Theatrical trailer for the 1951 film flight to mars. Films of the united states, 1951 wikimedia commons. Flight to mars is a 1951 american cinecolor science fiction film drama, produced by walter mirisch for monogram pictures, directed by lesley selander, that stars marguerite chapman, cameron mitchell, and arthur franz the films storyline involves the arrival on the red planet of an american scientific expedition team, who discover that mars is inhabited by an undergrounddwelling but dying. Scifi fans wouldnt get to see a ship with that much mileage on it again until the enterprise warped out of orbit in star trek fifteen years later. Flight to mars, a ufo tribute band, a side project of pearl jam lead guitarist mike mccready. Five astronauts successfully fly to mars where they encounter seemingly friendly and advanced inhabitants who harbor covert plans to use their ship to invade earth. Flight to mars 1951 letterboxd social film discovery. Flight to mars is a 1951 american cinecolor science fiction film drama, produced by walter mirisch for monogram pictures, directed by lesley selander, that stars marguerite chapman, cameron mitchell, and arthur franz the film s storyline involves the arrival on the red planet of an american scientific expedition team, who discover that mars is inhabited by an undergrounddwelling but dying. Mars in fiction after mariner novels and short stories.
Flight to mars represents everything you could possibly want in a scifi movie, provided you dont. Flight to mars is a simple sciencefiction film thats easy to follow. And that makes this rocket the most welltraveled interplanetary vehicle in film history, second only to the millennium falcon. Mariner 4 in july 1965 found that mars contrary to expectationsis heavily cratered, with a very thin atmosphere. This movie flight to mars came out in 1951 and was the first science fiction movie made in color at the time. The film s storyline involves the arrival on the red planet of an american scientific expedition team, who discover that mars is. Five astronauts successfully fly to mars where they encounter seemingly friendly and advanced inhabitants who harbor covert plans to use their.
Flight to mars 1951 four scientists and a newsman cameron mitchell crashland on mars and meet martians who act friendly. Titled the sands of mars, the story involves martian settlers. After the initial half hours trip to mars, however, the film goes off in new directions and becomes much more interesting after the ships arrival to the red planet. Parts of the plot were loosely adapted for the 1951 film flight to mars film. Flight to mars is a 1951 american science fiction film directed by lesley selander. Flight to mars 1951 is a scifi movie starring marguerite chapman and cameron mitchell. Proin pellentesque mollis enim, at vulputate odio mollis sed. They fly to mars, to find martians who want to use their space ship to invade earth. Poster for flight to mars 1951, usa wrong side of the art. Scifi 1951 72 minutes color five astronauts successfully fly to mars where they encounter seemingly friendly and advanced inhabitants. Cheesy, shlocky and campy as it is, i suppose that 1951s flight to mars still has a claim to historical relevance.
Astronauts who return to earth after a human flight to mars recount encountering hostile creatures, with only two surviving the. Dont try to think about all of the errors throughout the film. For this reason, the rocket in flight to mars is the most welltraveled interplanetary vehicle of the 1950s. The film was released on october 11, 1940, by paramount pictures. Brent gair has created a gorgeous replica of the rocket from flight to. Praesent vestibulum tempor augue, vel egestas nulla commodo quis. Flighttomars1951moviefull scanner internet archive html5 uploader 1. Group of scientists lands on mars only to find that the martian ruling class is planning to conquer the world. Volo su marte flight to mars 1951xvid ita eng mp3 sub itamircrewtnt village titolo originale. Flight to mars was crafted at a time when hollywood was making the transition from flash gordon to the real thing. An aboveaverage scifi bmovie in rather nice looking supercinecolor.
According to one of my film bibles, the psychotronic encyclopedia, it was the first spaceflight movie in color. An aboveaverage scifi b movie in rather nice looking supercinecolor. The footagedirect archive includes historical and contemporary footage covering a wide range of subjects from corporate images to war footage, public domain movies and film trailers to industry. Media in category films of the united states, 1951 the following 29 files are in this category, out of 29 total. Alternatively, use the tick boxes to select only the releases you wish to view and then click apply filter. This has a strong oldtimey feel to it, more 30s than 40s even. Flight to mars 1951 in 1951 a number of science fiction films debuted in theatres across the postwar nationthe man from planet x, thing from another world, when worlds collide, day the earth stood still and superman and the mole men. Flight to mars is a 1951 american cinecolor science fiction film drama, produced by walter mirisch for monogram pictures, directed by lesley selander, that. E five astronauts successfully fly to mars where they encounter seemingly friendly and advanced inhabitants who harbor covert plans to use their ship to invade earth. Scifi 1951 72 minutes color five astronauts successfully fly to mars where they encounter. Montoro empire pictures featured film ventures international fred williamson george buck flower golden harvest company group 1 hammer film productions harry alan towers hemisphere. Flight to mars is a 1951 american cinecolor science fiction film drama, produced by walter mirisch for monogram pictures, directed by lesley selander, that stars marguerite chapman, cameron mitchell, and arthur franz. Clarke wrote the first novel in which the terraforming of mars was presented in fiction. This part is probably inspired by the russian film aelita 1924, which will doubtlessly appear on this blog sooner or later.
Its as if the filmmakers heard that scifi was the new hot thing, but hadnt seen any of the new stuff. An intrepid female astronaut braves hardships on a perilous rocket journey to the red planet. Starring marguerite chapman, cameron mitchell, arthur franz, virginia huston, john litel, morris ankrum, richard gaines cinematography harry neumann special effects irving block, jack cosgrove, jack rabin art direction dave milton film editor richard heermance original music marlin skiles. Im not talking about actually going to an asteroid or to mars, but i dont get all the slapping on the back that nasa is doing for accomplishing some pretty basic feats takeoff, splashdown that were done ages ago. Visually this film evokes destination moon which came out a year earlier, but its a cheaper, less scientifically literate film, more akin to rocketship xm and with an equal lack of understanding of, well, anything about how interplanetary flight might work. After the reception that destination moon and rocketship xm got at the box office its no big leap to see why there would follow a film like flight to mars 1951 though 1951 and the rest of the 1950s decade wasnt more jam packed with other films that forayed into space voyage. Discussion in visual arts started by guildx700, dec 6, 2014. The film stars richard dix, florence rice, william bill henry, victor jory, andy clyde and george e. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Flight to mars is the second american film of the postwar era after the previous years rocketship xm to depict a manned space trip to the red planet. Exploration of mars, unmanned or hypothesized manned flights. Space cowboys 2000, and brian depalmas mission to mars 2000.
Friedman dick miller dimension pictures donald pleasence edward l. Flight to mars 1951 t 11111951 us science fiction, thriller 1h 12m user score. Instead, sit back and enjoy this classic piece of sciencefiction from the glory days of the 1950s. Flight to mars 1951 posters the movie database tmdb. It starred cameron mitchell, marguerite chapman, virginia huston, and morris ankrum. Flight to mars 1951 film complet en francais a 20170809t17. Cavalry scout is a 1951 american western film directed by lesley selander and starring rod cameron, audrey long and jim davis. Flight to mars image enterainment corinth 1951 color 1.
Theatrical trailer for flight to mars 1951 youtube. Flight to mars marguerite chapman, cameron mitchell. Buy flight to mars 1951 movie poster masterprint at. In the silent film, a man travels to mars and leads a popular uprising against the authorities and attracts the love of queen aelita. The special effects are laughable but you have to keep in mind that this movie was made about 63 years ago. Flight to mars 1951 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. With marguerite chapman, cameron mitchell, arthur franz, virginia huston. Flight to mars classic 50s scifi karl petry 20121007 put aside all your thoughts of real space flight and take a look back at what the public, and hollywood thought in 1951. Flight to mars, a 1951 cinecolor science fiction film. The most fantastic expedition ever conceived by man. Marguerite chapman and cameron mitchell in flight to mars 1951.
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