The Scandalized Martians

"The Scandalized Martians" by Arnold Marmor is a funny science fiction story from the middle of the 20th century. It tells the story of David Fry, a movie maker with big dreams of making a movie about Martians. The book uses humor to talk about being creative, dealing with rules, and how silly Hollywood can be. David wants to make a great movie about Mars using real Martians. At first, people don't believe in his idea, but he gets his friend Ronnie to help him write the movie. David's big goals lead him to some Martians, but their strange demands and ways of life don't match what he wants for his movie. It gets even funnier when David's hard-headedness makes the Martians leave and go back to Mars. The story makes fun of the movie business and shows how messy it can be when artists try to make their ideas come to life while dealing with limits.