tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86512701868293406412024-03-27T19:53:56.378-04:00UFO: The True Story of Flying SaucersRobert Barrow Presents A Tribute to the 1956 Feature-Length Documentary Motion Picture released through United Artists, Quite Possibly The Most Important Movie Ever ProducedRobert Barrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03691364050976634359noreply@blogger.comBlogger147125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8651270186829340641.post-77940658094635350702024-03-18T19:04:00.000-04:002024-03-18T19:04:12.568-04:00 Documenting the Incredible<p><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnenUgrD70Hyeo8kXMVo1WlLEtWHiaPqcBmoZqpZUO7ZxpECOPwLqML7iVtnTxf-pQzn8BnD1s64hhf4kZrr5pOCaG4AjkPjE6mtmn48c9BkKXJeWZQgdcvvbRm3lC_YAKE08m78AMYfLgnj3kkLllETbW404_eQ7HuTUtfktYj8PADhzM1cASfv-8v_Vx/s287/title%20in%20red_lt%20blue%20border.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="160" data-original-width="287" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnenUgrD70Hyeo8kXMVo1WlLEtWHiaPqcBmoZqpZUO7ZxpECOPwLqML7iVtnTxf-pQzn8BnD1s64hhf4kZrr5pOCaG4AjkPjE6mtmn48c9BkKXJeWZQgdcvvbRm3lC_YAKE08m78AMYfLgnj3kkLllETbW404_eQ7HuTUtfktYj8PADhzM1cASfv-8v_Vx/w400-h223/title%20in%20red_lt%20blue%20border.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">T</span>hough recent congressional hearings regarding UFOs have at last added respectability to a subject long derided by government decree, a semi-documentary motion picture barely remembered from the fifties had laid out the evidence decades before official Washington publicly stuck a fork into the phenomenon to see if it was done. It was not. The UFO, UAP or an enigma rose by any other name is still very much here and "out there."<br /><br />Are you curious about the movie and its background? Do you wonder why a UFO documentary focusing upon famous UFO reports from the forties, and particularly the fifties was produced at all? Are you inquisitive regarding U.S. government concerns about a phenomenon tracked both visually and on radar? Then the contents of this blog are for you. Blogs being what they are, you need to go back in time and advance forward chronologically to gain the best perspective. You can and really should begin with the very first entry right here:<br /><br /><a href="http://ufothemovie.blogspot.com/2008/06/of-relatively-incredible-things.html">http://ufothemovie.blogspot.com/2008/06/of-relatively-incredible-things.html<br /></a><br />I hope you find your visit rewarding and, like myself and others intrigued by UFOs, walk away knowing why this old film glows with historical significance, despite a few bumps here and there along the way.<br /><br />The U.S. government became surprisingly open about this subject in 2021, but new reports issued by an allegedly new and improved government investigation in 2024 remind one of older days when denial based upon shoddy and lacking research was all the rage. As usual, significant UFO evidence was largely ignored. That's one reason why I remain so glad that the 1956 motion picture remains as testimonial to an ongoing truth -- that UFOs are real and worth investigating. -- Robert Barrow<p></p>Robert Barrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03691364050976634359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8651270186829340641.post-62599734450032917852022-11-21T18:53:00.000-05:002022-11-21T18:53:54.153-05:00 A Circuitous Route for the Movie's Music<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOiJ_vOJsEUrrzkL4c5nsKTnXOk9JbDXOtcGOlHCG9nfLcrI4TByHJ-UimC9IZ20t0fB0MYt7_vgu8UxWw86LuCd8XIbnUdRow6nSKD-UoAzbHkpG9XLBIPo5MfG62C0oa-l_u8PZUMX-4zV21jYVeT-kjtAU4BhtalPlmvYep3xdYusi0vz32s1ZJxA/s1024/UFO_Producer1024_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="791" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOiJ_vOJsEUrrzkL4c5nsKTnXOk9JbDXOtcGOlHCG9nfLcrI4TByHJ-UimC9IZ20t0fB0MYt7_vgu8UxWw86LuCd8XIbnUdRow6nSKD-UoAzbHkpG9XLBIPo5MfG62C0oa-l_u8PZUMX-4zV21jYVeT-kjtAU4BhtalPlmvYep3xdYusi0vz32s1ZJxA/s320/UFO_Producer1024_1.jpg" width="247" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Y</span>ou may recall a few years back when I posted an e-mail (reference via the search engine above) from recording artist and composer Andrew Gold, son of famed composer Ernest Gold. I would not have posted the note, but for the unfortunate fact that Andrew died soon after corresponding with me, and it was historically relevant at that point to document his words.<br /><br />I had found his e-mail address on his Web site, and thought it couldn't hurt to inquire as to the location of his late father's music for "U.F.O." Andrew's incredibly kind response was more than forthcoming, for while he pretty much considered the music an "oldie" and seemingly not a piece particularly up front in his mind, he astounded me, a complete stranger, by promising he would send me the music if he found it!<br /><br />Obviously, this never happened and the world grew sad the day Andrew Gold, popular composer/performer of such songs as "Thank You for Being a Friend" and "Lonely Boy" passed away.<br /><br />A little time went by, when one day there appeared among my e-mails a note from Monstrous Movie Music about re-releasing the movie's music, perhaps a re-orchestration from the original score. This was truly amazing news, because Ernest Gold's lively and emotional, yet sympathetic score conducted by Emil Newman provided pure magic to prop up a motion picture production which, I readily confess, sometimes thirsted for great music to accentuate slow and even tedious portions.<br /><br />More time, years, slid by, but no project occurred, and finally it came to my attention that the original score was indeed missing, gone, apparently irretrievably. To a long-time motion picture music fanatic such as myself, this was devastating news, and I even conjured in my head a scenario where a super-computer might rewrite Gold's score based upon a digital perusal of his previous work and style (Verdict: Unlikely, and very expensive in any case to even attempt it).<br /><br />Yet, there was a modicum of good news. The original tapes containing Newman's music were apparently intact, even with some "raw track" selections on acetate, and the music recordings are or were in possession of at least one person, a music producer who actually included four pieces of the movie's music a few years ago in a CD entitled, <i>The Ernest Gold Collection, Volume One</i> (Dragon's Domain Records, DDR738). David at Monstrous Movie Music does not know why the entire music soundtrack was not included among the many other Gold selections on the CD.<br /><br />I attempted to get a response from a source at the CD distributor's location, but nobody responded and, as is the usual dilemma, a troublesome number of years have passed anyway. If I learn more, I'll note it here.<br /><br />(From the dark side: At least one pirate Internet site which will not be identified and whose location I have nevertheless forgotten posted two music selections from the movie. I was surprised and had not searched out of curiosity until I knew about the CD's release. I'm well aware how pirate sites grab new music and post it immediately, depriving artists of royalties, but the last things I would have expected to find would be selections from the now relatively obscure "U.F.O." Then again, Ernest Gold's music was probably the draw because of his fame and reputation.)<span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj1vFDMFwebOh7pH7rcuL6d_nw8g5oywmmg7BDiY7JgWyhiKYqwwNRPdhWrST908eYUHuO9Z2Tx8b_6lmyGa0157z8YE2vtXVD-iOsKrCU7y4-PLu-PZQp74qcmjXkGxU_4KzZshpzO1MG1lw_KpKnGQ6zdCP9d7NvZK1QzwF8RKX5dMDwhwj0yRw-Ag/s1024/UFO%20(union%20sheets)1024_1.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="622" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj1vFDMFwebOh7pH7rcuL6d_nw8g5oywmmg7BDiY7JgWyhiKYqwwNRPdhWrST908eYUHuO9Z2Tx8b_6lmyGa0157z8YE2vtXVD-iOsKrCU7y4-PLu-PZQp74qcmjXkGxU_4KzZshpzO1MG1lw_KpKnGQ6zdCP9d7NvZK1QzwF8RKX5dMDwhwj0yRw-Ag/s320/UFO%20(union%20sheets)1024_1.jpg" width="194" /></a></span><br /><br />In the meantime, the two visuals here impart a little more historical information about the music, including standard union payments and individual musicians involved when a definitive recording session finally took place in November, 1955. Chappell and Co. owned rights to the music for a time, as indicated in a list of the movie's music titles (we posted two pages of titles with further info a few years ago).<br /><br /><br /><i>(My appreciation to David at Monstrous Movie Music for vital information regarding the music cannot be overestimated.)</i><p></p>Robert Barrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03691364050976634359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8651270186829340641.post-62512346553436846302022-11-17T18:19:00.001-05:002022-11-17T18:19:29.941-05:00When "Powers" Went Viral<p><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7yvuLgdfiNvMeKRncd-KTE5V4YYBgj_dXh2dakImSmsAB7JMyTUpe3YPT0AErrcHYPxw-2zKGGpwSztclJ1ylybVsIQK1k-m5qUaHCDTA-BuqZ2EtKF1CIvjxBXCa5bpL8TJAa3S8avi4qX3_BHmS8q6XEekcB7sgr9VPu_mvOHCUZ9Z7Tdyzvks9Uw/s1024/ASCAP%20Information%20Sheet_UFO_1956.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="791" data-original-width="1024" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7yvuLgdfiNvMeKRncd-KTE5V4YYBgj_dXh2dakImSmsAB7JMyTUpe3YPT0AErrcHYPxw-2zKGGpwSztclJ1ylybVsIQK1k-m5qUaHCDTA-BuqZ2EtKF1CIvjxBXCa5bpL8TJAa3S8avi4qX3_BHmS8q6XEekcB7sgr9VPu_mvOHCUZ9Z7Tdyzvks9Uw/s320/ASCAP%20Information%20Sheet_UFO_1956.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">L</span>ike many sources, when the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) prepared this information sheet regarding the movie, the actor's name was listed as Tom Powers instead of Towers. Some confusion likely stemmed from the fact that, as we have mentioned on numerous occasions, there actually once was a Hollywood character actor of some repute named Tom Powers, who surely would have enjoyed these recurring episodes of misdirected publicity in 1956.<br /><br />There's more to be said about the motion picture's music, coming up next time.<br /><br />(Thanks to David and Monstrous Movie Music for this ASCAP document.) <br /><p></p>Robert Barrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03691364050976634359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8651270186829340641.post-3009966451195513702022-11-02T19:27:00.003-04:002022-11-02T19:29:27.004-04:00 The Mystery of the Missing<p><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">T</span>he premiere of "U.F.O." elicited a number of reactions, and if an "ornamental iron specialist" was encouraged to developed some instrument to aid in contacting "the visitors" -- ? -- because of the movie, who can fault him?<br /><br />On the more serious side, however, again we find a newspaper article certifying that the producers placed "documents and official records" with the Title Insurance Company of Los Angeles. I have never been able to determine what these items comprised, and even a letter to the Title Insurance Co. back in the 1970s only resulted in their response that they no longer had any of this material on file.<br /><br />Yes, we can obviously assume that the producers eventually retrieved this material, but still have no record of the contents. There may have been some gems there.</p><p> </p><p>Cr: Barry Greenwood <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj00VKP4k68EIZDLWpdDKMPt9dnpk2HjAVHQBsom19dBw2V0699ciidj-eFY6nRwDoTxTGwZujWiGpF2hdcmA2d2gioeD_yAZxT5O3DyvecYXzo7OxWOnPltM0rugoibzx9jdDBDnrN0bbEiQDPNLDSZ2_AqB4ikevrg95xT75aRDfZj2VtZJkMQMVHbg/s8070/Hollywood_CA_Citizen_News_Wed__May_2__1956_UFO.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="8070" data-original-width="5461" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj00VKP4k68EIZDLWpdDKMPt9dnpk2HjAVHQBsom19dBw2V0699ciidj-eFY6nRwDoTxTGwZujWiGpF2hdcmA2d2gioeD_yAZxT5O3DyvecYXzo7OxWOnPltM0rugoibzx9jdDBDnrN0bbEiQDPNLDSZ2_AqB4ikevrg95xT75aRDfZj2VtZJkMQMVHbg/s320/Hollywood_CA_Citizen_News_Wed__May_2__1956_UFO.jpg" width="217" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfl3B6CQV143E2tg3bM2tevSEvZvASQqQU5s0ZQaTAjIc_c6JxcKG2w0eEvgdPpogDwDPpnyuuIvas4tcrLYqSq8ZePbNi2CC3pCaRwoLVaoJtq9prrJ6laEqTCOJXdgs1TNCBvI6ZM1RL9fG39bNAcM_Bh_WiH2aJ3TR4S2SmufkfGAEQjbYfVM0VNQ/s6066/Hollywood_CA_Citizen_News_Tue__May_1__1956_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4777" data-original-width="6066" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfl3B6CQV143E2tg3bM2tevSEvZvASQqQU5s0ZQaTAjIc_c6JxcKG2w0eEvgdPpogDwDPpnyuuIvas4tcrLYqSq8ZePbNi2CC3pCaRwoLVaoJtq9prrJ6laEqTCOJXdgs1TNCBvI6ZM1RL9fG39bNAcM_Bh_WiH2aJ3TR4S2SmufkfGAEQjbYfVM0VNQ/s320/Hollywood_CA_Citizen_News_Tue__May_1__1956_.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Robert Barrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03691364050976634359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8651270186829340641.post-52717781019881166742022-10-26T18:32:00.017-04:002022-12-01T19:18:23.271-05:00 Himalayas on Permanent Hold<p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPB4Nfdnf70Q6Oel0msEtghIKUTApea2t1FQ44a7LtaYukt1P3lN_5y8KqdkHAB3iW5C_6OTK5_zEN1INbuKvXJCmBN3-gTQ0Vyhzlu1kM4ZuFtgz2FxXejkuHB3iG2iPi9mItluqbAK7K3VhpO6ZYz7dxHKGscPAZU54ffVGNEaDkIjqrayMnbWaJSg/s5552/Cincinnati_OH_Enquirer_Sun__May_27__1956_UFO.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5552" data-original-width="4669" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPB4Nfdnf70Q6Oel0msEtghIKUTApea2t1FQ44a7LtaYukt1P3lN_5y8KqdkHAB3iW5C_6OTK5_zEN1INbuKvXJCmBN3-gTQ0Vyhzlu1kM4ZuFtgz2FxXejkuHB3iG2iPi9mItluqbAK7K3VhpO6ZYz7dxHKGscPAZU54ffVGNEaDkIjqrayMnbWaJSg/w269-h320/Cincinnati_OH_Enquirer_Sun__May_27__1956_UFO.jpg" width="269" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">W</span>hen producer Clarence Greene made a brief stop in Cincinnati in 1956, he apparently commented on some future plans which we were never to hear about again. Writer/reviewer E. B. Radcliffe mentions yet another "investigation of the incredible" project by Greene, this time intended for the Himalayas. If indeed profits from <i>U.F.O.</i> were expected to fund this venture, that idea was a non-starter as soon as Greene realized box office receipts were quite the disappointment financially.<br /><br />Radcliffe's reference to the movie, <i>The Well,</i> an early drama involving race relations, reminds us that Greene originally wanted Tom Towers to play the lead as sheriff, but Towers' work obligations as an L.A. newspaper reporter caused him to decline the offer. To confuse matters here, character actor Tom<span style="color: red;"> P</span>owers is listed as appearing in <i>The Well</i>.<br /><br /><br /><br />Cr: Barry Greenwood<br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGbI3WFfXbqeOBi2cagMOWSFU3K-RmeyJv45QenmKx_MhDpqQj-8BTFDwMRvri-d-udN_0NR6Gi5tZE8c2hSeE2BWu9shZi5RTlJ50Lvu1RO_DsVDfTg098Vav11j-WPBtpjjfv-1M2CQ1ZlM6F2ejcnFpIwlf-gK-8k4oJ24_oc_c_hNJKX7WqZvPyA/s5326/Cincinnati_OH_Enquirer_Sun__May_27__1956_%20(1).jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5326" data-original-width="4669" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGbI3WFfXbqeOBi2cagMOWSFU3K-RmeyJv45QenmKx_MhDpqQj-8BTFDwMRvri-d-udN_0NR6Gi5tZE8c2hSeE2BWu9shZi5RTlJ50Lvu1RO_DsVDfTg098Vav11j-WPBtpjjfv-1M2CQ1ZlM6F2ejcnFpIwlf-gK-8k4oJ24_oc_c_hNJKX7WqZvPyA/w282-h320/Cincinnati_OH_Enquirer_Sun__May_27__1956_%20(1).jpg" width="282" /></a></div><p></p>Robert Barrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03691364050976634359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8651270186829340641.post-72146924126358140802022-10-20T18:59:00.000-04:002022-10-20T18:59:38.972-04:00 Examining the Script<p><span style="font-size: x-large;">P</span>ortrayed in the movie by actors, the real Albert Chop and his wife take a moment to check the script for "U.F.O." in this time-weathered photo from the<i> Hollywood Citizen News</i> of May 9, 1956. As we noted much earlier in this blog through a series of articles, the "final" script experienced a number of changes during production -- which I discovered when Tom Towers loaned me his copy, stored faithfully behind his sofa for years.<br /><br />Cr: Barry Greenwood</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0d8ZzSKWyAa7TMNhSvuXg41ot_fAaTGhzhwsqYLPB5eCswtR3uPKWRCQzQoolXG07Z7x9Z3CppCUS_PK9Ipf1Cef1shj0u7Ml5S5VAMDGn8pGo4HZmztAA7U4ZMBpicVLTsZ7bSKhAT58zOxffUKoDKhA2yd2ypywTKwPh9PPAP0YB6B6X6-wyyq7GA/s8148/Hollywood_CA_Citizen_News_Wed__May_9__1956_UFO.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="8148" data-original-width="4990" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0d8ZzSKWyAa7TMNhSvuXg41ot_fAaTGhzhwsqYLPB5eCswtR3uPKWRCQzQoolXG07Z7x9Z3CppCUS_PK9Ipf1Cef1shj0u7Ml5S5VAMDGn8pGo4HZmztAA7U4ZMBpicVLTsZ7bSKhAT58zOxffUKoDKhA2yd2ypywTKwPh9PPAP0YB6B6X6-wyyq7GA/w392-h640/Hollywood_CA_Citizen_News_Wed__May_9__1956_UFO.jpg" width="392" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Robert Barrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03691364050976634359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8651270186829340641.post-52182656942690389692022-10-17T18:00:00.000-04:002022-10-17T18:00:35.590-04:00 From California to Hawaii<p><br />Though California seems to have set the record for mention of the movie among various news sources in 1956, which seems logical for the motion picture capital of the nation, newspaper articles steadily continued to pop up all over the planet. A "local believer" in Hawaii, noted here in a letter to the editor, also had something to say.<br /><br />(Cr: Barry Greenwood)</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaS2sBXLYQpb-fxpXUj1nxMnre7FEU28uxu3TRTkHLxT3Uwk5sRyqgXtwB5CQjkq5efOtGDnrS0c7hXYz8hrTC1IUt9Mr6iAEtdFvhrQtEuWfu1XMX5D6QHfkQNNgJXCGFGRhJnSqNfoM24An42PT9vjOpfO9p49TuYogjqiVtzPEZs4gVFQwmXawcmw/s4867/Hollywood_CA_Mirror_News_Tue__Jun_12__1956_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2893" data-original-width="4867" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaS2sBXLYQpb-fxpXUj1nxMnre7FEU28uxu3TRTkHLxT3Uwk5sRyqgXtwB5CQjkq5efOtGDnrS0c7hXYz8hrTC1IUt9Mr6iAEtdFvhrQtEuWfu1XMX5D6QHfkQNNgJXCGFGRhJnSqNfoM24An42PT9vjOpfO9p49TuYogjqiVtzPEZs4gVFQwmXawcmw/s320/Hollywood_CA_Mirror_News_Tue__Jun_12__1956_.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg1Y7Jjno4L9s45PZ1pHh1JqDf7s1KDNHqJCuGx1Ut8h0WITreJVp7DYmsHRO_A1EQAJCI-uxMgTO3EfDjojgxESe1oWoe4bpq354QzSEo6n7xZYAAUyokZ9-x4Xbfq6bu37yBjmX87Fuve8XSG1zS4udiVSjoTvFO8CMOka0CZgkLzkzaMqPI2L7BLA/s6339/Honolulu_Advertiser_Sat__Jun_9__1956_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5626" data-original-width="6339" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg1Y7Jjno4L9s45PZ1pHh1JqDf7s1KDNHqJCuGx1Ut8h0WITreJVp7DYmsHRO_A1EQAJCI-uxMgTO3EfDjojgxESe1oWoe4bpq354QzSEo6n7xZYAAUyokZ9-x4Xbfq6bu37yBjmX87Fuve8XSG1zS4udiVSjoTvFO8CMOka0CZgkLzkzaMqPI2L7BLA/s320/Honolulu_Advertiser_Sat__Jun_9__1956_.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6IWLQk86oX25CiaO5JG-H01KNDhztWHGJ3BeFFA1Bgd8K5pcdp3QXmmdhxpXn075OBFGtAYegs7qjgzNzPN7F36l7jYvHF_S-ZDep-IsuFc2OIC6KEefUJn94pkBhZy0OIeXpbC6Mw4qjdtdvwLbQgU95W2wQKNhf_641BbssbL3B4RTR1DIZrCm3hg/s6933/Van_Nuys_CA_Valley_News_Thu__Jun_14__1956_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6933" data-original-width="3449" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6IWLQk86oX25CiaO5JG-H01KNDhztWHGJ3BeFFA1Bgd8K5pcdp3QXmmdhxpXn075OBFGtAYegs7qjgzNzPN7F36l7jYvHF_S-ZDep-IsuFc2OIC6KEefUJn94pkBhZy0OIeXpbC6Mw4qjdtdvwLbQgU95W2wQKNhf_641BbssbL3B4RTR1DIZrCm3hg/s320/Van_Nuys_CA_Valley_News_Thu__Jun_14__1956_.jpg" width="159" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Robert Barrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03691364050976634359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8651270186829340641.post-9993057569627003252022-10-11T19:34:00.003-04:002022-10-11T19:34:21.518-04:00The Face You've Seen, the Voice you Know<p><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXjg926dMNMrmHlJV5bglxp0DOzYkBHx2SKnKW4rCyYFZ8xYeBQFUtvAY2rrhdNUYvRpm1WQU6491j6JYFOpZZv14PQDRnY-Lu45f5M5ZZ8alnwV1xGMhzVuwk5TgNK4M9cJN96Rg5z46J-7Hes5VUZeefTQsVL2tHYJcRaKDp0WjWLNFeiLHcuPoUfw/s452/actor%20Olan%20Soule.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="359" data-original-width="452" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXjg926dMNMrmHlJV5bglxp0DOzYkBHx2SKnKW4rCyYFZ8xYeBQFUtvAY2rrhdNUYvRpm1WQU6491j6JYFOpZZv14PQDRnY-Lu45f5M5ZZ8alnwV1xGMhzVuwk5TgNK4M9cJN96Rg5z46J-7Hes5VUZeefTQsVL2tHYJcRaKDp0WjWLNFeiLHcuPoUfw/s320/actor%20Olan%20Soule.png" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">W</span>e noted previously the voice-over role of late actor Harry Morgan, who played the role of military pilot "Red Dog One" during the famous UFO encounter over Washington, D.C. in 1952, but his was not the only famous disembodied voice to play a part in the movie.<br /><br />Olan Soule (1909-1994) provided much of the off-camera narration for "U.F.O." Having started his career in radio in 1933, he quickly branched out to TV in its fledgling years and way beyond, and also had movie roles galore. According to numerous sources, Soule was a deceptively thin 135 lb. bundle of energy whose "chameleon" voice was heard on 7,000 radio shows, commercials and TV cartoons. He appeared on some 200 TV series and films, and chalked up roles in more than 60 motion pictures. His authoritative narration in "U.F.O." seemed as essential as Ernest Gold's music score.<br /><br />As long as we're discussing voices, another of the movie's narrators was actor Marvin Miller, who played the title character on TV's "The Millionaire" in the fifties. Not to be confused with another series, this was the fictional one where Miller's character would give away one million dollars to a deserving person during every weekly episode, with the money donated by charitable multi-millionaire benefactor "John Beresford Tipton," who insisted strictly upon anonymity. Wouldn't you? Miller's movie involvement is actually mentioned in his bio at the International Movie Data Base site.<br /><p></p>Robert Barrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03691364050976634359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8651270186829340641.post-74520337673924173552022-10-03T18:37:00.000-04:002022-10-03T18:37:09.808-04:00 Right Movie, Wrong Actor<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW7romRK8-T1o2sDExKgj4oCfgRhy0E4VH0bGSrl1Zj7zTueZv5wZYR-6L_pkOgTM06OpozOqJDsFJNpEL9g4eXQDULBuHOyoUM50bAfANFfMKW27rpqixWH8ak_FMIq_O1yC2Xphnoq_O1uSw7rqLaxdPHcWNPjYjCGUQJO_oycs7eYw9YTHS_8TooA/s8091/Hollywood_CA_Citizen_News_Thu__May_10__1956_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="8091" data-original-width="3617" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW7romRK8-T1o2sDExKgj4oCfgRhy0E4VH0bGSrl1Zj7zTueZv5wZYR-6L_pkOgTM06OpozOqJDsFJNpEL9g4eXQDULBuHOyoUM50bAfANFfMKW27rpqixWH8ak_FMIq_O1yC2Xphnoq_O1uSw7rqLaxdPHcWNPjYjCGUQJO_oycs7eYw9YTHS_8TooA/w179-h400/Hollywood_CA_Citizen_News_Thu__May_10__1956_.jpg" width="179" /></a></div><br /><b>A couple of articles</b> from<i> The Hollywood Citizen News </i>during the course of one week in 1956 alerted movie viewers to the premiere of <i>"U.F.O."</i> in Los Angeles. Tom Towers must have been aware, and likely amused, when one movie reviewer who should have known better listed him as "Tom Tryon." I will assume the reviewer mixed Towers' name up with actor Thomas (Tom) Tryon, known for his appearance on a TV Western series, a starring role in a few motion pictures, and later appreciated for his fiction writing and work as a producer.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnXKd0furoDbuGAa4uatfVQL3HqB40FHkPGIYQgUTc9FUsqknjMnJezb4IhQjo6h9uUY13kUC0ZuKxfMU7VQB6wFEKQw3P1CgdMiKtYxduqatRO6Vn2bPBiAlsiINapth-A8Vu5WEAaFprysulvRo6stdHbdOY73e5aMn-mfeHjyGXu-Okpu7Q0aAHGA/s6058/Hollywood_CA_Citizen_News_Thu__May_3__1956_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4048" data-original-width="6058" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnXKd0furoDbuGAa4uatfVQL3HqB40FHkPGIYQgUTc9FUsqknjMnJezb4IhQjo6h9uUY13kUC0ZuKxfMU7VQB6wFEKQw3P1CgdMiKtYxduqatRO6Vn2bPBiAlsiINapth-A8Vu5WEAaFprysulvRo6stdHbdOY73e5aMn-mfeHjyGXu-Okpu7Q0aAHGA/w400-h268/Hollywood_CA_Citizen_News_Thu__May_3__1956_.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>(Thanks to researcher Barry Greenwood for the articles.)</b></span><p></p>Robert Barrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03691364050976634359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8651270186829340641.post-47020810001852987972022-01-31T18:43:00.000-05:002022-01-31T18:43:08.066-05:00Ground Observer<p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhD1oGmt6302QK-ZPnNB6gN6GaxdA2YE1VF7jxVWvQFWW8-ko2V02rQOrS9xTysFiSbEOW3lPlms7E1prn6sxVc0Od09_SX0dGnTmWTiTpz6rzabn1UizhShh68JMpbbZ6H7zpUJtU0Zh1DIpaRt_T6A-kbtHPKv7_uB1PCAV010qvTcx9b4YQ8PlV_FA=s634" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="634" data-original-width="634" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhD1oGmt6302QK-ZPnNB6gN6GaxdA2YE1VF7jxVWvQFWW8-ko2V02rQOrS9xTysFiSbEOW3lPlms7E1prn6sxVc0Od09_SX0dGnTmWTiTpz6rzabn1UizhShh68JMpbbZ6H7zpUJtU0Zh1DIpaRt_T6A-kbtHPKv7_uB1PCAV010qvTcx9b4YQ8PlV_FA=s320" width="320" /></a></b></div><b>Production Note:</b> This could be considered movie trivia, and though I've been aware of this minor little issue for years, I've never thought about it long enough to mention it here. Basically, in scenes where Al Chop (Tom Towers) walks through the streets of Washington, D.C. at the end of the motion picture, just before the UFO film analysis portion, there seem to be little white-ish objects placed on the sidewalks and even near his parked car. Because they stand alone, their locations devoid of trash or anything similar, I assume they served as markers showing Towers where to walk or perhaps as objects to designate camera positions or the like. They are readily apparent to the viewer, and if they are what their presence suggests, it is puzzling that something so obvious and actually distracting from the story's flow (to me) would have been missed during filming. Of course, I could be wrong about all of this, and we'll probably never know for sure unless sharper eyes or better optical equipment than mine discover another solution.<br /><p></p>Robert Barrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03691364050976634359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8651270186829340641.post-10333736414970197482021-10-07T19:20:00.001-04:002021-10-07T19:20:37.771-04:00Planting the Movie's Roots<p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVb6KDNOqYaZ1lEfZY5ZXKoPzqJgksG77OqkxWhJCL2dwDq3KSAvDrKFtqabzOTPWjq9_Nm8HbEy_3BIT5VfBn89KCD7D3HueAO9deO8-1fd21mA3GZ096Ry1vlhLidwjOJA-Bx0AL3cnB/s800/UFO+Internet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVb6KDNOqYaZ1lEfZY5ZXKoPzqJgksG77OqkxWhJCL2dwDq3KSAvDrKFtqabzOTPWjq9_Nm8HbEy_3BIT5VfBn89KCD7D3HueAO9deO8-1fd21mA3GZ096Ry1vlhLidwjOJA-Bx0AL3cnB/w400-h266/UFO+Internet.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>I was pleasantly surprised a few days ago to get an e-mail from Josh, a documentary video producer whose work is apparently well-established on YouTube, where his projects are known under the designation Red Panda Koala. The documentarian was wrapping up an historical account of government UFO activity and reports preceding and eventually resulting in the making of "U.F.O." by a very determined producer Clarence Greene.<br /><br />As well, I was honored and, again, surprised to learn that videographer Josh had dedicated his production to me.<br /><br />"The First UFO Movie Ever Made" is now up on YouTube and his hard work and care are apparent. Josh also included a sound bite from the last (and final) broadcast interview I did in 2006, on the late Errol Bruce-Knapp's Canadian radio show, "Strange Days Indeed."<br /><br />Anytime somebody emphasizes the importance of the 1956 motion picture to UFO history -- and hasn't Clarence Greene's cinematic alert been somewhat "vindicated" now that the UFO (UAP) subject is rather fashionable and "real" among government and military personnel? -- I'm all in for the effort. Thanks, Josh.<br /><br />By the way, "U.F.O." the motion picture is also available on YouTube for free viewing, so be sure to wander through history for about 92 minutes if you've never seen it.<br /><br />You can find Josh's YouTube presentation by typing in the title at your favorite search engine, or at the following site (I'll also put it up on the link list soon): <a href=" https://youtu.be/1OUtl3WJpsA" target="_blank"> https://youtu.be/1OUtl3WJpsA</a><br /><p></p>Robert Barrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03691364050976634359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8651270186829340641.post-71756616550099961502021-04-09T14:07:00.002-04:002021-04-09T14:07:56.650-04:00 Used as a Training Film?<p><br /><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDA5A1ijCSYlHu7kLLzLk8P86rB4K5_ZmqcrqAXJjU4anDYMT3_f3CuWne48JID_0zLQ4OjcA_jAELkbu-p4oP7ncmgsYAO4bq6XiSdJ9cjlo93YO9Yggx9d1GjCDXgIYw7kdir2cJnkVP/s2048/Fort_Worth_Star_Telegram_Sat__Oct_6__1956_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1421" data-original-width="2048" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDA5A1ijCSYlHu7kLLzLk8P86rB4K5_ZmqcrqAXJjU4anDYMT3_f3CuWne48JID_0zLQ4OjcA_jAELkbu-p4oP7ncmgsYAO4bq6XiSdJ9cjlo93YO9Yggx9d1GjCDXgIYw7kdir2cJnkVP/w400-h278/Fort_Worth_Star_Telegram_Sat__Oct_6__1956_.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></b></div><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br />V</span>eteran researcher</b> and frequent contributor Barry Greenwood contributes this little gem from the <i>Forth Worth Star-Telegram</i>, October 6, 1956. <br /><br /><i>"U.F.O."</i> had premiered in theaters coast to coast just months previously in 1956, but from all indications the movie took on an unexpected versatility when it was shown as something of a training film for volunteer airplane-spotting members of a Civil Defense ground observer unit.<br /><br />Whether watching the movie generated any legitimate UFO reports among ground observers is unknown, but the reasoning behind a presentation of<i> "U.F.O." </i>in this manner would be an interesting story in itself.<p></p>Robert Barrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03691364050976634359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8651270186829340641.post-44902680926323714442017-11-04T15:13:00.002-04:002017-11-04T15:13:53.497-04:00About Movie Industry Comments<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br /><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">T</span></b>he very media industry assembled to promote the entertainment aspect of motion pictures consistently demonstrated a lukewarm or puzzled response to "U.F.O." because its low key, documentary style couldn't find a perfect fit in Hollywood's world of fifties glitter, not even if one stretched the truth and looked upon the film as something akin to a product of science fiction. It WASN'T sci-fi, but it wasn't all that entertaining, either.<br /><br />In one entertainment news clipping shown here, we find a source placing blame on director Winston Jones for the movie's slow, often lackluster pace -- hardly surprising, since Jones had no firm resume' as a director and had actually escalated his status following a career working with Hollywood props. Nevertheless, knowing how close co-producer Clarence Greene remained to the project, Jones likely reflected the production and vision pretty much the way Greene desired. Ditto the script writer, Francis Martin.<br /><br />Note, too, that throughout our several-year journey on this blog, there was nary a word about the film relating to Greene's partner on this and other films, producer Russell Rouse. Like a child in a single parent family, "U.F.O." was dependent, I would suggest overwhelmingly, upon one daddy: Greene himself.<br /><br /><br />(Visual Credit: Barry Greenwood)Robert Barrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03691364050976634359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8651270186829340641.post-67663586140488383692017-11-01T18:06:00.000-04:002017-11-01T18:06:22.400-04:00Foreign Reviews - 1956, 1958, 1960<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>A</b></span>t least for now, these are the last of a few foreign language motion picture reviews. Next time, a page in English.<br /><br /><br />(Credit: Barry Greenwood)Robert Barrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03691364050976634359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8651270186829340641.post-35297319809959881112017-10-28T14:31:00.003-04:002017-10-28T14:32:10.286-04:00Motion Picture Herald, June 1956<br />
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(Credit: Barry Greenwood)Robert Barrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03691364050976634359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8651270186829340641.post-47940964051543848442017-10-25T18:54:00.000-04:002017-10-25T18:54:08.503-04:00Publicity: June, July, October 1956<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">T</span>his miscellaneous collection of clippings spotlights producer Clarence Greene himself, along with snippets of movie reviews. Of special interest is a motion picture promotion involving silver (we assume tin foil) pie plates organized by a theater manager, exactly the kind of zany publicity maneuver United Artists invited in their quest to draw people to the box office.<br /><br />Looking at Greene's 1956 picture of confidence, we are again reminded how fickle Hollywood success can be, as, it is alleged, he eventually died nearly penniless in a nursing home.<br /><br /><br />(Scan Credit: Barry Greenwood)<br /><br />Robert Barrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03691364050976634359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8651270186829340641.post-23310100417399160312017-10-23T18:12:00.003-04:002017-10-23T18:12:55.597-04:00Foreign Cinema - August 7, 1957<br />
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<br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>A</b></span>mong movie-related articles from 1956 and 1963 shown here are a somewhat smarmy review, another piece regarding a thumbs-up for "U.F.O." from the Catholic Church's National League of Decency, and an important little mention about United Artists.<br /><br />From<i> Broadcasting </i>magazine we learn that United Artists compiled a package of 60 films available to interested TV stations in May of 1963, which neatly explains why my first opportunity to see "U.F.O." as a teenager occurred in the mid-sixties via a local TV station, and this brief published comment indicates that the motion picture started to air on afternoon or late-late TV shows in locations large and small all over the USA between 1963-1965. <br /><br />For the most part, unsuspecting TV viewers probably never even heard of the film, let alone realize or cherish any historical importance it conveyed. The "good stuff" for typical TV screen popcorn munchers would easily be lost, secondary to marginal acting and a documentary style devoid of high dramatic effect.<br /><br /><br />(Credit: Barry Greenwood)Robert Barrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03691364050976634359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8651270186829340641.post-9360065806113210502017-10-11T17:00:00.000-04:002017-10-11T17:00:57.656-04:00Foreign Cinema - December 23, 1958<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">W</span></b>e'll be posting several foreign reviews, but I will leave it up to readers properly equipped online or with time to meander through the text to translate. Today's entry is said to be written in Portugese, as are additional pages we will post here, in between reviews presented in English.<br /><br />(Credit: Barry Greenwood)Robert Barrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03691364050976634359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8651270186829340641.post-45085279916545352542017-10-04T17:29:00.003-04:002017-10-04T17:33:04.230-04:00Box Office Roulette<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">F</span>or a motion picture said to be a loser at the box office, these glowing reports from the <i>Motion Picture Herald</i> during the summer of 1956, and apparently on into at least November suggest otherwise. Is there really any accounting for accounting in Hollywood?<br />
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(Document credit: Barry Greenwood)Robert Barrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03691364050976634359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8651270186829340641.post-87647676666629180692017-09-30T14:42:00.000-04:002017-09-30T14:42:00.386-04:00Certified by God<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT4JW5wjwTJbGBGZRhHrXja_xwSlw3nwgsgN4yf6kTmty5l1u0eQFvGTZsLPqhm_qFSgQ4DuhIQy7S0fHfI9BjbmVeCvAmeHjElFl1e0Z76-0_mrjhaRqDAIzBmdOOeivqyJcfGXG3oLd2/s1600/UFO+per+National+League+of+Decency.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1326" data-original-width="697" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT4JW5wjwTJbGBGZRhHrXja_xwSlw3nwgsgN4yf6kTmty5l1u0eQFvGTZsLPqhm_qFSgQ4DuhIQy7S0fHfI9BjbmVeCvAmeHjElFl1e0Z76-0_mrjhaRqDAIzBmdOOeivqyJcfGXG3oLd2/s400/UFO+per+National+League+of+Decency.jpg" width="210" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">R</span>esearcher Barry Greenwood continues to unearth publicity information and other documentation relating to the movie. Today we're highlighting, more or less, the cinematic blessings bestowed upon "U.F.O." by the<i> National League of Decency</i>.<br /><br />As you see, it's indeed fortunate that producers Clarence Greene and Russell Rouse intended neither to elicit sympathy for key personnel's "questionable ethics," nor to lend credence to "spiritistic practices," thereby granting the movie a comfortable rating of A-I, designated "suitable for all audiences."<br /><br />The National League of Decency, well-described via Wikipedia and other sources, was basically the Catholic religion's attempt to rate motion pictures based upon its strict moral standards. We would like to believe this was intended only for followers of the Church, but, alas, those of other religions and belief systems were also targeted, the League having acted essentially as a government within a government.Robert Barrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03691364050976634359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8651270186829340641.post-24938683578586959342017-01-03T18:33:00.001-05:002017-01-11T18:17:37.260-05:00Tom Towers Speaks<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">R</span>esearcher Barry Greenwood has unearthed two brief TV (audio) interviews with Tom Towers, recorded at least several years after the national release of "U.F.O." These clips, which I have transcribed below, come from KABC-TV in Los Angeles, and focus in large part upon Towers' opinion of the UFO phenomenon, the Kenneth Arnold sighting and the Senator Richard Russell UFO incident. Together, the clips barely last seven minutes, so yes, they truly are brief.<br />
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Towers' mention of the Arnold incident and the origin of the term, "flying saucers" is rather tangled here, but because the UFO subject wasn't really his focus, as he concentrated mainly on aviation and airport issues, and because he was being asked questions for which he may not have been fully prepared, his response regarding Arnold and "saucers" can be forgiven.<br />
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Transcripts of the two brief interviews are posted below. The interviewer was Baxter Ward, KABC-TV news director, and these portions were culled from a series entitled "Objects Unidentified," apparently concerned with a host of strange subjects in addition to UFOs.<br />
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"I could refer back to some correspondence I had with the very eminent Georgia senator, Senator Richard Russell, and I was then working for the late and lamented Los Angeles Examiner as aviation editor. It was 1955 when Senator Russell went to Europe on a trip, and when he came back there were reports in the press that he had made some type of sighting or seen something in Europe that he could not explain. I corresponded with him, and I have here a letter that I should like to read, which I think further points up the great mystery behind the flying saucer phenomenon -- at least it does in my opinion.<br />
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"Dear Mr. Towers -- this letter is dated January 17, 1956 -- Permit me to acknowledge your letters relative to reports that have come to you regarding aerial objects seen in Europe last year. I have received your letter, but I have discussed this matter with the affected agencies of the government, and they are of the opinion that it is not wise to publicize this matter at this time. I regret very much that I am unable to be of assistance to you. With assurances of esteem, I remain, Sincerely, Richard B. Russell.<br />
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"Now, I guess many people can place many interpretations on Senator Russell's letter. But to me it only means that he did see something in Europe in 1955, he dutifully reported it to our government in Washington, and somebody back there said keep still, don't talk.<br />
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"As long as we have this sort of atmosphere existing, I think we will always then have a certain mysticism, a certain fascination with the entire phenomenon of the unidentified flying objects. <br />
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"I have also been asked my opinion of flying saucer reports, and the answer to this is that I've kept an open mind, very definitely, on this subject, and I lend a great deal of credence and veracity -- I should say I've never doubted the veracity of certain reports that have come in, namely from controllers of the Federal Aviation Agency, men who are very highly reliable, who work in the control towers 24 hours a day, and certainly of airline pilots such as Captain Willis Sperry, a jet captain for American Airlines, who has made a sighting and appeared in "U.F.O." And I would never, for one moment, doubt the honesty and the reliability and the veracity of men like Captain Willis Sperry and other airline pilots flying five million, six million dollar jet aircraft today. If we have to deny them and turn our back on some of the reports that they have offered, then I'm afraid they shouldn't be flying airplanes."<br />
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<u>TOM TOWERS, FROM INTERVIEW AIRED A FEW DAYS LATER ON JUNE 23, YEAR UNKNOWN:</u><br />
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(Here, Towers responds to a question about the origin of the term, flying saucers)<br />
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"I've done a little research on this at the time we were making this picture, "U.F.O." and I found that it had its start back in the late forties, when a man named Kenneth Arnold, a (fixed?) base operator at the airport in Boise, Idaho made a sighting of some objects that he could not identify. He alerted a newspaper man, a friend of his, working for a Boise newspaper, and then took off in his airplane and flew as far as the Grand Cooley Dam in Washington, attempting to catch up to these objects, or make some accurate identification.<br />
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"The newspaper man that he alerted was a "stringer," or correspondent for United Press at that time in Boise, and he in turn contacted Roger Johnson, who was the Pacific Northwest news bureau manager for United Press, and told him of the sighting.<br />
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"After Arnold returned from his flight, Mr. Johnson, who is now a Beverly Hills public relations executive, questioned Mr. Arnold in great length on what he had seen and, as I recall, Mr. Arnold said that the objects that he saw in the sky on that particular Sunday, the afternoon, resembled an inverted dish, and they talked about it back and forth on the phone, and Mr. Johnson then drew from Mr. Arnold that possibly they resembled not so much of an inverted dish, but possibly some kind of a saucer. And Mr. Arnold agreed to that, and then Mr. Johnson reported all of this back to the New York office of the United Press, and the story was actually written from back there, and when it came out from New York, that it came out saying that Mr. Arnold in Boise, Idaho had spotted flying saucers."Robert Barrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03691364050976634359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8651270186829340641.post-25008883716786227592016-08-31T16:12:00.000-04:002016-09-19T18:13:24.751-04:00Comet Carries "U.F.O."<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Comet TV network (comettv.com) shows primarily old movies and TV shows with a science fiction or horror theme. Apparently, Comet has also picked up <i>U.F.O.</i> for occasional airing. One wonders how many viewers will understand the movie's sober intent as a documentary, while some will behold only a sci-fi film devoid of terrifying rubber monsters and vampires.<span style="color: red;"> **</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">**</span><span style="color: blue;"> I happened upon the last half of an airing a few days after posting this entry, and was disappointed to find that some cuts have been made (the scene where the Newhouse UFO film is first shown to military brass excludes the UFO films!). I assume the snip-snip occurs earlier in the movie as well. I think I understand why the cuts were performed -- assume more time to throw in TV commercials, and, after all, the Montana and Utah UFO films do turn up at the end of the movie for a brief analysis -- but regret very much the loss of continuity. Cuts were likewise made in past years as<i> U.F.O.</i> made the rounds on cable TV, so this is hardly a surprise. Nevertheless, it's a shame. If <i>The Walking Dead</i> reflected reality, the zombies would probably consist of deceased motion picture directors, returning to eat the brains of living TV movie editors -- if any such brains were to be found.</span>Robert Barrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03691364050976634359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8651270186829340641.post-15993094082037983412015-06-02T11:05:00.001-04:002015-06-03T17:32:58.029-04:00Movie Trailer Available Online<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIB6PPaGdmB7ePCZORuyiGjwrChwBcYj70_7ZIzuC4HW0L5DmhmRrRBMRCuCtiBWb-U3CAr1wZEM5d2ooKXGFz7ioh30aGeSEEmXP8nuG80za2yqzlwh-IIvK_5dnmwRiauUhmO3J1MHsJ/s1600/radar+image2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="116" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIB6PPaGdmB7ePCZORuyiGjwrChwBcYj70_7ZIzuC4HW0L5DmhmRrRBMRCuCtiBWb-U3CAr1wZEM5d2ooKXGFz7ioh30aGeSEEmXP8nuG80za2yqzlwh-IIvK_5dnmwRiauUhmO3J1MHsJ/s200/radar+image2.jpg" width="200" /></a><span class="yiv8387590267misspelled" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433255293982_9822"><span style="font-size: x-large;">A</span> very nice copy of the trailer for "U.F.O." has been posted among the online archives, and if you haven't yet seen the motion picture itself, this is a very intriguing place to start. Just click on this link:</span><br />
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Thanks to researcher and author Barry Greenwood for alerting me to this additional link to an important piece of UFO history. Robert Barrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03691364050976634359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8651270186829340641.post-58685240586547812842015-01-28T17:56:00.000-05:002015-01-28T17:56:18.774-05:00The Best is the Oldest<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">"U.F.O."</span> is an old motion picture, but one destined not to be forgotten by people interested in the subject and ongoing mystery of unidentified flying objects -- or, as they say in higher social circles, unidentified aerial objects (UAO) or unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP).<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9EhF1jKkkY1tvK662JQqRv-kkcUYQCLFqagSl3nqsyvolU7160AKoOJKpYlHC7QnMML0T6n_NR3WwW6ciMmmo2KT_kcSy6LTV3w7UCj0y41mTYxcGETmAyPjynPXSHFs_Qa6YQqmc5sVL/s1600/American+Airlines+pilot+Willis+Sperry+describes+his+UFO+enco.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9EhF1jKkkY1tvK662JQqRv-kkcUYQCLFqagSl3nqsyvolU7160AKoOJKpYlHC7QnMML0T6n_NR3WwW6ciMmmo2KT_kcSy6LTV3w7UCj0y41mTYxcGETmAyPjynPXSHFs_Qa6YQqmc5sVL/s1600/American+Airlines+pilot+Willis+Sperry+describes+his+UFO+enco.jpg" height="320" width="283" /></a> Call them what you will, they continue to confound science and the truly open-minded. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjirHZLxxh1QepEmgasDsrp3LdfZvL4qBdhZ7sGA4Cr_PO2HO5XSrZMDmHT75_1JmOwETWEtYPYDSEOjcOYmva3XgYNegJa4ecvrvk_OR5lDcE5yShOFX-uB_CIRtWHebnORTsYmLKU6E2m/s1600/Towers+as+Chop+-+the+first+wave+of+DC+UFOs.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjirHZLxxh1QepEmgasDsrp3LdfZvL4qBdhZ7sGA4Cr_PO2HO5XSrZMDmHT75_1JmOwETWEtYPYDSEOjcOYmva3XgYNegJa4ecvrvk_OR5lDcE5yShOFX-uB_CIRtWHebnORTsYmLKU6E2m/s1600/Towers+as+Chop+-+the+first+wave+of+DC+UFOs.jpg" height="187" width="200" /></a> Should this be your first visit here, please be sure to start way back at the very beginning for a cohesive account of this 1956 classic.Robert Barrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03691364050976634359noreply@blogger.com