From Zombos' Closet

Zombos' Closet...a vast trove of endearingly cheap thrills, including movie and book reviews, and scans of his collections of cinema pressbooks, goofy paper-cutout Halloween decorations, and his amazing collection of Mexican lobby cards from B-grade films. If you have time to descend into a serious rabbit-hole of marvelous trash-culture nostalgia, visit that site just as soon as you possibly can. (DangerousMinds.net)

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Monster World Issue 9, 1966

Their house is a museum, and one I'd certainly be at home with, but the Addams Family would have really been something else if done in color, as shown on this cover for Monster World issue 9. I fondly remember building the Aurora Addam's Haunted House kit and playing with the holy grail of monsterkid-dom: Famous Monsters Photo Printing Set. And I did send away for the Creepy Fan Club and just about most of everything else shown in these wonderful ads. Oh, wait, about the magazine itself...Sir Cedric Hardwicke finally gets some love in Memories of a 30 Year Veteran of Horror Films. The Fang Mail this issue is also especially interesting. Kind of a love/hate relationship going on with FM Issue 37, but check our FJA's response.

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Modern Monster Issue 1, 1966

Here's the first issue of Modern Monsters (they added the "s" with issue two). More monsters are always a party. Lots of great photos and coverage with That Other Werewolf (you know, the one with Henry Hull, who didn't want Jack Pierce's full makeup treatment); The Frankenstein Story (up to I was a Teenage Frankenstein); Humor in a Jugular Vein (Abbott and Costello mostly, with a nod to AIP); and a too-short nod to Don Post. From the why-is-this-ad-here dept. we have exclusive original Flamenco prints: send cash, check, or money order today! I'm guessing that 'they' (the magazine sales dept.) were going for your mom who, WE ALL EXPERIENCED, usually trashed your stash of horror mags while you were away at school. I figure they hoped she'd thumb through the magazine uttering epithets before tossing it, only to find the Flamenco prints and be compelled to want a set. Whose mom wouldn't? Back then, that is.

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Hopalong Cassidy Mexican Lobby Card

By now you may have noticed I'm a horror AND western movie fan. (Well, toss in science fiction, fantasy, film noir...) Here's a tidy Hopalong Cassidy Mexican lobby card, with the requisite  gun and tussle illustration. This one's unusual in that the English title isn't mentioned. While Hasta el Ultimo Cartucho translates to "until the last cartridge," I'm not sure which Hopalong movie this lobby relates to. I haven't watched all of them, so I can't match up the scene to its movie.

Outlaw Treasure (1955) Mexican Lobby Card

Lively colors, bared shoulder with a little bit more, and a rough and tumble wrestle with guns drawn. What more can you want from a rip roarin' western movie? Or lobby card? Although I doubt the seductive skin baring in this lobby card ever made it into the movie.

Aventuras del Latigo Negro (1962) Mexican Lobby Card

A thrilling Mexican lobby card for The Black Whip.

Treasure of Gen. Yamashita (1956) Pressbook

Treasure of Gen. Yamashita is based on the legend of the treasure supposedly stolen during World War II and hidden in the Philippines. 

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Call Northside 777 (1948) Mexican Lobby Card

One of James Stewart's best performances. Straightforward illustration with Stewart's face commanding attention makes this Mexican lobby card effective.

Sangaree (1953) 3D Movie Pressbook

I picked up this pressbook because it is Paramount's first 3D movie. Unfortunately, someone actually cut out some of the ad mats to use them. Go figure! But it's a hefty pressbook for a period costume romance drama, nonetheless. From a period in movie history when the 3D process was a novelty; now it's just an excuse to charge higher ticket prices. On another note, this pressbook is appropriate for Valentine's Day. So let the kissing begin.

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Murder on the Roof (1930) Pressbook

Here's the silent and talkie versions pressbook for Columbia's pre-code mystery movie, Murder on the Roof. I can only imagine how exciting it must have been to attend a talkie when sound was just hitting the movie theaters. Great melodramatic poster art and article coverage, with local product tie-ins, make this pressbook quite a nostalgic trip.  

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The Big Noise (1944) Mexican Lobby Card

Laurel and Hardy pretend to be detectives. The usual mayhem ensues. My favorite L&H movie? Babes in Toyland (1934). The wedding scene is priceless. What's yours?

The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1973) Pressbook

With Caroline Munro and Tom Baker, The Golden Voyage of Sinbad is a lot of fun. Add in Ray Harryhausen's stop motion effects and it's quite a fantasy delight.

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Zombies of Mora Tau (1957) Pressbook

Not quite Dawn of the Dead, but hey, its got zombies.

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