Solar Guard Reunion Williamsburg Film Festival
March 5 - 8, 2008
Holiday Inn
Williamsburg, Virginia
Solar Guard Reunion The following is a partial listing of what's on tap for the Solar Guard video room. The final schedule will be in cadets membership package and posted at the festival. Each Solar Guard video session will begin with a MATINEE AT THE BIJOU with coming attractions and special messages. Cadets are encouraged to bring any Space related movies, videos or DVDs of the 1950s or early 60s for the video sessions. This is only a small sample of what will be seen at the festival.
Amazon Women on the Moon - Great spoof provided by Cadet Tim Young. Amazon Women on the Moon was a 1980s movie that spoofed watching TV. The movie consists a guy sitting at home, channel surfing of short skits, "commercials", and a few minutes here and there of a 1950s space movie. Tim pulled the space movie segments together to make the short subject we have for viewing. Look for the famous angled "rock" that seems to show up in every Western and Science Fiction movie of the 1950s. A real fun short.
Special messages from Commander Corry and few previews of upcoming events appear in the opening sessions of the video shows.
SPACE PATROL
Space Patrol the early
years -1950- "Lady of Diamonds"
pre-syndication 15 minute episodes from KECA. Look for the early "Robin
Hood"
styled SP uniforms
and for Kit Corry's famous flubs. These early episodes star Glen Denning (AKA
Franklin Mullen) as Kit Corry and Norm Jolley as a heavy working for the Lady
of Diamonds. Also listen for the "voice" (Ken Mayer) of Kit's brother
Buzz who would soon replace the tongued tied Kit.
Solo Flight to Jupiter - 02/10/1951
Episode - # 7
Happy finds an unwelcome passenger at the Jupiter Spaceport while on his first
solo flight. Count the number of times Cadet Happy gets hit on the head.
A trend that carries throughout the series.
PICK YOUR favorite Space Patrol episodes. Open the Adobe
Acrobat file below and let Cadet Ed know which additional episodes you would
like to watch, prior Space Patrol episodes are marked in yellow. Our
thanks to Swapsale, Finders Keepers, Magic City and other dealers who have
preserved and made these shows available for fans to purchase and watch:
SPACE PATROL Checklist of available SP shows - PDF file
TOM CORBETT SPACE CADET
Grapes of Ganymede - 02/19/55
A target rocket crashes on Ganymede and contaminates grapes in an unfriendly
farmer's field. The cadets have a hard time tracking down the space farmer
and convincing him that his produce is poisoning people.
Additional episodes will be shown at the festival. Be sure to check the bulletin board and your membership packages.
SCIENCE FICTION THEATRE
NEGATIVE MAN September 10, 1955
When electrician Vic Murphy
is blasted by the electricity of a computer, his intelligence immediately
soars beyond genius level and his senses enable him to hear and see things
no man has ever before experienced. Stars Dana
Clark, Beverly Garland ( NOT Dr Dale). Look for a famous Child Star from
the OUR GANG comedies as a major character.
THE STRANGE PEOPLE OF PECOS October 1, 1955
Radar expert Jeff Jamison
believes that his neighbors are spies from outer space. He becomes more convinced
when the neighbor's little girl appears to be unable to feel pain.
THE HUMAN EQUATION October 15, 1955 Written
by Norman Jolley
A doctor discovers that brutal murders are being caused by fumes from a wheat
fungus experiment that produces violent side effects.
MEN INTO SPACE - 04/06/60 Episode# 26
An electrical charged spaceship provides a backdrop for a rescue in space and
a suspenseful re-entry for the crew.
MOVIES - A few that are available for viewing. Others may be added from Cadets attending.
Cosmic Man
John Carradine stars in this atomic age classic as the mysterious
Cosmic Man, a benevolent alien whose motives for visiting Earth are unclear.
A classic of 1950s B science fiction
in the manner of "The Day the Earth Stood Still".
Lyn “Cadet Happy” Osborn is an Air Force Staff Sgt
who carries out his duties without getting knock on the head.
Rocketship X-M
During the first attempt to land on the moon (X-M stands for Expedition:Moon)
a cataclysmic event occurs and the crew are hurlded beyond the moon on to
Mars where an amzazing discovery is made. Three minutes of new footage adn
red tint for the martian segments have been added to this classic.
THEM
The classic SF / Horror movie of the 1950s. Special effects, a tight storyline
and great actors (which include James Whitmore, James Arness, Edmund Gwenn
and the future Davy Crockett Fess Parker) make this a classic 50s atomic
end of the world movie.
STAR TREK episodes with Festival guests. The Legarde twins plan to attend the SG video room in their Star Trek costume that they appeared in the I MUDD episode and we hope to have Lee Meriwether in one of the video sessions to watch her THAT WHICH SURVIVES episode. Check the bulletin board for update.
See you there.
Cadet Ed
