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Return of Chandu Pressbook Presentation Folder

June 15, 2015 / Pressbooks (Horror, Sci Fi, Fantasy) / Leave a Comment

Jun 15 2015

This is the large (12 x 18.5 inches), attention-getting, pressbook presentation folder that the Return of Chandu promotional materials were held in. Note the two grommets in the middle, representing the door knobs: I’m guessing there was a ribbon or ornate string that tied the two front panels closed. Quite a presentation to theaters for this action-packed and melodramatic serial headed by Bela Lugosi as Chandu. See the Publicity pressbook , Advertising pressbook, and the theater giveaway Chandu mask this folder contained.

Pressbook: Chandu on the Magic Island (1935)

June 15, 2015 / Pressbooks (Horror, Sci Fi, Fantasy) / Leave a Comment

Jun 15 2015

Only 4 pages, but packed with promotional material for Chandu on the Magic Island, with Bela Lugosi. The original serial was edited down to 2 movies, The Return of Chandu and Chandu on the Magic Island. One of Lugosi's best roles, but often forgotten between his Dracula and Ygor triumphs.

Mexican Lobby Card:
Crepusculo En Las Sierras (1950)

June 14, 2015 / Azteca/Mexican Lobby Cards / Leave a Comment

Jun 14 2015

Here's the Mexican lobby card for Roy Rogers' Twilight in the Sierras (1950).

Pressbook: Jungle Heat (1957)

June 13, 2015 / Pressbooks (Non-Horror) / Leave a Comment

Jun 13 2015

The late 1950s to early 1960s had a certain style of scripting and visual direction for female leads, which often promoted through tight, and skimpy, clothing with slip on shoes. Guys held the guns, of course, and seemed to always roll up their sleeves and slick back their hair. Lex Barker made a wonderful Tarzan, by the way.

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A Study in Terror (1965) Pressbook

June 12, 2015 / Pressbooks (Horror, Sci Fi, Fantasy) / Leave a Comment

Jun 12 2015

I already posted the herald for this movie, so here's the pressbook. Notice anything odd about it? What's a reference to Batman doing here? The first air date for the popular and influential Batman television series, starring Adam West and Burt Ward, was in 1966. American distributors for A Study in Terror must have thought linking Sherlock Holmes with the more campy Batman would be a good butts in seats gimmick. Wow. Great way to sell a horror movie starring two iconic figures, one fictionally good, one all too real evil.

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Movie Herald: A Study in Terror (1965)

June 12, 2015 / Pressbooks (Horror, Sci Fi, Fantasy) / Leave a Comment

Jun 12 2015

Here's the theater giveaway to help promote the showing of A Study in Terror with John Neville as Sherlock Holmes. While Sir Arthur Conan Doyle had engaged in speculation as to who Jack the Ripper really was, his fictional creation never did.

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The Monster Times Issue 38
January 1975

June 10, 2015 / Magazine Morgue / Leave a Comment

Jun 10 2015

The Golden Voyage of Sinbad gets the filmbook treatment in issue 38 of The Monster Times. At least it adds a few pre-production sketches of Ray Harryhausen's stop-motion effects for the models. Marvel's handling of Conan the Barbarian is examined (thank the lord for those black and white magazines that escaped the dreaded comics code, especially here), and Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr. blabs about The Blob in a great interview. Interestingly, he relates how the blob's color was dyed deeper shades of red as the film progressed. "Since the creature devours some fifty people by the end of the film, it was a logical thing to do." Yeaworth also confirms the multiple titles for the movie before release: The Molten Meteor, The Glob, and Night of the Creeping Dread. He notes Steve McQueen suggest using "The Blob" one day during shooting. Bless you, Steve. Last but not least for this issue, TMT praises The Mad Ghoul for B-ing a movie above the rest.

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Mexican Lobby Card:
Santo Contra Los Secuestradores

June 9, 2015 / Azteca/Mexican Lobby Cards / Leave a Comment

Jun 9 2015

I found this Mexican lobby card for Santo Contra Los Secuestradores (1973) primitive in its layout, but still effective. Hints of action, villains, and women with and without guns. Looks like fun to me.

Mexican Lobby Card: El Gorila Blanco (1945)

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Jun 9 2015

A fantastic Mexican lobby card for White Pongo (1945). Could this be the missing link between man and ape?! Nah. Just a man in a gorilla suit. But I'll keep searching for you. Ray "Crash" Corrigan plays the ape. Naturally. Aguirre Tinoco drew the ape in his distinctive artistic style.

Conquistador De La Luna (1960)
Mexican Lobby Card

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Jun 9 2015

How can you not love this goofy Mexican lobby card for Conquistador De La Luna (1960). Here's a variation of it that's not as colorful.

Psycho Issue 15, November 1973
All Ghoul Horror Issue

June 8, 2015 / Magazine Morgue / Leave a Comment

Jun 8 2015

The cover art by Vincent Segrelles is fantastic, but doesn't seem to have much to do with this special all ghoul issue of Skywald's Psycho, issue 15. The stories are ghoulish enough, though. My favorite is The 13 Dead Things. The editor, Al Hewetson, is quoted as saying the glut of Marvel black and white magazines forced Skywald off the newsstands, otherwise their horror-mood brand of illustrated terror was selling well. (I came across this complete checklist of Skywald magazines on the Wayback Machine website. I converted the information to PDF, so you can Download Complete-Skywald-Checklist.)