Moon Pilot Part One: Out of This World
Is another of the many live-action films made during Walt Disney’s lifetime that has been neglected when it comes to documentation. It is not a lost gem, but it is a solid, entertaining little fun trifle of a film that has many things to make it distinctive. For one thing, it is the first screen appearance of Academy Award-winning actress Sally Field, who would, in a few years, find fame as the star of the television show Gidget features three new songs by the legendary Sherman Brothers, although only one is truly heard in its entirety, “Seven Moons of Beta Lyrae.” The film introduced to American audiences a French actress named Dany Saval who had been touted as the “new Brigitte Bardot.” (She wasn’t.) The film also provided the first major comedic leading man film appearance of actor Tom Tryon who had recently gained attention by appearing on the weekly Disney television program as Texas John Slaughter .Why is the Disney Family Museum in San Francisco reviving this often-forgotten live-action film? (Other than the fact that Ron Miller, the husband of Diane Disney Miller, was an associate producer and received kudos from the trade paper Daily Variety for his efforts.)
Well, for one thing, a lot of the outdoor scenes were shot on location in San Francisco. Landmarks like Coit Tower, the Oakland Bay Bridge, the little Powell Street cable-car line, Fisherman’s Wharf and Chinatown provide backgrounds as the astronaut and the mysterious girl avoid capture of the Federal Security Agency.
For another, this year marks the 50th anniversary of its original filming, which began May 1961. Finally, Moon Pilot should give me something really interesting to talk about in July—on top of talking about Walt’s interest in outer space.
For those readers not familiar with the storyline, here is a short synopsis of the film:
Astronaut Capt. Richmond Talbot has been monitoring Charlie the Chimp, who has just returned from a space flight. At a high level dinner meeting, Charlie sticks a fork in Talbot’s rear end causing him to accidentally volunteer to become the first man to go into outer space within days. Talbot is allowed to return home to see his mother and younger brother, but is warned to not reveal to anyone anything about the mission on his three day leave before the blast off.
On the plane flight home, Talbot encounters a beautiful, mysterious and somewhat foreign girl who knows all about his mission and is desperate to talk to him about it. When Talbot reports the meeting to his superiors, it is immediately assumed that the girl, known only as Lyrae, is a foreign spy out to brainwash Talbot and sabotage the mission. The Federal Security Agency is brought in to guard Talbot, but their over zealous bumbling allows Talbot to escape his San Francisco hotel room to see Lyrae again in a park across the street.
Sargent Preston Of The Yukon - News
I've had a crush on them every since watching the TV show "Early Edition". Kyle Chandler played a former Mountie who received tomorrow's paper today. Sergeant Preston of the Yukon would have kicked his ass, politely. This is only a preview.
late 1930s on “B” movies like the “Boston Blackie” detective series and some westerns before transitioning into television writing in the 1950s with Adventures of Wild Bill Hickcock, Annie Oakley, Sergeant Preston of the Yukon and Bat Masterson.
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon and his dog, King - The Poodle (and ...
Was a popular radio program that started in 1938 and moved to TV in the 50’s.
It featured Sergeant Preston of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and his lead sled dog, King. The two worked as a team to bring law and order to the wild, lawless Gold Rush country of the 1890’s Yukon Territory.
Yukon King had been abandoned as a puppy and raised by a wolf mother until she was killed by a lynx. Sergeant Preston rescued King who then became his partner in fighting crime. King formed a strong bond with his human while still retaining the primal instincts of the wolf.
The plots of the shows were somewhat similar as Sgt. Preston and King protected the innocent and searched for clues to capture the bad guys, bringing order to the Yukon Territory. At the end of each show when they had established justice, Sgt. Preston would say, “Well, King, this case is closed.”
In warmer weather Sgt. Preston rode his horse, but the dog sled was the main means of transportation. His signature call was, “On, King, on you Huskies.” But for some reason, maybe depending on the writer, sometimes it would be, “On, King, on you Malamutes.”
But being radio, it really didn’t matter what breed King was because all of his “woo’s,” “grrr’s,” and “howls” were made by the sound effects man.
In 1955 the show moved to television where it was renamed Sergeant Preston of the Yukon.
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Sergeant Preston of the Yukon (TV Series 1955–1958) - IMDb
Canadian Mountie Sgt. Preston patrols the wilds of the Yukon with his horse Rex and his faithful dog Yukon King, battling both the elements and criminals. Creators: ...
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Sergeant Preston of the Yukon on IMDb: Movies, TV, Celebs, and more... The dedicated Sargent Preston, and his faithful dog King, fighting the elements and the bad guys. ...
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Amazon.com: Sergeant Preston of the Yukon: Complete Season 1: Dick Simmons, Yukon King, Vic Perrin, Rex, Gayne Whitman, Paul McGuire, Francis De Sales, Terry Frost, ...