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George Worthing Yates
George Worthing Yates (14 August 1901 in New York City – 6 June 1975 in Sonoma) was an American screenwriter and author. His early work was on serials shown in cinemas; he later progressed to feature films, primarily science fiction. He was the nephew of the head of Republic Pictures, Herbert Yates. Filmography Screenwriter (unless noted otherwise) *''The Lone Ranger'' (1938) serial *'' The Mysterious Miss X'' (1939) (story) * '' Hi-Yo Silver'' (1940) *'' Man From Frisco'' (1944) (story) *'' The Falcon in Mexico'' (1944) *'' The Spanish Main'' (1945) *''Sinbad the Sailor'' (1947) (story) *'' The Tall Target'' (1951) *'' The Last Outpost'' (1951) *'' This Woman Is Dangerous'' (1952) *'' Those Redheads From Seattle'' (1953) *'' China Venture'' (1953) *'' Them!'' (1954) (story) *'' Conquest of Space'' (1955) *'' It Came from Beneath the Sea'' (1955) *'' Earth vs. the Flying Saucers'' (1956) *''The Amazing Colossal Man'' (1957) *'' Attack of the Puppet People'' (1958) *'' Earth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City
New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs, each coextensive with a respective county. The city is the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the United States by both population and urban area. New York is a global center of finance and commerce, culture, technology, entertainment and media, academics, and scientific output, the arts and fashion, and, as home to the headquarters of the United Nations, international diplomacy. With an estimated population in 2024 of 8,478,072 distributed over , the city is the most densely populated major city in the United States. New York City has more than double the population of Los Angeles, the nation's second-most populous city. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tormented (1960 Film)
''Tormented'' is a 1960 American horror film directed and produced by Bert I. Gordon for Allied Artists Pictures Corporation, and starring Richard Carlson. The film was featured in the fourth season of the television series ''Mystery Science Theater 3000''. Plot Jazz pianist Tom Stewart lives in a Cape Cod island community and is preparing to marry his fiancée, Meg Hubbard. Shortly before the wedding, Tom's ex-girlfriend Vi Mason visits and informs him that she will end his relationship with Meg, using blackmail if necessary. While they argue atop a lighthouse, the railing gives way, and Vi falls, managing to hang on briefly. She cries out for help, but Tom refuses and watches her fall to her death. The next day, Tom sees Vi's body floating in the water. After retrieving her, the body dissolves into seaweed. Tom tries to forget, but over the next few days, Vi's watch washes up on the beach, strange footprints appear in the sand, Vi's ghost appears and tells Tom that sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
War Of The Colossal Beast
''War of the Colossal Beast'' (a.k.a. ''Revenge of the Colossal Man'' and ''The Colossal Beast'') is a 1958 black-and-white science fiction film, written, produced, and directed by Bert I. Gordon for his Carmel Productions, and starring Dean Parkin, Sally Fraser, and Roger Pace. It is the sequel to Gordon's earlier '' The Amazing Colossal Man'' (1957) and was distributed theatrically by American International Pictures as the bottom half of a double feature with '' Attack of the Puppet People''. The film's storyline picks up where ''The Amazing Colossal Man'' left off, although it was not marketed as a sequel and features a different cast. The film's brief death-scene finale was filmed in color. Plot Upon hearing of several recent robberies of food delivery trucks in Mexico, Joyce Manning, Army Lt. Colonel Glenn Manning's sister, becomes convinced that her brother survived after being exposed to radiation from an atomic bomb (as seen in '' The Amazing Colossal Man''). Along with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Space Master X-7
''Space Master X-7'' is a 1958 American horror science fiction film in Regalscope from Regal Films, produced by Bernard Glasser, directed by Edward Bernds, that stars Bill Williams, Lyn Thomas, and Robert Ellis. Paul Frees, Judd Holdren, and Moe Howard have supporting roles. The screenplay was written by George Worthing Yates and Daniel Mainwaring. Plot A space probe returns to Earth covered with a mysterious fungus, which, when accidentally mixed with human blood, transforms into an ever-growing pile of space rust. If not stopped, the infection could eventually cover the entire world. Cast * Bill Williams as John Hand * Lyn Thomas as Laura Greeling * Robert Ellis as Pvt. Joe Rattigan * Paul Frees as Dr. Charles T. Pommer * Rhoda Williams as Stewardess Archer * Joan Barry as Jean Meyers, a brunette * Carol Varga as Elaine Frohman * Thomas Browne Henry as Prof. West * Thomas Wilde as Collins * Fred Sherman as Mr. Morse, Hotel Manager * Gregg Martell as Jim Dale, plane ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frankenstein 1970
''Frankenstein 1970'' is a 1958 science fiction/horror film, shot in black and white CinemaScope, starring Boris Karloff and featuring Don "Red" Barry. The independent film was directed by Howard W. Koch, written by Richard Landau and George Worthing Yates, and produced by Aubrey Schenck. It was released theatrically in some markets on a double feature with '' Queen of Outer Space''. Plot It is 1970. Baron Victor von Frankenstein (Boris Karloff) has suffered torture and disfigurement at the hands of the Nazis as punishment for not cooperating with them during World War II. He nevertheless continues his work as a scientist. Needing funds to support his experiments, the Baron allows a television crew to shoot a horror film about his monster-making family at his castle in Germany. This arrangement gives the Baron enough money to buy an atomic reactor, which he uses to create a living being, modeled after his own likeness before he had been tortured. When the Baron runs out of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Flame Barrier
''The Flame Barrier'' is a 1958 American jungle adventure/science fiction film produced by Arthur Gardner and Jules V. Levy, directed by Paul Landres, and written by Pat Fielder and George Worthing Yates. The film stars Arthur Franz, Kathleen Crowley and Robert Brown. It was released in the U.S. on April 2, 1958 by United Artists as the bottom half of a double feature with ''The Return of Dracula'' (1958). Plot American satellite X-117, carrying a chimpanzee, has unexpectedly fallen back to Earth after entering a non-existent/fictional part of the stratosphere known as "the flame barrier", which encircles Earth at an altitude of 200 miles. Howard Dahlman (Dan Gachman), a rich businessman and ardent amateur space program enthusiast, went into the Mexican jungle to recover the satellite, but never returned. His wife, Carol (Kathleen Crowley), sets out to find him. Arriving in Campeche, Mexico, Carol meets two jungle guides, the ill-tempered Dave Hollister (Arthur Franz) and his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Attack Of The Puppet People
''Attack of the Puppet People'' (retitled ''Six Inches Tall'' for its U.K. release) is a 1958 American black-and-white science fiction horror film produced and directed by Bert I. Gordon. It stars John Agar, John Hoyt, and June Kenney. Gordon also supervised the film's special effects. American International Pictures released the film on June 30, 1958 as a double feature with '' War of the Colossal Beast''. The film was rushed into production by AIP and Bert I. Gordon to capitalize on the popular success of Universal-International's ''The Incredible Shrinking Man'', released the previous year in 1957. Plot The doll manufacturing company Dolls Inc. is owned and operated by Mr. Franz, who has a personal collection of very lifelike dolls stored in glass canisters locked in a display case on a wall. Sally Reynolds answers a newspaper advertisement for a secretary position. Although unnerved by Franz’s extremely friendly and pushy manner, she is ultimately moved to take the job by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Amazing Colossal Man
''The Amazing Colossal Man'' (also known as ''The Colossal Man'') is a 1957 American black-and-white science fiction film from American International Pictures. Produced and directed by Bert I. Gordon, it stars Glenn Langan, Cathy Downs, William Hudson, and Larry Thor. It is an uncredited adaptation of Homer Eon Flint's 1928 short science fiction novel ''The Nth Man''. AIP theatrically released it as a double feature with '' Cat Girl''. The film's storyline concerns U.S. Army Lt. Colonel Glenn Manning who survives a plutonium explosion and grows 8 to 10 feet a day, ultimately reaching 60 feet tall, but loses his mind in the process. During the 1960s, American International Television syndicated the film to television. It and its sequel, '' War of the Colossal Beast'' (1958), were mocked on ''Mystery Science Theater 3000''. Plot At a military site in Desert Rock, Nevada, a test explosion of the first atomic plutonium bomb does not detonate as expected. When an unidentifi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earth Vs
Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to harbor life. This is enabled by Earth being an ocean world, the only one in the Solar System sustaining liquid surface water. Almost all of Earth's water is contained in its global ocean, covering 70.8% of Earth's crust. The remaining 29.2% of Earth's crust is land, most of which is located in the form of continental landmasses within Earth's land hemisphere. Most of Earth's land is at least somewhat humid and covered by vegetation, while large sheets of ice at Earth's polar deserts retain more water than Earth's groundwater, lakes, rivers, and atmospheric water combined. Earth's crust consists of slowly moving tectonic plates, which interact to produce mountain ranges, volcanoes, and earthquakes. Earth has a liquid outer core that generates a magnetosphere capable of deflecting most of the destructive solar winds and cosmic radiation. Earth has a dynamic atmosphere, which sustains Earth' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It Came From Beneath The Sea
''It Came from Beneath the Sea'' is a 1955 American science fiction monster horror film from Columbia Pictures, produced by Sam Katzman and Charles Schneer, directed by Robert Gordon, that stars Kenneth Tobey, Faith Domergue, and Donald Curtis. The screenplay by George Worthing Yates was designed to showcase the stop motion animation special effects of Ray Harryhausen. A monstrous giant octopus rampages along the west coast of North America after becoming too radioactive from nuclear testing in the South Pacific for it to be able to hunt its natural prey in the Mindanao Deep. ''It Came from Beneath the Sea'' was released as the top half of a double feature with '' Creature with the Atom Brain''. Plot A nuclear submarine on its shakedown cruise in the Pacific Ocean, captained by Commander Pete Mathews, comes into contact with a massive sonar return. Unable to outrun or outmaneuver the object, the boat is disabled, but frees itself and returns to Pearl Harbor. Tissue fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conquest Of Space
''Conquest of Space'' is a 1955 American Technicolor science fiction film from Paramount Pictures, produced by George Pal, directed by Byron Haskin, that stars Walter Brooke, Eric Fleming, and Mickey Shaughnessy. The story concerns the first interplanetary flight to Mars, carrying a crew of five, and launched from Earth orbit near "The Wheel", mankind's first space station. On their long journey they encounter various dangers, both from within and without, that nearly destroy the mission. Plot Humankind has achieved space flight capability and built "The Wheel" space station in orbit above Earth. It is commanded by its designer, Colonel Samuel T. Merritt. His son, Captain Barney Merritt, having been aboard for a year, wants to return to Earth. A giant spaceship has been built in a nearby orbit, and an Earth inspector arrives aboard the station with new orders: Merritt Sr. is being promoted to general and will command the new spaceship, now being sent to Mars instead o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
