forget that this film version of from the earth to the moon be nowhere near the spirit of the original tale jules verne be try to tell and usually his work require a big budget and a ton of good special effect . this film get neither . look at the credit tonight i note it be an rko production release by warner brother . my guess be that the film be finish and in the can when rko go under and be sell to warner brother to distribute . also the fact that it be produce by benedict bogeaus who be a producer of b film of vary quality tell me why it do not get the budget for decent special effect . bogeaus be not the guy for this kind of film . take a look at his list of credit . he do several western with john payne and noir film with george raft and some of them pretty good . he be out of his element do science fiction . verne original novel have a bit of humor in it . but someone at rko drain every bit of it . they even add a stowaway love interest in debra paget who do not make the trip in the book . she pair opposite don dubbin who be scientist joseph cotten assistant in create the rocket . so instead of humor we get a lot of high falutin claptrap come from the mouth of joseph cotten and george sander the armament manufacturer who be jealous of cotten . sander especially look ill at some of the dialog he be require to speak . he come across a a pouty kid and george know it . i do wonder if jack warner look at this thing before he buy it for warner brother .