Tales of Tomorrow

The year was 1951. The Cold War was heating up. Russia had the bomb. Flying saucers invaded the skies over New Mexico. Network television was only five years old and science fiction was entering its renaissance, with such visionary films as ROCKETSHIP X-M and DESTINATION MOON and THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL. From out of these turbulent times was born TV's first science fiction anthology series: TALES OF TOMORROW was on the ABC television network. TALES OF TOMORROW, a ground-breaking, thought-provoking series, featuring the top film stars of the day. A show so new and different, it set the stage for other thriller-anthology series, such as THE TWILIGHT ZONE and THE OUTER LIMITS. Not to be missed!

		Tales of Tomorrow, Volume 1     $ 16.00   VERDICT FROM SPACE (Series Premiere episode, originally telecast live: August 3, 1951) An Archeologist discovers a cavern full of extraterrestrial machinery left by ancient astronauts. While examining the equipment, he accientally triggers it to send an emergency signal to an alien invasion force. Can he stop the beacon or is Earth doomed? ICE FROM SPACE (Originally telecast live: August 8, 1952) After testing a rocket at an isolated desert base, the military discovers that something from outer space has "infected" the recovered rocket, causing the desert climate to fall below zero. Even more alarming, the frozen domain is spreading rampantly, like a virus! Can they stop it before a new ice age covers the Earth? With a young PAUL NEWMAN. BITTER STORM (Originally telecast live, December 26, 1952) During a hurricane that strands a group of colleagues together, a mistrustful and bitter scientist reveals to his captive audience an amazing device of his own creation that can detect and record any sound ever made! Anything anyone ver said Any historical event that ever happened. Even the voice of Christ! LIST PRICE: $19.95 OUR PRICE: $16.00

		Tales of Tomorrow, Volume 2     $ 16.00   READ TO ME, HERR DOKTOR (Originally telecast live March 20, 1953) When the professor's experimental robot learns to do more than just read about romance, it falls head-over-heels in love with the professor's daughter, Academy Award winner Mercedes McCambridge (ALL THE KING'S MEN, GIANT). FRANKENSTEIN (Originally telecast live: January 18, 1952) Legenday horror icon LON CHANEY, Jr. (THE WOLF MAN) plays the Frankenstein monster in this historic live telecast. Bizarre and erratic performance by Chaney, who had tipped a few too many whiskeys before showtime. THE MIRACULOUS SERUM (Originally telecast live June 20, 1952) Paramount star Richard Derr, fresh from his starring role in the classic science-fiction adventure WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE, plays a scientist that invents a serum that makes it possible to live forever! LIST PRICE: $19.95 OUR PRICE: $16.00

		Tales of Tomorrow, Volume 3     $ 16.00   THE WINDOW (aka LOST PLANET) (Originally telecast live Nov. 7, 1952) During the live telecast of TALES OF TOMORROW, the show is interrupted by a ghost image of a man plotting to kill his wife. The show's cast and crew have no idea where the signal is coming from or how to stop the impending murder! A startling live television broadcast reminiscent of Orson Welles' famed WAR OF THE WORLD hoax. THE EVIL WITHIN (Originally telecast live May 1, 1953) A scientist takes for granted his wife's good nature until she accidentally ingests a serum he has developed to bring out the evil within a person. Now confronted with her dark side, he must make amends for his negligent behavior or face the consequences! With JAMES DEAN. YOUTH ON TAP (Originally telecast live September 26, 1952) A young man, down on his luck, is approached by a doctor who offers him $1,000 for a pint of his blood. Unable to resist the offer, he agrees, not realizing that the strange device used to extract the blood will also steal his youth! Only then does he discover the doctor's dark secret! LIST PRICE: $19.95 OUR PRICE: $16.00

		Tales of Tomorrow, Volume 4     $ 16.00   ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD (originally telecast live June 13, 1952) A chilling tale by legendary science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke about a shady art dealer's encounter with a time-traveller who wants to save priceless art objects from the pending nuclear war and send them into the future. But will the art dealer try to save himself instead? Clarke sold the idea to the series for $400.00. With Jack Warden. PAST TENSE (Originally telecast live April 3, 1953) BORIS KARLOFF invents a time machine and plans to get rich by introducing Penicillin to the world years before its discovery. But the skeptics of 1910 dismiss his claim as crazy. A "miracle drug" made from moldy bread? They put him in a sanitarium where he contracts pneumonia. Now he must convince them to use Penicillin of he'll die! ANOTHER CHANCE (Originally telecast live September 26, 1952) LESLIE NEILSEN is a petty thief on a lasing streak. Now his wife is leaving him after she discovers that her jewelry is stolen property. At his wits end, he answers an ad that prmoises him "another chance." He meets a mysterious man who sends him back in time, but can he change his ways or is he destined to make the same mistakes again? LIST PRICE: $19.95 OUR PRICE: $16.00

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