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1/13/17

DANCING LADY 1933

1/8/16

VINTAGE CAMPER TRAILERS~ HERE TODAY, GONE TOMORROW

Very vintage camper trailers from 1937.
Posted by Vintage Camper Trailers on Thursday, January 6, 2011

11/19/13

ROBOT MONSTER @ ANTEBELLUM~ FRIDAY!

PRESENTS

16MM MOVIE NITE

ANTEBELLUM ia obsessed with B&W sci-fi and monster films from the 1950s.

please join us for our screening of

ROBOT MONSTER

ORIGINAL 16MM FILM projected on a screen!

NOVEMBER 22ND

7PM

$7 ADVANCE PURCHASE

$10 DAY OF THE SCREENING

NO~HOST BAR

KINKY ART

LIVELY PRE & POST SCREENING CHAT
BEAUTIFUL PATIO FOR PRE & POST SCREENING RELAXATION

ANTEBELLUM

1643 N LAS PALMAS AVE

HOLLYWOOD, CA 90028

323 856~0667

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Robot Monster , 1953 directed by Phil Tucker. It is frequently considered one of the worst

films ever made. Years later, Robot Monster was included as one of the choices in the book The Fifty Worst Films of All Time.

starring~

George Nader, (one time BF to rock hudson)— Roy

Claudia Barrett — Alice

Selena Royale — Mother

John Mylong — The Professor

Gregory Moffett — Johnny

Pamela Paulson — Carla

George Barrows — Ro-Man/Great Guidance

John Brown — Voice of Ro-Man/Great Guidance

Twenty-five-year-old writer/director Phil Tucker made Robot Monster in four days for an estimated $16,000.

Except for a few scenes at a house, most footage was filmed outdoors in Bronson Canyon, Griffith Pak and a building site near Dodger Stadium.^]

The film's special effects include stock footage used from 1940's One Million B.C., 1951's Lost Continent, and Flight to Mars spliced into the film.

Within the first viewscreen footage is a brief appearance of the Rocketship X-M ship during its initial boarding. A matte painting of ruins of New York City was included from Captive Women.

The budget did not allow for a robot costume as intended so Tucker used his friend George Barrows who had his own gorilla suit to play Ro-Man; Tucker added the helmet.

In the film's opening credits "N. A. Fischer Chemical Products" is given prominent credit for the "Billion Bubble Machine," used in the film as part of Ro-Man's communication device for reporting to his superior.