An Uncle Bob Production Golden Age of Scifi

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. Yumi Shirakawa, Rodan Ishirō Honda [nb 15] Yoshifumi Tajima

Hugh Marlowe, Nancy Gates, Rod World Without End Edward Bernds Taylor Dean Jagger, Edward Chapman, X the Unknown Leslie Norman Leo McKern

1957 Coun- Subgenre/ Title Director Cast try Notes 20 Million Miles to William Hopper, Joan Taylor, Frank Nathan H. Juran Earth Puglia, John Zaremba Gene Barry, Valerie French, George The 27th Day William Asher Voskovec Albert Dekker, Jack Kelly, Mari She Devil Kurt Neumann Blanchard The Amazing Colossal Glenn Langan, Cathy Downs, Wil- Bert I. Gordon Man liam Hudson The Astounding Jeanne Tatum, Ewing Brown, Rob- Ronnie Ashcroft She-Monster ert Clarke Attack of the Crab Richard Garland, Pamela Duncan, Roger Corman Monsters Russell Johnson Peter Graves, Peggie Castle, Morris Beginning of the End Bert I. Gordon Ankrum Richard Denning, Mara Corday, The Black Scorpion Edward Ludwig Carlos Rivas The Brain from Planet John Agar, Joyce Meadows, Robert Nathan H. Juran [10] Arous Fuller James Craig, Gloria Talbott, Lon The Cyclops Bert I. Gordon Chaney, Jr. Craig Stevens, William Hopper, The Deadly Mantis Nathan H. Juran Alix Talton Tod Andrews, Tina Carver, Linda From Hell It Came Dan Milner Watkins Jeff Morrow, Mara Corday, Morris The Giant Claw Fred Sears Ankrum Ishirō Honda, Half Human John Carradine, Morris Ankrum Kenneth G. Crane The Incredible Shrink- Grant Williams, Randy Stuart, Jack Arnold [nb 17] ing Man April Kent Invasion of the Saucer Steve Terrell, Gloria Castillo, Frank Edward L. Cahn Men Gorshin, Lyn Osborne Richard Eyer, Philip Abbott, Diane The Invisible Boy Herman Hoffman Brewster Jeff Morrow, Barbara Lawrence, Kronos Kurt Neumann John Emery, George O’Hanlon Jock Mahoney, Shawn Smith, Wil- The Land Unknown Virgil Vogel liam Reynolds Grant Williams, Lola Albright, Les The Monolith Monsters John Sherwood Tremayne Monster from Green Kenneth G. Crane Jim Davis Hell The Monster That Chal- Tim Holt, Audrey Dalton, Hans Arnold Laven lenged the World Conried Kenji Sahara, Yumi Shirakawa, The Mysterians Ishirō Honda Momoko Kochi The Night the World Kathryn Grant, William Leslie, Fred Sears Exploded Tristram Coffin Paul Birch, Beverly Garland, Mor- Not of This Earth Roger Corman gan Jones Brian Donlevy, John Longden, Sid Quatermass 2 Val Guest [nb 18] James

The Strange World of Forrest Tucker, Gaby Andre, Mar- Gilbert Gunn [nb 19] Planet X tin Benson John Carradine, Myron Healey, The Unearthly Brooke Peters Allison Hayes

Charles Marquis John Howard, Mala Powers, Paul The Unknown Terror Warren E. Richards, May Wynn

1958 Coun- Subgenre/ Title Director Cast try Notes Irish McCalla, Tod Griffin, Victor She Demons Richard E. Cunha Sen Yung Attack of the 50 Foot Allison Hayes, William Hudson, Nathan H. Juran Woman Yvette Vickers Attack of the Puppet John Agar, Michael Mark, Jack Bert I. Gordon People Kosslyn Irvin Shortess Steve McQueen, Aneta Corsaut, The Blob Yeaworth, Jr. Earl Rowe The Brain Eaters Bruno Ve Sota Ed Nelson, Alan Frost, Jack Hill The Colossus of New Ross Martin, Mala Powers, Charles Eugène Lourié York Herbert

Ed Kemmer, Gene Persson, Gene Earth vs. the Spider Bert I. Gordon Roth Montgomery Rod Cameron, Mary Murphy, Mer- The Electronic Monster [16] Tully edith Edwards The Fabulous World of Karel Zeman Lubor Tokoš, Jana Zatloukalová Jules Verne Kynaston Reeves, Marshall Fiend Without a Face Arthur Crabtree Thompson, Terry Kilburn Vincent Price, Patricia Owens, Her- The Fly Kurt Neumann bert Marshall Boris Karloff, Tom Duggan, Jana Frankenstein 1970 Howard W. Koch Lund From the Earth to the Joseph Cotten, George Sanders, Byron Haskin Moon Debra Paget Yumi Shirakawa, Kenji Sahara, The H-Man Ishirō Honda Akihiko Hirata I Married a Monster Tom Tryon, Gloria Talbott, Ken Gene Fowler from Outer Space Lynch It! The Terror from Marshall Thompson, Shawn Smith, Edward L. Cahn Beyond Space Kim Spalding Lester William Robert Loggia, Ellen Parker, Phil- The Lost Missile [17] Berke lip Pine K. T. Stevens, Richard Travis, Lisa Missile to the Moon Richard E. Cunha Simone

Night of the Blood Michael Emmet, Angela Greene, Bernard Kowalski Beast John Baer Zsa Zsa Gabor, Laurie Mitchell, Queen of Outer Space Edward Bernds Eric Fleming Robert Ellis, Bill Williams, Lyn Space Master X-7 Edward Bernds Thomas Robert Vaughn, Leslie E. Bradley, Teenage Cave Man Roger Corman Frank de Kova Jacques R. Mar- Teenage Monster Anne Gwynne, Stuart Wade [nb 21][19] quette Quentin Law- Forrest Tucker, Laurence Payne, The Crawling Eye [nb 22] rence Janet Munro Tsuruko Kobayashi, Kôzô Nomura, Varan the Unbelievable Ishirō Honda [nb 23] Ayumi Sonoda War of the Colossal Sally Fraser, Dean Parkin, Roger Bert I. Gordon Beast Pace

Susan Cabot, Richard Devon, Eric War of the Satellites Roger Corman [20] Sinclair

1959 Coun- Subgenre/ Title Director Cast try Notes The 30 Foot Bride of Lou Costello, Dorothy Provine, Sidney Miller Candy Rock Gale Gordon Irvin Shortess Robert Lansing, Lee Meriwether, 4D Man Yeaworth, Jr. James Congdon Gerald Mohr, Les Tremayne, Nora The Angry Red Planet Ib Melchior Hayden Spencer Gordon Arthur Franz, Dick Foran, Brett The Atomic Submarine Bennet Halsey Attack of the Giant Jan Shepard, Gene Roth, Yvette Bernard Kowalski Leeches Vickers

Aleksandr Shvorin, Ivan Perever- Battle Beyond the Sun Mikhail Kozyry zhev Battle in Outer Space Ishirō Honda Ryo Ikebe, Koreya Senda [22] Bruce Bennett, John Carradine, The Cosmic Man Herbert Greene Angela Greene

Marshall Thompson, Marla Landi, First Man into Space Robert Day [23] Bill Edwards Don Sullivan, Lisa Simone, Fred Giant Gila Monster Ray Kellogg Graham Gigantis the Fire Mon- Paul Schreibman Hiroshi Koizumi ster Have Rocket, Will David Lowell Jerome Cowan, Anna-Lisa, Curly Travel Rich Joe DeRita The Hideous Sun De- Robert Clarke, Patricia Manning, Robert Clarke mon Nan Peterson John Agar, Jean Byron, Philip Invisible Invaders Edward L. Cahn Tonge, Robert Hutton, John Carra- dine Journey to the Center of Pat Boone, James Mason, Arlene Henry Levin the Earth Dahl, Diane Baker James Best, Ken Curtis, Ingrid The Killer Shrews Ray Kellogg Goude George Break- Peter Dyneley, Jane Hylton, Satoshi The Manster ston, Kenneth G. [26][27] Nakamura, Terri Zimmern Crane The Man Who Could Terence Fisher Anton Diffring, Christopher Lee [nb 24] Cheat Death The Monster of Piedras Les Tremayne, Forrest Lewis, John Irvin Berwick Blancas Harmon Monster on the Campus Jack Arnold Arthur Franz, Joanna Cook Moore [28] Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred On the Beach Stanley Kramer Astaire Plan 9 from Outer Edward D. Wood, Bela Lugosi, Mona McKinnon, Space Jr. Gregory Walcott, Vampira Vincent Price, Brett Halsey, John Return of the Fly Edward Bernds Sutton

Teenagers from Outer David Love, Dawn Anderson, Har- Tom Graeff Space vey B. Dunn Susan Cabot, Anthony Eisley, The Wasp Woman Roger Corman Barboura Morris, Michael Mark, Bruno Ve Sota The World, the Flesh Ranald MacDou- Harry Belafonte, Inger Stevens, and the Devil gall Mel Ferrer IF YOU LIKE THE TRAILER BUY THE MOVIE