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beamjockey

LIFE Discovered on Moon!

Feb 01, 2009 23:35

Rummaging again through the Google archive of Life, whl and I have found over two hundred photos depicting the filming of Destination Moon, the 1950 film for which Robert Heinlein collaborated on the screenplay, and served as technical advisor ( Read more... )

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jennlk February 2 2009, 11:58:19 UTC

I wonder what else was filming on the backlot. Those dancers look like they wandered over from Rodeo or Oklahoma! or one of that ilk.

beamjockey February 2 2009, 13:28:55 UTC

There's an interesting problem for you: Figure out what other movies were in production, at whatever studio Eagle-Lion was shooting in, during the weeks in 1949 when Destination Moon was shooting.

jennlk February 2 2009, 13:57:19 UTC

Never let it be said that I ask the easy questions. :)

I just can't come up with any other plausible reason for them to be there. Not that there needs to be a plausible reason, of course....

min0taur February 2 2009, 13:57:12 UTC

Diana Gallagher (who wrote "Dancing on the Moon") really needs to see that photo.

stickmaker February 2 2009, 15:13:35 UTC

The dancers look like a photo montage. Were they really on the set?

beamjockey February 4 2009, 15:11:25 UTC

Yes, there are shots showing one of the dancers lying on the lunar surface, and another one of her standing there with two guys in (business) suits. So it's clear that they were really present.

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