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Post by manfromplanetx on Jun 3, 2017 7:52:57 GMT
Ray "Crash" Corrigan and his modified Gorilla suit playing the vicious alien "orangopoid" introduced in episode 8 of the Flash Gordon Film Serial from 1936
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Post by manfromplanetx on Feb 23, 2018 22:29:48 GMT
Widely recognized, yet mostly anonymous & uncredited are the artistic works, the collective labours of Fuminori Ohashi . A pioneer of special effects from the early days of of Japanese cinema, he helped supervise the development of the suit for the original Gojira (1954), and created lighter-weight materials for other ape like monsters. Ohashi also served as a technical advisor and designer for the attractions at the original Disneyland, and he also worked, uncredited on developing the makeup materials for Planet of the Apes (1968). Creative and Influential, Ohashi's name is obscure even in his own country , however he played a significant role in the history of special effects & cinema techniques. Fuminori Ohashi as the ape like Yeti (Monster Snowman) in the rarely seen Jû jin yuki otoko released in Japan on 15 August 1955 the film was pulled from distribution shortly after. Toho had created a self-imposed ban on the film and it has never had an official re-release. Beware of Imitations !...
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Post by BATouttaheck on Mar 19, 2018 3:51:14 GMT
I was going to mention Morgan but I see that I already did !
Fun "oldie but goodie" thread ! manfromplanetx
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Mar 21, 2018 7:45:36 GMT
In the pre-Star Wars '70s, there were no "special effects" companies
**There was Project Unlimited, they did work for George Pal, Outer Limits, Star Trek etc.
Stuart Freeborn designed the apes for 2001: A Space Odyssey. The mask design ended up in Trog as well as the 1971 Murders in the Rue Morgue.
Also, when they were testing ape suit ideas for Kong 76 before the eventual Baker one, they used a mask that was cast from Joe Don Baker.
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Post by them1ghtyhumph on Mar 21, 2018 8:03:58 GMT
George Segal wears a gorilla suit in a scene from Carl Reiner's Where's Papa? (1970). It has been so long since I saw the movie can't remember why he wears a gorilla suit. Trying to scare his mother (Ruth Gordon) to death. Ron Leibman wears the gorilla suit in Central Park, has sex with a cop (male) and falls in love with him. Offbeat movie. I loved it. Paul Sorvino's film debut. Didn't like Harold and Maude. Has anyone mentioned 'Robot Monster' yet?
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Post by manfromplanetx on Jul 24, 2020 8:00:50 GMT
Prolific character actor Richard Neill has a stint in the suit, playing Rango the Gorilla in the excellent exotic silent drama from Tod Browning, Where East is East (1929)
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Post by phantomparticle on Jul 24, 2020 15:30:47 GMT
This is the same movie I read about (probably in Famous Monsters) that was titled Half Human after it was stitched together with American footage starring John Carradine and Morris Ankrum. According to Leonard Maltin's Classic Film Guide, it was released to the home video market. I've been looking for it for years on various cable channels, including TCM's Underground series, without success. It isn't available on Youtube, and I don't want to buy it sight unseen.
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Post by manfromplanetx on Jul 24, 2020 23:44:48 GMT
Bride of the Gorilla (1951) Dir. Curt Siodmak. A great cast enliven this poverty row jungle horror. Steve Calvert uncredited as the gorilla...
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Post by london777 on Jul 25, 2020 2:21:26 GMT
The mere phrase "man in an ape suit" conjured up deliciously inept images of rigid paper mâché masks and visible zippers In The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) dir: Vincente Minnelli, successful movie-men Douglas (a director) and Sullivan (a scriptwriter) reminisce about how they started on Poverty Row. Making an ultra-low budget horror film, Douglas was scathing about the rubbishy monkey suits the "baddies" were supposed to wear. He binned them and filmed the scene with minimal lighting and suggestive psychology instead. This (supposed) innovation was such a hit it that it launched his big-time career.
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Post by phantomparticle on Jul 25, 2020 2:43:14 GMT
The Bad and the Beautiful is an encyclopedia of Hollywood references and in-jokes. The movie Douglas was supposed to make, a low budget horror called "Curse of the Cat Man," was foisted on him by studio executive Harry Peeble and is a direct reference to Val Lewton who suffered the same treatment at RKO.
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Post by manfromplanetx on Jul 25, 2020 23:18:40 GMT
George Barrows made his film career debut as a gorilla extra alongside top billed gorilla Ray Corrigan in Tarzan and His mate (1934). Over the years he starred uncredited in a number of gorilla roles, with a suit he had made himself, Mentioned here earlier Gorilla at Large (1954) another memorable outing supported with a fabulous cast Black Zoo(1963) as Victor the Gorilla. B&W Publicity still with Virginia Grey...
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Post by Prime etc. on Jul 26, 2020 1:07:36 GMT
Uma Thurman in a not so classic movie but perhaps future dystopian societies will study it as such:
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Post by Prime etc. on Jul 28, 2020 17:14:27 GMT
In Battle for the Planet of the Apes 1973, there has been doubts if it really was John Huston behind the mask, or he just recorded and someone else mimed.
Ha he is hardly in it so they could get away with it.
Someone was pointing out how Claude Akins is unrecognizable as a gorilla--his eyes are more expressive than when he is without the mask.
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Post by jervistetch on Jul 28, 2020 17:40:10 GMT
Not exactly a monkey but, in ALTERED STATES William Hurt’s experiments with hallucinogenic mushrooms and sensory deprivation somehow revert him into some kind of ancestor of modern man. Is it all in his head? Those are some killer mushrooms.
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Post by manfromplanetx on May 2, 2021 0:39:29 GMT
Gorilla man Ray "Crash" Corrigan modified his suit to play the Ground Sloth an extinct prehistoric species in the adventure film Unknown Island (1948) Ray Corrigan's last feature film appearance It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958) playing the Martian monster to great effect, in a monster suit created by Paul Blaisdell sculptor and visual effects creator, best remembered for his work in science fiction and horror B movies of the 1950s. A publicity shot It with Shirley Patterson
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Post by bravomailer on May 2, 2021 1:42:52 GMT
Musical interlude
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Post by manfromplanetx on May 3, 2021 23:28:36 GMT
Captive Wild Woman (1943) Dir. Edward Dmytryk . Featuring exotic beauty Acquanetta "The Venezuelan Volcano", starring as Paula Dupree, the Ape Woman. The film tells the mad tale of a scientist, Dr. Sigmund Walters (John Carradine) whose experiments turn a female gorilla named Cheela (Ray Corrigan) into a human by injecting the ape with sex hormones and via brain transplants... Followed by two sequels the Jungle Woman (1944) also with Acquanetta and The Jungle Captive (1945) with Vicky Lane playing Paula Dupree the Ape Woman... Captive Wild Woman Acquanetta Jungle Woman (1944)
Jungle Captive (1945) Vicky Lane
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Post by manfromplanetx on Mar 30, 2023 22:04:16 GMT
Emil Van Horn (1907-1967) began his career as a circus tumbler and acrobat before becoming a vaudeville actor. Inspired by Charles Gemora and his Hollywood gorilla impersonations, Van Horn created his own costume and studied the behaviour of gorillas at the San Diego Zoo before he embarked on his own film career playing a gorilla, the ape-man. His first role was in The House of Mystery (1934), his most prominent film role was alongside Bela Lugosi in The Ape Man (1943).. Emil Van Horn with Frances Gifford in Jungle Girl (1941) The Ape Man (1943) with Bela Lugosi A sideline act, Emil Van Horn performed at 'Jungle' and 'Beauty and the Beast' themed Californian burlesque shows, here with Yvonne De Carlo circa 1942...
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Post by phantomparticle on Mar 31, 2023 19:03:56 GMT
Before Charles Gemora, there was Bull Montana, The Lost World (1925)
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Post by manfromplanetx on Mar 31, 2023 20:40:12 GMT
Max Palmer (1927)-1984) may have had a short film career; however, he was a giant. Palmer was said to be seven foot seven inches, measured at his death he was actually eight foot two and needed a nine-foot coffin. His acting career started in 1952 and ended in 1955. Notably Palmer appeared in Invaders from Mars (1953) and Killer Ape (1953). He left an acting career because of his height Palmer did not want to be considered a monster. or killer ape-man He then started professional wrestling about 1955, known as Paul Bunyan. In 1962 he left his wrestling career and became an evangelist and preached all over the US. He was known as Goliath for Christ preached until his death in 1984... Killer Ape was the twelfth Jungle Jim feature film. Killer Ape (Max Palmer) battles with Jungle Jim (Johnny Weissmuller)
Most of the publicity promotion for Invaders from Mars features Max Palmer in a famous scene as the mutant alien.
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