Teenagers from Outer Space
A promotional film poster for "Teenagers from Outer Space."
Directed by	Tom Graeff
Written by	Tom Graeff
Starring	David Love Dawn Bender Bryan Grant Harvey B. Dunn Tom Graeff King Moody
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date(s)	June 1959
Running time	86 min
Country	United States
Language	English
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Teenagers from Outer Space is a 1959 science-fiction B-movie about an extraterrestrial ship landing on Earth to use it as a farm for its food supply. The crew of the ship includes several teenagers (who ironically look quite old for teenagers), two of whom oppose each other in their activities. The independent film was originally distributed by Warner Brothers. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 385 × 599 pixel Image in higher resolution (525 × 817 pixel, file size: 330 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) A promotional film poster for Teenagers from Outer Space. ... Tom Graeff in the film Teenagers from Outer Space (1959). ... Tom Graeff in the film Teenagers from Outer Space (1959). ... Dawn Bender (1935-) is an American film, stage, and radio actress, most famous for her roles of Margaret on the radio drama One Mans Family and Betty Morgan in Teenagers From Outer Space. ... Tom Graeff in the film Teenagers from Outer Space (1959). ... Actor, best known for playing Ronald McDonald in commericals in the 1970s. ... Warner Bros. ... June is the sixth month of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with a length of 30 days. ... Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... The term B-movie originally referred to a film designed to be distributed as the lower half of a double feature, often a genre film featuring cowboys, gangsters or vampires. ... A 1967 Soviet Union 16 kopeks stamp. ... Adjectives: Terrestrial, Terran, Telluric, Tellurian, Earthly Atmosphere Surface pressure: 101. ... Young Men Organization Teenager and Teen also redirect here. ... Warner Bros. ...

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Production

Teenagers from Outer Space was filmed on location in and around Hollywood, California, with a number of tell-tale landmarks like Bronson Canyon in Griffith Park and Hollywood High School giving away the film's hazy locale. One notable aspect of the film is that it was largely the work of a single person, Tom Graeff (1929-1970), who, in addition to playing the role of reporter Joe Rogers, wrote, directed, edited, and produced the film, on which he also provided cinematography, special effects, and music coordination. Producers Bryan and Ursula Pearson ("Thor" and "Hilda") and Gene Sterling ("The Leader") provided the film's $14,000 budget, which was less than shoe-string by the standards of the time. Greetings from Hollywood Hollywood is a district of the city of Los Angeles, California, U.S.A., that extends from Vermont Avenue on the east to just beyond Laurel Canyon Boulevard above Sunset and Crescent Heights Boulevards on the west; the north to south boundary east of La Brea Avenue... The famous cave opening at Bronson Canyon Bronson Canyon is a location in Griffith Park, California that has become famous as the setting for an astounding number of movies and TV shows filmed throughout the 20th and 21st centuries. ... Welcome sign at Griffith Parks northwest entrance Griffith Park is a large park situated in the Santa Monica Mountains in Los Angeles, California. ... Hollywood High School mural. ... Tom Graeff in the film Teenagers from Outer Space (1959). ... Ursula Pearson Bellah (1929-2006) was a German-born, American actress, author, and businesswoman, most famous for her role of Hilda in Teenagers From Outer Space and her autobiographical perspective on Nazi Germany Surviving the Judas Factor: A Childhood Entombed in Nazi Germany. ...

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Sound design and score

In an unusual practice of the era, Graeff also pre-recorded some of the film's dialogue for several scenes, and had the actors learn to synch their actions with the sound. The score of the film came from stock, composed by William Loose and Fred Steiner. Incidentally the same stock score has been recycled in countless B-movies, such as Red Zone Cuba, The Killer Shrews, and most notably Night of the Living Dead. American composer, conductor, orchestrator and arranger for television, radio and film, born February 24, 1923, in New York, New York. ... Red Zone Cuba, also known as Night Train to Mundo Fine, is considered to be one of the worst films of all time. ... The Killer Shrews is a 1959 science-fiction movie directed by Ray Kellog. ... Night of the Living Dead is a 1968 black-and-white independent horror film directed by George A. Romero. ...

Release and aftermath

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The film failed to perform at the box office, placing further stress on an already-burdened Graeff, and in the fall of 1959, he suffered a breakdown, proclaimed himself the second coming of Christ.^[1] After a number of public appearances followed by a subsequent arrest for disrupting a church service, Graeff disappeared from Hollywood until 1965.

Trivia

• According to the Internet Movie Database, over half the cast of Teenagers from Outer Space never appeared in any other film. Harvey B. Dunn, an actor seen in several productions from cult-film director Ed Wood, plays Betty's grandfather.

• For a long time, Tom Graeff and David Love were thought to have been the same person. This is mentioned in Bill Warren's B-movie tome Keep Watching the Skies!. When Richard Valley, editor of Scarlet Street Magazine, interviewed Bryan and Ursula Pearson in 1993, he discovered that not only were Tom Graeff and David Love (aka Chuck Roberts) different people, but they were also lovers.^[2]

• Tom and Chuck lived in an apartment behind the house used as Betty Morgan's home.

• In 2005, the complete Teenagers from Outer Space was released as an unlockable bonus video on PS2 game Destroy All Humans!

• Derek is modeled after Klaatu in The Day the Earth Stood Still, who also attempts to blend in with typical 1950s American small town culture in order to warn humanity about an oncoming alien terror.

• The film had many different titles originally, including The Boy from Out of This World and Killers From Outer Space. Warner Brothers decided that Teenagers From Outer Space would draw the best audience, though it was renamed The Gargon Terror for its release in the United Kingdom.

• The film was lampooned in June 1992 in episode 404 of the movie-mocking television series Mystery Science Theater 3000.

• A scene from the film was used on the American version of the show Whose Line is it Anyway in the game "Film Dub".

• Due to numerous similarities between the societies depicted, Teenagers may have been an inspiration for the novel The Giver by Lois Lowry.

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References

1. ^ "Read Before Printing", Time (magazine), January 11, 1960. Retrieved on 2007-01-28. 
2. ^ Jessie Lilley and Richard Valley. "Teenagers from Outer Space", Scarlet Street, Summer, 1993, p. 82-87. 

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External links

• Tom Graeff Biography Project
• Teenagers from Outer Space at the Internet Movie Database
• The Boy From Out of This World: The Making of Teenagers From Outer Space