History Trivia / GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters1956

* CashCowFranchise: Godzilla had a ''huge'' following in the west after its debut in the west in 1956. Toho themselves seems to realize the success of the film that decades later, it would eventually become one of the biggest franchises in the world even after 68 years.
* CreatorsFavoriteEpisode: Raymond Burr greatly enjoyed his role on this film as he managed to pull a dramatic performance in otherwise a dark and depressing anti-nuclear film. And he loved his role so much, he gladly reprised his role for ''Film/TheReturnOfGodzilla'', but in the condition that they take the film seriously and not convert it into a LighterAndSofter comedy as the producers of the Americanization of that film wanted.
* FakeAmerican: American Journalist Steve Martin is played by Canadian Actor Creator/RaymondBurr.

* AwesomeDearBoy: Creator/RaymondBurr was very proud of his involvement in this film, and defended it until the day he died. To everybody's surprise, Burr gladly returned decades later for the Americanization of ''Film/TheReturnOfGodzilla'' (''Godzilla 1985'') even though he was a bona fide star at that point. He pulled a WagTheDirector for that film, as he took Honda's vision of Godzilla being a nuclear metaphor very seriously and would only give a serious dramatic performance, rejecting any comedic dialogue that undermined it.

* NoBudget: At least partly implied by Raymond Burr himself. He claimed in an interview that everything was shot in the smallest studio available in LA at the time and that while his scenes were shot in six days, everything else was shot in just one day. Additionally, most of the characters were dubbed by two people, Creator/JamesHong and Sammee Tong.

* ActingForTwo: Creator/JamesHong voices both Ogata and Dr. Serizawa in the scenes that are dubbed.

* NoBudget: At least partly implied by Raymond Burr himself. He claimed in an interview that everything was shot in the smallest studio available in LA at the time and that while his scenes were shot in six days, everything else was shot in just one day.

* CreatorsFavoriteEpisode: Raymond Burr greatly enjoyed his role on this film as he managed to pull a dramatic performance in otherwise a dark and depressing anti-nuclear film. And he loved his role so much, he gladly reprised his role for ''Film/TheReturnOfGodzilla'', but in the condition that they take the film seriously and not convert it into a LighterAndSofter comedy.

* TalkingToHimself: Creator/JamesHong voices both Ogata and Dr. Serizawa in the scenes that are dubbed.

* NamesTheSame: Steve Martin is not THAT Creator/SteveMartin. When he was reintroduced to the ''Godzilla'' franchise after the real-life actor had become famous, they had to refer to his character as just "Mr. Martin" to avoid any confusion.

* AwesomeDearBoy: Creator/RaymondBurr was very proud of his involvement in this film and defended it until the day he died. To everybody's surprise, Burr gladly returned decades later for the Americanization of ''Film/TheReturnOfGodzilla'' (''Godzilla 1985'') even though he was a bona fide star at the point. He pulled a WagTheDirector for that film as he took Honda's vision of Godzilla being a nuclear metaphor very seriously and would only give a serious dramatic performance and rejected any comedic dialogue that undermined it.

* AwesomeDearBoy: Creator/RaymondBurr, was very proud of his involvement in this film and defended it until the day he died. To everybody's surprise, Burr gladly returned decades later for the Americanization of ''Film/TheReturnOfGodzilla'' (''Godzilla 1985'') even though he was a bona fide star at the point. He pulled a WagTheDirector for that film as he took Honda's vision of Godzilla being a nuclear metaphor very seriously and would only give a serious dramatic performance and rejected any comedic dialogue that undermined it.

* AwesomeDearBoy: Creator/RaymondBurr, was very proud of his involvement in this film and defended it until the day he died. To everybody's surprise, Burr gladly returned decades later for the Americanization of ''Film/TheReturnOfGodzilla'' (''Godzilla 1985'') even though he was a bona fide star at the point. He pulled a WagTheDirector for that film as he took Honda's vision of Godzilla being a nuclear metaphor, very seriously and would only give a serious dramatic performance and rejected any comedic dialogue that undermined it.

* NamesTheSame: Steve Martin is not THAT Creator/SteveMartin. When he was reintroduced to the ''Godzilla'' franchise after the real life actor had become famous, they had to refer to his character as just "Mr. Martin" to avoid any confusion.
* NoBudget: At least partly implied by Raymond Burr himself. He claimed in an interview that everything was shot in the smallest studio available in LA at the time, and that while his scenes were shot in six days, everything else was shot in just one day.

* TalkingToHimself: Creator/JamesHong voices both Ogata and Dr. Serizawa in the scenes that are dubbed.

* RecursiveImport: This movie, an adaptation of ''Film/{{Gojira}}'', itself received a theatrical release in Japan.

* AwesomeDearBoy: Creator/RaymondBurr, was very proud of his involvement in this film and defended it until the day he died. To everybody's surprise, Burr gladly returned decades later for the Americanization of "Film/TheReturnOfGodzilla" even though he was a bona fide star at the point. He pulled a WagTheDirector for that film as he took Honda's vision of Godzilla being a nuclear metaphor, very seriously and would only give a serious dramatic performance and rejected any comedic dialogue that undermined it.

* AwesomeDearBoy: Raymond Burr, was very proud of his involvement in this film and defended it 'til the day he died. To everybody's surprise, Burr gladly returned decades later for the Americanization of "Film/TheReturnOfGodzilla" even though he was a bona fide star at the point. He pulled a WagTheDirector for that film as he took Godzilla being a nuclear metaphor, very seriously and would only give a serious dramatic performance and rejected any dialogue that undermined it.

* TalkingToHimself: James Hong voices both Ogata and Dr. Serizawa in the scenes that are dubbed.

* NoBudget: At least partly implied by Raymond Burr himself. He claimed in an interview that everything was shot in the smallest studio available in LA at the time, and that his scenes were shot in six days, everything else was shot in just one day.

* NoBudget: At least partly implied by Raymond Burr himself. He claimed in an interview that everything was shot in the smallest studio available in LA at the time, and that everything was shot in just one day.