the spirit of st. louis is a 1957 aviation biography film in cinemascope from warner bros. , directed by billy wilder , produced by leland hayward , that stars james stewart as charles lindbergh .

the screenplay was adapted by charles lederer , wendell mayes , and billy wilder from lindbergh 's 1953 autobiographical account of his historic flight , which won the pulitzer prize in 1954 .

along with reminiscences of his early days in aviation , the film 's storyline largely focuses on lindbergh 's lengthy preparation for and finally his history-making transatlantic flight in the purpose-built spirit of st. louis high-wing monoplane .

his take off begins at roosevelt field and ends 33-hours later on may 21 , 1927 when he lands safely at le bourget field in paris .

the film ends with actual newsreel footage of lindbergh 's ticker tape parade in new york .

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the spirit of st . louis ( film ) <EOT> the spirit of st . louis ( 1957 ) – building the spirit of st louis

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this clip shows the actual spirit of st . louis on display at the smithsonian . the clips talks about how the spirit of st . louis helped make the smithonian famous .

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description “spirit of st . louis” is given to the smithsonian institute . charles lindbergh lands at the capital with his “spirit of st . louis” after their last flight . the camera shows foreign souvenirs of their many miles together . the plane is wheeled into a hangar .

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as the spirit of st . louis replica motored out on to the jetway , nick stanich of waukesha jokingly shouted , “you’ll never make it . ”

charles lindbergh ' s historic new york to paris flight is recreated in replica spirit of st . louis during airventure in oshkosh .

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many of the characters in the film were real persons . as shown in the film , st . louis , mo businessmen financed the building of lindbergh ' s plane , which harold bixby , the president of state national bank and the st . louis chamber of commerce ( portrayed by david orrick ) , named

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real life frank - b . f . frank mahoney , president ryan airlines co . who built the spirit of st . louis plane .

on the 35th anniversary charles lindbergh’s transatlantic flight , a replica of the spirit of st . louis was photographed in 1962 in flight with a sleek twa airliner .

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lindbergh’s autobiographical works include “we” ( 1927 ) , the spirit of st . louis ( 1953 ) and the wartime journals of charles a . lindbergh ( 1970 ) .

oshkosh - the silver plane’s propellers spit to life and revved as the pilot turned the spirit of st . louis toward the runway and took off under sunny skies tuesday .

in conjunction with the st . louis film critics organization , sliff holds juried competitions for documentary and narrative features . the awards are named in honor of the late st . louis post - dispatch critics joe pollack ( narrative ) and joe williams ( documentary ) . the winners are picked by two juries of st . louis film critics . sliff chose eight films to compete in each category :

in conjunction with the st . louis film critics organization , sliff holds juried competitions for documentary and narrative features . the awards are named in honor of the late st . louis post - dispatch critics joe pollack ( narrative ) and joe williams ( documentary ) . the winners are picked by two juries composed of st . louis film critics . sliff chose eight films to compete in each category .

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midrash st . louis engages myriad aspects of american culture — hot topics , deep subjects , music , arts , and film — and seeks to give and receive commentary on the subjects and issues that matter to people in st . louis and that form and shape our views and lives . the midrash st . louis film award celebrates st . louis - related films of honesty and artistry that portray the need or the hope for reconciliation or redemption . these are among the most powerful and worthy themes that films should explore . eligible work for the midrash st . louis film award includes feature and short films largely shot in st . louis or directed by filmmakers with strong local ties . the award comes with a cash prize of $ 500 .

the adventure of the historical making flight was captured , but not its spirit .

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movie clip of the charles lindbergh and spirit of st . louis taking off for paris . this short clip shows lindbergh next to the plane , inside the plan , and then the take off .

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the nff jury is mike steinberg ( chair ) , executive director of missoula’s roxy theater , montana film festival , and international wildlife film festival , director of “old dog , new trick” and “how it is with phooie , ” and former head of the webster u . film series and big sky documentary film festival ; c ate marquis , film critic for we are movie geeks and the st . louis jewish light ; stefene russell , culture editor of st . louis magazine ; sam smucker , former director of home entertainment , acquisitions , and sales for strand releasing ; and pete timmermann , adjunct film - studies professor at webster university and st . louis community college .

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movie clip of crowds in lindbergh in paris and then spirit of st . louis on display at the smithsonian institution . the clips explains how lindbergh was contacted while in paris about donating his plane to the smithsonian

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celebrates extraordinary enthusiasm and spirit through exceptional partnership and teamwork furthering the objectives of first .

midrash st . louis engages myriad aspects of american culture — hot topics , deep subjects , music , arts , and film — and seeks to give and receive commentary on the subjects and issues that matter to people in st . louis and that form and shape our views and lives .

the special showing of " the spirit of st . louis " last night at the music hall realized approximately $ 35 , 000 for the march of dimes . sharing in the proceeds was the mary macarthur memorial fund , which raises money for the fight against polio locally .

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there are enough scenes that i always feel makes it worthwhile to see , but the spirit of st . louis settles into a safe , standard film . the flashbacks to lindbergh’s younger adventures really drag the film out . i would have liked to have seen them all nixed and the time spent on after the successful flight , which is never shown .

billy wilder ' s movie isn ' t particularly daring in its telling , but as a piece of american - - and world - - history , the spirit of st . louis is something everyone should see .

pollard also serves as a professor of film production at new york university’s tisch school of the arts .

for many of the young passengers and their parents however , the trepidation and anxiety soon faded as the st louis began its two - week transatlantic voyage .

the spirit of st . louis would end up costing warners six million dollars , it would not be the popular hit they had hoped for and according to some sources it would become “one of the studios biggest financial failures in its history” .

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“the spirit of st . louis was as singular as lindbergh himself , ” says a . scott berg , the pulitzer prize - winning biographer of charles lindbergh . “it fit like a glove—around both the body and aspirations of the pilot . ” berg’s biography wilson was published in september .

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both the united daughters of the confederacy missouri division and the st . louis confederate monument association were signatories to monday’s agreement . “we hope that it ends up being displayed again , ” patsy limpus , the president of both organizations , told the st . louis post - dispatch , adding : “we need to learn from our history . ”

the best portions of the movie is watching the construction of the spirit , learning about some of the specialized details that went into it and stewart’s one man show flying it over the atlantic .

he prepared for his living history role by reading lindbergh’s autobiography as well as other books about the famous aviator and watched a documentary about eaa’s replica plane and the 1957 film of jimmy stewart portraying lindbergh . it was one thing to read and watch movies about lindbergh and another to actually fly in the replica spirit of st . louis , though .

photographs show production of the 1957 film " the spirit of st . louis " about charles lindbergh ' s 1927 transatlantic flight . images shot on locations in california ; new york ; boston and saugus , massachusetts ; st . john ' s , newfoundland ; paris , france , and elsewhere ; images show director billy wilder and his crew directing and filming ; close - ups of airplanes ; views of buildings , harbor , and scenery , st . john ' s . images include aerial photographs showing various locations ; night landing scene in paris , france . also includes a few images of models for a spirit of st . louis exhibition ; and objects ( an aviator ' s cap , sandwiches , flashlights , and hershey bars ) used in advertising .

a film that may have been formulaic if not for the eccentric directorial voice of billy wilder , the spirit of st . louis tells the story of visionary american charles lindbergh , and his aspiration to fly across the atlantic and make international history . james stewart owns the role of lindbergh , brilliantly delivering the snappy and soul - searching dialogue given to him by wilder for most of the film . the film as a whole functions as a nice piece of americana , an example of a story that is as barebones as any but if told with flavor and intention , can be made compelling and layered . wilder makes the interesting decision to focus not on the importance of the journey itself , the history being…

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robert campbell led a bold and dashing life in the rocky mountains and is considered one of the first irish pioneers of the american west . he settled in st . louis where he became a successful businessman .

for a movie about " spirit , " this sure does have quite the avowed materialist for a hero . nevertheless , the first hour of the spirit of st . louis is really solidly good , a straightforward but winsomely deliberate look at a true story . it ' s strange to see the often - subversive wilder going for such an unironic approach to this bit of americana , but it largely works .

two - hundred - and - fifty - four other passengers from the st louis were not so fortunate and were killed as the nazis swept across western europe .

i hadn ' t seen the spirit of st . louis in a very long time and i really enjoyed it . lindbergh was an aviation daredevil and while working for the air mail service in the midwest had to bail out and parachute to safety a couple of times when his plane broke down .

. . . in the end , the long film becomes almost as tedious as the flight that inspired it .

a haunting recollection of one of the thrilling events of our times has been handsomely staged by mr . wilder , and for that you should see the film .

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marco williams — whose films have been nominated three times for the sundance film festival grand jury prize — is an award - winning documentary filmmaker and professor of film production at new york university’s tisch school of the arts .

the saint louis university program in international studies facilitates internationally focused education within the college of arts and sciences and across the university .

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the captain then steered the st louis towards the florida coast , but the us authorities also refused it the right to dock , despite direct appeals to president franklin roosevelt . granston thinks he too was worried about the potential flood of migrants .

the human spirit is resilient and enduring and we can accomplish anything ! ! i am so moved .

at the age of 90 , feldman still clearly remembers the raw and mixed emotions she felt as a 15 - year - old girl boarding the st louis at hamburg docks with her mother and younger sister .

article , the studio recruited tab hunter , who did not appear in the film but was popular with young audiences , to make a twelve - city tour , speaking at high schools and colleges on behalf of the film .

and the suddenness with which the film is ended after the landing of lindbergh at le bourget and a brief news clip of his actual new york reception blanks all visioning of his place in history . this film treats his remarkable achievement as an adventure and little more .

the spirit lands , crowds rush to stewart and it ends with actual film footage of the real parade for lindbergh . it would have been nice to have seen the impact of lindbergh’s accomplishment dramatized , his own reaction to it and the realization he had just become one of the most famous men in the world .

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< p > spirit of st . louis , the ( dvd ) < / p > < p > celebrate the historic may 20 , 1927 flight of " the spirit of st . louis " with screen legend jimmy stewart ( " it ' s a wonderful life , " " the philadelphia story " ) as aerial legend charles lindbergh . writer - director billy wilder ( " some like it hot , " " double indemnity " ) brings a lavish , suspense - filled recounting of lindbergh ' s historic trip from new york to paris , the first non - stop solo flight across the atlantic , based on the famous pilot ' s autobiography . < / p >

the city of st . louis announced monday an agreement to dismantle its controversial confederate monument by the end of the week . the memorial is one of the latest civil war - era structures to be targeted for removal , as cities across the country push to dismantle statues and monuments honoring the war’s losing side .

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the narrative jury is greg hoeltzel , cinema st . louis board member , orthodontist , and musician ; dr . sandra olmsted , ph . d . , freelance producer and editor for hec - tv ; joya uraizee , associate chair of the department of english and associate professor of english and international studies at saint louis university .

news item , the film marked the screen acting debut of playwright marc connelly , who portrayed " father hussman . " an april 1957

closed caption ; new digital transfer from restored picture and audio elements ; soundtrack remastered in dolby digital 5 . 1 ; the spirit of st . louis premiere ; vintage joe mcdoakes comedy short : so your wife wants to work ; classic cartoon : tabasco road ; theatrical trailer ; languages : english & français ; subtitles : english , français & español ( feature film only )

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two days before lindbergh flew the newly tested plane to st . louis , french pilots charles nungesser and francois coli disappeared mid - flight in their attempt to travel from paris to new york . according to modern sources , lindbergh ' s flight from the san diego area to roosevelt field , ny , with one stop in st . louis , broke the transcontinental record of that time .

in the film , lindbergh is trying to get some sleep the night before the flight . but in fact he was up partying with friends most of the night .

eaa’s replica spirit of st . louis with a costumed re - enactor on board took off at 11 a . m . tuesday as loudspeakers on the sprawling airventure grounds broadcast 1920s music and a recording of a vintage radio announcement that lucky lindy had just taken off from roosevelt field on long island , n . y .

the midrash jury is michael leary , research ethicist , professor of biblical studies , and writer and editor of many books and publications on global cinema ; bob oesch , attorney at law and leader of midrash st . louis ; michele oesch , film aficionado and nonprofit fundraiser ; and aditya siram , sliff volunteer and pop - culture gadfly .

at 7 : 52 a . m . est on may 20 , the spirit of st . louis lifted off from roosevelt field , so loaded with fuel that it barely cleared the telephone wires at the end of the runway . lindbergh traveled northeast up the coast . after only four hours , he felt tired and flew within 10 feet of the water to keep his mind clear . as night fell , the aircraft left the coast of newfoundland and set off across the atlantic . at about 2 a . m . on may 21 , lindbergh passed the halfway mark , and an hour later dawn came . soon after , the spirit of st . louis entered a fog , and lindbergh struggled to stay awake , holding his eyelids open with his fingers and hallucinating that ghosts were passing through the cockpit .

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physical properties film : 35mm ; nitrate ; b & w ; negative ; 40 feet .

he graduated from washington university and received a master ' s degree from usc film school .

previous winners of the charles guggenheim cinema st . louis award — which honors filmmakers with st . louis connections making significant contributions to the art of cinema — include michael beugg , cedric the entertainer , jenna fischer , bob gale , the charles guggenheim family , james gunn , george hickenlooper , brian hohlfeld , ken kwapis , jeremy lasky , aj schnack , timothy j . sexton , marlon west , beau willimon , and alex winter .

the movie was pretty close to what actually happened . i know because my stepdad worked at ryan aircraft and had the opportunity to work on the spirit of st louis . here ' s something most are not aware of , every void in that aircraft not occupied by fuel tanks were filled with ping - pong balls that wasn ' t mentioned in the movie ! !

after thirty long years , the story of charles a . lindbergh ' s historic flight across the atlantic from new york to paris is re - enacted on the screen in leland hayward ' s and billy wilder ' s production of " the spirit of st . . . . view full article in timesmachine »

charles eames operated as the second unit director for the film , responsible for aerial photographs and sequences showing the airplane ' s construction .

on the seventy - fifth anniversary of lindbergh ' s flight in may 2002 , erik lindbergh , who is a commercial pilot and flight instructor , recreated his grandfather ' s flight in a lancair columbia 300 , dubbed " the new spirit of st . louis . " the flight was made to raise awareness of rheumatoid arthritis , from which he suffered for fifteen years , and also to promote the x prize foundation , a st . louis - based non - profit offering $ 10 , 000 , 000 to the first private group to successfully build and launch a manned spacecraft .

the selection committee was delcia corlew ( head ) , cinema st . louis board member ; janet herrmann , former cinema st . louis board member ; paul marsh , retired architect ; pier marton , artist / filmmaker and former university professor ; alma merabet , intellectual - property manager for media - related issues ; and emre ş arbak , vp of technology and operations at launchcode .

american pilot charles a . lindbergh lands at le bourget field in paris , successfully completing the first solo , nonstop transatlantic flight and the first ever nonstop flight between new york to paris . his single - engine monoplane , the spirit of st . louis , had lifted off from roosevelt field in new york 33 1 / 2 hours before .

upon concluding his tour of the western hemisphere , lindbergh donated his plane to the smithsonian . on may 13 , 1928—after 174 flights , logging 489 hours and 28 minutes of flying time—the spirit of st . louis retired from a life of aviation and entered one of inspiration , a work of art as well as a wonder of science reminding us what mechanical precision and human determination can perform together . it is an icon forever of a new age , when both aviation and global fame were still shiny and new .

fter thirty long years , the story of charles a . lindbergh & apos ; s historic flight across the atlantic from new york to paris is re - enacted on the screen in leland hayward & apos ; s and billy wilder & apos ; s production of " the spirit of st . louis , " which came to the music hall yesterday . and at last the magnificent achievement of the solo flier is dramatically portrayed in the medium most apt for its portrayal , with james stewart playing the leading role .

in 1927 , the 25 - year - old charles lindbergh , equipped with 451 gallons of gas , two canteens of water and four sandwiches , completed the first solo trans - atlantic flight in his plane the spirit of st louis . over 100 , 000 people were there to greet him in paris and he returned home to a new york ticker tape parade and was acclaimed a true american hero .

article , and appears with uncharacteristic blonde hair , like lindbergh ' s , in the film . a february 1956

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aaron busse , an actor from oshkosh , stood next to eaa’s replica spirit of st . louis before the flight tuesday , answering questions and posing for photos . dressed in slacks with tall leather leggings , suspenders , white shirt , black tie and newsboy cap , busse admitted he didn’t know much about lindbergh before he got the call from eaa .

so , armed with visas for cuba which she had bought in berlin , 10 german marks in her purse and another 200 hidden in her underclothes , she headed for hamburg and the st louis .

review , footage from an actual 1927 newsreel , showing the " unbelievable adulation which marked the stupendous new york parade when lindbergh returned home " was shown at the end of the film .

this lauded biopic follows legendary pilot charles lindbergh ( james stewart ) as he makes his historic solo transatlantic flight from new york to paris . the film details earlier events in lindbergh ' s aerial career , including his stints as a stunt pilot and a flight instructor , but it focuses largely on his dangerous journey over the atlantic ocean in his signature monoplane , the spirit of st . louis . battling the elements and sleep deprivation , lindbergh struggles to make a safe landing in france .

one of jimmy stewart ' s very best films . it still holds up very well after 60 years . top notch script and production values . the spirit of st . louis monoplane reproduction is dead - on accurate it is various details . lindbergh ' s tense landing scene at night , among the blinding search lights in paris is the real pay - off , even though you know its coming .

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a brilliant action adventure , veteran actor james stewart stars as famed aviator charles lindbergh , who was the first pilot to cross the atlantic with his plane the spirit of st louis . this is a rousing action , film that keeps you interested due to terrific performance from its lead as well as its fascinating subject . the story keeps you non edge and the direction of the film is very good , as featuring a gravitas performance from its lead actor . stewart is perfect for the role and it is a taut , thrilling adventure that is a genre classic . jimmy stewart really shines here , and i have seen quite a bit of his films , and i very much enjoy his films , but with…

the documentary jury is robert hunt ( chair ) , riverfront times ; martha baker , kdhx ; diane carson , kdhx ; and c ate marquis , we are movie geeks and st . louis jewish light .

an audacious and controversial exploration of a country ' s heart of darkness , this film ' s imaginative directing is anchored in an impassioned search for necessary catharsis .

celebrates the entrepreneurial spirit by recognizing a team that has developed the framework for a comprehensive business plan to scope , manage , and achieve team objectives .

that’s the story in a nutshell . warner brothers bought the film rights to lindbergh’s 1953 autobiography and was ready to bring it to movie audiences . a historic journey of a man who paved the way for the future of aviation and who would become one of the most popular and revered heroes of the twentieth century .

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st . louis is one of several cities across the country to remove confederate monuments—a push that was accelerated following the murder of nine black churchgoers by a white supremacist at the emanuel african methodist episcopal church in charleston , south carolina in 2015 . last month , the city of new orleans dismantled the last of four statues honoring the confederacy . a confederate statue outside kentucky’s university of louisville was also removed ( though it was relocated elsewhere ) .

also praised the film ' s meticulous production values and robert burks ' widescreen cinematography . look for future television mogul aaron spelling , producer of series such as

the film itself never reaches the heights of greatness that the story deserves to have . it’s not a terrible film at all . in fact i always thought it has some really good scenes sprinkled throughout it . the problem is that they’re just sprinkled and they become interspersed with some other very hackneyed , uninspired ones .

forms part of the collection known as the " work of charles and ray eames . "

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with their $ 15 , 000 , lindbergh hired ryan aeronautical company in san diego to build a plane 27 feet 8 inches in length and 9 feet 10 inches high . the skeleton of the wings , which spanned 46 feet , was made of spruce and piano wire , and steel tubes formed the fuselage ; the epidermis was cotton fabric treated with silver - gray lacquer known as acetate “dope . ” the aluminum cowling that covered the nine - cylinder wright j - 5c engine bore a jewel - like “engine - turned” finish and the name of the plane— spirit of st . louis .

when the film stays focused on lindbergh’s flight – the preparation of it , the buildup , the actual flight itself – it’s good . it amps up some tension , and along with stewart’s effective performance is when the movie works .

tickets for 944 seats in the mezzanine were sold for $ 25 and $ 100 each . the higher - priced tickets included an invitation to a private supper - dance a the rainbow room after the showing of the film , frank pace jr . , former secretary of the army , served as chairman of the benefit committee .

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after the opening credits , the following written prologue appears : " in 1927 a young man alone in a single engine airplane flew non - stop from roosevelt field in new york across the entire north atlantic to le bourget field in paris , a distance of three thousand six hundred and ten miles . in this triumph of mind , body and spirit , charles a . lindbergh influenced the lives of everyone on earth - for in the 33 hours and 30 minutes of his flight the air age became a reality . this is the story of that flight . " several flashback sequences are interspersed throughout the film . most of the flashbacks are introduced by the voice - over narration of james stewart , who as " lindbergh " provides intermittent narration throughout the film . as noted in the

under the agreement , the missouri civil war museum will oversee the removal of a 32 - foot granite and bronze monument from its location in forest park , where it has stood for 103 years . the museum will pay for the monument’s removal and store it until a new location can be found . while the agreement stipulates that the monument cannot be publicly placed in the city or st . louis county , it can be redisplayed at a civil war museum , battlefield , or cemetery . though the deadline to remove the monument is june 30 , the structure could come down even sooner : the st . louis post - dispatch reported that workers began deconstructing the monument shortly after the settlement was announced .

james cagney manages to retain his pre - code cockiness within post - code limitations in the likeable st . . . .

sam pollard is an accomplished documentary producer / director and film and television editor whose work spans more than 40 years .

in fact , there really aren’t any notable supporting characters in the entire film ! it’s quite odd considering the film runs for well over two hours . arthur space plays engineer donald hall and he’s the biggest presence other than stewart , and he’s barely given enough time to make an impression .

from its mystical beginning , this film presented to us the celebratory narrative inside people ' s heads while they are committing unspeakable acts . despite its uncomfortable length , it revealed a reality of genocide in which we are all complicit . the film leaves you asking more questions than it provides answers and is an important piece of cinema .

it’s when they try to create the portrait of the man himself and go into his background via flashbacks when things falter . during the thirty - plus hour flight the film takes breaks from stewart in the cockpit and recounts some of the incidents of him being a young man . and they don’t work very well .

with recent advancements in radio , newsreels with sound , and transmission of photographs , the flight of the spirit of st . louis was the first event to be shared globally in real time . and the impossibly photogenic lindbergh was the original modern - media superstar—as recognizable in india as in indiana . overnight , his plane became the most well - known conveyance since noah’s ark . after suspense had built for a day and a half , 150 , 000 people stormed the barriers at le bourget airfield . while lindbergh eluded the crowd and found safety in a hangar , the mob ripped his aircraft for relics .

the documentary - shorts jury is kelly bouma , director , actor , interdisciplinary artist , director of the contemporary dance - theater company bare bait dance , and teacher of performance and practice at university of montana in missoula ; lisa marie evans , documentary filmmaker , animator , programmer of feature documentaries for the kansas international film festival , and facilitator of professional development programs with artist inc ; and leigh kolb , film critic for new york magazine’s vulture website .

when lindbergh calls and waves from the spirit at the motorcyclist tooling down a dirt road , the motorcycle ' s tires make a screeching tires - on - asphalt sound as it turns .

the real charles lindbergh was never allowed on the set of the film . jimmy stewart said if he showed up , all the cast would walk off . lindbergh was hated for his pre - ww2 actives with nazi germany .

said of stewart ' s performance : " . . . . stewart , for all his professional , 48 - year - old boyishness , succeeds almost continuously in suggesting what the world sensed at the time : that lindbergh ' s flight was not the mere physical adventure of a rash young ' flying fool , ' but rather a journey of the spirit . " in spite of the obvious age difference between stewart and the young lindbergh , it is nonetheless difficult to imagine anyone else who could carry the film single - handedly the way he does for its 135 - minute running time . stewart also succeeded in accurately recreating the technical aspects of flying throughout the film ; lindbergh himself was particularly impressed by the moment when stewart taps the oil gauge while starting the engine , the sort of passing detail only an experienced pilot like stewart would know .


milton subotsky ( september 27 , 1921 – june 27 , 1991 ) was an american film and television writer and producer .

in 1964 , he founded amicus productions with max j. rosenberg .

amicus means " friendship " in latin .

together , they produced a number of low-budget science fiction and horror films in the united kingdom .

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milton subotsky <EOT> dr . who and the daleks amicus productions ; producers , milton subotsky and max j . rosenberg ; writers , milton subotsky and max j . rosenberg ; director , gordon flemyng .

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milton subotsky died in london on the 27th of june , 1991 of heart disease , at the age of 69 .

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just for fun ( 1963 ) , columbia pictures , black and white , 85 minutes , director : gordon fleming , producer and screenplay : milton subotsky . - himself

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around 1970 , carter was reported to have been involved in a deal to bring the conan property off the printed page and onto the big screen . milton subotsky ( c

milton subotsky ( 27 september 1921 - 27 june 1991 [ 1 ] ) produced and wrote the dalek movies produced in the 1960s and starring peter cushing as dr . who .

celebrating the legendary partnership of milton subotsky and max j . rosenberg with the production company amicus productions , who along with hammer films , dominated the horror film genre between the 1960s and 1970s .

cast : roy hudd , milton subotsky , david warner , linda hayden , edward de souza , john carson , paul stockman , simon greetham , simon flynn , john hamilton , amy hamilton .

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vincent price : john carradine : the monster club : subotsky ' s last round .

by harold lawlor , producers  andrew donally & milton subotsky , photography  ted moore , music  david whitaker , makeup  tom smith , production design  david minty . production company  sword & sorcery productions .

subotsky died of heart disease in 1991 , at the age of 69 . his widow , dr fiona subotsky , is a prominent london psychiatrist , and an historian of psychiatry .

after ww2 experience , milton subotsky began his career in us television , producing and co - writing the youth musical rock , rock , rock ( us , d . will price , 1956 ) before moving to england in 1960 .

american writer and producer milton subotsky , known in the horror world primarily for being one of the founders of amicus productions , was born in new york city on the 27th of september , 1921 to a family of jewish immigrants .

amicus was formed by american producer milton subotsky , who moved to the uk in 1959 after distributing films to us television for ten years . his us based partner , max j . rosenberg , was the man who would find the money , while subotsky was in charge of the ‘artistic’ side – getting the films made .

correction : june 19 , 2004 , saturday an obituary of the film producer max rosenberg yesterday misspelled the given name of an actor whose career was advanced by mr . rosenberg and his partner , milton subotsky . the actor is terence stamp , not terrance .

prior to becoming a film producer , subotsky was a composer of rock ' n ' roll songs .

the black box club : vincent price : john carradine : the monster club : subotsky ' s last round .

after the break - up of amicus in 1978 , milton subotsky went his own way and formed sword and sorcery productions . there subotsky attempted to mount a number of interesting projects – thongor in the valley of the demons , a sword and sorcery film from lin carter’s sub - conan novels that would have starred darth vader himself dave prowse ; and several other productions that ended up being produced by other people – the tv adaptation of ray bradbury’s the martian chronicles ( 1980 ) ; the remake of cat people ( 1982 ) ; while subotsky also purchased the rights to a host of stephen king short stories that were eventually brought by dino de laurentiis to emerge as cat’s eye ( 1985 ) and maximum overdrive ( 1986 ) with subotsky receiving nominal producer’s credit . other than the psycho - thriller dominique ( 1978 ) , the monster club was the only of these projects that emerged directly under milton subotsky’s hand .

after the closure of amicus in 1975 , milton subotsky continued his work as a producer , founding sword & sorcery productions with frank duggan , although many of the company’s mooted projects were never able to go into full production for a variety of reasons . in later years , subotsky co - produced adaptations of novels by stephen king , including maximum overdrive ( 1986 ) and the 1991 tv movie sometimes they come back .

for the first time on dvd , the alpha archives collection proudly presents a two part feature length documentary celebrating the history of the amicus productions film company . founded in the early 1960s by americans milton subotsky and max j . rosenberg , amicus produced some classic ( now cult ) horror movies , including

here is the inside story on the making of the films , about the films and about the inside battles between max and milton that are almost as interesting as the films themselves .

" hammer was a business set - up , " the late , legendary horror director freddie francis told this paper in 1995 . " had it dealt in garbage disposal , it would have been just as successful . milton subotsky from amicus , on the other hand , was a real horror buff . "

" milton subotsky was a strange , nerdish character , " says weeks now . " he wanted everyone to watch home movies of his damn kid . " subotsky ran out of money halfway through the production , but rather than give up , he simply told weeks to cut whatever scenes he had filmed into something resembling a finished movie . the film was released to terrible reviews - but , like most amicus films , it made a profit .

eventually , max and milton subotsky went their separate ways in the late 1970s . max continued working on low - budget genre films such as bloody birthday and homework , and overseeing the rich legacy of the amicus films catalogue , which has recently seen a renaissance through dvd releases of such titles as the house that dripped blood .

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the son of a furrier , mr . rosenberg was born in new york and was a lawyer when he entered the film business in 1939 as a distributor of foreign films . he became a producer in 1954 . with his partner , milton subotsky , he made ' ' junior science , ' ' an award - winning series of tv science programs for children .

milton subotsky cut his cinematic teeth writing and editing technical training films while serving in the signal corps during world war ii . afterwards , he moved into television , writing and producing the tv series junior science before producing ( and composing nine songs for ) the film rock , rock , rock ! ( 1956 ) , which was co - produced by max j rosenberg .

max rosenberg was the producer of nearly 50 low - budget films , many of them cult horror movies , during a movie career that lasted for over half a century . with his partner milton subotsky , he produced such films as dr terror ' s house of horrors and tales from the crypt , plus the early rock ' n ' roll musical rock , rock , rock .

alas , for the social media , we had to " censor " bruce timm ' s fantastic cover art for " sword & sorcery productions ltd . - lost in lemuria : milton subotsky and harley cokeliss ' s unmade thongor in the valley of demons by micah s . harris . amicus ' former head tried to one - up conan . what could have been . uncensored cover in little shoppe of horrors # 37 .

the monster club was an attempt to return to amicus’s bread and butter – the horror anthology . subotsky brought back anglo - horror regular roy ward baker , who had directed asylum for amicus , and united three horror stars – john carradine , vincent price and donald pleasance . the film was adapted from the monster club ( 1976 ) , a short story collection by minor british horror writer ronald chetwynd - hayes , who had earlier provided the basis for amicus’s from beyond the grave . while the other amicus anthologies played themselves seriously , the tone in the monster club is jokey and in - referential – there is , for example , a vampire filmmaker named lintom butosky ( an anagram for milton subotsky ) . subotsky had intended the monster club as a horror anthology that could be seen by children . alas for subotsky , the monster club was a flop that sounded the death knell for the amicus horror anthology and fairly much the whole anglo - horror cycle .

together with partner max j . rosenberg , milton subotsky founded amicus productions in the early 1960s and they became the most successful of the companies exploiting the anglo - horror cycle created by hammer . amicus produced a number of horror anthologies during the 1960s and 70s including dr terror’s house of horrors ( 1964 ) , torture garden ( 1967 ) , the house that dripped blood ( 1970 ) , asylum ( 1972 ) , tales from the crypt ( 1972 ) , the vault of horror ( 1973 ) and from beyond the grave ( 1973 ) . indeed , subotsky and rosenberg defined the horror anthology as amicus’s trademark .

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to discuss the possibility of him playing the role of conan the cimmerian . not long after , the paths of prowse and subotsky would cross once more in regards to sword and sorcery .

here was a period in british culture - roughly the mid - 60s to the late 70s - when making a movie on the cheap , getting it shown in cinemas and turning a profit was actually possible . amicus studios , the brainchild of a socially inept scriptwriter called milton subotsky and a fast - talking hustler called max j rosenberg , hired everyone from vincent price to joan collins to star in hastily made horror movies with vague pretensions towards psychological depth . they even convinced hollywood boy wonder william friedkin to shoot an adaptation of harold pinter ' s the birthday party . remarkably , subotsky and rosenberg achieved this without having any money whatsoever , let alone a real studio .

in the mid - seventies , subotsky had toyed with the idea of filming robert e howard’s conan stories , but finding them too violent , instead went for lin carter’s conan knock - off thongor . subotsky planned a major action epic , family - friendly of course , with little dialogue , lots of stop motion effects and dave prowse in the title role . harley cockliss was brought in as director and the search for financing began . aip showed interest but wanted to make changes . subotsky declined , fearing that they wanted to turn it into an r - rated movie .

unable to purchase film rights to robert e . howard ' s conan the barbarian stories , subotsky instead bought the rights to carter ' s " thongor " stories in 1976 . subotsky himself adapted carter ' s 1965 novel the wizard of lemuria . united artists agreed to bankroll the project – now called thongor in the valley of demons – in 1978 , but subsequently withdrew for unspecified reasons .

amicus films were typically brooding and claustrophobic ; they were far darker , and much less camp , than the horror films of the same period produced by the more famous hammer studios . the scripts tended to reflect subotsky ' s obsessions . i , monster , its dr jekyll and mr hyde adaptation , is stuffed with freudian theories because subotsky ' s wife happened to be studying psychology at the time .

after his dissolution with his amicus partner max j . rosenberg in 1975 , milton subotsky set up sword and sorcery productions , ltd . built around mounting such a fantasy picture . in their short history , a good many projects went unrealized including a theatrical version of the incredible hulk , and the micronauts . among these unmade projects was thongor in the valley of demons . having secured the rights to lin carter ' s character , subotsky wrote a script based on carter ' s inaugural thongor novel from 1965 , ' the wizard of lemuria ' . additionally , a nine issue series of thongor adventures appeared in marvel comics creatures on the loose line beginning with issue # 22 in march of 1973 and ending in may of 1974 .

“below the crypt lies death’s waiting room…the vault of horror . ” milton subotsky and amicus return with another horror anthology the vault of horror , a direct follow up to tales from the crypt ( 1972 ) . roy ward baker steps in to take the director reigns from freddie francis bringing his own distinct but similar style with improved angles and composition with a more humorous tint . the blu ray also brings the film to the states for the first time uncut . the black saint and doc rotten tackle another groovy horror film from the 1970s .

subotsky was a vocal advocate of ‘family entertainment’ throughout his career – something that would have an increasing effect on his approach to horror and fantasy as time went on – and he seemed an unlikely person to create a studio that would rival hammer , who had eagerly embraced the ‘x’ certificate and were willing to push it as far as they could . but subotsky was first and foremost a businessman , and he knew that horror would sell .

thanks for this terrific post and for your research on subotsky ' s background . thought i would share with you a report from the july 11 , 1951 variety ( p . 10 ) which claims that subotsky and max rosenberg were already associated in 1951 when the tv program junior science was being produced . max is said to have " recently advanced part of the financing . " thought you ' d be interested to know that . cheers !

milton subotsky was born in new york . during world war ii he served in the signal corps where he wrote and edited technical training films . after the war , he began his career as a writer / producer during the " golden age " of television in the 1950s . in 1954 he produced and wrote the tv series junior science . he graduated to feature films in 1956 , producing rock , rock , rock , for which he also composed 9 songs . in 1960 he moved to england where he produced his first horror movie horror hotel at shepperton studios .

the amicus story should have ended when subotsky walked off in a huff in 1975 . but the films have endured , growing in cult status as the years pass . there ' s something about the way they were made on a wing and a prayer that gives them charm , while the underlying themes of paranoia , neurosis and sexual repression - subotsky ' s preoccupations , it seems - give some measure of depth behind the wooden dialogue and hammy acting .

his career as a producer started in 1954 , when he joined forces with milton subotsky to make an award - winning television series of do - it - yourself science programmes for children entitled junior science . the pair moved into films with rock , rock , rock ( 1956 ) , starring tuesday weld in her screen début , with her singing voice dubbed to good effect by connie francis . featuring the top disc - jockey alan freed , the film had guest performances by the rock favourites chuck berry , johnny burnette , the flamingoes , lavern baker and frankie lymon . rosenberg recalled ,

subotsky also co - produced several adaptations of stephen king novels , including maximum overdrive ( 1986 ) , sometimes they come back ( a 1991 tv film ) . and lawnmower man director ' s cut was dedicated to his memory .

after forming amicus productions in england in 1962 , mr . rosenberg and mr . subotsky made popular horror anthologies , including ' ' dr . terror ' s house of horrors ' ' and ' ' the house that dripped blood . ' '

opinions differ on what exactly went wrong . subotsky cheerfully blamed it on weeks’ ‘inexperience’ ; weeks says it was non - starter from day one . it was certainly subotsky who insisted on the 3d format ( which turned out to not work ) – he had something of a fixation with the format , announcing several 3d movies in the 1970s , none of which were made . even if the 3d had been successful , it’s hard to see how it would have saved this stilted , talky film .

the daleks were a merchandiser ' s dream . their inhuman likeness was ubiquitous by the mid - 1960s , appearing in books , comics , and newspaper cartoons ; on pencils , toys , masks and bedroom slippers . selfridges even designed a dalek cake for christmas 1965 . spotting a sure - fire money - spinner , producer milton subotsky acted quickly to secure screen rights to doctor who for his amicus company . according to amicus historian allan bryce , subotsky , a shrewd negotiator , persuaded the bbc and dalek creator terry nation to let his company make a film version of the first televised dalek serial , the daleks , with options for two projected sequels , for the knockdown price of £500 . to secure funding and distribution , this family - orientated film was to be deliberately distanced from the horrific fare amicus was generally known for , and was released under the newly created aaru production banner .

filed for bankruptcy entangling all rights in a pool of lawsuits ; some of which were levied against the company for failure to keep the books in circulation - - so this early conan deal failed to formulate . supposedly , the quotient of sex and violence in howard ' s works contributed to subotsky losing interest in wrangling the rights to conan ; another option were the less gruesome thongor stories of lin carter . while he was determined to make a sword and sorcery picture , there was one man subotsky had envisioned as a barbarian of cinematic sorts .

director – roy ward baker , screenplay – edward & valerie abraham , based on the novel by ronald chetwynd - hayes , producer – milton subotsky , photography – peter jessop , music – ( shadmock story ) douglas gamley , played by john williams , ( vampire story ) – john georgiadis , ( humegoo story ) – allan hawkshaw , music coordinator – graham walker , songs performed by night , pretty things , b . a . robertson & the viewers , background music – expressos & ub40 , animation – reg lodge , makeup effects – roy ashton & ernest glasser , monster masks – vic door , production design – tony curtis . production company – chips productions / sword and sorcery productions .

subotsky ' s sword and sorcery productions , ltd . did get a few films made before dissolving in 1980 such as dominique ( 1979 ) , the television mini - series co - production the martian chronicles ( 1980 ) , and the anthology the monster club ( 1981 ) .

subotsky was also driven by a deep - rooted hatred for hammer . in 1956 , hammer had rejected a script he wrote called frankenstein and the monster , only to go on and have huge success with a similarly themed film called the curse of frankenstein . to rosenberg , this proved there was money in british horror movies . to subotsky , the gauntlet had been thrown down . " hammer seem happy to make the same film over and over again , " he told an interviewer in the early 1970s . " i ' m always looking for something different . " but subotsky overestimated his own abilities . he not only made a misguided attempt to improve on robert louis stevenson ' s jekyll and hyde story with i , monster ; he insisted it be filmed in 3d . the film ' s young director , stephen weeks , could chop out subotsky ' s monotonous dialogue about freudian theory , but making the 3d effect work was almost impossible , because the sets had been built the wrong way round . the script called for the action to go from left to right , but the building lines went the other way .

sword & sorcery ' s first film project to get off the ground was dominique . in 1980 , they co - produced the tv series the martian chronicles , adapted from the short story collection by ray bradbury . during the making of this miniseries , subotsky and donally parted ways .

by 1980 , subotsky was in something of a quandary . having poured most of his time and money into the now defunct thongor , he’d also spent his remaining financial resources buying the rights to six of stephen king’s short stories . he needed to make a film , and soon .

for reasons that remain unclear , subotsky lost heart in amicus in the wake of its biggest successes . in 1975 , the studio released an adaptation of edgar rice burroughs ' lost - world adventure the land that time forgot . it had proved a difficult film to shoot : its star , doug mcclure , was drinking heavily after the collapse of his marriage , while subotsky was rumoured to be spending more time at hamleys buying toys than running the studio . his only real involvement with the production was to turn up at a screening with his four - year - old - son , announce that the boy could tell there were men inside the dinosaur suits , and leave . soon afterwards , subotsky withdrew from the company and launched a lawsuit against his former partner that dragged on for the next five years - largely because the company had been set up on nothing more than a handshake .

unfortunately , the relationship between subotsky and partner rosenberg was becoming increasingly strained , and in 1977 the business was dissolved . although a further burroughs romp , the people that time forgot , was in development at the time , it would eventually be credited to american international pictures . rosenberg , never high profile to begin with , continued in distribution and production , often uncredited ( among his executive producer credits are the incredible melting man , bloody birthday , cat people and perdita durango ) . subotsky , not a great money man , was left floundering . he finally teamed up with andrew donally to form sword and sorcery productions .

prominent for producing mainly portmanteau films such as dr . terror ' s house of horrors and tales from the crypt , subotsky and rosenberg also produced two dr . who movies , a couple of low budget sci - fi movies , the psychological thriller the psychopath , and three movies based on edgar rice burroughs stories .

subotsky’s career was pretty much over . he did co - produce the tv mini series the martian chronicles , and in later years had credits on cat’s eye and the lawnmower man – that shrewd investment in stephen king stories at least paid off to that level . he died in 1991 . rosenberg died in 2004 .

" rosenberg , who was the money man , was always in america and we never met him , " says ingrid pitt , the polish - born actor who starred with dr who ' s jon pertwee as a sexy vampire in the house that dripped blood . " but milton was an angel . he was often on set and he had a way of making you feel wanted . we used to sit around and talk about medicine . he always thought he had something wrong with him . "

now , you might wonder why , having bought the rights at a time when the author was at his cinematic hottest ( with the shining and hit mini series salem’s lot ) , subotsky didn’t make a king movie . instead , he dusted off an old screenplay and set about making his grandest folly , the monster club .

one of amicus ' s most notorious titles was asylum , also made in 1972 , another compendium piece based on short stories by bloch - this time revolving around the psychological aberrations of inmates at a psychiatric hospital . needless to say , subotsky was incapable of leaving bloch to his own devices , adding gratuitous scenes of limbs crawling across floors to the writer ' s original script . but asylum ' s director , roy ward baker , created a mood of sinister threat , and subotsky assembled a starry cast : the best story features charlotte rampling as a schizophrenic whose murderous alter ego is played by britt ekland . following a now - familiar pattern , asylum opened to atrocious reviews and huge returns .

subotsky was born in new york city , to a family of jewish immigrants . during world war ii , he served in the signal corps , in which he wrote and edited technical training films . after the war , he started a career as a writer and producer during the 1950s " golden age " of television . in 1954 , he wrote and produced the tv series junior science . he graduated to film in 1956 , producing rock , rock , rock , for which he also composed nine songs . in 1960 , subotsky moved to england ; he produced his first horror film , horror hotel , at shepperton studios . he was a regular juror on juke box jury on bbc television in the early 1960s .

wrongly classified as an amicus film ( it was in fact made by sword and sorcery productions ) as the final film of amicus producer milton subotsky , this later horror anthology has become commonly accepted as one . in return for a blood donation to a thirsty vampire , a writer is introduced to a secretive and supernatural club where he is told three terrifying tales . firstly , a beautiful woman finds employment at an isolated manor house and soon captures the heart of its wealthy and reclusive owner , but her dastardly designs on him soon go up in smoke . secondly , a shy young boy discovers that his father is a vampire who is being pursued by hunters who refuse to rest until he is caught . the final tale is of a remote norfolk village populated by utterly ghoulish dwellers . afterwards , the writer is admitted to the club as the ghastly members reveal that , in their eyes , humans themselves are the greatest monsters .

worse still , the film was incredibly dated and pitifully under - budgeted . i remember sitting in my local cinema watching this film as the audience hooted , howled and yelled abuse at the awful monster masks , the tired direction by roy ward baker and the terrible rock bands that subotsky though would add youth appeal ( b . a . robertson ? the pretty things ? ) . in the year that audiences were flocking to violent slasher films , subotsky was still thinking that vincent price and joke shop level werewolf masks were the way to go . rarely has a film been so spectacularly out of step with reality . the film bombed , failing to even secure us distribution , and plans for a sequel ( monsters and meanies , would you believe ! ) were quickly abandoned .

hendry ' s character in tales from the crypt was called maitland ; there ' s always someone of that name in anything written or produced by the splendidly schlocky milton subotsky . david quinlan , whose film reference books are much under - rated claims in his entry on hendry that his demotion to character roles may have been related to a refusal to wear a toupee as much as anything . it ' s been claimed by several sources that hendry was in casino royale , but i ' ve never been able to spot him in it ; given the mess that was its production and end result , it ' s probable that he filmed a scene that was cut out . similarly , i tried but honestly couldn ' t spot hendry ' s early bit part in the wet comedy the big money , when it was on at three in the morning a few years back ; the rank organisation were so embarrassed by it , they didn ' t bother releasing it for some years .

amicus broke up in 1975 , but subotsky continued producing . in 1980 he co - produced the tv series the martian chronicles , adapted from the book by ray bradbury . he also co - produced several adaptations of stephen king novels , incliding maximum overdrive ( 1986 ) and sometimes they come back ( 1991 , tv ) . he died of heart disease in 1991 at the age of 69 .

subotsky soldiered on , encouraged by rosenberg , for whom critical lashings mattered little in the face of increasingly large financial returns . subotsky ' s script for tales from the crypt , an anthology piece based on stories from 1950s pulp horror publishers ec comics , was described by variety as " laughably melodramatic " . a review in films illustrated said : " much of the dialogue is risible throughout , and much of the playing incapable of overcoming the vast obstacle of the script . " yet crypt , which stars joan collins as an unfaithful wife who kills her husband only to be killed herself by a man dressed as santa claus , was one of the most successful films of 1972 . it was second only to the godfather at the us box office , and spawned a follow - up , the vault of horror .

the first amicus film actually predates the company . the city of the dead , better known as horror hotel , was made before subotsky settled on the amicus ( meaning “friendly” ) name and the film is credited to vulcan films . made just prior to psycho , this occult thriller is notable for killing off the heroine midway through the story – much as hitchcock would do later the same year with janet leigh .

also in 1966 came two science fiction films . the terrornauts , directed by montgomery tully , was a pretty awful children’s film , while freddie francis made the slightly better they came from beyond space , a paranoid tale of invading aliens and mind control . science fiction , it seemed , was not something amicus excelled at , lacking the budget and the ideas to make it work . however , it did fit with subotsky’s wish to make family films .

other films that failed to get off the ground included comic book adaptations the incredible hulk , creepy and eerie and science fiction epic the micronauts . then sword and sorcery finally did get a film into production , it was a return to what subotsky knew best – a three story anthology about killer cats called the uncanny . this was followed by lacklustre psychological thriller dominique , like its predecessor a canadian - uk co - production . neither film was a success .

rosenberg kept amicus alive for two more years . the studio ' s swansong was a terrible science - fiction western called welcome to blood city . rosenberg cut his ties with the british film industry , set up a distribution company in california and produced films such as the natassja kinski - starring cat people . subotsky lurched from one disastrous production to another until dying of heart disease in 1991 . rosenberg kept working well into his 80s , dying in 2004 aged 90 .

the next four amicus films were of a very different strain – it’s trad , dad ( aka ring - a - ding rhythm – subotsky’s favourite of his films ! ) , just for fun , girl of the night and lad : a dog ( a ‘touching’ tale of a disabled boy and his pet ) were mostly forgettable youth and family films . there was little to suggest that the city of the dead had been anything more than a one - off .

he and subotsky initiated the hammer horror cycle when they produced the curse of frankenstein ( 1957 ) , which is credited with single - handedly reviving interest in gothic horror movies . its controversial , gruesome black humour , the droll performance of peter cushing as baron frankenstein , and christopher lee ' s unusually realistic monster ( fashioned by the famed make - up expert jack pierce ) resulted in a surprise hit that cost $ 250 , 000 and made a profit of $ 7m .

it perhaps shows how out of touch subotsky had become by this time with audience – and genre fan – tastes that he had a dislike of the film . interviewed by cinefantastique in 1973 , he commented “strangely enough , scream and scream again made a lot of money and that was different from any film we’ve ever done . i don’t know why , it wasn’t all that good . it might have been because we used three top horror stars and it had a very good title . ”

in 1964 , amicus returned to the genre with a film that set the scene for a decade of horror . dr . terror’s house of horrors took its title from an obscure 1940s film and its format from the classic dead of night ( 1945 ) . consisting of a series of short stories , linked together by peter cushing as a sinister tarot card reading doctor who predicts death for all his travelling companions during a train journey . the film set the tone for much of the subsequent amicus output – over the ensuing years , subotsky made the portmanteau film his trademark . while hammer concentrated on the gothic , subotsky mostly kept his films firmly set in the modern day , and had a particular affinity for the anthology ( he was once quoted as saying he liked the format because it didn’t give the audience time to get bored ! ) . it also allowed him to boast surprisingly starry casts , as it was cheap and easy to hire big name actors for a few days work on a short story .

curiously , amicus had their biggest hit at a time when the british film industry in general seemed on its last legs . in 1975 , they made the prehistoric romp the land that time forgot , which was a huge box office success . horror was suddenly out – not only were giant monster films making more money , but they also fitted in with subotsky’s own wish to make wholesome films for kids to enjoy . it was followed in 1976 with another edgar rice burroughs fantasy adaptation , at the earth’s core , which proved to be another popular success .

the popular team of cushing and lee worked in several of rosenberg and subotsky ' s films , which employed an exceptionally talented pool of actors . the cast of vault of horror ( 1973 ) included daniel massey , terry - thomas , michael caine , anna massey , denholm elliott , curt jürgens and glynis johns . veteran stars such as ralph richardson , who played the crypt keeper who linked the stories in tales from the crypt , and vincent price , who starred in madhouse ( 1974 ) , acted alongside younger talent such as donald sutherland and terence stamp in their films .

the final amicus horror film was the eccentric the beast must die in 1974 . you have to credit subotsky for taking a chance on this inadvertently hilarious film , which has calvin lockhart as a latex suit - wearing big game hunter who invites a group of people to his country estate , believing one of them to be a werewolf . a mix of murder mystery , horror and the most dangerous game , the film includes the infamous werewolf break , where audiences were supposed to shout out who they think the werewolf is . there are no records to show what audiences actually shouted…

the pair first dabbled in horror in the mid - fifties , and could claim to have kick - started the hammer cycle , as they submitted an idea for a new frankenstein film to associated artists productions , who in turn passed it on to hammer . while the subotsky / rosenberg screenplay , entitled frankenstein and the monster , was considered too short and too derivative to be filmed , the pair were paid off and the experience – not to mention the huge success that hammer subsequently had with the curse of frankenstein – set them on the road to fifteen years of horror and fantasy production .

lsohgirl wrote : hi " horrorboy " - you are going to see more material on calvin beck andcastle of frankenstein than you ' ve ever seen in one place . the research that christopher m . o ' brien has been doing is amazing . it has grown ( as has our thongor piece on the unfilmed milton subotsky project ) over the last months . one of the reasons we had to push our moon zero two coverage and the peter sallis interview to next halloween ( our spring issue is totally devoted to frankenstein the true story ) . i hadn ' t thought of monsters of the movies because i always considered it more of a " pro - zine " than a fanzine . you can make the argument that cof was a pro - zine too , but the way cal beck ran it and the irregular schedule and how virtually no one got paid - it has always seemed more in the mode of a fanzine to me . i would like to do horrors of the screen , if anyone should have a contact for alex soma . problem with l ' incroyable cinema is my friend harry nadler , one of the two men behind it , is dead . i ' m not certain if the other editor is alive . however , in the area of uk publications , i ' m looking into shock xpress . and among american zines derek jensen ' s children of the night . the roy skeggs interview runs 14 pages . lots of great images and artwork . more from roy in the future , too .

hi " horrorboy " - you are going to see more material on calvin beck andcastle of frankenstein than you ' ve ever seen in one place . the research that christopher m . o ' brien has been doing is amazing . it has grown ( as has our thongor piece on the unfilmed milton subotsky project ) over the last months . one of the reasons we had to push our moon zero two coverage and the peter sallis interview to next halloween ( our spring issue is totally devoted to frankenstein the true story ) . i hadn ' t thought of monsters of the movies because i always considered it more of a " pro - zine " than a fanzine . you can make the argument that cof was a pro - zine too , but the way cal beck ran it and the irregular schedule and how virtually no one got paid - it has always seemed more in the mode of a fanzine to me . i would have liked to do horrors of the screen , but according to facebook , the editor alex soma has passed away . problem with l ' incroyable cinema is my friend harry nadler , one of the two men behind it , is dead . i ' m not certain if the other editor is alive . however , in the area of uk publications , i ' m looking into shock xpress . and among american zines derek jensen ' s children of the night . the roy skeggs interview runs 15 pages . lots of great images and artwork . more from roy in the future , too .

1970 saw the house that dripped blood , a decent anthology film again based on bloch stories . it was more successful than torture garden , and even the token comedy story ( the cloak , starring jon pertwee and ingrid pitt ) worked . less successful was i , monster , directed by stephen weeks – a young filmmaker with a unique vision that often made his films hard work . putting an pseudo - arthouse director in charge of an adaptation of dr jekyll and mr hyde for a commercial filmmaker like subotsky was always going to be problematic . shooting it in a new , experimental form of 3d was utter madness .

in 1964 , with fellow expatriate producer max j . rosenberg , subotsky formed the company amicus productions . based at shepperton studios , they produced such films as dr . terror ' s house of horrors ( 1964 ) , dr . who and the daleks ( 1965 ) , daleks – invasion earth : 2150 a . d . ( 1966 ) , torture garden ( 1967 ) , scream and scream again ( 1970 ) , the house that dripped blood ( 1970 ) , tales from the crypt ( 1972 ) , asylum ( 1972 ) , from beyond the grave ( 1973 ) and the land that time forgot ( 1974 ) .

rosenberg and subotsky made several musical movies , valuable for preserving on film a host of legendary pop stars performing at their peak . jamboree ( 1957 ) featured 17 recording stars including fats domino and jerry lee lewis ( singing his big hit " great balls of fire " ) . it ' s trad , dad ( 1962 ) , was the first film to feature the highly stylised direction of the future beatles director richard lester . helen shapiro and craig douglas were the stars , with chubby checker , john leyton , del shannon , gene vincent , chris barber , kenny ball , acker bilk and the temperance seven among the guest performers .

amicus was disestablished in 1975 , but subotsky continued producing . around this time he formed " sword & sorcery productions , ltd . " with frank duggan . at some point andrew donally joined the company . numerous well - publicised projects did not go into production . these include adaptations of lin carter ' s " thongor " stories , a live - action version of stan lee ' s the incredible hulk , film adaptations of stories that appeared in james warren ' s comic magazines creepy and eerie , and a co - production with former james bond film producer harry saltzman on saltzman ' s troubled " shrunken man " epic the micronauts .

the classic days of the british horror film . i miss good old hammer and amicus so much . it was indeed the two doctor who films that were my gateway into the world of the time lord . and those wonderful anthology films , amicus did them better than anyone before or since . saw the two time forgot films on the big screen . remember the second one had this awesome cardboard display of the airplane fighting the dinosaurs , a shame those days are over . pity subotsky was never able to get his other projects off the ground . but if they ended up being as weak as the monster club , maybe it’s just as well . but oh the memories .

amicus may have fashioned preposterous horror hokum out of love , but the studio came into being through hard - nosed opportunism . rosenberg , a new yorker , was a law graduate with a successful distribution company when he heard about the eady plan , a british subsidy set up to funnel government money into movie production and encourage filming in the uk . subotsky was a shy science - fiction film freak , also from new york , whose parents considered the movie industry disreputable . nevertheless , he managed to get into the feature film business , producing rock , rock , rock with rosenberg in 1956 , before he moved to england in 1960 . in 1964 , the pair came together again with the founding of amicus to take advantage of the eady plan .

modeler tony mcvey ( sinbad & the eye of the tiger , superman , return of the jedi ) built some early models of the lizard - hawks ( see insert ) with the actual animation being handled by barry leith , animator of british kids show the wombles ( 1975 ) . tony pratt ( hell in the pacific , the last grenade ) was the art director while harley cokliss ( warlords of the 21st century , black moon rising ) was on board as director . with storyboards , a presentation book of artwork on the characters in the proposed film ( see above ) , and models being built , subotsky and his co - producer andrew donally planned to begin shooting in june of 1978 and having it all tied up by june of the following year . the only problem was financing .

sharajsha attempting to thwart world domination by the dragon kings via the resurrection of their god . filled with monsters and elements bordering on science fiction , it was described by talent agent duncan heath as a " space - horror film " . among the intended highlights were giant flying spiders , giant snakes , magical swords and stones , a metal boat that flies , druids , princesses , and the lizard - hawks . these are just a few things to be visualized in what was an awfully ambitious endeavor . in hindsight , it ' s difficult to imagine so much being crammed into what was likely to be a moderately low budget picture at best . subotsky was so enthusiastic over the property , thongor was envisioned as a trilogy . the production was slated to begin shooting in the summer of 1978 , but through this time , there were doubts that thongor and the valley of demons would ever get off the ground at all .

like from beyond the grave , the film was based on short stories by r . chetwynd hayes . but unlike that film , the monster club became a textbook example of how not to make a horror film . again , part of the problem was subotsky’s fixation on family entertainment . as far back as the house that dripped blood , he’d wanted to make a film that kids could see ( in britain ; in america , these films were routinely rated pg anyway ) . he’d complained bitterly that the bbfc had rated that film ‘a’ , only to change it to ‘x’ on the insistence of the distributor . condemning sex scenes as ‘boring’ and expressing a dislike of ‘gratuitous’ violence , he was now determined to make a horror film for all the family . the only problem was that this was 1980 . a fangoria generation was fixated on dawn of the dead , phantasm and friday the 13th and were just gaining access to those films – and stronger – through home video . kids didn’t want to see a horror film aimed at them . and if the kids weren’t interested , adults definitely weren’t .

risible dialogue , busty vampires , huge profits . . . will hodgkinson tells the extraordinary story of the british horror studio that gave hammer a run for its money

four stories for the price of one . . . scene from the house that dripped blood ( 1970 ) . photograph : ronald grant archive

what amicus did have was its own , original genre : the portmanteau horror . these involved an anthology of related segments , more often than not adapted from the short stories of psycho author robert bloch . amicus favourites included such titles as dr terror ' s house of horrors ( rail passengers get their tarot cards read ) , torture garden ( carnival sideshow reveals people ' s inner cruelties ) , asylum ( inmates are interviewed by a psychiatrist ) and the house that dripped blood ( a copper investigates four crimes in one building ) .

the late rosenberg called amicus " a studio without walls " . there was no capital structure , so films got made through a combination of private investment , funding from the eady plan , and extremely low budgets . its first proper production , 1965 ' s dr terror ' s house of horrors , was made for less than £100 , 000 , yet starred horror giants peter cushing and christopher lee and was directed by francis , already an acclaimed cinematographer . rosenberg ' s technique for attracting high - profile talent was simple : he hired them on a competitive day rate , but only for a few days , so shooting schedules were brisk . the house that dripped blood was filmed over a couple of weeks .