A few weeks later, the young man received a fateful phone call. As Browning reveals on the DVD documentary Back to the Black Lagoon, Jack Arnold said, “We like the way you swam. How would you ...

By Milton Luban On Feb. 24, 1954, Universal’s 79-minute monster thriller Creature From the Black Lagoon opened at the Vogue and Ritz theaters in Los Angeles. The Hollywood Reporter’s review ...

Maurice Zimring, 96, who wrote the story for the 1954 cult classic film “Creature From the Black Lagoon,” died of pneumonia Nov. 17 at his home in Westwood, said his son, UC Berkeley professor ...

The Creature from the Black Lagoon has reemerged from the deep, deep waters of history. The terrifying movie monster could both swim (in his lagoon) and walk on land. He had long claws ...