Underwater was released in the united states on january 10, 2020 and in uk cinemas on february 7, 2020. Oooo to see jane russell and richard egan in technicolor and superscope is. This is the kind of movie to watch on a hot summers afternoon. Then again, maybe hearing richard egan is better than seeing him act. It was their contention that superscope anamorphic prints could be generated from straight 35mm negatives, or from double frame vistavision or other wide area negatives. The new anamorphic process superscope on the giant wide screen. Vintage 1955 underwater insert movie poster sexy jane russell. Egan is a pretty face, his lanternjaw making him the. Dominic quesada and johnny gray, two scuba divers searching for sunken treasure off the coast of cuba, think theyve hit the jackpot when they find a 17th century ship on the sea floor. Widescreen museum cinemascope derivatives superscope 4. The trouble is, going in, sturges had been lead to believe it was going to be a b action movie. Johnny and theresa gray richard egan and jane russell have been married a year and are broke.
Superscope was conceived and developed by irving and joseph tushinsky. Gilding an already thoroughly waterlogged lily, rkos world premiere for john sturges underwater. It was a real pleasure to return to this technicolor rko superscope production, as the bluray is exquisitely beautiful. Howard hughes was notorious for screwing around with the movies at his rko. With jane russell, gilbert roland, richard egan, lori nelson. I first saw this film almost exactly five years ago thanks to turner classic movies. The song cherry pink and apple blossom white featured in the film became a major hit. Ladies and gentlemen and now, for the realreel star of our show. Other than jane russells underwater abilities, you have a song that was certainly big stuff on the pop charts at the time. That seems to be the case of this john sturges 1955 film underwater. The characterizations are so thimble thin the movie doesnt even. The film was the first rko production in superscope, and the transfer mirrors its original 2. Amid the threat of rapacious sharks and the hazards of underwater salvaging, the adventurers work against time. Superscope was used in nine rko technicolor productions from 1955 thru 1957, and a few rereleases of older films including a bastardized conversion of walt disneys fantasia which featured the original optical fantasound system adapted to four track magnetic stereo.
In this howard hughes film, treasure is discovered on the bottom of the ocean when married divers johnny and theresa come across a sunken spanish galleon. For its world premiere, on january 10, 1955, the film was projected on a submerged movie screen at silver springs, florida, and the invited guests were encouraged to don aqualungs and bathing suits so that they could watch the picture while swimming. Stay in the know with the latest movie news and cast interviews at. Warner archive is bringing john sturges underwater. Director john sturgess 1955 skindiving adventure movie for the reclusive billionaire producer and rko studio boss howard hughes, is designed to exhibit hughess busty protegee film star jane russell the outlaw paddling around in the shallows in her bikini.
German poster for rkos son of sinbad from 1955, indicating that superscope was a bit bigger deal in europe than in the u. A large swath of this movie is told in narration, probably to make up for the fact that nearly 60% of this movie is silent underwater footage. Both jane russell and her uncredited stunt double look great in skimpy swimwear throughout the technicolor and superscope. It was promoted with a premiere showing that was actually held underwater.
Wild in technicolor superscope, with underwater photography by lamar boren. Or perhaps a bowl of golden onion rings with a big glob of ketchup on the side. This time, howard gets his mitts on john sturges underwater. I feel like this is a movie, like around the world in 80 days, that just inherently isnt going to work as well now, as a large part of the appeal of the movie is that we spend so much of the runtime underwater. This film was a great choice for bluray, which shows off both the gorgeous cast and the underwater scenes to perfection. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. Both jane russell and her uncredited stunt double look great in skimpy swimwear throughout the technicolor and superscope romantic adventure underwater. The most remarkable thing about this jane russell movie the first film in superscope was that it actually had its world premiere underwater in a headlinegrabbing stunt organised by ace. Russell is cast as the wife of fortunechasing richard egan, who takes her along to the caribbean on a treasure hunt. Slightly better was the scarlet coat 1955, a revolutionary war drama about benedict arnold. You have jane russell in her skin diving best along with gilbert roland from this classic released in 1955. The underwater miniature effects are less convincing, coming off like setups from a much older movie.
Filmed in rkos equivalent of cinemascope, the weirdly titled superscope, underwater. The embarrassing irony is that rival studio united artists beat rko to the theatres by releasing their own starstudded superscope romp, vera cruz, in 1954 a move that kind of neutered all the hoopla rko later poured into the underwater. Their process was created in the laboratory rather than the camera. The film was the last fox film to be released under the 20th century fox name, before its new owner, the walt disney company, changed the name of the studio to 20th century studios. This item is in the category entertainment memorabilia\movie memorabilia\posters\originalsinternational\195059 the seller is fineantiquities and is located in nokomis, florida. Two scuba divers find a shipwreck which may contain undiscovered treasure, however, their attempt to salvage it is threatened by scavengers. The item vintage 1955 underwater insert movie poster sexy jane russell shark jaws scuba is in sale since sunday, october 08, 2017. See more on superscope 235 below whichever system was used, it was inferior in image quality to virtually all other widescreen systems. Wikimili, the free encyclopedia wikimili, the free encyclopedia. For its world premiere, on january 10, 1955, the film was projected on a submerged movie screen at silver springs, florida. Black and white films were produced in the process by rko and other small studios.
Vintage 1955 underwater insert movie poster sexy jane. Johnny and theresa gray richard egan and jane russell have been married a. To accomplish the feat, a screen and some benches were submerged in twentyfeet of. Widescreen museum cinemascope derivatives superscope 2. In the live action scenes the visibility in the water is only a few yards, but in the shot of the miniature ship perched on the undersea cliff, the water seems sharp and clear for hundreds of feet. They hunt for fabled treasure lost in an old spanish galleon off the cuban coast. Superscope from its picturemaking only a year after underwater. The underwater treasure hunt adventure was also a big selling point. Jan 28, 2020 howard hughes was notorious for screwing around with the movies at his rko. Of course, the appeal of this one back in 55 was jane russell in a bathing suit though i dont think howard hughes engineered her outfit this time.
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