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Jun 26, 2024 · He sold a script he wrote to United Artists, which eventually was made into 1954’s Highway Dragnet, with Corman serving as an associate producer, kicking off a multifaceted career into high gear. Corman’s first official production would come that same year with Monster from the Ocean Floor (1954).
Jun 21, 2024 · But as the state looks to further expand its network of more than 400 cameras this year, it faces a lawsuit accusing ISP of operating “a system of dragnet surveillance” by using the cameras to monitor all traffic that passes them.
Jun 12, 2024 · Abandoning a career in engineering, Corman sold his first screenplay in 1954. Disappointed by the resulting movie, Highway Dragnet, he raised $12,000 to produce his own shot at a hit, Monster From The Ocean Floor (1954).
Jun 19, 2024 · He sold a screenplay, which became Nathan Juran's 1954 noir, Highway Dragnet, and he parleyed his paycheck into his first film production, the same year's Monster From the Ocean Floor. After another independent production — 1955's Fast and the Furious , upon which he served as a second-unit director** — he realized, or at least ...
Jun 25, 2024 · But as the state looks to further expand its network of more than 400 cameras this year, it faces a lawsuit accusing ISP of operating “a system of dragnet surveillance” by using the cameras to monitor all traffic that passes them.
Jun 26, 2024 · Corman then spun the writing fee and his uncredited, unpaid associate producer role on the ensuing Highway Dragnet (1954) into the $12,000 needed to produce his first feature, Monster From the Ocean Floor (1954).
Jun 27, 2024 · (The script became the 1954 film Highway Dragnet starring Richard Conte and Joan Bennett. Oh, and Corman added to his experience by working as an associate producer on the film for free.) He was proud that he made his first film with $12,000 in cash from selling the script, with a $5,000 deferment for lab costs.
