The Burning Orphanage Scene From "MIGHTY JOE YOUNG" (1949) (video)

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Jill Young (Terry Moore) and her friend Gregg (Ben Johnson) are fleeing from the law...

...after a judge orders that her beloved pet gorilla Joe be shot to death.

But a burning orphanage causes them to cut short their escape.

Excellent stop-motion animation by Willis O'Brien and Ray Harryhausen...

...make this is one of the most thrilling sequences ever filmed.


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The Burning Orphanage Scene From "MIGHTY JOE YOUNG" (1949) (video)

MORE Lesser Known Stop-Motion Animation Monsters (video)

The most famous stop-motion animators are Willis O'Brien (KING KONG)…

...and Ray Harryhausen (JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS).

But other animators have given us their own interesting creations throughout the years...

The Lost Continent (1951)
The Black Scorpion (Willis O'Brien, 1957)
The Giant Behemoth (Willis O'Brien, 1959)
Dinosaurus! (1960)
Planet of Dinosaurs (1978)
Caveman (1981)


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MORE Lesser Known Stop-Motion Animation Monsters (video)

Lesser Known Stop-Motion Animation Monsters (video)

The most famous stop-motion animators are Willis O'Brien (KING KONG)…

...and Ray Harryhausen (7th VOYAGE OF SINBAD).

But other animators have given us their own interesting creations throughout the years...

Three Ages (Buster Keaton, 1923)
Beast of Hollow Mountain (1956)
Monster From Green Hell (1957)
Jack the Giant Killer (1962)
Equinox (1970)
The Crater Lake Monster (1977)


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Lesser Known Stop-Motion Animation Monsters (video)

MY TOP 20 FAVORITE STOP-MOTION ANIMATION MOVIES! by Porfle

These aren't movies that are entirely stop-motion, such as A NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS or a Wallace and Gromit movie, but ones featuring stop-motion monsters or other creatures.  With hats off, of course, to the greats--Willis O'Brien and Ray Harryhausen.

Read our review of  KING KONG (1933)

Read our review of  SON OF KONG

MY TOP 20 FAVORITE STOP-MOTION ANIMATION MOVIES! by Porfle

Was The Beverly Hillbillies' "Granny" in "Mighty Joe Young"? (1949) (video)

Irene Ryan played crotchety old "Granny"...

...in the hit 1960s TV series "The Beverly Hillbillies."

But in her younger days, Ryan made a brief comedic appearance...

...in the SPFX-heavy monster thriller "Mighty Joe Young" (1949).


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Was The Beverly Hillbillies' "Granny" in "Mighty Joe Young"? (1949) (video)

Beautiful End Credits Music For "VALLEY OF GWANGI" (1969) by Jerome Moross (video)

 

Jerome Moross was the genius behind such musical scores as "The Big Country", "The War Lord", and "Wagon Train."

One of his most rousing and robust scores was for the Ray Harryhausen dinosaur western "The Valley of Gwangi."

Here is the beautiful romantic theme he wrote for the the end cast credits, which sends the movie off on a high note.


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Beautiful End Credits Music For "VALLEY OF GWANGI" (1969) by Jerome Moross (video)

Fun Blooper from "20,000,000 Miles To Earth" (1957) (video)

1. Monster in farmer's barn.

2. Farmer watching from a safe distance behind nerdy guy.

3. Farmer gets involved.

4. Oops--farmer STILL watching from a safe distance behind nerdy guy.

Maybe they're twins?


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Fun Blooper from "20,000,000 Miles To Earth" (1957) (video)