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Article: 'God(silly)' returns.(ARTS & CULTURE)(FROM THE VAULTS)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- May 15, 2004
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Byline: Gary Arnold, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
"Godzilla," directed by Ishiro Honda (an occasional assistant to Akira Kurosawa) and originally released in Japan in 1954, did not survive intact its crossing to America. The film, produced by the Toho Co., lost both its dialogue track and half an hour of its original footage when imported and dubbed in 1956.
Aimed straight at the science-fiction B-movie public, the transplanted movie also acquired a subtitle, "King of the Monsters," and about 20 minutes of substitute footage. Raymond Burr, susceptible the year before he stepped up in class as TV's Perry Mason, was inserted into some episodes as an intrepid ...