July 2, 1959 –
Ed Wood’s greatest opus (not counting Glen or Glenda), Plan 9 from Outer Space, opened on this date.
One of the legends about the production of this film was that Edward D. Wood Jr. used everything from automobile hubcaps to pizza pans to pie tins and even paper plates as flying saucers. The truth is that he bought a number of the Lindberg 1/48 scale “Flying Saucer” plastic model kits for use as props. One was modified with a wooden block, to represent the squared walled flying saucer set (the UFO seen landing in the graveyard).
The Haus of Dcaligari 