Irwin Allen’s Work
Well, if no one else has the guts to admit it, I loved Irwin Allen. I grew up watching “The Time Tunnel,” “Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea” and that great-spirited show, “Lost in Space.” I was truly saddened to hear of his departing.
Allen’s early 1970s disaster epics, “The Poseidon Adventure” and “The Towering Inferno” brought back the spectacle and craftsmanship not seen in Hollywood for numerous years.
Irwin Allen, like Cecil B. DeMille before him, was not known for subtlety but was pure showman and I, for one, loved it when he put on a show.
RICHARD KILROY
Los Angeles
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