Editing Irwin Allen (section)

===Warner Brothers===
Allen directed a semidocumentary about the evolution of life, ''[[The Animal World (film)|The Animal World]]'' (1956). Again, making use of stock footage, but he also included a 9-minute [[stop-motion]] dinosaur sequence by [[Ray Harryhausen]]. Before release, he toned down the gore from both the live action and the animation.

The film was released by Warner Bros. So was Allen's next film, ''[[The Story of Mankind (1957 film)|The Story of Mankind]]'' (1957), a very loose adaptation of the [[Hendrik Willem van Loon]] book of [[The Story of Mankind|the same name]]. It featured cameos from the [[Marx Brothers]], [[Ronald Colman]], [[Hedy Lamarr]], Vincent Price, and [[Dennis Hopper]]. The actors were each paid $2,500 (equal to ${{Inflation|US|2500|1957|fmt=c}} today) for a single day's work with Allen relying on stock footage for the rest of the film.<ref>{{cite news|title='Story of Mankind' Put on Full-Scale Footing|work=Los Angeles Times|date=March 21, 1956|page=27}}</ref>

Allen co-wrote (with Bennett) and produced ''[[The Big Circus]]'' (1959) for [[Allied Artists Pictures]] with Mature, [[Red Buttons]], [[Peter Lorre]], and Price. Allen was interested in making "an exciting, colorful show – something the public can't see on television."<ref>{{cite news|last=Pryor|first=Thomas M.|title='Big Circus' Troupe Works to Equal Big Top's Authenticity and Color|work=New York Times|date=January 11, 1959|page=X7}}</ref> Allen was fascinated by circuses as a child and briefly worked as a carnival barker at age 16. In addition to ''The Big Circus'', he worked circus-themed episodes into his TV programs ''Lost in Space'' and ''Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea'' and would try for years to get a widescreen, 3-D project called ''Circus, Circus, Circus'' into theaters.<ref>{{Cite web|last1= Bond |first1=Jeff |title= The Fantasy Worlds of Irwin Allen, First Edition May, 2019 ISBN 978-0-9839175-7-1  |publisher=Creature Features|url=http://www.creaturefeatures.com  |quote=Another summer job that Irwin took on, reportedly at age 16, was as a barker for a Skee-Ball alley at a carnival—a gig that initiated a lifelong fascination with circuses.}}</ref>