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The Story of Mankind is a 1957 American dark fantasy film, loosely based on the nonfiction book The Story of Mankind (1921) by Hendrik Willem van Loon. [1] The film was directed and coproduced by Irwin Allen and released by Warner Bros. [2] In the film, the fate of humanity is decided in a court of law.
Invasion of the Saucer Men (1957) as Saucer Man; The Story of Mankind (1957) as Dwarf in Nero's Court (uncredited) The Wild and the Innocent (1959) as Midget (uncredited) Pocketful of Miracles (1961) as Angie (uncredited) The Magic Sword (1962) as 2nd Dwarf (uncredited) Confessions of an Opium Eater (1962) as Newspaper Boy (uncredited)
The film was released by Warner Bros. So was Allen's next film, The Story of Mankind (1957), a very loose adaptation of the Hendrik Willem van Loon book of the same name. It featured cameos from the Marx Brothers, Ronald Colman, Hedy Lamarr, Vincent Price, and Dennis Hopper. The actors were each paid $2,500 (equal to $27,121 today) for a single ...
As a contract player for Samuel Goldwyn, Colman was cast (frequently on loan-out) as leading man to many of the top actress as the silent era. In five of his silents he formed a romantic team with Hungarian actress Vilma Bánky.
In 1957, she played Marie Antoinette in The Story of Mankind, loosely based on the nonfiction book The Story of Mankind (1921) by Hendrik Willem van Loon. [33] Wilson's last film was 1962's Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation , [ 34 ] based on the novel by Edward Streeter .
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Gardiner made numerous guest appearances on television in the 1950s and 1960s, including an episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents ("Banquo's Chair"), Fess Parker's ABC series, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, and Stanley Holloway's Our Man Higgins.
The two actors appeared together again in Side Street (1950). Later she starred in The Miniver Story (also 1950) as Judy Miniver. She had a large supporting role in Detective Story (1951) with Kirk Douglas. She appeared as Barbara Waggoman, the love interest of James Stewart's character in the western The Man from Laramie (1955).