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Show New Science Fiction Thriller Scheduled At Pioneer Mofor-Vu Sun. Mon. Tues. is by Edmund H. North and is based on a story by Harry Bates, well-known to science-fiction enthusiasts. en-thusiasts. On the production side, the thriller thril-ler required the construction of a 350-foot flying- disk costing- $100,-000 $100,-000 and containing enough material,"; mat-erial,"; to build a dozen average houses. Another accomplishment of the studio's technical department depart-ment was the building- of a nine-foot nine-foot robot which proceeds to terrify ter-rify the known world. "The Day the Earth Stood Still," Twentieth Century-Fox's amazing new science-fiction thriller featuring- Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal and Hugh Marlowe, will be seen Sunday, Monday and Tuesday at the Pioneer Motor-Vu Theatre. The production, first "A" treatment treat-ment givena science-fiction theme by a major studio, narrates the weird and terrifying story of the arrival in Washington, D. C, of a strange space ship bearing two visitors from another planet, "Kla-atu," "Kla-atu," the super-human gifted with special powers, and his giant robot ro-bot "Gort." Together they threaten threat-en Earth with total destruction. "The Day the Earth Stood Still" assumes that a civilization 5000 years more advanced than ours has solved the problems of interplanetary interplan-etary space travel, the neutralization neutraliza-tion of electricity by remote control, con-trol, the disintegration of obiects by directed rays and the ability of robots to perform human tasks. Producer Julian Blaustein and Director Robert Wise carefully selected se-lected a special cast to bring this fantasy-drama to life. They felt that the role of "Klaatu" should be played better by an actor not too familiar to American audiences aud-iences and' selected tall, dark-haired dark-haired Michael Rennie, the British Brit-ish favorite who starred in "The 13th Letter" and appeared briefly in "The Black Rose." Ar, the war widow who understands under-stands the space visitor's motives and proceeds to assist him in his mission, tall , curvaceous Patricia Neal was given the nod. Long an established Hollywood t-.tar, Patricia Pat-ricia is making her Twentieth Century-Fox debut in "The Day the Earth Stood Still.'" Hugh Marlowe, the versatile performer of "All About Eve" and "Rawhide," rounds out the featured featur-ed trio in the role of Miss Neal's self-centered fiance. As an added feature, noted news commentators Drew Pearson, Gabriel Gab-riel Heatter, H. V. Kaltenborn and Elmer Davis appear as themselves reporting to the world the arrival of the strange space ship from another civilization. Sam Jaffe, Billy Gray, Frances Bavier and Lock Martin head the supporting cast. The screen play |
