The 1950s were an interesting time for movies. During this decade, genres like historical and fantasy epics and science fiction grew in popularity. This is likely due in part to the Cold War.

A poster for Robert Wise's 1951 science fiction film "The Day the Earth Stood Still." I prefer the 1950s original to the 2008 remake because the message of peace resonates so deeply within the ...

Photoshop CS6 Extended tutorial showing how to make a classic, 1950s, retro, science fiction, movie poster. The example shown ...

With its bank of blinking lights and 6,000 manual switches, it looked like something we'd associate with a 1950s science fiction movie. Probably because it's what spawned those movies anyway.