1954 Creature From The Black Lagoon Original Movie Lobby 13x17 Mexico Cult Adams

THE CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON. Foreign Title : "El Monstruo de la Laguna Negra". 1954 Mexican Lobby Card (12.75 x 16.5 inches). 1954 Mexican Lobby Card (12.75 x 16.5 inches) in GOOD+ Condition. The poster has a vintage, "age-appropriate" look. The poster shows minor signs of use, like edge and corner wear. The card slightly dog eared corner wear with minor soft creasing. The lobby card displays quite well. Richard Carlson, Julia Adams, Richard Denning, Antonio Moreno, Nestor Paiva, Whit Bissell, Perry Lopez, Ben Chapman, Ricou Browning. Monster from a million years ago! "Sheer, stark terror grips you in underwater 3-D".

Centuries of passion pent up in his savage heart! Clawing Monster From A Lost Age strikes from the Amazon's forbidden depths! Terrifying monster of the ages raging with pent-up passions!

With every man his mortal enemy... And a woman's beauty his prey!

Remnants of a mysterious animal have come to light in a remote jungle, and a group of scientists intends to determine if the find is an anomaly or evidence of an undiscovered beast. To accomplish their goal, the scientists must brave the most perilous pieces of land South America has to offer. But the terrain is nothing compared to the danger posed by an otherworldly being that endangers their work and their lives.
"Creature from the Black Lagoon" is a 1954 American black-and-white 3D monster horror film produced by William Alland and directed by Jack Arnold, from a screenplay by Harry Essex and Arthur Ross and a story by Maurice Zimm. It stars Richard Carlson, Julia Adams, Richard Denning, Antonio Moreno, Nestor Paiva, and Whit Bissell.

The film's plot follows a group of scientists who encounter a piscine amphibious humanoid in the waters of the Amazon; the Creature, also known as the Gill-man, was played by Ben Chapman on land and by Ricou Browning underwater. Produced and distributed by Universal-International, "Creature from the Black Lagoon" premiered in Detroit on February 12, 1954, and was released on a regional basis, opening on various dates. (from Wikipedia) Producer William Alland was attending a 1941 dinner party during the filming of "Citizen Kane" (in which he played the reporter Thompson) when Mexican cinematographer Gabriel Figueroa told him about mythical stories of the Yacuruna, a race of half-fish, half-human creatures said to live in the Amazon River. Alland wrote story notes titled "The Sea Monster" 10 years later, using "Beauty and the Beast" as inspiration. In December 1952, Maurice Zimm expanded this into a treatment, which Harry Essex and Arthur Ross rewrote as "The Black Lagoon".

Following the success of the 3D film "House of Wax" in 1953, Jack Arnold was hired to direct the film in the same format. Millicent Patrick, formerly an animator for Disney, was the primary designer for the head and face of the Gill-man costume. However, make-up artist Bud Westmore downplayed Patrick's importance, and for half a century Westmore received sole credit for the creature's conception. Jack Kevan, who worked on "The Wizard of Oz" (1939) and made prosthetics for amputees during World War II, created the bodysuit, while Chris Mueller Jr. Ben Chapman portrayed the Gill-man for the majority of the scenes shot at Universal City, California.

The on-water scenes were filmed at Park Lake on the Universal back lot. The costume made it impossible for Chapman to sit for 14 hours of each day that he wore it, and the suit overheated easily. Due to these difficulties, Chapman often stayed in the studio's back-lot lake, frequently requesting to be hosed down. The headpiece obscured Chapman's vision, which caused him to accidentally scrape Julie Adams' head against the wall when carrying her in the grotto scenes. Ricou Browning played the Gill-man in the underwater shots, which were filmed by the second unit in Wakulla Springs, Florida.

While filming underwater, Browning reportedly held his breath for up to four minutes at a time. In a 2013 interview, Browning clarified: If you're not doing anything at all, four minutes is possible, but not if you're moving in the water. If you're swimming fast or fighting, you use up a lot of oxygen, and it cuts it down to, at the most, two minutes. Thank you for viewing this listing. Please reach out to us directly with any questions you may have.

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1954 Creature From The Black Lagoon Original Movie Lobby 13x17 Mexico Cult Adams

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