This is a list of movies released up to the end of 1959 that I know ( because I have watched them) or I believe ( 'cause I've read about them but not seen them...yet?) have shots of model ships in them. I will be adding to this list from time to time as my research progresses, so this page is always under construction. Please let me know of any I have might have missed, particularly from European and Japanese films of which I know very little about and would like to know a great deal more.
Clicking on any link will take you to the page for that title. No link means I haven't done that title yet.
Some links may take you to the sister site modelaircraftinthecinema.blogspot.com when there has a title that has a model ship appearing in it though it predominantly features model aircraft.
| TITLE | YEAR | RELEASING COMPANY | VFX SUPERVISOR |
| 1920's | |||
| Isle of Lost Ships | 1929 | Warner Bros | |
| 1930's | |||
| The Most Dangerous Game | 1932 | RKO | Vernon L Walker |
| The Devil and the Deep | 1932 | Paramount | |
| A House Divided | 1932 | Universal | John P Fulton |
| King Kong | 1933 | RKO | |
| Whom the Gods Destroy | 1934 | Columbia | |
| China Seas | 1935 | MGM | James Basevi |
| Dantes Inferno | 1935 | 20th Century Fox | Fred Sersen |
| Captain Blood | 1935 | Warner Bros | Fred Jackman |
| Hearts in Bondage | 1936 | Republic Pictures | Bud Thackery |
| Sea Devils | 1937 | RKO | Vernon L Walker |
| Souls at Sea | 1937 | Paramount | Gordon Jennings |
| Submarine D1 | 1937 | Warner Bros | Byron Haskin H F Koenekamp |
| Captains Courageous | 1937 | MGM | A Arnold Gillespie |
| Fire Over England | 1937 | London Films | Ned Mann Lawrence Butler |
| History is made at night | 1937 | United Artists | James Basevi |
| Spawn of the North | 1938 | Paramount | |
| Jamaica Inn | 1939 | Paramount | |
| Q Planes | 1939 | Columbia | |
| Rulers of the Sea | 1939 | Paramount | |
| Thunder Afloat | 1939 | MGM | A Arnold Gillespie |
| The Roaring Twenties | 1939 | Warner Bros | Byron Haskin |
| Only Angels Have Wings | 1939 | Columbia | Roy Davidson |
| 1940's | |||
| Swiss Family Robinson | 1940 | RKO | Vernon L Walker |
| The Sea Hawk | 1940 | Warner Bros | |
| The Long Voyage Home | 1940 | United Artists | Ray Binger, R T Layton |
| Women in War | 1940 | Republic Pictures | |
| Convoy | 1940 | RKO | |
| Captain Caution | 1940 | United Artists | |
| New Moon | 1940 | MGM | A Arnold Gillespie |
| Phantom Raiders | 1940 | MGM | |
| Strange Cargo | 1940 | MGM | A Arnold Gillespie |
| Sailors Three | 1940 | Ealing studios | Roy Kellino Douglas Woolsey |
| AllThroughTheNight | 1941 | Warner Bros | Edwin DuPar |
| This Woman is Mine | 1941 | Universal | John P Fulton |
| The Sea Wolf | 1941 | Warner Bros | |
| That Hamilton Woman | 1941 | United Artists | |
| Ships With Wings | 1941 | Ealing Studios | Roy Kellino, Norman Ough, Cliff Richardson, Douglas Woolsey |
| The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya aka Hawai Mare Okikaisen | 1942 | Toho | Eiji Tsubaraya |
| AcrossThePacific | 1942 | Warner Bros | Byron Haskin, Willard Van Enger |
| The Navy Comes Through | 1942 | RKO | |
| Mrs Minniver | 1942 | MGM | A Arnold Gillespie |
| In Which We Serve | 1942 | United Artists | |
| Reap the Wild Wind | 1942 | Paramount | Gordon Jennings |
| The Black Swan | 1942 | 20th Century Fox | Fred Sersen |
| San Demetrio London | 1943 | Syd Howell, Roy Kellino | |
| Northern Pursuit | 1943 | Warner Bros | Roy Davidson |
| So Proudly We Hail | 1943 | Paramount | Gordon Jennings |
| Corvette K-225 | 1943 | Universal | |
| Crash Dive | 1943 | 20th Century Fox | Fred Sersen |
| A Guy named Joe | 1943 | MGM | A. Arnold Gillespie, Don Jahraus |
| Action in the North Atlantic | 1943 | Warner Bros | Jack Cosgrove |
| Destroyer | 1943 | Columbia | |
| Stand by for Action | 1943 | MGM | A. Arnold Gillespie |
| We Dive At Dawn | 1943 | Gainsborough | |
| Destination Tokyo | 1943 | Warner Bros | |
| Dangerous Passage | 1944 | ||
| The Princess and the Pirate | 1944 | Samuel Goldwyn Company | R.O.Binger Clarence Slifer |
| Passage To Marseille | 1944 | Warner Bros | Jack Cosgrove |
| Lifeboat | 1944 | 20th Century Fox | Fred Sersen |
| Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo | 1944 | MGM | A. Arnold Gillespie, Donald Jahraus |
| They Were Expendable | 1945 | MGM | A. Arnold Gillespie |
| Captain Kidd | 1945 | United Artists | |
| The Spanish Main | 1945 | RKO | Vernon L. Walker |
| Two Years Before the Mast | 1946 | Paramount | Gordon Jennings |
| Anna and the King of Siam | 1946 | 20th Century Fox | Fred Serson |
| Green Dolphin Street | 1947 | MGM | A. Arnold Gillespie |
| Sinbad the Sailor | 1947 | RKO | Vernon L. Walker Harold Wellman |
| Unconquered | 1947 | Paramount | Gordon Jennings |
| Deep waters | 1948 | 20th Century Fox | Fred Sersen |
| Hamlet | 1948 | Denham Studios | George Blackwell, Bill Warrington, James Snow |
| Luxury Liner | 1948 | MGM | A Arnold Gillespie |
| Wake of the red Witch | 1948 | Republic Pictures | Howard Lydcker, Theodore lydecker |
| Malaya | 1949 | MGM | A Arnold Gillespie |
| Kind Hearts and Coronets | 1949 | Ealing Studios | Syd Pearson |
| Down to the Sea in Ships | 1949 | 20th Century Fox | |
| Whiskey galore | 1949 | Ealing Studios | Syd Pearson |
| 1950's | |||
| Buccaneers Girl | 1950 | Universal | David S Horsley |
| Captain China | 1950 | Paramount | |
| Last of the Buccaneers | 1950 | Columbia | |
| Fortunes of Captain Blood | 1950 | Columbia | |
| Adventures of Captain Fabian | 1951 | Republic Pictures | |
| Anne of the Indies | 1951 | Twentieth Century Fox | Fred Sersen |
| Captain Horatio Hornblower | 1951 | Warner Bros | |
| Double Crossbones | 1951 | Universal | |
| Operation Pacific | 1951 | warner Bros | H.F. Koenekamp |
| The African Queen | 1951 | United Artists | |
| Against All flags | 1952 | Universal | David S Horsley |
| Blackbeard the Pirate | 1952 | RKO | |
| Captain Pirate | 1952 | Columbia | |
| The Crimson Pirate | 1952 | Warner Bros | |
| Plymouth Adventure | 1952 | MGM | A Arnold Gillespie |
| Les Miserables | 1952 | Twentieth Century Fox | |
| Yankee Buccaneer | 1952 | Universal | David S Horsley |
| Fair Wind to Java | 1953 | Republic Pictures | |
| City Beneath the Sea | 1953 | Universal | |
| The Cruel Sea | 1953 | Universal | |
| Sea of Lost Ships | 1953 | Republic Pictures | |
| Botany Bay | 1953 | Paramount | Gordon Jennings |
| Titanic (1953) | 1953 | Twentieth Century Fox | |
| Hell and High Water | 1954 | Twentieth Century Fox | |
| Hell below Zero | 1954 | Columbia | Bill Warrington |
| 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea | 1954 | Beuna Vista | |
| The Caine Mutiny | 1954 | Columbia | |
| The Cockleshell Heroes | 1955 | Columbia | |
| Away All Boats | 1956 | Universal | Clifford Stine |
| The Battle of the River Plate | 1956 | Rank Organization | |
| Moby Dick | 1956 | Warner Bros | |
| The Enemy Below | 1957 | Twentieth Century Fox | L B Abbott |
| The Buccaneer | 1958 | Paramount | John P Fulton |
| The Key | 1958 | Columbia | Willis Cook |
| Run Silent Run Deep | 1958 | United Artists | A Arnold Gillespie |
| Torpedo Run | 1958 | MGM | |
| A Night to Remember | 1958 | Rank Organization | |
| Dunkirk | 1958 | MGM | |
| Battle of the Coral sea | 1959 | Columbia | |
| Ben-Hur | 1959 | MGM | |
| The Wreck of the Mary Deare | 1959 | MGM | A Arnold Gillespie |
With regard to the US Navy submarine that tangled with the dreaded 'Sectopus' creature in the movie "It Came from Beneath the Sea" (1955)
ReplyDeleteProfiles in History "Hollywood Auction 96" December 11-14, 2018
https://profilesinhistory.com/auctions/hollywood-auction-96/
Using their pdf catalog:
https://profilesinhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/96HollywoodSs.pdf
On page 223:
"799. Ray Harryhausen submarine model miniature from It Came from Beneath the Sea. (Columbia, 1955) Vintage original model miniature or maquette constructed of carved wood, metal components and an acetate fin measuring 9.5 in. long x 1.25 in wide. Expertly painted in gunmetal, military gray and with hand painted black portals on the hull and the number “347” in pale gray paint on the turret. This model resembles the actual subs that appear in stock footage in the film. It could have been used as a model maquette or as a scale model for interaction with the miniature “Sectopus” stop-motion puppet (Harryhausen lacked the budget for the additional 2-tentacles that would have made it an Octopus!) From Ray Harryhausen’s 3rd feature. Exhibiting production wear, use, age and handling. Some worn paint, and partial missing wood from fin. In vintage good to very good condition.$4,000 - $6,000"
Entry includes one photo of the model and a film still.