1955.0000 Movie "This Island Earth"

 

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"This Island Earth"
The MovieThis Island Earth” (1955) was based on the novel of the same name by Raymond F Jones. Directed by Joseph M Newman.

 

 

 

 

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1. Web Resources

2. Book References

3. Other material

 

Web Resources

Credits and other details included in the Internet Movie Database (imdb) entry online at: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047577/

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Book References

For discussion of “This Island Earth” see the following:

 

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1970

Baxter, John in his “Science Fiction in the Cinema” (1970) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 110-112 (in Chapter 9), 238 (in the “Select Filmography”) of the Zwemmer softcover edition.

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1979

Boyce, Chris in a list entitled “A Checklist of Ets in the Cinema” in his Extraterrestrial Encounter (1979) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 164 (in Appendix 1) of the David & Charles hardback edition, at page 152 of the 1980 revised NEL paperback edition.

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2005

Clancy, Susan A in her “Abducted : How people come to believe they were kidnapped by aliens” (2005) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 89 (in Chapter 4) of the Harvard softcover edition.

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1995

Cousineau, Phil in his “UFOs: A Manual for the Millenium” (1995) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 68 (in Chapter 3) of the Harper Collins paperback edition.

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2000

Darling, David in his “The Extraterrestrial Encyclopedia” (2000) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 372 (in the entry entitled “science fiction involving extraterrestrials, in films and on television”) of the Three Rivers softcover edition.

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2003

Darling, David in his online encyclopedia, “The Encyclopedia of Astrobiology, Astronomy and Spaceflight” (2003) in the entry entitled “science fiction involving extraterrestrials, in films and television”. The relevant entry is available online at:

http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/S/SFfilm.html

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2001

di Fate, Vincent in his “The Science Fiction Art of Vincent Di Fate” (2001) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 53 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “Sci-Fi, Hokum and Barry Who? - The Golden Age of Science Fiction Movies”) of the Paper Tiger hardback edition.

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1996

Dick, Steven J in his “The Biological Universe” (1996) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 263 (in Chapter 5) of the Cambridge hardback edition.

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1975

Jacobs, David Michael in his “The UFO Controversy in America” (1975) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 130 (in Chapter 5) of the Indiana hardback edition, pages 114-115 of the Signet paperback edition.

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1999

Kurland, Michael in his “The Complete Idiot's Guide to Extraterrestrial Intelligence” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 293 (in Chapter 28) of the Alpha Books softcover edition.

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1998

Mannion, Michael in his “Project Mindshift” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 173 (in Chapter 6) of the Evans hardback edition.

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1987

McDonough, Thomas R in his “The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence - Listening for Life in the Cosmos” (1987) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 46 (in Chapter 3) of the Wiley softcover edition.

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1996

Miller, David and Gatiss, Mark in their “They Came From Outer Space : Alien Encounters in the Movies” (1996) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 30-31 of the Visual Imagination softcover edition.

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1977

Naha, Ed in his “Science Fiction Aliens - Starlog Photo Guidebook” (1977) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 58, 74 (in the unnumbered section entitled “Motion Pictures”) of the Starlog softcover edition.

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1997

Nesheim, Eric and Nesheim, Leif in their “Saucer Attack! : Pop Culture in the Golden Age of Flying Saucers” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 90 of the General Publishing softcover edition.

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1998

Parker, Barry in his “Alien Life” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 49 (in Chapter 4) of the Plenum Trade hardback edition.

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1999

Randle, Kevin and Estes, Russ and Cone, William in their “The Abduction Enigma” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 122 (in Chapter 7) of the Forge hardback edition.

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1985

Randles, Jenny and Warrington, Peter in their “Science and the UFOs " (1985) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 131 (in Chapter 10) of the Blackwell hardback edition.

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1988

Randles, Jenny in her “Abduction“ (1988) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 44 (in Chapter 3) of the Hale hardback edition (with the same page numbering in the Headline paperback edition).

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1997

Randles, Jenny in her “Alien Contact – The First Fifty Years” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 27 (in the chapter entitled “1954”) of the Collins and Brown hardback edition.

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1994

Ritchie, David in his “UFO : The Definitive Guide” (1994) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 206 (in an entry entitled “This Island Earth”) of the MJF hardback edition.

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1996

Rux, Bruce in his “Architects of the Underworld” (1996) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 74 (in Chapter 3) of the Frog softcover edition.

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1997

Rux, Bruce in his “Hollywood Vs. the Aliens” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 208-209 (in Chapter 4) of the Frog softcover edition.

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1978

Siegel, Richard and Suares, Jean-Claude in their “Alien Creatures” (1978) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 68, 75 (in Chapter 2) of the Reed softcover edition.

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1997

Spencer, John and Spencer, Anne in their “True Life Encounters – Alien Contact” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 94 (in Chapter 7) of the Millenium paperback edition.

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1989

Spencer, John in his “Perspectives“ (1989) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 179 (in Part 5(c)) of the Futura paperback edition.

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1993

Thompson, Richard in his “Alien Identities: Ancient Insights into Modern UFO Pheonemena” (1993) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 129 (in Chapter 4) of the GHP revised softcover edition.

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1978

Tompkins, Bolyston in “Alien Creatures” (1978) (by Richard Siegel and Jean-Claude Suares) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 31 (in the Introduction) of the Reed softcover edition.

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1987

Watson, Nigel in “UFO: 1947-1987” (1987) (edited by Hilary Evans with John Spencer) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 334 (in Chapter 5.4, entitled “The Day Flying Saucers Invaded the Cinema”) of the Fortean Tomes softcover edition.

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1997

Watson, Nigel in “UFOs and Ufology – the first 50 years” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) by Paul Devereux and Peter Brookesmith at page 40 (in Chapter 3) of the Blandford softcover edition.

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Other Material

Jones, Raymond F. “This Island Earth” (1952.0000). A novel version of 3 novelettes originally published in Thrilling Wonder Stories (1949.0600-1950.0200), originally entitled “The Alien Machine” (Thrilling Wonder Stories, 1949.0600), “The Shroud of Secrecy”( Thrilling Wonder Stories, 1949.1200), and “The Greater Conflict” (Thrilling Wonder Stories, 1950.0200).