Der Koloss (1957)
22KDer Koloss: Directed by Bert I. Gordon. With Glenn Langan, Cathy Downs, William Hudson, Larry Thor. A military officer survives a nuclear blast, only to begin to uncontrollably grow into an increasingly unstable giant.
“With Essanay Studiou0026#39;s 1907 u0026quot;The Girl From Montana,u0026quot; Gilbert Anderson began a run of 375 Bronco Billy films, creating the first cowboy star in film. The series popularized Westerns, a main staple in early movies.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eFor the movie itself, the version I saw was less than two minutes. It seems there may be a much longer version out there since it appears this one available was a highlight reel of a more lengthy film. The movie jumped from one scene to another, atypical of films even back then. Didnu0026#39;t make sense to me at all, no matter how many times I saw it.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eHowever the Bronco Billy series kicked off, Anderson became the most recognizable movie character in America for several years. He had three separate roles in 1903 famous u0026quot;The Great Train Robbery,u0026quot; and became co-owner of Essanay in 1906. An estimated 11 million viewers would see him on the screen every day at the peak of his career. While the series sputtered to an end in 1915, Anderson would later become part-owner of the Boston Red Sox. He was against the sale of Babe Ruth to the Yankees, and sold his share of the team shortly after. He received an honorary Oscar in 1958 for his influence in early cinema.”
