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Wikipedia article'The First Men in the Moon' is a 1919 black-and-white silent film, directed by Bruce Gordon and J. L. V. Leigh. The film was based on H. G. Wells' 1901 science fiction novel 'The First Men in the Moon'. As of August 2010, the film is not held in the BFI National Archive and is listed on the British Film Institute's "75 Most Wanted" list of lost films. Stills from the production and a plot synopsis exist.Robert Godwin, 'H.G. Wells The First Men in the Moon: the Story of the 1919 Film,' Apogee Space Books, - see [http://www.apogeeprime.com/prime/bookpages/9781926837314.html web page at Apogee books] (retrieved 5 May 2014). PlotThe synopsis from 'The Bioscope' trade paper of 5 June 1919 reads as follows:
NotabilityRobert Godwin credits the film as "the first movie to ever be based entirely on a famous science fiction novel." 'Frankenstein', a loose adaptation of Mary Shelley's 1818 eponymous novel, however, had appeared in 1910, with a running time of 14 minutes, and Universal Pictures released a full length feature film of Jules Verne's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea in 1916. Cast* Bruce Gordon as Hogben * Heather Thatcher as Susan * Hector Abbas as Sampson Cavor * Lionel d'Aragon as Rupert Bedford * Cecil Morton York as Grand Lunar See also*List of lost films References | |
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