The Creature Walks Among Us
The Creature Walks Among Us is a 1956 American monster horror film and the third and final installment of the "Creature from the Black Lagoon" series from Universal Pictures, following the previous year's "Revenge of the Creature".
The film was directed by John Sherwood, the long-time Universal-International assistant director, in his directorial debut.
Jack Arnold, who had directed the first two films in the series, had moved on to "A-list" films, and felt he had no more to contribute to the horror genre.
He suggested that his assistant director, Sherwood, could move up to full director, which partly affected Universal's decision to allow him to direct the film. "
The Creature
Walks Among Us" starred Jeff Morrow, Rex Reason, and Leigh Snowden, and, like the original "Creature from the Black Lagoon", had music composed by Henry Mancini, who at the time was under contract with Universal.
Snowfire
Snowfire is a 1958 family western film written, directed and produced by Dorrell McGowan, and Stuart E. McGowan.
The film stars Don Megowan, primarily a western actor, but better known today as the monster in The Creature Walks Among Us. Molly McGowan and Claire Kelly also star.
The screenplay concerns a little girl who claims to be friends with a supposedly savage white stallion.
Abe Meyer
Abe Meyer( 1901 – 1969) was an American composer of film scores.
Theodred II (Bishop of Elmham)
Theodred II was a medieval Bishop of Elmham.
The date of Theodred's consecration unknown, but the date of his death was sometime between 995 and 997.
Creature from the Black Lagoon
Creature from the Black Lagoon is a 1954 American black- and- white 3 D monster horror film from Universal- International, produced by William Alland, directed by Jack Arnold, that stars Richard Carlson, Julia Adams, Richard Denning, Antonio Moreno and Whit Bissell.
The Creature was played by Ben Chapman on land and by Ricou Browning underwater.
The film premiered in Detroit on February 12 and was released on a regional basis, opening on various dates.
" Creature from the Black Lagoon" was filmed in 3D and originally projected by the polarized light method.
The audience wore viewers with gray polarizing filters, similar to the viewers most commonly used today.
Because the brief 1950s 3 D film fad had peaked in mid-1953 and was fading fast in early 1954, many audiences actually saw the film" flat", in 2D.
Typically, the film was shown in 3D in large downtown theaters and flat in smaller neighborhood theaters.
In 1975" Creature from the Black Lagoon" was re-released to theaters in the inferior red-and- blue- glasses anaglyph 3 D format, which was also used for a 1980 home video release on Beta and VHS videocassettes.
For marketing reasons, a comedic appearance with Abbott and Costello on an episode of" The Colgate Comedy Hour" aired prior to the film's release.
The appearance is commonly known as" Abbott and Costello Meet the Creature from the Black Lagoon".
Ben Chapman reprised his role as the Gill- Man for the program.
" Creature from the Black Lagoon" generated two sequels:" Revenge of the Creature"( 1955), which was also filmed and released in 3D in hopes of reviving the format, and" The Creature Walks Among Us"( 1956), filmed in 2D.
The Creature, also known as the Gill- Man, is usually counted among the classic Universal Monsters.
Don Megowan
Don Megowan( May 24, 1922 – June 26, 1981) was an American actor.
He played the Gill- man on land in" The Creature Walks Among Us", the final part of the" Creature from the Black Lagoon" trilogy.
Walter Ulfig
Walter Ulfig was a German composer of film scores.
Henry Mancini
Henry Nicola Mancini (born Enrico Nicola Mancini; April 16, 1924 – June 14, 1994) was an American composer, conductor, arranger, pianist and flutist who is best remembered for his many film and television scores.
Often cited as one of the greatest composers in the history of film, he won four Academy Awards, a Golden Globe, and twenty Grammy Awards, plus a posthumous Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1995.
His best known works include the theme and soundtrack for the "Peter Gunn" television series as well as the music for "The Pink Panther" film series ("The Pink Panther Theme") and "Moon River" from "Breakfast at Tiffany's".
The Music from Peter Gunn won the first Grammy Award for Album of the Year.
Mancini also enjoyed a long collaboration composing film scores for the film director Blake Edwards.
Mancini is also noted for scoring a #1 hit single during the rock era on the "Billboard" charts.
His arrangement and recording of the "Love Theme from "Romeo and Juliet spent two weeks at the top, beginning on June 29, 1969.
Ricou Browning
Ricou Browning( born November 23, 1930) is an American film director, actor, producer, screenwriter, underwater cinematographer and stuntman.
He is best known for his underwater stunt work, playing the Gill- man in" Creature from the Black LagoonRevenge of the Creature" and" The Creature Walks Among Us".
Other actors portrayed the creature on land.
He is also the only actor to have portrayed the creature more than once.
He is the only surviving Gill- man actor, and the last surviving original actor to portray any of the Universal Classic Monsters.
Browning also co-created" Flipper".
Browning directed the underwater scenes in" Thunderball"( 1966 Academy Award winner for special visual effects), underwater scenes in" Caddyshack"( 1980).
A Florida native, Browning was inducted into the Florida Artists Hall of Fame in 2012.
Revenge of the Creature
Revenge of the Creature( Return of the Creature and Return of the Creature from the Black Lagoon) is the first of two Universal- International sequels to" Creature from the Black Lagoon".
It was the only 3 D film released in 1955 and the only 3 D sequel to a 3 D film released during" the golden age of 3D".
Produced by William Alland and directed by Jack Arnold( the director of the first Creature film), the film stars John Agar and Lori Nelson.
It marked Clint Eastwood's film debut.
" Revenge of the Creature" premiered in Denver on March 23, 1955 and a" flat", non-3 D sequel," The Creature Walks Among Us", followed in 1956.
" Revenge" was released as a double feature with" Cult of the Cobra".

Question: What is the date of birth of the composer of film The Creature Walks Among Us?
Answer: April 16, 1924