tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4601090335485436846.post8447469384405726242..comments2024-03-03T20:15:57.737+08:00Comments on model ships in the cinema: Atlantis The Lost Continent 1961munghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11833483639783575804noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4601090335485436846.post-20187601929537948472020-01-11T15:04:44.189+08:002020-01-11T15:04:44.189+08:00Yeah, the film looks pretty hokey nowadays, though...Yeah, the film looks pretty hokey nowadays, though I too liked it as a kid.<br />As with most George Pal flicks it's packed with stolen 'stock shots' from other movies. The lava shots are from THE TIME MACHINE. The Roman arena and elegant architectural matte paintings are classic Peter Ellenshaw mattes from QUO VADIS (with newly matted in additional material such as that triangular pit thing). The sequence of the landslide is from another MGM picture, GREEN FIRE made in 1954, and also executed by Gillespie - a master of the craft when it came to miniatures.<br /><br />Keep up your fascinating work.<br /><br />PeterNZPetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13863364769084676156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4601090335485436846.post-65121767760510677582020-01-01T06:50:36.730+08:002020-01-01T06:50:36.730+08:00The fish submarine model became part of Forrest J....The fish submarine model became part of Forrest J. Ackerman's collection of film memorabilia and was displayed on a garden terrace outside his LA home for many years. Unfortunately, by the time I took the tour of Forry's "Museum" in the early 90's someone had come over his garden wall and stolen the front half of it (it was apparently built in two sections. I want to say that all together it would've been between 6 and 10 feet long...?). Forry was pretty broken up about it. The only time in the tour that he broke character and seemed genuinely upset... Hbrixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03320655764188926214noreply@blogger.com