Ricou Browning during the filming of "Creature from the Black Lagoon"

Title

• Ricou Browning during the filming of "Creature from the Black Lagoon"

Image Number

• N041736

Year

• ca 1953

Series Title

• General: General collection

General Note

• Creature from the Black Lagoon is a monster horror film directed by Jack Arnold, and starring Richard Carlson, Julia Adams, Richard Denning, Antonio Moreno and Whit Bissell. The eponymous creature was played by Ben Chapman on land and Ricou Browning in underwater scenes. The film was released in the United States on March 5, 1954.
• Ricou Browning (1930-) was a Florida-based film maker. Originally a student at FSU and a life guard at Wakulla Spring when acquaintance Newt Perry hired him to show around Universal executives, then scouting locations for "Creature From the Black Lagoon." They eventually hired Browning to play Creature (Gill Man) for the underwater scenes in all three Creature films. He parlayed that experience into more acting, producing and directing, usually for Ivan Tors Studios. His credits include "Flipper", "Thunderball", "Never Say Never Again", and television's "Sea Hunt."
• Accompanying note: "He was wiped out from the heat of the suit and exertion during filming."

Title of Work

• Creature from the Black Lagoon (Motion picture)

Photographer/Personal Author

• Perry, Deelee

Physical Description

• 1 photonegative - b&w - 4 x 5 in.

Subject Term

• Motion pictures--Production and direction
• Motion picture locations
• Motion picture actors and actresses

Geographic Term

• Wakulla Springs (Fla.)

Personal Subject

• Browning, Ricou, 1930-.

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