Tag: Richard Ganthony

  • A Message from Mars

    A Message from Mars

    (6/10) Britain’s first sci-fi feature film from 1913 is a variation on Dicken’s Christmas Carol, with a Martian instead of spirits. Visually dull and unambitious, but a rather entertaining little comedy based on a stage play. A Message from Mars. 1913, UK. Written & directed by Wallett Waller. Based on…

  • A Message from Mars

    A Message from Mars

    No rating: lost film New Zealand’s first science fiction film is also the first ever film involving a Martian and an alien visitation to Earth. The 1903 movie was based on a popular stage play, which was successively filmed again in 1913 and 1921.  A Message from Mars. 1903, New…