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3 unusual facts about Ray Harryhausen


Alexander Livingstone Bruce

Amy died in 1927, and they had one child, a daughter Diana Livingstone Bruce (born 1927), who in 1963 married the American visual effects creator and producer Ray Harryhausen.

Chewits

The original adverts used claymation special effects, similar in style to those made famous in the movies of Ray Harryhausen.

Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor

Producer and special effects artist Ray Harryhausen stated in his Fantasy Film Scrapbook that Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor was a major influence on his production of The 7th Voyage of Sinbad.


The Flying Saucer

This was the first feature film to deal with the (then) new and hot topic of flying saucers; it has no relationship to the later Ray Harryhausen film Earth vs. the Flying Saucers, released by Columbia Pictures.


see also

London Film Museum

This exhibition features original creatures from Ray Harryhausen's films including Pegasus, Medusa, and Talos