This article is about the 1953 film. For other uses, see Moonbase (disambiguation). For the music podcast, see Project Moonbase (podcast).
Project Moonbase
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Richard Talmadge
Screenplay by
Robert A. Heinlein Jack Seaman
Story by
Robert A. Heinlein Jack Seaman
Produced by
Jack Seaman
Starring
Ross Ford Donna Martell Hayden Rorke Larry Johns Herb Jacobs Barbara Morrison Ernestine Barrier
Cinematography
William C. Thompson
Edited by
Roland Gross
Music by
Herschel Burke Gilbert
Production company
Galaxy Pictures Inc.
Distributed by
Lippert Pictures
Release date
September 4, 1953 (1953-09-04) (United States)
Running time
63 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Project Moonbase (a.k.a. Project Moon Base) is a 1953 independently made black-and-white science fiction film, produced by Jack Seaman, directed by Richard Talmadge, and starring Ross Ford, Donna Martell, and Hayden Rorke. It co-stars Larry Johns, Herb Jacobs, Barbara Morrison, and Ernestine Barrier. The film was distributed by Lippert Pictures and is based on a story by Robert A. Heinlein, who shares the screenwriting credit with producer Jack Seaman.
Project Moonbase is unusual for its time in attempting to portray space travel in a "realistic" manner and for depicting a future in which women hold positions of authority and responsibility equal to men; as an example, the President of the United States is a woman.[1] However, Colonel Breiteis, the female commander of the moon mission, is shown be picked for her gender, generally shown as a member of a "weaker sex", and even threatened with a spanking by her superior officer.
Mystery Science Theater 3000 featured the film in January 1990 as an episode during its first season on The Comedy Channel. It had been originally broadcast in 1986 as a syndicated television episode of the Canned Film Festival.[2][3]
^Mansky, Jackie (25 July 2016). "The History of Women Presidents in Film". Smithsonian. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
^Project Moon Base at IMDb
^Margulies, Lee. Los Angeles Times, "Canned Film Festival on TV Worst of the Big Screen is on its Way", June 10, 1986. Last accessed: January 27, 2011.
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