An Uncle Bob Production Golden Age of Scifi
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an Uncle Bob Production Golden Age of SciFi THE SCIFI MOVIE TRAILERS OF 1950 - 1959 Hello and Welcome to Uncle Bud’s Golden Age of Science Fiction Movie Trailers - North American Edition. Enclosed in this box is an 8 gigabyte usb flash drive in the shape of a miniature gold bar. Golden Age… gold bar… get it? Stored on this flash drive is, while not an exhaustive collection, it is definitely a definitive collection of science fiction movie trailers from the 1950’s in an mp4 format encoded at 2500kbps video and audio at 128kbs in stereo and displayed in glorious 480p. Spanning the years 1950 to 1959 this collection of trailers showcases the Golden Age of Science Fiction in the Cinema of North America and Europe. These films include core elements of science fiction, but can cross into other genres. They have been released to a cinema audience by the commercial film industry and are widely distributed with reviews by reputable critics. This period is sometimes described as the ‘classic’ era of science fiction theater. Much of the production was in a low-budget form targeted at a teenage audience. Many were formulaic, gimmicky, comic-book style films. They drew upon political themes or public concerns of the day, including depersonalization, infiltration, or fear of nuclear weapons. Invasion was a common theme, as were various threats to humanity.[1] Two of the films from this decade, The War of the Worlds (1953) and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) won Academy Awards, while Destination Moon (1950) and The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957) won Hugo Awards. Sources used for this collection of trailers were Wikipedia, DVDs, You Tube, and the Internet. The equipment used in this endeavor is a heavily modified Dell Inspiron 3847 running an Intel® Core™ i5-4460 Processor, Intel® HD Graphics 4600, 12GB of DDR3 RAM, and a set of Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 THX Certified monitors. Software used in this project was Cyber Link PowerDirector 12, AnyMP4 Video Converter, Adobe Audition 3.0 and Photoshop CS5. 1950 Coun- Subgenre/ Title Director Cast try Notes Warner Anderson, John Archer, Destination Moon Irving Pichel [nb 1] Tom Powers Flying Disc Man from Fred C. Brannon Kent Fowler, Gregory Gaye Serial film Mars Mikel Conrad, Pat Garrison, Hanz The Flying Saucer Mikel Conrad von Teuffen Stanley Price, Richard Webb, Aline The Invisible Monster Fred C. Brannon Serial film Towne, Lane Bradford Laurette Luez, Allan Nixon, Joan Prehistoric Women Gregg G. Tallas Shawlee Lloyd Bridges, Osa Massen, John Rocketship X-M Kurt Neumann Emery Norman Dawn, Two Lost Worlds James Arness, Laura Elliott Norman Kennedy 1951 Coun- Subgenre/ Title Director Cast try Notes Abbott and Costello Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Nancy Charles Lamont Meet the Invisible Man Guild Spencer Gordon Captain Video: Master Bennet, Wallace Judd Holdren, Gene Roth Serial film of the Stratosphere Grissell The Day the Earth Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Robert Wise [nb 2] Stood Still Hugh Marlowe, Sam Jaffe William Phipps, Susan Douglas, Five Arch Oboler James Anderson Marguerite Chapman, Cameron Flight to Mars Lesley Selander Mitchell, Arthur Franz Tyrone Power, Ann Blyth, Michael I’ll Never Forget You Roy Ward Baker Rennie Cesar Romero, Hillary Brooke, Lost Continent Sam Newfield Chick Chandler Tristram Coffin, Mae Clarke, I. Lost Planet Airmen Fred C. Brannon [nb 3] Stanford Jolley Robert Clarke, Margaret Field, The Man from Planet X Edgar G. Ulmer Raymond Bond Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood, The Man in the White Alexander Mack- Cecil Parker, Michael Gough, Er- Suit endrick nest Thesiger Spencer Gordon Richard Crane, Marshall Reed, Mysterious Island Serial film Bennet Karen Randle, Ralph Hodges Superman and the Mole George Reeves, Phyllis Coates, Jeff Lee Sholem Men Corey The Thing from Another Margaret Sheridan, Kenneth Tobey, Christian Nyby World Robert Cornthwaite Bruce Kellogg, Marilyn Nash, Jim Unknown World Terrell O. Morse Bannon, Otto Waldis Richard Derr, Barbara Rush, Peter When Worlds Collide Rudolph Maté Hansen, John Hoyt 1952 Coun- Subgenre/ Title Director Cast try Notes Wolfgang Liebe- Hilde Krahl, Joseph Meinrad, Curd April 1, 2000 [nb 4] neiner Jürgens Robert Clarke, Margaret Field, Captive Women Stuart Gilmore [nb 5] Gloria Saunders Rod Cameron, Cesar Romero, Ma- The Jungle William A. Berke [2] rie Windsor Radar Men from the George Wallace, Aline Towne, Roy Fred C. Brannon Serial film Moon Barcroft Peter Graves, Andrea King, Orley Red Planet Mars Harry Horner Lindgren Merle W. Con- Mikel Conrad, Doris Merrick, Untamed Women nell, James R. Richard Monahan Connell Zombies of the Strato- Fred C. Brannon Judd Holdren Serial film sphere 1953 Coun- Subgenre/ Title Director Cast try Notes Abbott and Costello Go Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Mari Charles Lamont to Mars Blanchard Abbott and Costello Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Boris Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Charles Lamont Karloff Hyde The Beast from 20,000 Paul Christian, Paula Raymond, Eugène Lourié Fathoms Cecil Kellaway Sonny Tufts, Victor Jory, Marie Cat-Women of the Moon Arthur D. Hilton [nb 6] Windsor, Carol Brewster Harry Keller, Commando Cody: Sky Franklin Adreon, Judd Holdren, Aline Towne Serial film Marshal of the Universe Fred C. Brannon Lew Ayres, Gene Evans, Nancy Donovan’s Brain Felix E. Feist Davis Barbara Payton, John Van Eyssen, Four Sided Triangle Terence Fisher Percy Marmont William Cameron Jimmy Hunt, Arthur Franz, Helena Invaders from Mars Menzies Carter It Came from Outer Richard Carlson, Barbara Rush, Jack Arnold Space Charles Drake Spencer Gordon Judd Holdren, Vivian Mason, Mi- The Lost Planet Serial film Bennet chael Fox Richard Carlson, King Donovan, The Magnetic Monster Curt Siodmak Harry Ellerbe Herbert Tevos, Jackie Coogan, Richard Travis, Mesa of Lost Women Ron Ormond Allan Nixon, Mary Hill Ewald Andre Robert Shayne, Doris Merrick, The Neanderthal Man Dupont Richard Crane Ted Cooper, Rudolph Anders, Nor- Phantom from Space W. Lee Wilder een Nash James Warren, Lynne Roberts, Paul Port Sinister Harold Daniels [nb 7] Cavanagh Donna Martell, Hayden Rorke, Project Moonbase Richard Talmadge Ross Ford George Nader, Claudia Barrett, Robot Monster Phil Tucker [nb 8] Selena Royle Howard Duff, Eva Bartok, Alan Spaceways Terence Fisher Wheatley Hans Conried, Billy Lynn, Gloria The Twonky Arch Oboler [3] Blondell, Janet Warren Gene Barry, Ann Robinson, Les The War of the Worlds Byron Haskin [nb 9] Tremayne, Lewis Martin 1954 Coun- Subgenre/ Title Director Cast try Notes 20,000 Leagues Under Kirk Douglas, James Mason, Paul Richard Fleischer [nb 10] the Sea Lukas Richard Crane, Sally Mansfield, Hollingsworth Crash of Moons Robert Lyden, Scotty Beckett, Pat- [nb 11] Morse sy Parsons Creature from the Black Richard Carlson, Julia Adams, Jack Arnold Lagoon Richard Denning, Antonio Moreno David MacDon- Patricia Laffan, Hugh McDermott, Devil Girl from Mars ald Adrienne Corri Richard Egan, Constance Dowling, Gog Ivan Tors Herbert Marshall Killers from Space W. Lee Wilder Peter Graves Monster from The Anne Kimball, Stuart Wade, Dick Wyott Ordung Ocean Floor Pinner William Lundigan, Herbert Mar- Riders to the Stars Richard Carlson shall Snow Creature W. Lee Wilder William Phipps Patricia Neal, Helmut Dantine, Stranger From Venus Burt Balaban [4] Derek Bond Richard Denning, Kathleen Crow- Target Earth Sherman A. Rose ley, Virginia Grey Gordon M. Doug- James Whitmore, Edmund Gwenn, Them! las Joan Weldon, James Arness Charles Drake, Karin Booth, Billy Tobor the Great Lee Sholem Chapin 1955 Coun- Subgenre/ Title Director Cast try Notes The Beast with a Mil- Paul Birch, Lorna Thayer, Dona David Kramarsky [5][6][nb 12] lion Eyes Cole, Dick Sargent Edward D. Wood, Bela Lugosi, Tor Johnson, Tony Bride of the Monster Jr. McCoy, Loretta King Creature with the Atom Richard Denning, Angela Greene, Edward L. Cahn [7] Brain S. John Launer Walter Brooke, Eric Fleming, Conquest of Space Byron Haskin Mickey Shaughnessy The Phantom from Kent Taylor, Cathy Downs, Mi- Dan Milner 10,000 Leagues chael Whalen Richard Denning, Lori Nelson, Day the World Ended Roger Corman Paul Birch, Touch Connors Godzilla Raids Again Motoyoshi Oda Hiroshi Koizumi, Minoru Chiaki It Came from Beneath Kenneth Tobey, Faith Domergue, Robert Gordon the Sea Donald Curtis Douglas Henderson, Patti Gallagh- King Dinosaur Bert I. Gordon [8][9] er The Quatermass Xper- Brian Donlevy, Jack Warner, Rich- Val Guest [nb 13] iment ard Wordsworth, Margia Dean John Agar, Lori Nelson, John Revenge of the Creature Jack Arnold Bromfield, Nestor Paiva John Agar, Mara Corday, Leo G. Tarantula Jack Arnold Carroll, Nestor Paiva Jack Arnold, Jo- Jeff Morrow, Faith Domergue, Rex This Island Earth seph Newman Reason 1956 Coun- Subgenre/ Title Director Cast try Notes Michael Ander- Edmond O’Brien, Jan Sterling, Mi- 1984 son chael Redgrave, Donald Pleasence The Beast of Hollow Edward Nassour, Guy Madison, Patricia Medina, Mountain Ismael Rodríguez Carlos Rivas Basil Rathbone, Akim Tamiroff, Herbert Rudley, Patricia Blake, Lon The Black Sleep Reginald Le Borg Chaney, Jr., John Carradine, Bela Lugosi, Tor Johnson The Creature Walks Jeff Morrow, Rex Reason, Leigh John Sherwood [10] Among Us Snowden Earth vs. the Flying Hugh Marlowe, Joan Taylor, Don- Fred Sears Saucers ald Curtis, Morris Ankrum Fire Maidens from Out- Cy Roth Anthony Dexter, Susan Shaw [nb 14] er Space Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Forbidden Planet Fred Wilcox Leslie Nielsen Paul Douglas, Eva Bartok, Leslie The Gamma People John Gilling Phillips Raymond Burr, Takashi Shimu- Godzilla, King of the Terrell O. Morse, ra, Akira Takarada, Kenji Sahara, Monsters! Ishirô Honda Momoko Kochi Lon Chaney, Jr., Max Showalter, Indestructible Man Jack Pollexfen Marian Carr Invasion of the Body Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter, Don Siegel Snatchers King Donovan Peter Graves, Beverly Garland, Lee It Conquered the World Roger Corman Van Cleef The Man Who Turned László Kardos Victor Jory, William Hudson - to Stone John Agar, Cynthia Patrick, Hugh The Mole People Virgil Vogel Beaumont, Nestor Paiva Kenji Sahara.