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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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Mexican Lobby Card: Superargo El Gigante

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You can tell Superargo, El Gigante (1968) is an Italian production (also shot in Spain). The Italian influence can be seen in the colander-styled helmets and costume styling. They scream Italian science fiction tech movie circa 1960s. Superargo is the Italian version of the Mexican Masked Wrestler. Here he beats up a lot of robots. Slick exploitation that's very entertaining.

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Halloween Past: My Cowboy Dress Up

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Here’s me at the tender age of 4 in 1960, getting ready for Halloween. Sure, it may only be May, but it’s never too early to try on your costume to make sure it fits just right. That big rifle I’m holding (well, relatively speaking, of course) was a sick-kid present (chickenpox). I loved it. I hated it. Every time I pulled the lever down and back up it pinched my finger badly. But I kept playing with it and shooting bad guys, monsters, and creepy shadows until my finger hurt too much. I like to remember it as a teachable life-moment. And after all those candy cigarettes I never did take up smoking. I do eat a lot of candy, though.

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