Research Into the Meaning of The Universe:
Research in to the origins of a cartoon has crossed my path again. Fred Ladd called me yesterday because of my love of Karel Zeman. According to Fred, back in 1957 when he created his paste up masterpiece, Space Explorers, he used 3 Marshall Trade films.
In particular the stop motion sections of the unreleased 1939 German Weltraumschiff 1 Startet (Spaceship 1 Launches), the Russian Disney style 2-D Polet na lunu, (Flight to the Moon) and Karel Zeman puppet film Universe.
The big question it about Universe. It was released here as an educational under that name. Fred can remember no other name. The question is what was its Czach name? There is some little reason to believe it may have been a repackaging from elements of other films.
But my suspicion is that Universe may in fact be Pan Prokouk, pritel zviratek (1955). A film that I can find nothing about but the name. The time of 1955 is right for Fred to use it in 1957 and Zeman worked on another educational at that same time Cesta do praveku (Journey to Prehistory) also 1955.
The problem is that I can find nothing about Pan Prokouk, pritel zviratek not even what the title translates as. So I have no proof just wild theory. Anybody out there read Czech?
In particular the stop motion sections of the unreleased 1939 German Weltraumschiff 1 Startet (Spaceship 1 Launches), the Russian Disney style 2-D Polet na lunu, (Flight to the Moon) and Karel Zeman puppet film Universe.
The big question it about Universe. It was released here as an educational under that name. Fred can remember no other name. The question is what was its Czach name? There is some little reason to believe it may have been a repackaging from elements of other films.
But my suspicion is that Universe may in fact be Pan Prokouk, pritel zviratek (1955). A film that I can find nothing about but the name. The time of 1955 is right for Fred to use it in 1957 and Zeman worked on another educational at that same time Cesta do praveku (Journey to Prehistory) also 1955.
The problem is that I can find nothing about Pan Prokouk, pritel zviratek not even what the title translates as. So I have no proof just wild theory. Anybody out there read Czech?
posted by Larry Loc @ 2:44 PM
2 Comments:
At July 14, 2008 5:13 AM ,
Claude Mettavant said...
I think Fred Ladd has confused several films: the film Universe exists, it is a very nice Canadian film but was produced in 1960 (http://beta.onf.ca/film/Universe/). Its quality has resulted in several awards, and this is certainly why it has remained in the memory of Ladd.
About movie Pan Prokouk, pritel zviratek, it tells stories of animals. The issue date corresponds to your research, but the subject described is not the right one.
I had seen the images of Space Explorers came in part from a Russian cartoon (http://project.mettavant.fr/kosmicfilm.htm#copy), but I do not have enough images of planets to search for another film.
I know many films of this era, but these images may come from a little-known educational film.
If you have a few additional images send them to me.
Regards
At July 14, 2008 5:15 AM ,
Claude Mettavant said...
I think Fred Ladd has confused several films: the film Universe exists, it is a very nice Canadian film but was produced in 1960 (http://beta.onf.ca/film/Universe/). Its quality has resulted in several awards, and this is certainly why it has remained in the memory of Ladd.
About movie Pan Prokouk, pritel zviratek, it tells stories of animals. The issue date corresponds to your research, but the subject described is not the right one.
I had seen the images of Space Explorers came in part from a Russian cartoon (http://project.mettavant.fr/kosmicfilm.htm#copy), but I do not have enough images of planets to search for another film.
I know many films of this era, but these images may come from a little-known educational film.
If you have a few additional images send them to me.
Regards
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