I have been a fan of science fiction for as long as I can remember. I have nostalgic feelings for some of the classic sci-fi movies that were produced in the 1950's, and well as the TV shows of that era. But even further back (the late thirties) saw the creation of the original Flash Gordon movies staring Buster Crabbe. I first saw these in serial form in the very early fifties.
Flash and Dale Arden
I used to watch Captain Video every afternoon Monday through Friday on our first black and white TV. This show, which was produced on a shoestring budget, ran from 1949 until 1953. The props and sets were as unconvincing as they could be, but my imagination filled in all of the gaps.
Captain Video and his Video
Ranger
The Saturday morning line-up
included
Tom Corbett, Space Cadet, and Rocket
Rangers.
Tom Corbett,
Space Cadet
The earliest sci-fi movies that I can recall were The Thing (which scared me half to death), The Day the Earth Stood Still, Earth vs. The Flying Saucers, It Came From Outer Space (in 3-D), and the 1956 classic, Forbidden Planet.
(To Be Continued)
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