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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://neuromatch.social/users/jonny/statuses/113778866762680064">jonny (good kind) (jonny@neuromatch.social)'s status on Monday, 06-Jan-2025 14:03:51 JST</a><a href="https://neuromatch.social/@jonny" title="jonny@neuromatch.social"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/87216-48-20240919064343.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="jonny (good kind)" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">jonny (good kind)</a><div><a href="https://neuromatch.social/@jonny/113778824310321035" rel="in-reply-to">in reply to</a></div></section><article><p>now here we go, some actual trivia: <a href="https://beladraculalugosi.wordpress.com/category/john-c-mather/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://beladraculalugosi.wordpress.com/category/john-c-mather/</a></p><p>linked to from <a href="https://scifist.wordpress.com/2016/10/21/devil-girl-from-mars/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://scifist.wordpress.com/2016/10/21/devil-girl-from-mars/</a> in describing how wikipedia and other sources list the movie as coming from a stage play, but actually it was written and produced in 10 days when they wrapped filming another project early and still had paid time lmao</p><p>edit: this scifist wordpress blogpost is actually extremely good, definitely worth a read</p><p><a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/monsterdon" rel="tag">#monsterdon</a> <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/monsterdonTrivia" rel="tag">#monsterdonTrivia</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/4318905#notice-8445698">In conversation</a><time datetime="2025-01-06T14:03:51+09:00" title="Monday, 06-Jan-2025 14:03:51 JST">about 2 months ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://neuromatch.social/@jonny/113778866762680064" rel="external" title="Sent from neuromatch.social via ActivityPub">neuromatch.social</a></span></span><a href="https://neuromatch.social/@jonny/113778866762680064">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/3851285">In London John worked for the Danziger brothers, producing 26 episodes of Mayfair Mysteries for Paramount. In the early days of television, many American shows were made in Britain due to the lower costs.  John had 40 days to produce the entire series. Character actor Paul Douglas flew in for a single day from Los Angeles, filmed all 26 introductions and epilogues, and flew back without staying the night.  Incredibly, filming completed almost two weeks early.  The Danizigers thus had 10 days of paid studio space to use; launching John on his most enduring and infamous achievement.  Devil Girl From Mars was written in a few days, as John telephoned around London for available actors and had the sets prepared.  AtomAge, British suppliers of latex, the latest wonder material, cut him a good deal on the Devil Girl’s costume.  Pat Laffan, in the title role, liked the feel of it and loved how it looked.  John took screenwriting credit for Devil Girl From Mars, but in the chaos of low budget, tight schedule filmmaking, everyone did everything.  A wonderfully awful movie of the type that only the 1950s could sire resulted. Like many early science fiction epics, Devil Girl From Mars’ clumsiness and naiveté gives it a charm that delights its fans and mortifies its detractors.</a></label><br><a href="https://media.neuromatch.social/media_attachments/files/113/778/865/321/721/573/original/e819b79c4aea5bb9.png" rel="external">https://media.neuromatch.social/media_attachments/files/113/778/865/321/721/573/original/e819b79c4aea5bb9.png</a></li><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/3851286">Untitled attachment</a></label><br></li><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: scifist.wordpress.com</div><h5><a href="https://scifist.wordpress.com/2016/10/21/devil-girl-from-mars/">Devil Girl from Mars</a></h5><div> from <span>JO_Wass</span></div></header><div>∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗ (4/10) In 1954 British filmmakers took advantage of ten days of studio time left over from a TV show that finished early. The result was this ”Dracula from Space” film, remembered for it…</div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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jonny (good kind) (jonny@neuromatch.social)'s status on Monday, 06-Jan-2025 14:03:51 JST jonny (good kind)
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now here we go, some actual trivia: https://beladraculalugosi.wordpress.com/category/john-c-mather/
linked to from https://scifist.wordpress.com/2016/10/21/devil-girl-from-mars/ in describing how wikipedia and other sources list the movie as coming from a stage play, but actually it was written and produced in 10 days when they wrapped filming another project early and still had paid time lmao
edit: this scifist wordpress blogpost is actually extremely good, definitely worth a read
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1. In London John worked for the Danziger brothers, producing 26 episodes of Mayfair Mysteries for Paramount. In the early days of television, many American shows were made in Britain due to the lower costs. John had 40 days to produce the entire series. Character actor Paul Douglas flew in for a single day from Los Angeles, filmed all 26 introductions and epilogues, and flew back without staying the night. Incredibly, filming completed almost two weeks early. The Danizigers thus had 10 days of paid studio space to use; launching John on his most enduring and infamous achievement. Devil Girl From Mars was written in a few days, as John telephoned around London for available actors and had the sets prepared. AtomAge, British suppliers of latex, the latest wonder material, cut him a good deal on the Devil Girl’s costume. Pat Laffan, in the title role, liked the feel of it and loved how it looked. John took screenwriting credit for Devil Girl From Mars, but in the chaos of low budget, tight schedule filmmaking, everyone did everything. A wonderfully awful movie of the type that only the 1950s could sire resulted. Like many early science fiction epics, Devil Girl From Mars’ clumsiness and naiveté gives it a charm that delights its fans and mortifies its detractors.
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  ∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗ (4/10) In 1954 British filmmakers took advantage of ten days of studio time left over from a TV show that finished early. The result was this ”Dracula from Space” film, remembered for it…

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