jack arnold designed the creature from the black lagoon.
jack arnold designed the creature from the black lagoon.
who designed the creature from the black lagoon?
jack arnold
both berwick and kevan toiled in unbilled obscurity as contract employees at universal-international. berwick had been an uncredited dialogue director at u-i and at columbia prior to that, working with the likes of william castle and jack arnold. kevan in particular chafed under the stewardship of bud westmore, the head of the studio's makeup department,who seldom allowed employees like kevan or sculptors chris mueller and millicent patrick to receive publicity. berwick and kevan formed vanwick productions and became independent producers. "the monster of piedras blancas", their first film, was designed as a takeoff on u-i's popular "creature from the black lagoon", whose iconic monster suit kevan had helped manufacture. for this film's fictional "diplovertebron", kevan cut cost and labor time by using existing molds for the feet (cast from those of the metaluna mutant from "this island earth") and the oversized hands (designed originally for "the mole people"). actor/stuntman pete dunn wore the green-hued monster suit in the film and did double-duty playing the bartender character. parts of the rubber monster suit showed up years later in the tv show "flipper", in the episode "flipper's monster", which was directed by ricou browning, who had performed the gill-man swimming scenes in "creature from the black lagoon."
the monster of piedras blancas
due to the recent unpopularity of the park's former "fear factor live" show, the attraction went down for improvements in spring 2007 and early 2008, both failing to outperform their previous versions. because of this, universal closed the attraction on august 14, 2008, confirming that it would soon be replaced by a "creature from the black lagoon"-themed show titled "creature from the black lagoon- the musical" to open the following spring. fred barton served as composer and co-lyricist, gerard alessandrini served as co-lyricist and co-director. peter fish provided additional music and lynne taylor-corbett received final credit as choreographer and director. jonathan tolins is the scriptwriter, and the production is co-produced by marc routh and broadway attractions. due to lack of audience interest, "creature from the black lagoon: the musical" was closed temporarily in mid september. on march 9, 2010, universal studios hollywood revealed that the attraction had been officially closed. on june 26, 2010, the venue reopened with an updated version of the lower lot special effects show entitled "special effects stage".
creature from the black lagoon: the musical