1950's Healthways on film!

[nikeajax]

Last night we watched “The Monster That Challenged the World” from 1957: it was really pretty good with a way better than average monster! The film actually had a budget. Since my wife reads a lot faster than I do, she mentioned that the dive-gear was provided by Healthways-AWESOME! It’s a very clean print too. So, if you wanna see some actually rare scuba gear, watch this one: it’s not your same-old, same-old U.S. Divers and Voit—every movie uses those

Some good shots of a Divair, like this one:

www.skindivinghistory.com/mfg_retailers/h/Healthways/30.html

An Aquaphone:

www.skindivinghistory.com/mfg_retailers/h/Healthways/26.html

A dry-suit:

www.skindivinghistory.com/mfg_retailers/h/Healthways/09.html

Then there was the masks they were using, which were full-face, with the hoses attached at the temples: the length of the hoses was insane! Okay, here ya go, here’s a lobby-card showing some of the gear:

comingattractionsofthepast.blogspot.com/2010/02/monster-that-challenged-world.html

The whole rig is on backward here ( love the publicity shot of the monster and kid):

www.fearnet.com/community/message-boards/classics/monster-challenged-world-1957

Anyway…
Jaybird

[tomcatpc]

I was just going to post something on this film. We watched it a couple nights back and knew dang well I had to share. Looking for something to share on this film...this pops up in the search results...should have known it already has been dealt with!
Ha ha!
Mark

[nikeajax]

OK, here's a cute review of the film:



BTW, the guy playing the professor is Hans Conried, the voice of Snidely Whiplash on Dudley Do-Right!



JB