Old sci-fi movie about scientist who built a telescope and saw the face or eyeball of God

I remember reading (back in the 80's) in a book about a sci-fi movie that was probably made sometime between 1940's - 1960's (apologies if this too broad a range).

The book had a photo of a man looking into a large (round) display screen. The screen was part of a telescope that the man had built for investigating the universe. Supposedly he eventually saw the face or the eyeball of God in the display screen.

Would anyone know the name of this movie?