On this day, September 18, 1951, "The Day the Earth Stood Still" was released.

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Mon Jul 18, 2022: On this day, July 18, 1951, Klaatu and Gort landed on the Ellipse.

Sat Sep 10, 2022: On this day, September 10, 1914, Robert Wise was born.

Sat Sep 18, 2021: On this day, September 18, 1951, "The Day the Earth Stood Still" was released.

Fri Sep 18, 2020: On this day, September 18, 1951, "The Day the Earth Stood Still" was released.

The Day the Earth Stood Still



Theatrical release poster

Directed by: Robert Wise
Screenplay by: Edmund H. North
Based on: "Farewell to the Master" by Harry Bates
Produced by: Julian Blaustein

Starring:
Michael Rennie
Patricia Neal
Hugh Marlowe
Sam Jaffe
Billy Gray
Frances Bavier
Lock Martin

Cinematography: Leo Tover A.S.C.
Edited by: William Reynolds, A.C.E.
Music by: Bernard Herrmann

Release date: September 18, 1951

The Day the Earth Stood Still (a.k.a. Farewell to the Master and Journey to the World) is a 1951 American science fiction film from 20th Century Fox, produced by Julian Blaustein and directed by Robert Wise. The film stars Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlowe, Sam Jaffe, Billy Gray, Frances Bavier and Lock Martin. The screenplay was written by Edmund H. North, based on the 1940 science fiction short story "Farewell to the Master" by Harry Bates, and the film score was composed by Bernard Herrmann.

Set in the Cold War during the early stages of the nuclear arms race, the film's storyline involves a humanoid alien visitor who comes to Earth, accompanied by a powerful robot, to deliver an important message that will affect the entire human race.

In 1995, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

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Mon Jun 29, 2020: Born on this day, June 29, 1911: Bernard Herrmann.

Bernard Herrmann



Bernard Herrmann in 1970

Born: Max Herman; June 29, 1911; New York City, U.S.
Died: December 24, 1975 (aged 64); Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Resting place: Beth David Cemetery; Elmont, New York, U.S.
Other names: Bernard Maximillian Herrmann
Education: Juilliard School, New York University
Awards: 1941 Academy Award for Music Score of a Dramatic Picture, The Devil and Daniel Webster a.k.a. All That Money Can Buy
1976 BAFTA Award for Best Film Music, Taxi Driver
Website: thebernardherrmannestate.com

Bernard Herrmann (born Max Herman; June 29, 1911 – December 24, 1975) was an American composer best known for his work in composing for motion pictures. As a conductor, he championed the music of lesser-known composers.

An Academy Award-winner (for The Devil and Daniel Webster, 1941; later renamed All That Money Can Buy), Herrmann is particularly known for his collaborations with director Alfred Hitchcock, most famously Psycho, North by Northwest, The Man Who Knew Too Much, and Vertigo. He also composed scores for many other films, including Citizen Kane, Anna and the King of Siam, The Day the Earth Stood Still, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, Cape Fear, Fahrenheit 451, and Taxi Driver. He worked extensively in radio drama (composing for Orson Welles), composed the scores for several fantasy films by Ray Harryhausen, and many TV programs, including Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone and Have Gun – Will Travel.

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At any rate, I just love Bernard Herrmann. From my favorite movie:

Prelude - Outer Space - Radar
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Bernard Herrmann - Topic
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Prelude - Outer Space - Radar · Bernard Herrmann (conductor), Bernard Herrmann Ensemble

The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951 Film Score)

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Let's show the first few minutes:

The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) title sequence
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Title sequence from The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)

"The best flying saucer arrival in cinematic history"

The best flying saucer arrival in cinematic history - 1951
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The arrival of the space ship from another planet - The Day the Earth stood still - 1951

I first saw The Day the Earth Stood Still on NBC's Saturday Night at the Movies, in about 1961. The elevator scene still terrifies me.

The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) - Power Outage
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The Day The Earth Stood Still
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Final moments from this 1951 classic B movie starring Michael Rennie.

Don't Make a Scene: The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951)

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The following video got removed. I'll look for another copy.

Does All This Frighten You? - The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951)
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Barnhardt : Tell me, Hilda, does all this frighten you? Does it make you feel insecure? Hilda : Yes, sir, it certainly does. Barnhardt : That's good, Hilda. I'm glad.

This site is worth a look:

Dire Message of ‘The Day the Earth Stood Still’ 1951

Mon Jun 29, 2020: Here's an article about Billy Gray, who was in TDTESS.

I emailed him about something a few years ago. He wrote back. He's still around.

People
No Seeds, No Stems: Pure Bud
Sixty Years After the Cancellation of ‘Father Knows Best,’ Billy Gray Looks Back on His Years As a Child Actor, the TV Series That Made Him a Star, and the Scandal That Derailed His Career



Billy Gray, right, in Father Knows Best. | Credit: Screen Gems/Kobal/Shutterstock

By Steve Uhler
Sun Sep 06, 2020 | 7:57am

To generations of fans, Father Knows Best (1954-1960) remains the gold standard of TV family sitcoms. Depicting the everyday trials and tribulations of the fictional Anderson family in the small town of Springfield, the show proved so popular it remains on the air in syndication over half a century after it ceased production, and it is reverently referenced in such subsequent TV shows as The Simpsons and Married…with Children. Actor Billy Gray played Bud, the rebellious, misfit teenage son of Jim and Margaret Anderson (Robert Young, Jane Wyatt) and brother to older sister Betty (Elinor Donahue) and younger sibling Kathy (Lauren Chapin). Writer Steve Uhler caught up with Gray, now 82, at his home in Topanga to talk about his years on Father Knows Best, his days as a child actor, and the drug bust that prematurely ended his career.

You were a very naturalistic child actor. Robert Wise directed you in The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) and said you were the best he’d ever worked with.

And I gotta thank my mom for that, I’m sure. She was an actress, mostly B-Westerns. She’d drive me to auditions when I was a kid. Later in life, our roles were reversed, and I was driving her to auditions. I started around age 5, and she would read me the lines. I was always just the kid next door or the newsboy…. I did scores of those kinds of things. I didn’t have any lines for several years; I just did bit parts. It wasn’t ’til I was about 10 or 11 that I started getting actual parts that were real characters. About the only instructions I ever got in acting was my mom telling me not to sound like I was reading. And I took that to heart. I tried to avoid sounding like I was reading from a script.

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Billy Gray official website

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[dhol82]

1. Klaatu barada niktu

[if..fish..had..wings]

2. Gort!

Absolutely wonderful movie, always loved it.

If you look at the poster:
Helen was a brunette, not a blonde.
She dressed rather more conservatively than that.
Gort was not green.
Apparently the invaders are fighting the army by dropping a gigantic Earth onto Washington
Saturn appears to coming to crash into us (God this day is a bad day, thank goodness things Stood Still!)
The Army is shooting at Gort even though he has Helen, maybe she is collateral damage.
All the men at the bottom are soldiers, all the frightened citizens running away are women (hmmm)
Apparently one tank is shooting up at Gort's crotch. Not sure what good that's gonna do.

Love it.

P.S. Sam Jaffee!!!!