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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Journey to the Center of the Earth (from Jules Verne's novel) follows James Mason as he descends into an extinct volcano in Iceland, spends almost a year underground with such companions as Plucky Youth Pat Boone and Beautiful Widow Arlene Dahl, is coughed back up through the crater of Mount Stromboli. A grandly entertaining spoof...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: Time Listings, Feb. 22, 1960 | 2/22/1960 | See Source »

...Journey to the Center of the Earth (20th Century-Fox). The year is 1880. Professor Oliver Lindenbrook (James Mason) of the University of Edinburgh watches the sun rise over an extinct volcano in Iceland. What a splendid day for an outing! Whereupon the professor brushes a speck of dust from his tweeds, adjusts his rucksack and deerstalker, stamps his stout shoes, grasps his walking stick and casually strolls off-to the center of the earth. Fortunately, he is followed by a Hollywood producer (Charles Brackett) with wit enough to smile at some of the most preposterous pseudo-scientific poppycock ever...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Feb. 15, 1960 | 2/15/1960 | See Source »

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