See a first edition of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein,” plus a myriad “Frankenstein” editions and collectibles (Photo – UC Riverside Library).
Join Nick Smith, co-curator of PMH’s 2018 exhibition Dreaming the Universe: The Intersection of Science, Fiction & Southern California, for this illustrated presentation of the history of science fiction movies.
By News Desk
Early glimpses of science fiction films began with movies like A Trip to the Moon (1902) where director George Méliès pokes fun at French novelist and poet Jules Verne, or in Frankenstein (1931) and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) that featured the “mad scientist” character – each of the films never truly showing much science, nor the genre of what people think of as science fiction. Join Nick Smith to learn how original science fiction stories came on to the big screen and changed over the years.
Space is limited; advance reservations required.
History of Science Fiction Movies July 25, 2024 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Location Pasadena Museum of History 470 W. Walnut St. Pasadena, CA 91103
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