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Movie Pressbook:
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)

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Here's a nifty Halloween treat from Tony Rivers. He notes: "This one's a little tricky…I used to have the press book for ABBOTT & COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN and photocopied several pages.  I also have the Philip Riley script book,  but he only had 11 of the 12 pages.  At one time I did take photographs of each page with a camera so I had to use the photo I took of page 10 to have the complete press book but the image is small and you can't really read what it says on page 10….so until I can find a better version, here's the "complete" 12 page ABBOTT & COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN pressbook."

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Movie Pressbook: The Face of Fu Manchu (1965)

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A coloring contest for The Face of Fu Manchu? Sure, the cover of this pressbook is fantastic, but I'm not sure using a coloring contest (see next to last page) is a suitable promotional gimmick. I think Tsai Chin as his daughter stole the show. This series left quite an impression on me when they originally appeared in the theaters. I read the Sax Rohmer books after seeing Christopher Lee's sinister performance. 

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Creature From the Black Lagoon (1954) Pressbook

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The original theater 3D release of Creature from the Black Lagoon used the gray polarizing lenses, not the red and blue ones. This is one of the few 3D movies that looks good in 3D, especially the underwater photography. Still a treat to see today, the Creature will always be with us.

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Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)
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Universal Studios produced rich pressbooks for their classic monsters. Here's a notable one for Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man. (Read my movie review.) Who can ever forget Song of the New Wine? Thanks to fellow collector Tony Rivers for supplying the black and white scans of this pressbook. Now that I have a copy to0 (take that Tony!), here's the pressbook in full color.

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Double Bill Pressbook: How to Make a Monster
and Teenage Caveman (Part 1)

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Tony Rivers says “Here’s the AIP pressbook for How to Make a Monster and Teenage Caveman and this time it’s 16 pages. The comic strip page has ordering info for the strip on the back (usually the extra page is one sided – blank on the other side) and it also has a two-page letter with advertising tips too.” Great tagline: It will scare the living yell out of you!

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Double Bill Pressbook: I Was a Teenage Frankenstein
and Blood of Dracula

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Another wonderful American International double bill, folder-styled, pressbook from the Tony Rivers collection. From Tony: "All these AIP pressbooks from this era had an extra page (I Was a Teenage Werewolf  had the page with ads showing the werewolf's face while How to Make a Monster had the comic strip page in color.)  While I don't have that page in my pressbook for I Was a Teenage Frankenstein, I found a small picture of it online and am enclosing it as the last page. " (Note: See next to last page for "American News: Frankenstein Versus Dracula" promotional articles).

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