Editing Tom Swift (section)

==== Cancelled films ====
As early as 1914, Edward Stratemeyer proposed making a Tom Swift movie, but no such movie was made.<ref name="Keeline"/> A Tom Swift radio series was proposed in 1946. Two scripts were written, but, for unknown reasons, the series was never produced.<ref name="Keeline"/>  [[Twentieth Century Fox]] planned a Tom Swift feature movie in 1968, to be directed by [[Gene Kelly]]. A script was written and approved, and filming was to have begun during 1969. However, the project was canceled owing to the poor reception of the movies ''[[Doctor Dolittle (film)|Doctor Dolittle]]'' and ''[[Star! (film)|Star!]]'';<ref name="Prager"/> a $500,000 airship that had been built as a prop was rumored to have been sold to a midwest amusement park.<ref name="Keeline"/> Yet another movie was planned in 1974, but, again, was cancelled.<ref name="Keeline"/>