Reynolds was the pastor of the First Baptist Church of Beverly Hills,
and was persuaded by infamous producer/director
Edward D. Wood Jr. to finance what
turned out to be his most famous film,
Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957). The picture was
originally to be called "Graverobbers from Outer Space", but Reynolds
and his Baptist colleagues thought the title was blasphemous, so it was
changed to "Plan 9 from Outer Space".