This week’s mystery movie was the 1964 Columbia film First Men in the Moon, with Edward Judd, Martha Hyer, Lionel Jeffries, Miles Malleson, Norman Bird, Gladys Henson, Hugh McDermott and Betty McDowall.
Ray Harryhausen, creator of special visual effects.
Filmed in Dynamation and Panavision.
Photographed by Wilkie Cooper.
Lunacolor by Pathe.
Music by Laurie Johnson.
Production manager Ted Wallis.
Art direction by John Blezard.
Edited by Maurice Rootes.
Technical staff Les Bowie and Kit West.
Camera operator Harry Gillam.
Assistant director George Pollard.
Continuity by Eileen Head.
Sound by Buster Ambler and Red Law.
Titles by Sam Suliman.
Technical advisor Arthur Garratt.
Screenplay by Nigel Kneale and Jan Read
From the original story by H.G. Wells.
Produced by Charles H. Schneer.
Directed by Nathan Juran.
First Men in the Moon is available on DVD from Critics’ Choice Video.
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I thought a film involving the moon would be appropriate and this one looked interesting.
And The New York Times said (Howard Thompson, November 26, 1964):
At least First Men in the Moon is clean. And just as dull. Only the most indulgent youngsters should derive much stimulation — let alone fun — from the tedious, heavy-handed science fiction vehicle that arrived yesterday from England at the Capitol and other theaters. Too bad, too, for the Columbia release gets off to a bright, crisp start.
For Monday, we have a mysterious woman in a mysterious horseless carriage.
Update: This is Martha Hyer.
For “Tricky Tuesday,” we have an inquisitive mystery fellow and a mysterious companion.
Update: This is Marne Maitland, left, and Edward Judd.
Brain Trust roll call: Stacia (mystery movie and Monday’s mysterious woman), Bob Hansen (mystery movie and Monday’s mystery woman) and Anne Papineau (mystery movie and Monday’s mystery woman).
For “Hm Wednesday,” we have a mysterious fellow.
Update: This is Lionel Jeffries.
Brain Trust roll call: Greg (mystery movie and all mysterious guests) and Stephen Powers (mystery movie and Monday’s mystery woman).
For “Aha Thursday,” we have a mysterious skeleton and Back of the Cranium Creature.
Update: This is a skeleton from Ray Harryhausen’s workshop, pressed into service to represent Martha Hyer. Also a Selenite.
Brain Trust roll call: Sylvia (mystery movie and all mysterious guests), Megan and Thom (mystery movie and Monday’s and Wednesday’s mysterious guests), Chrisbo (mystery movie and all mysterious guests), Mike Hawks (mystery movie and Tuesday’s and Wednesday’s mysterious guests), Roget-L.A. (mystery movie and all mysterious guests) and Michael Lott (mystery movie).
For Friday, we have our mysterious leading man and leading lady, and a mysterious creature.
Update: This is Edward Judd and Martha Hyer, threatened by a Selenite.
Brain Trust roll call: Sylvia (mysterious skeleton and Back of the Cranium Creature).
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This is FIRST MEN IN THE MOON! I was on a Harryhausen kick about two years ago and watched all of the movies I could find, and this was a really charming film. Monday is Martha Hyer.
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Monday – looks like Celeste Holm
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An excellent guess, but alas, I’m afraid not.
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I believe that’s Martha Hyer, in a Jules Verne story about a moon voyage. Can’t remember the exact title, It was made in the 1960s.
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CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG?
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Dorothy Patrick in “Till the Clouds Roll By” (1946)
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An excellent guess, but alas, I’m afraid not.
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Is today’s guest Glynis Johns?
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An excellent guess, but alas, I’m afraid not.
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Not Truly Scrumptious driving into a lake but Martha Hyer piloting a horseless carriage in “First Men in the Moon.”
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Monday, Martha Hyer.
Tuesday, Edward Judd and Marne Maitland.
Movie, First Men in the Moon.
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Monday – Martha Hyer from First Men in the Moon.
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I’ll guess Terry I Thomas today.
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Before breakfast WAG: Wayne Rogers with the magnifying glass on Tuesday?
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The 1966 British comedy “The Wrong Box”?
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An excellent guess! But neither Michael Caine nor Peter Sellers appear in our mysterious film.
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I get serious CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG vibes from the Monday photo, which makes her Sally Ann Howes, I reckon.
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An excellent guess! But, alas, I’m afraid not.
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felicitas wolL from Car and Bertha
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Ha! I knew that I knew that face! Thanks to Mr Jeffries. You’re saluting our most recent lunar journey I think.
The First Men in the Moon 1964
Mon – Martha Hyer (in our flashback)
Tues – I think is set in present day (think the guy with the magnifying glass is our now very elderly hero Edward Judd, but not sure yet)
Wed – Lionel Jeffries (in our flashback) inside his homemade spaceship
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Our movie is First Men in the Moon with Lionel Jeffries and Martha Hyer.
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Back to Tues – confirmed that the magnifying glass guy is Edward Judd, now very elderly.
The gentleman to screen left is part of the UN delegation. He’s played by Marne Maitland.
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Martha Hyer, Edward Judd, Marne Maitland and Lionel Jeffries in First Men in the Moon.
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Edward Judd, Marne Maitland, Lionel Jeffries in FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON.
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I mean FIRST MEN IN THE MOON.
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First Men on the Moon (1964) with Martha Hyer (Monday), Edward Judd and Marne Maitland (Tuesday), and Lionel Jeffries (Wednesday)
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Felicitas Woll in Carl & Berta
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I remember this one! Men in the Moon – crazy sci-fi movie about Brits going to the moon in Victorian times. Couldn’t tell you the cast without looking it up.
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Thursday’s BOTCC is one of Mr Ray Harryhausen’s Dynamation creations, a Selenite – a denizen of the moon. The setting is the “Examination Room” under the moon’s surface. The skeleton is the “body double” for Ms Martha Hyer, who is being X-ray scanned by said moon person. The budget for this film was very low, so the skeleton model was not created specifically for Ms Hyer, but is a ‘loan out’ from Mr Harryhausen’s Dynamation “skeleton warriors” from Jason and the Argonauts 1963. I found one site where the claim was made that the blogger knew exactly which JATA’s warrior was used, but I think he was joking.
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Edward Judd and Martha Hyer.
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Friday – Edward Judd and Martha Hyer reboarding the spacecraft to make their escape from the moon.
The moon person clinging to the side is a child (local to the real-life area) in a Selenite costume, the go-to when the scene called for actual interaction and there wasn’t time or money for producing the scene in Dynamation. Ya do whatcha gotta do.
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