The day the world ended 1956 in a world devastated by a widescale nuclear war, all that remains are teetering ruins and a handful of scrappy survivors. The guilty favorite world without end and the obscure oddity satellite in the sky make a fine dvd double bill combo for scifi fans interested in vintage goods. Though highly derivative, world without end 1956 is an interesting 50s scifi picture. The astronauts find themselves in another world from the one they left, their families and homes are gone and. This is an attempt at reconstructing the original trailer for the 1956 scifi film, world without end, from a truncated, black and white, 16mm copy. Hugh marlow, nelson leigh, shawn smith, and, yes, rod taylor. Heres a clip from one of the better science fiction movies of the 50s. Description world without end allied artists, 1956. Astronauts returning from a voyage to mars are caught in a time warp and are propelled into a postapocalyptic earth populated by mutants. World without end 1956 this is a neat nuclear hysteria fueled scifi film from the 50s about a group of four astronauts who fly through a time barrier and end up on 26th century earth.
World without end 1956 edward bernds may be the only hollywood director to owe his career to a passion for ham radio. It was written and directed by jackofall trades journeyman edward bernds, a veteran of the bpicture industry. Looking at edward bernds world without end 1956 in the twentyfirst century, its story plays a lot like planet of the apes but in place of talking apes, the surface of the postapocalypse earth here is ruled by deformed mutant humans. More than one sciencefiction fan has noted the marked similarities between world without end and h. Enjoyable good looking b movie with cracking scrore. With hugh marlowe, nancy gates, nelson leigh, rod taylor.
World without end also known as flight to the future is a 1956 science fiction film directed by edward bernds and starring hugh marlowe and nancy gates. Eldon galbraithe nelson leigh is leading a crew on a marsorbiting mission in space. It was made in cinemascope and technicolor by allied artists and produced by richard heermance. This mid 50s film may be hokey at times giant plastic spiders attack the heroes early on. Sep, 2008 world without end rod taylor shirtless scene duration. World without end 1956 movies, tv, celebs, and more.
At first unaware where they are, but finding the atmosphere safe to breathe, they start exploring and find themselves in a divided future where disfigured mutants living like cavemen inhabit the surface, while the normals live comfortably below the surface. It allows us to wonder whether we can rise above our human frailties and weaknesses and use our intellect to rid our planet of violence and war. Sep 19, 2015 the film, world without end does at least try to present the viewer with an interesting subtext. In world without end, wells fiction is augmented by some of the latest einstiniean concepts of time and relativity that science fiction audiences were just being exposed to. Stock footage from world without end later resurfaced in queen of outer space, which like the earlier film was directed by edward bernds. The picture looks even better than i had hoped, being well familiar with the film on dvd. World without end 1956 an astronaut hugh marlowe and his buddies land on 26thcentury earth and find men meek and women friendly. It was made by a minorleague studio, and it has time travel, abomb angst, a planet inhabited almost entirely by women, plasticfaced monsters, a big dummy spider on obvious strings, a classic pulp.
Two nights ago the third film on the triple bill at the vintage scifi screening in golden hill turned out to be unexpectedly interesting. Yes, tom, its unfortunate the way these rumors get started and misinformation gets spread around. Construction workers in world war ii in the pacific are needed to build military sites, but the work is dangerous and they doubt the ability of. World without end 1956 the movie title stills collection. World without end was another fun 50s science fiction film. I remember seeing this movie on a weekly science fiction program called strange tales of science. An amateur operator in his native chicago after world war i, bernds obtained a commercial radio license while still a student at lake view high school and, by the age of twenty, was running the 50,000 watt chicago station wenr. World without end, bluray, manufactured on demand, remastered, amaray case, digital theater system, scificlassic, 888574474577. Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or instore pickup. World without end is a film directed by edward bernds with hugh marlowe, nancy gates, nelson leigh, rod taylor, year. World without end 1956 rod taylor plays herbert ellis, one of a quartet of space travelers who get caught in a time warp on their way back from mars. They eventually encounter a civilization of normal healthy folks, who moved underground eons ago to escape the radiationsoaked world above. Hugh marlowe plays borden, the skipper of a quartet of astronauts. Movie typography from world without end 1956, directed by edward bernds, starring hugh marlowe, nancy gates, nelson leigh, rod taylor, shirley patterson.
World without end 1956 this is a nifty, but kind of depressing time travel tale. The warner archive collection surprises and delights fans of vintage science fiction cinema with their bluray announcement of world without end, a tacky yet fun 1950s space flight flick filled with ugly ogres, beautiful babes and some intriguing timetravel concepts. They follow him to the outside world in time to see him killed by the beasts. Find out about all the goofs from world without end 1956 on imdb. World without end, a 1953 documentary directed by basil wright and paul rotha. World without end features an early screen role for australianborn rod. Of the handful of sffilms bernds worked on in the 1950s, world is certainly the closest to being good sfdrama. Jun 22, 2015 world without end 1956 is an excellent postapocalyptic scifi tale with a great cast that includes hugh marlowe, rod taylor, and lisa montell.
Galbraithe are engineer henry jaffee christopher dark, scientist john borden hugh marlow, and radio operator herbert ellis rod taylor. This is produced four years before the same scenario was explored in the 1960 mgm george pal film of the same name. World without end 1956 four astronauts hugh marlowe, rod taylor, christopher dark and nelson leigh are returning from the first mission to survey mars in 1957 when they enter a time warp and crash on a 26th century earth devastated by atomic war. World end action movies best adventure, sci fi full length movies. They find earth is now a nuclear wasteland and that its inhabitents now live underground. The wonderful thing about world without end to me, at least is that its like the entire 1950s cinematic scifi genre compressed into one film. The film was distributed on a double feature with the lon chaney. In world without end, wells fiction is augmented by some of the latest einstiniean concepts of time and relativity that science fiction audiences. World without end 1956 letterboxd social film discovery. Sometime later the council apologizes for their actions. Audio is clear on end, with leith stevens score coming across well, but some dialogue is a bit distorted in satellite. The color palette is relatively muted, which apparently faithfully represents the directors vision, but definitely has more of a pop than it did in sd. World without end 1953 film, a 1953 documentary directed by basil wright and paul rotha.
Four astronauts returning from mans first mission to mars enter a time warp and crash on a 26th century earth devastated by atomic war. Apr 29, 2017 the allied artists scifi film world without end 1956 has just been released on bluray by the warner archive. Themes from this film are later echoed in planet of the apes, countless episodes of star trek and the time machine. World without end also known as mondo senza fine, planet des grauens is an adventurescience fiction film directed by edward bernds, and written by edward bernds screenplay, released on march 25 of 1956 in the usa. World without end 1956 bloopers, mistakes, errors in continuity, plot holes, anachronisms, spoilers and more. A web page featuring information about world without end. Alberto vargas, esquire and playboy illustrator, designed the tunics worn by the. As that market imploded he fanned out into westerns, scifi teen exploitation and three stooges features. Color is very good on both enhanced transfers, with satellite showing a little mottling and wear in places. Of course, at this point earth has almost recovered from a catastrophic nuclear war that has mutated humans into oneeyed cavemen who enslave normal. Four astronauts hugh marlowe, rod taylor, christopher dark and nelson leigh are returning from the first mission to survey mars.
World without end features an early screen role for australianborn rod taylor. Roaring to the far reaches of titanic terror, crashlanding into the. Allied artists, the studio that produced it, began as lowly monogram, a poverty row company known for the cheapest of cheap westerns, comedies starring the east side kids later known as the bowery boys and extraordinarily silly horror films with bela. It was made in cinemascope and technicolor by allied artists and produced by richard heermance, world without end features an early screen role for australianborn rod taylor. It was the subject of the first mystery science theater alive. World without end is a 1956 film about four astronauts returning from a voyage to mars, who are caught in a time warp and are propelled into a postapocalyptic earth populated by mutants who live on the surface and a dying race of normals who live beneath it directed and written by edward bernds. This was pretty much a bmovie but looks like a big studio film with its color and cinemascope.
World without end rod taylor shirtless scene duration. World without end film, a 1956 science fiction b movie world without end 1953 film, a 1953 documentary directed by basil wright and paul rotha world without end haldeman novel, a 1979 star trek novel by joe haldeman world without end follett novel. World without end 1956, a film by edward bernds theiapolis. Returning from a trip to mars, four astronauts find themselves flung a couple centuries into earths future. World without end has been ranked 47 times, wins 39. World without end 1956 is an excellent postapocalyptic scifi tale with a great cast that includes hugh marlowe, rod taylor, and lisa montell. Actually, what i heard was that the producers of world without end were sued by the dawn wells estate, because she alleged that the movie was released in 1958 to take advantage of the industry buzz about a hit tv show with a similar plot, which would be released a mere six years later. This movie had hugh marlowe, nancy gates in the lead roles of the film premise no data available.
World without end manufactured on demand, remastered. World without end 1956 page 12 classic horror film board. World without end is a 1956 science fiction film directed by edward bernds and starring hugh marlowe and nancy gates. Hugh marlowe and nancy gates are starring, alongside nelson leigh, rod taylor, lisa montell and christopher dark. World without end is an english movie directed by edward bernds released in the year 1956. Movie typography from world without end 1956, directed by edward bernds, starring hugh marlowe, nancy gates, nelson leigh, rod taylor, shirley patterson home 19201924. Rough script world without end 1956 i didnt expect much when i began watching this movie but it is a pretty solid piece of scifi. World without end also known as flight to the future is a 1956 science fiction film in cinemascope and technicolor from allied artists, produced by richard heermance, directed by edward bernds, and starring hugh marlowe and nancy gates.
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