When Worlds Collide

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When Worlds Collide

film by Maté [1951]

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George Pal
…Destination Moon (1950), Rudolph Maté’s When Worlds Collide (1951), and Byron Haskin’s The War of the Worlds (1953). The films all won Oscars for special effects, with Pal’s production company receiving the award for Destination Moon. Accepting a deal to produce and design films for MGM, Pal made his feature-film…
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…Destination Moon (1950), Rudolph Maté’s When Worlds Collide (1951), and Byron Haskin’s The War of the Worlds (1953). The films all won Oscars for special effects, with Pal’s production company receiving the award for Destination Moon. Accepting a deal to produce and design films for MGM, Pal made his feature-film…
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Rudolph Maté
More successful was When Worlds Collide (1951), an entertaining adaptation of a science-fiction novel by Edwin Balmer and Philip Wylie. The picture was especially noted for its Oscar-nominated special effects.
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More successful was When Worlds Collide (1951), an entertaining adaptation of a science-fiction novel by Edwin Balmer and Philip Wylie. The picture was especially noted for its Oscar-nominated special effects.
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