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Pressbooks (Horror, Sci Fi, Fantasy)

Gigantis (Godzilla Raids Again) Pressbook

With a tagline like "They'll roast anybody in their path!" you can't go wrong. Here's the pressbook for Godzilla Raids Again (1955), also titled Gigantis the Fire Monster for the English dubbed (and edited) release in 1959. It was shown in a double bill with Teenagers from Outer Space or Rodan. I would have preferred seeing it with Rodan, but I admit to a fondness for Teenagers. The poster art figures prominently in the promotion, but there's a coloring contest mat and a TV trailer to "move audiences from their living-room chairs to the seats of your theatre."

In a first for really, really, really going the extra mile for promoting a movie, the exploitation page takes the grand prize for stellar idea: "local armory might be willing to lend you a sub-machine gun, bazooka, flame thrower and grenade rifle, like weapons used in the picture. Strap them on lobby board or behind a roped-off area and explain that 'These weapons are no match for Gigantis."

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The Time Machine (1960) Pressbook

A large pressbook for a classic movie, The Time Machine, is packed with promotional material. From the Coppertone suntanning lotion tie-up, the coloring contest mat, a 40×60 display poster on heavy board, Dell comic book, record tie-in, and Yvette Mimieux's fasion. Whew.

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She (1965) Pressbook

H. Rider Haggard's novel did get a lot of movie versions. According to Wikipedia, Ursula Andress's accent irritated the studio enough to do a re-dubbing by Nikki van der Zyl. Financed through MGM, the budget for this Hammer film was "triple" the usual for a Hammer movie. Not one of my Hammer favorites, but with Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee along for the ride, it's definitely worthwhile viewing.

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What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) Pressbook

I've always wanted a Baby Jane doll. She would make a nice display along with Chucky and Billy the puppet from Saw. I've been hankering to grab this pressbook for some time, as I'm a huge fan of the movie. Each time it came up for auction, the price would reach triple digits, which is crazy. Sure, it has the cool Charles Adams cartoon, and it is a creepy movie, but at those prices, I'd rather wait and hope to get lucky. And I did. I found a dealer/collector, in the Netherlands of all places, selling it for 40 bucks plus 20 for postage. I ordered it, got it in less than two weeks (from the Netherlands, no less), and the copy arrived in fine condition. Sometimes, waiting pays off.

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