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with titles like Chicken of Tomorrow
for the Agriculture Department,
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while at the same time
continuing to act on stage.
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In 1950, he directed a public-relations film
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for the International Ladies' Garment
Workers' Union, With These Hands.
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It starred Broadway actors Sam Levine,
Arlene Francis and Joseph Wiseman.
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With These Hands went into general
release, became a critical success,
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and received an Oscar nomination
as best documentary feature.
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Off of that project,
he was discovered by Universal,
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who placed him under contract in 1952.
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As well as the movies he directed,
he also produced and directed for TV,
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including such series as
It Takes a Thief and Gilligan's Island.
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He was one of the first major
sci-fi directors, and as a result,
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his work was, in later years,
honoured at film festivals,
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in Mill Valley, California,
France, Spain and Brazil.
:47:46
In 1982, Creature from
the Black Lagoon was to be remade
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in colour and 3-D, a big budget,
and with Jack Arnold at the helm.
:47:53
John Landis brought the project to Arnold.
:47:55
Landis was going to executive
produce, Rick Baker was chosen
:47:58
to furnish the creature, based on the
classic design and make-up effects,
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and Nigel Kneale wrote the screenplay,
but this Creature was never made.
:48:05
Universal decided to put their money
behind Jaws 3-D instead.
:48:09
Jack Arnold died in 1992.
:48:12
I never understood how they could dive
down, down, down to the creature's lair
:48:16
and wind up in a cave that's at
sea level, with a beach entrance.
:48:19
You'd also think it would be as dark
as the ace of spades in there.
:48:31
This hand-on-the-shoulder
gimmick is a cliché today,
:48:34
but it still worked in 1954.
It got a great reaction.
:48:37
Ernest Nims remembered a scene in
It Came from Outer Space
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where Barbara Rush did the same thing
to Carlson - came up and touched him.
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It worked there, so Nims suggested they
do it in Creature. Again it got a scream.
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People who saw Creature at a preview
mentioned it on their comment cards.
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When something worked,
Universal never let go.
:48:54
They used it in Tarantula,
with John Agar on the receiving end,
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The Deadly Mantis with Craig Stevens,
Cult of the Cobra with David Janssen,