François Truffaut and Don Coscarelli have claimed Oboler's films and radio work as significant influences. Oboler's films include: Escape (1940) writer Gangway for Tomorrow (1943) screenwriter Strange Holiday (1945) writer, director, producer Bewitched (1945) writer, director The Arnelo Affair (1947) writer, director Five (1951) writer, director, producer Bwana Devil (1952) writer, director, producer The Twonky (1953) writer, director, producer One Plus One (1961) writer, director The Bubble (1966) writer, director, producer Domo Arigato (1972) Broadway Sidney Lumet directed Oboler's Broadway play, Night of the Auk, a science fiction drama about astronauts returning to Earth after the first moon landing. The play was based on Oboler's radio play Rocket from Manhattan, which aired as part of Arch Oboler's Plays in September 1945. Produced by Kermit Bloomgarden, the play ran for only eight performances in December 1956 despite a cast that included Martin Brooks, Wendell Corey, Christopher Plummer, Claude Rains and Dick York. In the December 17, 1956, issue, Time reviewed: A version of Night of the Auk aired as an episode of the anthology television series Play of the Week in 1960. In August 2012, Outside Inside Productions presented the first New York revival of Night of the Auk at the 16th Annual New York International Fringe Festival. Authorized by the Oboler family, this new production, directed by Adam Levi with co-direction by Kaitlyn Samuel, was a 75-minute one-act version of the original play, adapted by playwright Michael Ross Albert. Television In 1949, Oboler helmed an anthology television series, Oboler's Comedy Theatre (aka Arch Oboler's Comedy Theater) which ran for six episodes from September to November. In the premiere show, "Ostrich in Bed," a couple awaiting the arrival of a dinner guest find an ostrich in their bedroom. In "Mr. Dydee" a dim-witted horse player inherits a diaper service. Recordings Audio horror gained an added dimension with Oboler's LP recording, Drop Dead! An Exercise in Horror (Capitol Records, 1962). It features the following horror-themed dramatic vignettes, interspersed with commentary from Oboler: "Introduction to Horror", "I'm Hungry", "Taking Papa Home", "The Dark", "A Day at the Dentist's", "The Posse", "Chicken Heart", and "The Laughing Man". "Arch Oboler's African Adventure" (Decca 10" LP)field recordings during the filming of Bwana Devil. Books Novels House on Fire (Bartholomew House, 1969), was adapted by Oboler for radio's Mutual Radio Theater in 1980. in 2015, Valancourt Books reissued House on Fire with a new introduction by Christopher