsylvania to Ontario

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W ith the inclusion of these three newspaper clippings, our current exploration of various articles and reviews regarding the movie is endin...
Monday, November 4, 2024

Wendell Swanson's Mother

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A mong a wealth of newspaper and magazine articles I read about the movie over many years, never have I encountered anything about the famil...
Thursday, October 31, 2024

The 60 Cent Matinee

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W hile Edward Ruppelt and Nicholas Mariana each receive more publicity in today's articles, the ad showing a matinee airing of the film ...
Monday, October 28, 2024

Brick or Treat

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S ome reviewers found the movie appealing or at least interesting, while others lavished United Artists' strange release with anything b...
Tuesday, October 22, 2024

Mariana and Newhouse Prominently Mentioned

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U nexplained films of strange objects shown in the movie receive top billing in today's assortment of newspaper articles, as photographe...
Thursday, October 17, 2024

UFOs and Pilot in Pursuit Likened to Cat and Mouse Encounter

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R eviewers continued to both praise and find fault with the motion picture's director and production values, but aside from that we must...
Thursday, October 10, 2024

Reporters Are Actors, Says Towers

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T om Towers, interviewed by another reporter here as the movie premiered, said a thing or two I hadn't heard from him before, particular...
Monday, October 7, 2024

Hot Water and Wire Brushes

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I t was good to see the occasional newspaper article focusing upon key personnel other than Clarence Greene or Tom Towers.  In this collecti...
Thursday, October 3, 2024

Cincinnati's Hometown Son

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A rticles from a Cincinnati newspaper make it clear that Tom Towers grew up in that city.  Also of interest is a reference to Dick Williams,...
Monday, September 30, 2024

The Senator Did Not Reply

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The Newsday piece brought out something of intrigue:  Producer Clarence Greene had attempted unsuccessfully to contact Senator Richard Russe...
Monday, September 23, 2024

From California to Ohio to D.C.

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M any newspaper reporters and reviewers expressed at least some enthusiasm about the movie's opening, as shown in this collection, but u...