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It Came from Outer Space

Index It Came from Outer Space

It Came from Outer Space is a 1953 American black-and-white science fiction horror film, the first in the 3D process from Universal-International. [1]

76 relations: A. H. Weiler, Alan Jones (film critic), Arizona, Barbara Rush, Bill McKinney, Bill Warren (film historian and critic), Black and white, Box office, Brian Kerwin, Charles Drake (actor), Clifford Stine, Cold War, Dave Willock, David Bianculli, Dean Norris, Elizabeth Peña, Film distributor, Film poster, Golden Globe Award, Harry Essex, Henry Mancini, Herman Stein, Horror film, Howard Morris, Irving Gertz, It Came from Outer Space (book), Jack Arnold (director), Joe Sawyer, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Kathleen Hughes, Ken Wheat, Lauren Tewes, Leonard Maltin, Lineworker, List of 3D films pre-2005, List of highest-grossing films, List of science fiction films of the 1950s, Meteorite, Mickey Jones, Mojave Desert, Morey Amsterdam, New York Daily News, Palmdale, California, Patricia Bosworth, Paul Fix, Paul Weatherwax, Phil Hardy (journalist), Polarized 3D system, Posse comitatus, Radio Times, ..., Ray Bradbury, Richard Carlson (actor), Robert Carson (actor), Rotten Tomatoes, Russell Johnson, Science fiction film, Science Fiction/Double Feature, Shapeshifting, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Television film, The Aurum Film Encyclopedia, The New York Times, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Rocky Horror Show, This Island Earth, Tinderbox (Siouxsie and the Banshees album), Tucson, Arizona, Turner Classic Movies, United States, United States dollar, Universal Pictures, Variety (magazine), Victorville, California, William Alland, 1953 in film, 3D film. Expand index (26 more) »

A. H. Weiler

Abe H. Weiler (December 10, 1908 – January 22, 2002) was an American writer and critic best known for being a film critic for The New York Times.

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Alan Jones (film critic)

Alan Jones is a film critic, broadcaster and reporter on the Horror Fantasy genre and has travelled the world to report on movies in production.

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Arizona

Arizona (Hoozdo Hahoodzo; Alĭ ṣonak) is a U.S. state in the southwestern region of the United States.

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Barbara Rush

Barbara Rush (January 4, 1927) is an American Golden Globe Award-winning movie and television actress.

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Bill McKinney

William Denison McKinney (September 12, 1931 – December 1, 2011) was an American character actor whose most famous role was the sadistic mountain man in John Boorman's 1972 film Deliverance.

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Bill Warren (film historian and critic)

William Bond "Bill" Warren (April 26, 1943 – October 7, 2016) was an American film historian, critic, and one of the leading authorities on science fiction, horror, and fantasy films.

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Black and white

Black and white, often abbreviated B/W or B&W, and hyphenated black-and-white when used as an adjective, is any of several monochrome forms in visual arts.

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Box office

A box office or ticket office is a place where tickets are sold to the public for admission to an event.

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Brian Kerwin

Brian Kerwin (born October 25, 1949) is an American actor who has starred in feature films, on Broadway, and done extensive work in television series and movies.

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Charles Drake (actor)

Charles Drake (October 2, 1917 – September 10, 1994) was an American actor.

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Clifford Stine

Clifford Stine, ASC (March 24, 1906 – December 12, 1986), was a cinematographer known for working on western and horror movies.

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Cold War

The Cold War was a state of geopolitical tension after World War II between powers in the Eastern Bloc (the Soviet Union and its satellite states) and powers in the Western Bloc (the United States, its NATO allies and others).

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Dave Willock

Dave Willock (August 13, 1909 – November 12, 1990) was an American character actor.

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David Bianculli

David Bianculli is an American TV critic, columnist, radio personality, non-fiction author and university professor.

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Dean Norris

Dean Joseph Norris (born April 8, 1963) is an American actor.

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Elizabeth Peña

Elizabeth Maria Peña (September 23, 1959 – October 14, 2014) was an American actress known for her work in films including Nothing Like The Holidays, Batteries Not Included, La Bamba, Down and Out in Beverly Hills, Jacob's Ladder, Lone Star, Rush Hour, and The Incredibles.

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Film distributor

A film distributor is responsible for the marketing of a film.

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Film poster

A film poster is a poster used to promote and advertise a film.

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Golden Globe Award

Golden Globe Awards are accolades bestowed by the 93 members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association beginning in January 1944, recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign.

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Harry Essex

Harry Essex (November 29, 1910 – February 5, 1997) was an American screenwriter and director in feature films and television.

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Henry Mancini

Enrico Nicola "Henry" Mancini (April 16, 1924 – June 14, 1994) was an American composer, conductor and arranger, who is best remembered for his film and television scores.

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Herman Stein

Herman Stein (August 19, 1915 – March 15, 2007) was an American composer who wrote music for many of the 1950s science-fiction and horror films from Universal Studios.

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Horror film

A horror film is a film that seeks to elicit a physiological reaction, such as an elevated heartbeat, through the use of fear and shocking one’s audiences.

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Howard Morris

Howard Jerome Morris (September 4, 1919 – May 21, 2005) was an American actor, voice actor and director who was best known for his role in The Andy Griffith Show as Ernest T. Bass, and as "Uncle Goopy" in one of the most celebrated comedy sketches in history, on Sid Caesar's Your Show of Shows (1954).

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Irving Gertz

Irving Gertz (May 19, 1915 – November 14, 2008) was an American composer recognized for his compositions for many fantasy and horror B-movies and TV series of the 1950s and 1960s.

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It Came from Outer Space (book)

It Came From Outer Space was a 2003 publication of four versions of Ray Bradbury's screen treatments written in 1952 for the movie of the same name that was released in 1953.

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Jack Arnold (director)

Jack Arnold (October 14, 1916 – March 17, 1992) was an American actor and film and television director, best known as one of the leading filmmakers of 1950s science fiction films.

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Joe Sawyer

Joe Sawyer (born Joseph Sauers, August 29, 1906 – April 21, 1982) was a Canadian film actor.

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Jonathan Rosenbaum

Jonathan Rosenbaum (born February 27, 1943) is an American film critic.

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Kathleen Hughes

Kathleen Hughes (born November 14, 1928) is an American film, stage, and television actress.

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Ken Wheat

Ken Wheat (born 1950) is an American screenwriter, producer and director.

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Lauren Tewes

Lauren Tewes (born Cynthia Lauren Tewes; October 26, 1953) is an American actress.

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Leonard Maltin

Leonard Michael Maltin (born December 18, 1950) is an American film critic and historian, as well as an author of several mainstream books on cinema, focusing on nostalgic, celebratory narratives.

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Lineworker

A lineworker (lineman (American English), linesman (British English), powerline technician (PLT), or powerline worker) is a tradesperson who constructs and maintains electric power transmission and distribution lines.

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List of 3D films pre-2005

This is a list of 3D films released prior to 2005.

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List of highest-grossing films

Films generate income from several revenue streams, including theatrical exhibition, home video, television broadcast rights and merchandising.

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List of science fiction films of the 1950s

A list of science fiction films released in the 1950s.

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Meteorite

A meteorite is a solid piece of debris from an object, such as a comet, asteroid, or meteoroid, that originates in outer space and survives its passage through the atmosphere to reach the surface of a planet or moon.

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Mickey Jones

Mickey Jones (June 10, 1941 — February 7, 2018) was an American musician and actor.

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Mojave Desert

The Mojave Desert is an arid rain-shadow desert and the driest desert in North America.

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Morey Amsterdam

Moritz "Morey" Amsterdam (December 14, 1908 – October 27, 1996) was an American television actor and comedian.

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New York Daily News

The New York Daily News, officially titled Daily News, is an American newspaper based in New York City.

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Palmdale, California

Palmdale is a city in the center of northern Los Angeles County in the U.S. state of California.

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Patricia Bosworth

Patricia Bosworth (born April 24, 1933) is an American journalist and biographer, memoirist, and former actress.

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Paul Fix

Peter Paul Fix (March 13, 1901 – October 14, 1983) was an American film and television character actor, best known for his work in Westerns.

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Paul Weatherwax

Paul John Weatherwax (July 8, 1900 – September 13, 1960) was an American film editor, and two-time winner of the Academy Award for Best Film Editing.

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Phil Hardy (journalist)

Philippe George "Phil" Hardy (7 April 1945 – 8 April 2014) was an English film and music industry journalist.

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Polarized 3D system

A polarized 3D system uses polarization glasses to create the illusion of three-dimensional images by restricting the light that reaches each eye (an example of stereoscopy).

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Posse comitatus

Posse comitatus is the common-law or statute law authority of a county sheriff, or other law officer, to conscript any able-bodied man to assist him in keeping the peace or to pursue and arrest a felon, similar to the concept of the "hue and cry." Originally found in English common law, it is generally obsolete; however, it survives in the United States, where it is the law enforcement equivalent of summoning the militia for military purposes.

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Radio Times

Radio Times is a British weekly television and radio programme listings magazine.

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Ray Bradbury

Ray Douglas Bradbury (August 22, 1920June 5, 2012) was an American author and screenwriter.

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Richard Carlson (actor)

Richard Dutoit Carlson (April 29, 1912 – November 25, 1977) was an American actor, television and film director, and screenwriter.

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Robert Carson (actor)

Robert Carson (June 8, 1909 – June 2, 1979) was an actor noted for dozens of supporting roles in films and television series during a career that spanned decades.

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Rotten Tomatoes

Rotten Tomatoes is an American review-aggregation website for film and television.

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Russell Johnson

Russell David Johnson (November 10, 1924 – January 16, 2014) was an American actor, best known for his role as Professor Roy Hinkley in Gilligan's Island.

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Science fiction film

Science fiction film (or sci-fi film) is a genre that uses speculative, fictional science-based depictions of phenomena that are not fully accepted by mainstream science, such as extraterrestrial lifeforms, alien worlds, extrasensory perception and time travel, along with futuristic elements such as spacecraft, robots, cyborgs, interstellar travel or other technologies.

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Science Fiction/Double Feature

"Science Fiction/Double Feature" is the opening song to the original 1973 musical stage production, The Rocky Horror Show as well as its 1975 film counterpart The Rocky Horror Picture Show, book, music and lyrics by Richard O'Brien, musical arrangements by Richard Hartley.

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Shapeshifting

In mythology, folklore and speculative fiction, shapeshifting is the ability of a being or creature to completely transform its physical form or shape.

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Siouxsie and the Banshees

Siouxsie and the Banshees were an English rock band, formed in London in 1976 by vocalist Siouxsie Sioux and bass guitarist Steven Severin.

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Television film

A television film (also known as a TV movie, TV film, television movie, telefilm, telemovie, made-for-television movie, made-for-television film, direct-to-TV movie, direct-to-TV film, movie of the week, feature-length drama, single drama and original movie) is a feature-length motion picture that is produced for, and originally distributed by or to, a television network, in contrast to theatrical films, which are made explicitly for initial showing in movie theaters.

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The Aurum Film Encyclopedia

The Aurum Film Encyclopedia is a multi-volume reference work on cinema, published in the UK by Aurum Press and edited by Phil Hardy.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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The Rocky Horror Picture Show

The Rocky Horror Picture Show is a 1975 musical science-fiction horror-comedy film by 20th Century Fox produced by Lou Adler and Michael White and directed by Jim Sharman.

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The Rocky Horror Show

The Rocky Horror Show is a musical with music, lyrics and book by Richard O'Brien.

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This Island Earth

This Island Earth is a 1955 American science fiction film from Universal International, produced by William Alland, directed by Joseph M. Newman and Jack Arnold, that stars Jeff Morrow, Faith Domergue and Rex Reason.

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Tinderbox (Siouxsie and the Banshees album)

Tinderbox is the seventh studio album by English alternative rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees.

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Tucson, Arizona

Tucson is a city and the county seat of Pima County, Arizona, United States, and home to the University of Arizona.

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Turner Classic Movies

Turner Classic Movies (TCM) is an American movie-oriented pay-TV network operated by Turner Broadcasting System. Launched in 1994, TCM is headquartered at Turner's Techwood broadcasting campus in the Midtown business district of Atlanta, Georgia. Historically, the channel's programming consisted mainly of classic theatrically released feature films from the Turner Entertainment film library – which comprises films from Warner Bros. Pictures (covering films released before 1950) and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (covering films released before May 1986). However, TCM now has licensing deals with other Hollywood film studios as well as its WarnerMedia sister company, Warner Bros. (which now controls the Turner Entertainment library and its own later films), and occasionally shows more recent films. The channel is available in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Malta, Latin America, France, Spain, the Nordic countries, the Middle East, Africa and Asia-Pacific.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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United States dollar

The United States dollar (sign: $; code: USD; also abbreviated US$ and referred to as the dollar, U.S. dollar, or American dollar) is the official currency of the United States and its insular territories per the United States Constitution since 1792.

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Universal Pictures

Universal Pictures (also known as Universal Studios) is an American film studio owned by Comcast through the Universal Filmed Entertainment Group division of its wholly owned subsidiary NBCUniversal.

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Variety (magazine)

Variety is a weekly American entertainment trade magazine and website owned by Penske Media Corporation.

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Victorville, California

Victorville is a city located in the Victor Valley of southwestern San Bernardino County, California.

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William Alland

William Alland (March 4, 1916 – November 11, 1997) was an American film producer and writer, mainly of western and science fiction/monster films, including This Island Earth, It Came From Outer Space, Tarantula, The Deadly Mantis, The Mole People, The Colossus of New York, The Space Children, The Creature from the Black Lagoon and its two sequels.

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1953 in film

The year 1953 in film involved some significant events.

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3D film

A three-dimensional stereoscopic film (also known as three-dimensional sangu, 3D film or S3D film) is a motion picture that enhances the illusion of depth perception, hence adding a third dimension.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Came_from_Outer_Space

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