tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post3553179575113424955..comments2024-03-27T22:27:16.556-04:00Comments on It's About TV: How Stirling Silliphant was responsible for the worst movie ever madeMitchell Hadleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-69549834775916176122015-01-18T14:18:10.403-05:002015-01-18T14:18:10.403-05:00This was actually Irwin Allen's The Swarm.
Sti...This was actually Irwin Allen's <i>The Swarm</i>.<br />Stirling Silliphant was Allen's scenarist of choice during his "disaster" period ( he also wrote the scripts for <i>Poseidon Adventure</i> and <i>Towering Inferno</i>, among others).<br /><i>The Swarm</i> is known mainly these days as a movie that "killed more careers than HUAC"; that's an exaggeration, of course, but it is Fred MacMurray's final theatrical film, and it didn't help Patty Duke, Ben Johnson, or Olivia DeHavilland either.<br />And Michael Caine made his decision to return to England not too long after ...Mike Dorannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-47129238048423755262015-01-17T17:47:03.326-05:002015-01-17T17:47:03.326-05:00I thought you were going to state how Stirling Sil...I thought you were going to state how Stirling Silliphant got his movie, The Swarm, on tv. It was funny reading your quotes of his snobby comments about tv & tv audiences (TV Guide 9/25/65) and knowing how he would thrust The Swarm upon unsuspecting movie & tv audiences eventually.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00483417885845331990noreply@blogger.com