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12/12/2005: "MOVIE POSTERS .......1965 and earlier"

A short version Creature from the Lagoon was always a hit when presented as a supporting feature to underwater film shows.

The original 1950's B&W b-grade hit was well acted, with a good cast insinuating (at the time) that such a man-fish creature may have been possible in the upper reaches of the Amazon River.

(There was no film credit for the creature stuntman, an effort to fool part of the audience - or at least those who were gullible).

Two sequels followed, but neither being the quality of the original.



The Endless Summer was Bruce Bown's hit surf film shot on 16mm and later blown up to 35mm for a world wide release. Distributed in Australia by Paul Witzig who inspired Ron Taylor to make his 1965 Surf Scene - featuring Tanya Binning and the top surfers of the era.

Talent supplied by Witzig in exchange for underwater sequences photographed by Taylor during their joint filming expedition to Noosa Heads - a then secret surf location in Australia.

(Today, Hastings Street, Noosa Heads would be the most expensive beach real estate in Australia).

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