Said Nielsen of the movie, "Supposedly a science fiction version of Shakespeare's The Tempest, it was all about the id, or something like that. Who knows? The Trekkies today regard it as the forerunner of Star Trek. I just had to wear a tight uniform and make eyes at Anne Francis. I was pretty thin back then."
A scene from Forbidden Planet.
1956 was a good year for Nielsen.
Neilsen portrays revolutionary war hero Francis Marion. You remember him, right?
And what a hot summer night it was.
Said Nielsen of the movie, "Supposedly a science fiction version of Shakespeare's The Tempest, it was all about the id, or something like that. Who knows? The Trekkies today regard it as the forerunner of Star Trek. I just had to wear a tight uniform and make eyes at Anne Francis. I was pretty thin back then."
We'd hit it.










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