Forbidden Planet and It Came From Outer Space were favorites of mine from the 50’s
THEM!
Forbidden Planet is still a great movie today. While This Island Earth is a bit more dated and scientifically implausible, it is also a good movie.
As for production of B movies, the 50s were unparalleled, with classics like Them and The Monolith Monsters.
And it was when the Japanese got started with Godzilla and The Mysterians.
A good decade.
Forbidden Planet was an incredible movie for its time and should be considered the origin for what became Star Trek.
I liked those two movies. “This Island Earth’’ with Rex Reason was cool. And the picture with John Hodiak and the big spider was waay cool Mara Corday was the female lead in that one. Check her out, hubba hubba!.