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DVD cover of Flight to Mars
DVD cover of Flight to Mars

Flight to Mars was a 72-minute 1951 Cinecolor science fiction film, written for the screen by Arthur Strawn. It was produced by Walter Mirisch for Monogram Pictures Corp. (which also distributed) and was directed by Lesley Selander. Cameron Mitchell, Arthur Franz, Virginia Huston and John Litel starred as American spacemen; and Marguerite Churchill appeared as the leader of the human-like Martian women - named Alita! - and Morris Ankrum as her father, the leader of the Martian council. Image File history File links Flight_to_Mars. ... Image File history File links Flight_to_Mars. ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... Cinecolor is an early subtractive color-model two color film process, based upon the Multicolor system of the 1920s. ... Poster for The Day the Earth Stood Still, an archetypal science fiction film Science fiction has been a film genre since the earliest days of cinema. ... Walter Mirisch (born November 8, 1921 in New York City, New York) is an American film producer in Hollywood, California. ... Harro5 08:12, July 28, 2005 (UTC) Categories: Possible copyright violations ... Franz in The Sniper (1952) Arthur Franz (born February 29, 1922 in Perth Amboy, New Jersey) was a B-movie actor that appeared in a number of films in the 1950s including Invaders from Mars (1953), Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951) and The Unholy Wife (1957) playing... Huston in Out of the Past Virginia Huston (April 24, 1925 - February 28, 1981) was a film actress. ... Actor John Litel in Two Dollar Bettor (1951) John Litel (December 30, 1892 - February 3, 1972) was a film actor. ...


The story involves the arrival on Mars of an American scientific expedition team, who discover an underground-dwelling, dying civilizaton of Martians. They are anatomically human, and are suspicious of the earthmen's motives, with the majority of the governing body finally deciding to keep the earthmen prisoner.


Flight to Mars as a Burning Man Theme Camp: Flight to Mars is a Seattle based arts organization, and a theme camp that participates at Burning Man every year since 2001. It sprung from the minds of several long time Seattlites that remembered an amusement park ride of the same name. The ride made its home in the Seattle Center Fun Forest for many years. It was removed to make way for the Experience Music Project. Every year it is reborn on the Playa to take its occupants on a fun filled space adventure yet again. Burning Man is a week-long festival with international draw, held annually on the week prior to and including Labor Day weekend (in early September) in the United States. ... City nickname Emerald City City bird Great Blue Heron City flower Dahlia City mottos The City of Flowers The City of Goodwill City song Seattle, the Peerless City Mayor Greg Nickels County King County Area   - Total   - Land   - Water   - % water 369. ... Center House, Seattle Center Seattle Center is a fairground, park and arts and entertainment center in Seattle, Washington, on the site used in 1962 by the Century 21 Exposition. ... Sign advertising the opening of EMP A view of EMPs southeast corner The Experience Music Project (EMP) is a museum of music history founded by Paul Allen, the co-founder of Microsoft, located on the campus of Seattle, Washingtons Seattle Center. ...


External links

http://www.flight2mars.com The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) [1] is an online database of information about actors, movies, television shows, television stars and video games. ...


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Flight to Mars - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (282 words)
Flight to Mars was a 72-minute 1951 Cinecolor science fiction film, written for the screen by Arthur Strawn.
They are anatomically human, and are suspicious of the earthmen's motives, with the majority of the governing body finally deciding to keep the earthmen prisoner.
Flight to Mars as a Burning Man Theme Camp: Flight to Mars is a Seattle based arts organization, and a theme camp that participates at Burning Man every year since 2001.
DVD Savant Review: Flight to Mars (1765 words)
The first Mars rocket (called Rocket M.A.R.S.) is launched sucessfully, but crashlands on the red planet after being damaged in a meteor shower.
At 72 minutes, Flight to Mars is about five minutes shorter than Virginia Huston's crying fit when she finds out Arthur Franz has fallen for top-billed Marguerite Chapman, who plays a Martian with the best legs ever seen.
As dull as Mars may be, even worse is the Earthlings' non-reaction to being confronted by men in colorcoded space suits 30 seconds after touching down.
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