Film, Video Web Page The thing from another world Thing

Title

• The thing from another world

Other Title

• Thing

Summary

• A radioactive being crash-lands a flying saucer at an Arctic research station at the North Pole. The spacecraft is buried in the ice. Upon closer examination, a frozen pilot is discovered. All hell breaks loose when the pilot is taken back to the station and he is accidentally thawed out! Members of the small scientific research station argue with the crew of a U.S. Air Force plane over preserving the creature for science or killing it to preserve their own lives.

Names

• Nyby, Christian, 1913-1993, direction.
• Hawks, Howard, 1896-1977, production.
• Lederer, Charles, 1910-1976, writing.
• Sheridan, Margaret, 1926-1982, cast.
• Tobey, Kenneth, 1917-2002, cast.
• Cornthwaite, Robert, 1917- cast.
• Spencer, Douglas, 1910-1960, cast.
• Arness, James, 1923-2011, cast.
• LC Purchase Collection (Library of Congress)
• Copyright Collection (Library of Congress)
• AFI/RKO Collection (Library of Congress)
• Warner Brothers Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

• United States : RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., 1951 ; United States : VidAmerica, [1985?]

Genre

• Film adaptations
• Feature films
• Horror films
• Fiction films
• Science fiction films
• Videodiscs

Notes

• -  LP1053 PA470-692 U.S. Copyright Office
• -  Copyright: RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.; 04Apr51; LP1053.
• -  Minor change version: [colorized version]. -- United States : Turner Entertainment, 1989.
• -  Copyright for minor change version: Turner Entertainment Company. DCR 1989; PUB 12Jul89; REG 31Jul89; PA470-692.
• -  Original release title from Variety and Catalog of copyright entries.
• -  Title on M/B/RS copies is The thing from another world.
• -  Story by John W. Campbell ; associate producer, Edward Lasker ; music, Dimitri Tiomkin ; director of photography, Russell Harlan ; editor, Roland Gross ; special effects, Donald Steward.
• -  Margaret Sheridan, Kenneth Toby, Robert Cornwaithe, Douglas Spencer, James Young, Dewey Martin, Robert Nichols, William Self, Eduard Franz, Sally Creighton, and James Arness as "the Thing."
• -  Masterpos lacks sound track for reels 1, 9 and part of reel 2; severe distortion on remaining part of reel 2 sound track.
• -  MAVIS 12463; The thing from another world.
• -  Based on the story Who goes there? by John W. Campbell, Jr.
• -  This film (CQA 1293-1297) was selected for the National Film Registry.
• -  Sources used: copyright data sheet, Catalog of copyright entries, motion pictures, 1950-1959, p. 340; M/B/RS preliminary catalog cards; Variety, 11/4/1951; videodisc jacket.
• -  Received: 11/7/1991; viewing copy; purchase, LC purchase order no. 172525; LC Purchase Collection.
• -  Received: 1/7/1992; viewing copy; copyright deposit--RNR; Copyright Collection.
• -  Received: 7/22/1952; viewing print (copy 1); copyright deposit; Copyright Collection.
• -  Received: 1/7/1992; non-viewing print; deposited with colorized version received as copyright deposit--RNR; Copyright Collection.
• -  Received: 8/12/1974 from LC film lab; viewing print (copy 2), masterpos; gift; AFI/RKO Collection.
• -  Received: 10/21/1974 from LC film lab; dupe neg, neg trk; gift; AFI/RKO Collection.
• -  Received: 6/27/2002; theatrical projection print; gift; Warner Brothers Collection.

Medium

• 1 videodisc of 1 (optical) (ca. 89 min.) : sd., b&w ; 12 in. viewing copy.
• 1 videocassette of 1 (VHS) (89 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. viewing copy.
• 10 film reels of 10 (89 min., ca. 8,010 ft.) : sd., b&w ; 35 mm. viewing print.
• 10 film reels of 10 on 5 (89 min., ca. 8,010 ft.) : sd., col. ; 35 mm. non-viewing print.
• 1 film reel of 10 (r1) (ca. 9min., 781 ft.) : sd., b&w ; 35 mm. viewing print (copy 2).
• 2 film reels of 10 (r1, r9) (ca. 18 min., 1,597 ft.) : si, b&w ; 35 mm. dupe neg pic.
• 2 film reels of 10 (r1, r9) (ca. 18 min., 1,597 ft.) : sd. ; 35 mm. dupe neg trk.
• 10 film reels of 10 (inc.) (ca. 80 min., 7,186 ft.) : sd., b&w ; 35 mm. master pos.
• 10 film reels of 10 on 5 (87 min., 7,830 ft.) : sd., b&w ; 35 mm. theatrical projection print.

Call Number/Physical Location

• DAA 0645 (viewing copy)
• VAB 2451 (viewing copy)
• FGB 1419-1428 (viewing print)
• FQA 8153-8157 (non-viewing print)
• FEA 5620 (viewing print, copy 2)
• FPB 0807-0808 (dupe neg pic)
• FPB 0809-0810 (dupe neg trk)
• FPB 0751-0760 (master pos)
• CQA 1293-1297 (theatrical projection print)

Library of Congress Control Number

• 92500181

Online Format

• web page
• image

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/92500181

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