Keep Watching the Skies: Aliens in the 1950s
Mondays & Tuesdays in August
Three key 1950s sci-fi titles celebrate their 75th anniversaries this year so we take the opportunity to survey the decade’s unique perspectives on visitors from outer space—from UFO incursions, to sinister secret invasions, to cautionary tales, this series runs the gamut!
The Man from Planet X
- Tue, Aug 25
Director: Edgar G. Ulmer Run Time: 70 min. Format: Digital Projection Release Year: 1951
Starring: Margaret Field, Raymond Bond, Robert Clarke, Roy Engel, William Schallert
Double feature with IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE • 75th Anniversary • The WEIRDEST Visitor the Earth has ever seen!
It Came from Outer Space
- Tue, Aug 25
Director: Jack Arnold Run Time: 80 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1953
Starring: Barbara Rush, Charles Drake, Joe Sawyer, Richard Carlson, Russell Johnson
Double feature with THE MAN FROM PLANET X • Fantastic sights leap out at you!
Invaders from Mars
- Mon, Aug 31
- Tue, Sep 1
Director: William Cameron Menzies Run Time: 78 min. Format: 4K DCP Release Year: 1953
Starring: Arthur Franz, Helena Carter, Hillary Brooke, Jimmy Hunt, Leif Erickson
Double feature with INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS • 4K Restoration • NATURAL or SUPERNATURAL?
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
- Mon, Aug 31
- Tue, Sep 1
Director: Don Siegel Run Time: 80 min. Format: 35mm Film Release Year: 1956
Starring: Carolyn Jones, Dana Wynter, Kevin McCarthy, King Donovan, Larry Gates
Double feature with INVADERS FROM MARS • There was nothing to hold onto - except each other.