Paul Stewart

H.G. Wells' "scientific romance," published first in serial form and then as a book in 1898, attained perhaps its greatest fame in another form, the infamous realistic 1939 radio broadcast "Invasion from Mars" by Orson Welles. It was also made into an early 1950s science fiction adventure movie. Stover (emeritus, Illinois Institute of Technology) describes Wells' story as "a prophecy of startling originality foreseeing the coming of totalitarianism...

Although based on the life of newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst, the movie was deemed so controversial that it was recalled from distribution and not released until after Hearst's death. It introduced many original and revolutionary techniques that have since been adopted as film standards.

G.I. blues: Stationed in Germany, Army specialist Tulsa McLean and his Army buddies want to open a nightclub and to build their seed money they wager that one of their own can seduce a sexy, hard-to-get cabaret dancer. Tulsa steps up to the challenge to melt her heart, win the bet, and save their dream. Set in New Orleans, in King Creole Elvis is a singing bus boy. Songs include "King Creole, " "Hard-headed woman, " and more. In G.I. blues Elvis...

While driving down a lonely road late one evening, Hammer picks up a beautiful blonde hitchhiker, dressed in nothing but a raincoat. At first, Hammer assumes that the incoherent girl is an escaped lunatic; his mind is changed for him when he and the girl are abducted by two thugs. The men torture the girl to death as the semiconscious Hammer watches helplessly. He himself escapes extermination when the murderers' car topples off a cliff and he is...