Cunningham) published in December 1947.In fact, the film""s story has often been interpreted as a morality play or parable, or as a metaphor for the threatened Hollywood blacklisted artists (one of whom was screenwriter Foreman) who faced political persecution from the HUAC during the McCarthy era due to actual or imagined connections to the Communist Party, and made life-altering decisions to stand their ground and defend moral principles according o their consciences.People stop and starin""I can""t see their facesOnly the shadows of their eyesI""m goin"" where the sun keeps shinin""Through the pourin"" rain.Starry-eyed Holly spies on Kit through curtains as he again approaches her house.The impressionable girl describes her instant magnetic attraction to the boy who looks like dreamy een film idol James Dean from her movie magazines, in voice-over:He was handsomer than anybody I""d ever met.It will try simply to tell of a generation of men who, even though they may have escaped its shells, were destroyed by the war.She was well aware of the alien""s deadly powers: "She""ll breed.You""ll die."The extracted alien baby grew to be a full-sized queen (called "wondrous"), and was kept alive by a secret military faction led by General Perez (Daniel Hedaya) for their nefarious objectives (villainous Dr.