Filmed in October 2019, 81 years from the 1938 Halloween eve War of the Worlds broadcast. Author A. Brad Schwartz is at the Fitzrandolph Observatory, no longer in use at Princeton discussing the Observatory and a painting of it by Artist Robert Hummel. Built in 1934, it would have been the Observatory that the factitious character Astronomer Richard Pierson would have worked at. Pierson played by Orson Welles in the broadcast is a central part of the famous radio play. Mr. Schwartz is expert on the broadcast and Author of Broadcast Hysteria, War of the worlds and the Art of Fake News. Get your copy for the definitive book on the subject that will fascinate you from beginning to end!
Monday, October 28, 2019
We now take you to the Observatory at Princeton. War of the Worlds Broadcast 1938
THE OBSERVSTORY AT PRINCETON IS ABOUT 10 MINUTES FROM GROVERS MILL NJ. During the 1938 War of the Worlds broadcast it was mentioned as the work place of Orson Welles's character, Professor Richard Pierson. As the Astronomer at the Observatory, it is Pierson who goes out to a Grovers Mill farm on Halloween eve to inspect a recent meteor crash that turns out to be a Martian cylinder. Soon panic ensues as a creature from Mars appears out of the cylinder causing havoc on the crowd and town before making their way across New Jersey to conquer NYC. In Artist Robert Hummel's thirst scene in his painted series inspired from the 1938 broadcast, he chose to feature the 1934 built Observatory at Princeton while under Martian attack. The former Fitzrandolph Observatory no longer is in use but still stands on the Princeton Campus in 2019 a mere 81 years after the broadcast. Www.BattleAtGroversMill.com. Painting 3x4 feet acrylic on canvas. PRINTS are available as well as the original painting for history and art collectors. Scene 1&2 have been aquired and prints are also available. Contact RHummel1@aol.com
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