July 21, 1927 – July 10, 1983

New England’s Paul Blaisdell, born in Newport, Rhode Island and grew up in Quincy, Massachusetts; was an American painter, sculptor and visual effects creator, best remembered for his work in science fiction and horror B movies of the 1950s which included the CDF classics – THE BEAST WITH A MILLION EYES (1955), DAY THE WORLD ENDED (1955), IT CONQUERED THE WORLD (1956), THE SHE-CREATURE (1956), INVASION OF THE SAUCER MEN (1957), THE AMAZING COLOSSAL MAN (1957), ATTACK OF THE PUPPET PEOPLE (1958), EARTH VS THE SPIDER (1958), and TEENAGE CAVE MAN (1958)!