The War of the Worlds (1953 film) "War of the Worlds" was presented with a Retrospective Hugo Award for 1954 in the category of Best Dramatic Presentation — Short Form. The War of the Worlds (1953 film) The War of the Worlds (also known in promotional material as H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds) is a 1953 American Technicolor science fiction drama film from Paramount Pictures, produced by George Pal, directed by Byron Haskin, and starring Gene Barry and Ann Robinson. The film is a loose adaptation of the novel of the same name by H. G. Wells, the first of five film adaptations. It
The War of the Worlds (radio drama) an introduction by George Takei, and an episode of the PBS documentary series "American Experience". On January 27, 2003, the Mercury Theatre broadcast of "The War of the Worlds" was one of the first 50 recordings made part of the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress. Since the original "Mercury Theatre on the Air" broadcast of "The War of the Worlds", many re-airings, remakes, re-enactments, parodies, and new dramatizations have occurred. Many American radio stations, particularly those that regularly air old-time radio programs, re-air the original program as a Halloween tradition. Some notable examples include: The War of