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The War of the Worlds (also known in promotional material as H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds) is a 1953 American science fiction thriller film directed by Byron Haskin, produced by George Pal, and starring Gene Barry and Ann Robinson. It is the first of several feature film adaptations of H. G. Wells' 1898 novel of the same name.
An overview of the films produced by the Bollywood film industry based in Mumbai in 1953. Do Bigha Zameen directed and produced by Bengali director Bimal Roy and starring Balraj Sahni , Nirupa Roy , Ratan Kumar and Jagdeep won the Filmfare Best Movie Award . [ 1 ]
The winner in the Best Motion Picture category was Columbia's From Here to Eternity. All of the major-category winners were black-and-white films. The 11th Golden Globe Awards also honored the best films of 1953. There was no award for Best Picture in either the Musical or Comedy categories.
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The first film adaptation was The War of the Worlds, produced in 1953 by George Pal, directed by Byron Haskin, and starring Gene Barry. [65] In 2005, Steven Spielberg directed another film version starring Tom Cruise. [66] [67] In 1978, Jeff Wayne produced a musical album of the story, with the voices of Richard Burton and David Essex. Wayne ...
There were also Earth-based "sci-fi" subjects, including kaiju films such as the Godzilla series as well as 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) and When Worlds Collide (1951). Companies such as American International Pictures, Japan's Toho, and Britain's Hammer Film Productions were created to solely produce films of the fantastique genres.
1955: The Lux Radio Theater: War of the Worlds, adaptation of the 1953 film. 1967: The War of the Worlds, BBC radio dramatisation using the 1950 Jon Manchip White script, 6 episodes. 1968: The War of the Worlds (1968 radio drama), WKBW radio adaptation. 1971: War of the Worlds radio broadcast, Rádio Difusora, São Luís, Brazil.
This is the last Disney animated movie released in partnership with RKO Pictures, becoming the last ever smash hit movie of the later company before it bankrupted in 1959. February 25 – Jacques Tati's film Les Vacances de M. Hulot is released in France, introducing the gauche character of Monsieur Hulot. [5]