As the Earth Turns (1938 film)

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As the Earth Turns
Directed by	Richard Lyford
Written by	Richard Lyford
Produced by	Ed Hartman Jonathan Keasey Richard Lyford
Starring	Barbara Berjer Alan Hoelting Edwin C. Frost
Cinematography	Richard Lyford
Edited by	Richard Lyford
Music by	Ed Hartman
Release date	May 1, 2019 (2019-05-01) (United States)
Running time	46 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Silent / Black and White

As the Earth Turns is a 1938 American independent,^[1] science-fiction and silent film directed by Richard Lyford. Lyford was age 20 when he directed As the Earth Turns, and the film is one of many avant-garde films that he made in Seattle, Washington, before finding success with Walt Disney in the 1940s.^[2]

Summary

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He portrays Pax, a central character in the film, "who attempts to persuade the world to put down its weapons by inducing extreme climate change".^[3]

Cast

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Barbara Berjer as Julie Weston (as Barbara Berger)
Alan Hoelting as Arther Verrill
Edwin C. Frost as Prof. Lionel Banks
Richard Lyford as PAX

Rediscovery

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Like most of Lyford's early films, it was presumed lost until it was discovered in his former Seattle home over 80 years later.^[4] KING-TV reported that the film may have never left Lyford's basement, which he would use as an auditorium to show his films.^[5] After the rediscovery, Lyford's family asked Seattle composer Ed Hartman to create a score for the film.^[5] As the Earth Turns made its theatrical premiere at the Seattle International Film Festival in 2019.^[1] LA Weekly wrote that by October 2019, the rediscovered film "played at over 100 film festivals worldwide and garnered many awards along the way".^[2] It made its television debut on Turner Classic Movies on October 31, 2021.^[1]

References

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^ ^a ^b ^c Macdonald, Moira (October 27, 2021). "A 20-year-old made a movie in Seattle in the 1930s. This week, it finally makes its TV debut". The Seattle Times. Retrieved January 9, 2022.
^ ^a ^b Bell, Nathaniel (October 17, 2019). "Movie Pick: As the Earth Turns". LA Weekly. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
^ Rechtshaffen, Michael (October 17, 2019). "Review: Unreleased 1938 silent sci-fi film 'As the Earth Turns' boasts analog ingenuity". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
^ LePire, Bobby (June 17, 2020). "As The Earth Turns". Film Threat. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
^ ^a ^b Denver, Jim (May 31, 2019). "An 80-year-old film shot in Seattle is finding new life". KING-TV. Retrieved September 1, 2020.

External links

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Official website
As the Earth Turns at IMDb
As the Earth Turns at the TCM Movie Database
As the Earth Turns at Rotten Tomatoes
As the Earth Turns Archived 2020-11-01 at the Wayback Machine at the Seattle International Film Festival

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