Comments | beamjockey: LIFE Discovered on Moon!

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... )

sf, space, destination moon, los angeles, life, pal, google, science fiction, allan grant, dance, eagle lion, moon, ballet, bonestell, fegte, grant, heinlein, hollywood

Leave a comment

Comments 18

Next

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.

Thread 6

(The comment has been removed)

beamjockey February 2 2009, 18:14:42 UTC

( ... )

phuphuphnik February 4 2009, 02:22:03 UTC

Hairline, brow, and nose seem to match.

(The comment has been removed)

phuphuphnik February 4 2009, 02:31:04 UTC

Leica 3f. http://www.cosmonet.org/camera/leic3f_e.htm
It is a speed graphic anniv. model. In fact it looks to be the military model as there is no chrome. it has a rangefinder focus on it too, look just behind the flash. I have one like it, but with a different lens.
Those range finders are cool. There is a light in them and it sends out two beams of light. Converge the dots and you have focus.

(The comment has been removed)

phuphuphnik February 4 2009, 02:36:15 UTC

Oh yes Hi, I'm Chris. I work with Bill.
I popped over to your web page. Hmmm, we need to meet, several overlapping hobbies.

(The comment has been removed)

phuphuphnik February 4 2009, 17:54:34 UTC

Thanks!
With Bill means I make what he keeps us safe from. (Accelerator Operator)

Thread 5

(The comment has been removed)

Re: And who are these people? jennlk February 2 2009, 20:06:27 UTC

She's the female dancer in the first picture, and that is probably the same dress. The man on her right may be the male of the pair, but it's a little hard to tell because he's got that silly look on his face -- the suit is badly-enough fitting that he may be wearing the dance outfit underneath it.

OH. You wanted names, or maybe a reason for them to be there? sorry, can't help with that.

(The comment has been removed)

Re: And who are these people? beamjockey February 4 2009, 15:15:37 UTC

I'm thinking the guy on the right is George Pal, the producer, but I've been wrong before.

Thread 5

Next

Leave a comment