*The following are film study notes, as part of an ongoing Ray Harryhausen course I instruct in Lawrence, Kansas.  What do you do when you’re a hard-working special effects guy, but need a European vacation? If you are Ray Harryhausen, you kill 2 birds with one stone by simply creating a monster movie opportunity in Italy. That’s exactly what Harryhausen did when he came up … Continue reading Ray Harryhausen Film Notes: 20 MILLION MILES TO EARTH (1957)