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Ray Harryhausen dies, age 92

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    Visual effects pioneer and stop-motion animator Ray Harryhausen has died in London on Tuesday 7 May at age 92. Among his best known works are The 7th Voyage of Sinbad, Jason and the Argonauts, and Mighty Joe Young. In fact, Mighty Joe Young received the Academy Award for Best Special Effects in 1950.

    Source: The Los Angeles Times.
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    ~ Howdy, Dave!
    Ray Harryhausen was a master animator and a genuine nice fellow to meet. I was lucky enough to hear him speak on his career at the San Diego Comic-Con during the early 1980's. Ray discussed how he used traditional hand drawn animation techniques in his stop motion puppet films. For example he would shoot on "ones" or perhaps "twos" to give his scenes better flow. Each figure's position would be changed ever so slightly between shots. Ray also incorporated "squash and stretch" techniques into his characters mass while in motion giving his figures a very realistic movement.

    Having worked with one of the original stop motion greats, Willis O'Brien, on King Kong (1933) and later on Mighty Joe Young (1949), Ray Harryhausen is the end word when it comes to American stop motion films. For some really early material check out "Ray Harryhausen's Fairy Tales" on YouTube.

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    How cool! I was able to meet him, too, during the same period. He came and lectured to one of my film production classes at Cal State Northridge... we had some greats come talk to us.... Al Whitlock, Doug Slocombe, Hal Ashby and (yes!) Lucille Ball.
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    ~ Wow, Dave!

    Those film production classes must have been something! I'm familiar with the work of Doug Slocombe, Hal Ashby, and Al Whitlock. But who is this Lucille Ball person? (ha-ha)

    I just got done watching "20 Million Miles to Earth" (1957) on TCM. Some great stop motion animation on the Venusian creature in this film. Highly recommended for Harryhausen fans!
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    I guess thats what happens when you go to college in the valley. It was very good....

    This is the guy who taught my film history and appreciation classes. Did not realize it then, but I learned a LOT from the old buzzard!

    Sidney Salkow - IMDb
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    ~ Wow!
    Sidney Salkow did a ton of cool stuff! Not only feature work with the incomparable Vincent Price, but totally awesome episodes on some of TV's great shows. The Addams Family, Death Valley days, 77 Sunset Strip, Lassie, etc... the list goes on and on! Also all the movies he did from back in the 1940's and 50's. Amazing!
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