Here's a special post to end the month! These are movie spaceships built on Earth to explore the universe, no alien spacecraft or TV rockets are included... Enjoy!
Here's the beautiful ship in DESTINATION MOON from 1950, a nice way to start the show.
ROCKETSHIP X-M also came out in 1950, I have fond memories of this one because they played the crap out of it on TV in the fifties, the ending is sad...
FLIGHT TO MARS hit the screens in 1951, what a classic spaceship. I swear, the colors in this movie are just freakin' amazing!
Another awesome spaceship in WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE, also from 1951. This time they build a long rail to shoot it into space!
This beautiful ship appeared in ABBOTT AND COSTELLO GO TO MARS in 1953. My parents took me to see it and I loved it, A & C were my favorite comedians at the time!
Here's the cool spaceship from CAT-WOMEN OF THE MOON in 1953, nice shot...
Looks like they reused the Cat-Women ship again in PROJECT MOON BASE in 1953. This movie has some amazing accuracies about landing on the Moon.
Check out the great looking British ship from SPACEWAYS, also from 1953. This movie is pretty damn boring, too much drama.
Another movie I saw a lot on TV was RIDERS TO THE STARS from 1954, chasing that meteor and the dead spaceman were my favorite parts.
Space hardware was modernized for CONQUEST OF SPACE in 1955. The crew crash on Mars and end up growing a plant before they head back to Earth.
Just when the spaceships were starting to look modern, good old Mr. BIG came up with KING DINOSAUR in 1955 and used a freakin' V-2 Rocket to get to a distant planet... Gimme a break!!
Also in 1955, THE QUATERMASS XPERIMENT had this beautiful spaceship that crashes into the British countryside with many mysteries inside after going into space!
Randall Landers pointed out in a comment that we omitted SATELLITE IN THE SKY from 1956, so, here it is, making our list complete, thank you R. What a beautiful spaceship it is too, white no less!
FIRE-MAIDENS OF (FROM) OUTER SPACE in 1956 also used a V-2 Rocket to get to their destination in space, again, gimme a break!
My favorite movie from the fifties is FORBIDDEN PLANET, saw it in 1956 when my dad took me to the theater! It totally blew my little 7 year old mind, an unforgettable experience. This is the only saucer spacecraft in the post, the C-57D!
WORLD WITHOUT END from 1956 used this very nice spaceship, a really exciting flick!
Then, in 1957, Ray Harryhausen had this very cool ship in 20 MILLION MILES TO EARTH! Saw this one at the theater too, a great movie for us little sci-fi guys...
I also saw THE INVISIBLE BOY in 1957, loved it because of Robby the Robot. Here's a shot of the huge spaceship Robby and the Invisible Boy use to go into space!
My second favorite movie from the fifties is QUATERMASS 2 aka ENEMY FROM SPACE, I love blobs!! There's the spaceship in the background that saves Earth from the alien invaders... Saw this one at the theater too!!
Even though I saw FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON in 1958, I really don't remember much about it. The rocket launch is one of the worst ever, the model is stationary, letting the smoke from the flames shoot up above it...
LAME!!!
That great Allied Artists spaceship is back in IT! THE TERROR FROM BEYOND SPACE, reused from WORLD WITHOUT END... Hell, why not?! That's one of my favorite backgrounds.
This rocket from MISSILE TO THE MOON in 1958 reminds me of a model I built in wood shop with Eegah!! in the 8th grade!
Here's a little shout out to Bernie with that tailless animated rocket in NIGHT OF THE BLOOD BEAST from 1958.
Gawd, I even saw QUEEN OF OUTER SPACE in 1958, and again, they reused that Allied Artists ship! I liked the big spider reused from WORLD WITHOUT END and the cool sound effects.
Here's a small look at SPACE MASTER X-7 from 1958 as it has an encounter with a space blob and brings it back to Earth, photo found by Crashsq, thanks pal.
I saw WAR OF THE SATELLITES in 1958, liked it a lot. Check out those squat spaceships, they had to carry the Satellite pieces into space!
Eegah!! and I saw ANGRY RED PLANET in 1959, wow, it was a wild roller coaster ride for two sci-fi guys!! They use an Atlas rocket, obviously so they could use actual footage of an Atlas launch to cut in for realism...
Eegah!! and I also saw BATTLE BEYOND THE SUN in 1959, we really enjoyed the ride. Those Russian rockets were impressive, but, we liked the two bizarro monsters the best.
Toho kicks some butt with BATTLE IN OUTER SPACE in 1959. The Earth and Alien spaceships are really fun to watch in action!!
I'm pretty sure we saw HAVE ROCKET, WILL TRAVEL in 1959, again, they use an Atlas rocket. Give us The Stooges any day of the week!!
That was fun, I like putting things into order, can't believed I'm finally done... Check back soon for more cool junk from...
THE DUNGEON!!
Well, you got your good classics and you've got your bad classics, and "Missile To The Moon" would definitely fall into the latter category, but, it is a classic, nonetheless, and sometimes classic bad is better than classic good, at least in the kitsch department! 
The basic premise was to make a movie in space using beauty queen contest winners, and how could you possibly go wrong with a concept like that?? 
Talk about your amazingly awesome lineup! As the old cartoon wolf would say, "AAaaOoooh!!!!!!"
This is a very good example of a variation on that classic 1958 'Do The Airplane' dance step we all used to do, Zoom, Zoom, Zoom, remember? I didn't think so! 
These two guys obviously sold their souls, in order for them to be lucky enough to work with all these beauties! You gotta admit, they look pretty guilty!! 
Taken away for a blind date with a really ugly giant moon spider, but look on the good side, you get to work with gorgeous gals like Sanita! 
Shoot the spider, Save the girl!! 
I am so mad, can't any of you people do anything right, I am still the Queen here, and I say, Off with their heads!! 
The whole set is falling down, what's going on? This wasn't in my script!!! 
It is impossible to even discuss
"Missile To The Moon" without bring up the subject of these rock monsters! So difficult to shoot, it was never attempted again in history! It would be kind of like trying to rebuild "Stonehenge" you know! Why even bother!
Here's a list of other colorized horror + sci-fi flicks on DVD that you can pick up at a number of places online: SHE ('35), THINGS TO COME, NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD, CARNIVAL OF SOULS, EARTH vs THE FLYING SAUCERS, IT CAME FROM BENEATH THE SEA, HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL, LAST MAN ON EARTH, BRIDE OF THE MONSTER, PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE, LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, CREATURE FROM THE HAUNTED SEA, THE KILLER SHREWS, THE GIANT GILA MONSTER, PHANTOM FROM SPACE, PHANTOM PLANET, MISSILE TO THE MOON and a few SHERLOCK HOLMES titles!! Oh, yeah, they've even done some Little Rascals and The 3 Stooges! On VHS there's THE THING, KING KONG, MIGHTY JOE YOUNG and THE CAT PEOPLE. MISSILE TO THE MOON is probably the best one for a reason I will not reveal at this time, but, we'll be bringing you that one in the upcoming months, so you can see for yourself!!!
Great title card! Mr. David Chudnow is the musical director here, assembling uncredited previous PRC compositions. Sounds dated, for sure!
Bela always seems to be having a good time, especially when he's up to no good!!
He targets the family that bought the rights to his popular shaving products, they've made millions while he got diddly-squat. Here's one of the sons trying out Bela's newest creation, Bat-Bite cologne!
Bela lets Devil Bat out, Devil Bat bites guy, guy dies, Devil Bat flies back to house. Viola, perfect Area 51-style crime! (Bat looks like stealth bomber!!)
Reporter Johnny Layton and photographer 'One-Shot' McGuire descend on Heathville, to get a story of course. They start the questioning with the sheriff, then move to the family home of the rich murdered son. Wow, party! Bela's even there!
Tabonga couldn't resist showing this hot pic of the maid!
Does Tabonga really need to say something here? If you can't follow that, well... Tabonga feel sorry for you!!
Bela delightfully listens to the radio as Prof. Raines denounces the Devil Bat's existence because of a price tag in a photo that 'One-Shot' took of the fake one!
'One-Shot' has to be the bait for another Devil Bat attack by wearing some cologne...
No big deal, we'll just make another one!!
Finally the good part, the greedy dad gets his!
Great shot, but those awkward, uncooperative bat props!!.. Is there ever a time they actually look real??!! Even the damn ears look crooked!!!
Johnny splashes some cologne on Bela, then forces him to sit and wait...
The table gets turned on Bela this time!
