![]() ![]() This was the third episode in the series to borrow from Forbidden Planet. The uniforms worn by the aliens, their spaceship’s ramp, and the shots of the flying spaceship were all originally borrowed from the 1956 film Forbidden Planet. ![]() And the pity of it is that these things cannot be confined… to the Twilight Zone.” For the record, prejudices can kill, and suspicion can destroy, and the thoughtless, frightened search for a scapegoat has a fallout all of its own: for the children, and the children yet unborn. There are weapons that are simply thoughts, attitudes, prejudices, to be found only in the minds of men. “The tools of conquest do not necessarily come with bombs and explosions and fallout. Rather than invading and attacking, the aliens simply allow humanity to destroy itself. ![]() All we need do is sit back – and watch.” They return to their spacecraft with plans to bring this strategy of fear and intimidation to every neighborhood in America. They ominous comment: “ pick the most dangerous enemy they can find and it’s themselves. In the end, we pan out to discover a group of bureaucratic aliens watching Maple Street descend into madness from a hilltop. The denizens of Maple Street are played by Claude Akins, Barry Atwater, Jack Weston and others. Charges are leveled as neighbors accuse one another of being an alien until total chaos breaks loose. One boy explains a theory about aliens and gradually as night falls the neighborhood begins to turn on itself. Shortly thereafter the neighbors learn that all of their household machines are rendered defective. One summer day in the late afternoon a large burst of light appears across the sky above a safe, suburban community on Maple Street. Maple Street in the last calm and reflective moment-before the monsters came.” on Maple Street…This is Maple Street on a late Saturday afternoon. At the sound of the roar and the flash of light, it will be precisely 6:43 P.M. A tree-lined little world of front porch gliders, barbecues, the laughter of children, and the bell of an ice cream vendor. No one is ever completely safe from the madness of crowds. The episode explores Serling’s oft censored wish to address socially relevant concerns, like the self-destructive nature of mankind or the serious dangers of fanatical groupthink (i.e. 2017.ĭigital Id: ppmsca 05647 ///loc.pnp/ppmsca.05647Ĭph 3g09045 ///loc.pnp/cph.In one of the more consequential Twilight Zone episodes, “The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street” drops an inspiring bit of horror and science fiction into the safest of American conventions –suburbia. Exhibited: "Echoes of the Great War : American Experiences of WW I" in the Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., April - Nov. ![]() Exhibited: "Capitol Visitor Center" at the U.S. Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection. Text continues: If the war has affected your living or working conditions, if you want to learn the American language and become a citizen, if you wish employment, advice, or information, without charge, apply to Room 1820, Municipal Building. World War, 1914-1918-Social aspects-United States Subject Headings: - World War, 1914-1918-Economic & industrial aspects-United States Summary: Poster showing a small American flag, with text in English, German, Hungarian, Czech, Yiddish and Italian. Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. Thimblefinger and His Queer Country / by Joel Chandler Harris. Bequest and gift Caroline and Erwin Swann 1974 (DLC/PP-1974:232.371) No copyright information found with item. Inscribed below image: He just stood and glared at them. Notes: - Illustration for Chapter XX, "The Woog and the Weeze." Subject Headings: - Harris, Joel Chandler,-1848-1908-Mr. Summary: A fierce, ogre-like man with spectacles and a book under his arm clenches his fist at a group of small, frightened children who are seated on the ground before him.Ĭontributor Names: Herford, Oliver, 1863-1935, artistĬreated / Published: 1895 ![]()
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