{"id":3578,"date":"2013-07-23T15:25:05","date_gmt":"2013-07-23T15:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3578"},"modified":"2013-07-23T15:25:05","modified_gmt":"2013-07-23T15:25:05","slug":"on-the-set-of-destination-moon-in-1950","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3578","title":{"rendered":"On the set of “Destination Moon” in 1950"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 1950 film Destination Moon <\/a><\/em>was one of the first hard sci-fi films<\/a> ever made in Hollywood (and one of the few such films made in Hollywood ever ). The story and the script for the privately financed mission to the Moon were created by famous science fiction author Robert Heinlein<\/a>.\u00a0 Noted space artist Artist Chesley Bonestell<\/a> contributed to the lunar set design and painted the backdrops. George Pal<\/a>,\u00a0 noted for directing many sci-fi films including The Time Machine<\/a><\/i>, produced this film while Irving Pichel<\/a> directed it.<\/p>\n

All four, along with some of the actors, are interviewed during this episode of the TV show “City at Night”, which was recorded on the set of the film:<\/p>\n