Jimsy and the Monsters

"Jimsy and the Monsters" by Walter J. Sheldon is a science fiction story from the 1950s about the strange collision of being a kid star and otherworldly beings. It tells the story of Jimsy LaRoche, an eleven-year-old actor, who gets mixed up with actual aliens brought to Hollywood for a movie. The story shows how ridiculous the movie business can be, especially when the monsters in a film become real and cause trouble. Mr. Maximilian Untz, a film producer struggling to stay afloat, wants to create true fear for a movie scene. When Dr. John Mildume, a peculiar scientist, brings in two alien creatures hoping to make the movie better, they instead make everything more chaotic. Surprisingly, Jimsy, a known troublemaker, becomes the unexpected hero when it turns out the monsters are afraid of him. The funny and strange tale looks at the silliness of the entertainment world while telling a fun story about bravery, duty, and the comical side of Hollywood.