Way Out Costume Party

Judging from this photo, the Man from Planet X is feeling like a wallflower. He just can't seem to find a willing dance partner.

GORT: Up Close

Cast of original prop used in the movie
Day the Earth Stood Still: GORT Helmet @ Yourprops.com
owned by dispair5150

The Interstellar Zoo

Higher life form from the Tau Ceti star system, a race that has 28 sexes

illustration by Edd Cartier
From Travelers of Space
edited by Martin Greenberg
published by Gnome Press, 1951

Also seen in Life on Other Worlds, The Mysteries of Other Worlds Revealed

Travelers of Space

From Travelers of Space

edited by Martin Greenberg
illustrations by Edd Cartier
published by Gnome Press, 1951
400 pages

Contents:

1. Foreword, by Martin Greenberg
2. Introduction, by Willy Ley
3. "The Rocketeers Have Shaggy Ears", by Keith Bennett
4. "Christmas Tree", by Christopher S. Youd
5. "The Forgiveness of Tenchu Taen", by Frederic Arnold Kummer
6. "Episode on Dhee Minor", by Harry Walton
7. "The Shape of Things", by Ray Bradbury
8. "Columbus Was a Dope", by Lyle Monroe (pseudonym for Robert A. Heinlein)
9. "Attitude", by Hal Clement
10. "The Ionian Cycle", by William Tenn
11. "Trouble on Tantalus", by P. Schuyler Miller
12. "Placet Is a Crazy Place", by Fredric Brown
13. "Action on Azura", by Robertson Osborne
14. "The Rull", by A. E. van Vogt
15. "The Double Dyed Villains", by Poul Anderson
16. "Bureau of Slick Tricks", by H. B. Fyfe
17. "Life on Other Worlds", by Edd Cartier
18. "The Interstellar Zoo", by David A. Kyle
19. Science Fiction Dictionary

An anthology collection of science fiction short stories on the subject of intelligent life forms from interplanetary to intergalactic. The stories originally appeared in the pulp magazines Planet Stories, Astounding, Thrilling Wonder Stories and Startling Stories.The high-light of this book are Edd Cartier's colorfully illustrated "Life on Other Worlds" section with an accompanying descriptive story by David Kyle, "The Interstellar Zoo."

A Warning and an Ultimatum

The Day the Earth Stood Still
Company: 20th Century Fox
Director: Robert Wise
Year: 1951


Cast: Sam Jaffe, Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlowe, Billy Gray, Frances Bavier, Lock Martin, Elmer Davis, H.V. Kaltenborn, Drew Pearson, Gabriel Heatter

Plot: A visitor from outer space lands his saucer in Washington, D.C. and announces to the people of Earth that they must live peacefully or faces the consequences as a threat to other planets.

The movie is based on a story by Harry Bates - “Farewell to the Master” which was originally published in the October 1940 issue of Astounding. You can read this in its entirety: Farewell to the Master.

Score: Bernard Hermann utilize the eerie and other-worldly theremin for the first time for the soundtrack of a screen production. You can hear a sample of this music here.