One of Bradbury’s most elliptical narratives, the Martian Chronicles teases its audience with plays on narrative voice and credibilty, weaving a kind of ghost story in which the audience is never quite sure whether the ghosts, the ghosts of Martians, or the Martians themselves are real or are the product of isolated explorers unmoored from Earth-ly ties.
In a totalitarian nation, rebels plot to use a unique weapon that shrinks objects to microscopic size. This episode of Dimension X originally aired on July 21, 1950.
Drama about inhabitants of a giant spaceship that have been traveling so many generations that they think the ship is the universe. George Lefferts scripted the tale and the large cast included Mason Adams & Peter Kapeell.
Aliens who have no concept of death have wiped out humanity, literally to the last man and woman, whom they put in a zoo as public curiosities. Story by Frederic Brown.
September 1, 1950. NBC network. ” The Roads Must Roll “. Sustaining. The story of the rebellion of the engineers that keep the roads rolling. The script was used subsequently on “X Minus One” on January 4, 1956. Robert Heinlein (author), Ernest Kinoy (adaptor), Wendell Holmes, Ralph Bell, Norman Rose (host), Van Woodward (producer), Edward King (director), Bob Warren (announcer), Joseph Boland, Karl Weber. 29:22.
A great race is discovered to have spread at one time across the universe, hundreds of thousands of years ago, but as Earth men explore the galaxies they find only rubble until a disabled ship lands near some perfectly preserved ruins and solves the mystery. Adapted by Ernest Kinoy and featuring Matt Crowley, Roger De Koven and Joseph Julian. 30 min.
Story of a world where night only takes place once in 2500 years due to multiple suns. Night is approaching and scientists are worried about what takes place as records of the last night don’t exist. Script by Ernest Kinoy. The cast included Cameron Prud Homme and John McGovern.
Story of two men floating in space and the woman on Earth awaiting the return of one of them. George Lefferts adapted the script. The cast included Joan Alexander, Joe DeSantis and Leon Janney.