A Long Time Ago, in a Lobby Not Too Far Away… (July, 1978)

 

 

 

Please note the Personal Appearance in the fine print.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Yeah, due to some dire circumstances that really don’t need to be gotten into here, I didn’t get to see Star Wars — yes, Star Wars, save it, New Hopers — until the ’78 re-release at the old Hastings Drive-In. (Had the comics, had the trading cards, had the t-shirt, had the action-figures, but no movie.) So, in the spirit of Johnny-Come-Lately, I’ll present the second-run ads first. This latest batch also marks my 500th post. On the old site, after four years of posting, I didn’t even come close to that amount so I must be doing something right. Hope you’ve enjoyed them as much as I enjoyed digging them up and posting ’em, folks. Stay tuned. Lots more to come.

Star Wars (1977) Lucasfilm :: 20th Century Fox / EP: George Lucas / P: Gary Kurtz, Rick McCallum/ D: George Lucas / W: George Lucas / C: Gilbert Taylor / E: Richard Chew / M: John Williams / S: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Alec Guinness, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, Peter Cushing

Multiplex Mash-Up :: July, 1977

 

 

 

 

There They Went… (June, 1969)

 

 

 

 

Other Points of Interest:

Full film review of HEAD at 3B Theater.

Poster campaign for HEAD at the Archive.

HEAD (1968) Raybert Productions :: Columbia Pictures / EP: Bert Schneider / P: Bob Rafelson, Jack Nicholson / D: Bob Rafelson / W: Bob Rafelson, Jack Nicholson / C: Michel Hugo / E: Mike Pozen, Monte Hellman / M: Igo Kantor / S: Peter Tork, Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith, Timothy Carey, Annette Funicello, Teri Garr, Sonny Liston, Victor Mature

Here They Come… (October, 1966)

 

 

1001 Forbidden Secrets of the Vicious Virgin Jungle! Where Shame is Unknown! (May, 1948)

 

 

 
Apparently, these South Sea and Far East Goona Goona flicks were a genre all by themselves. Who knew, right? Well, anyways, depending on which translation you believe, Goona Goona either refers to a potent aphrodisiac or some kind of evil spell. Hunh … On second thought, that might be considered the same thing in some circles. But not mine. And these films, about a baker’s dozen of stock and travelogue footage-fueled exploitaters mostly concerned themselves with the same nookie nookie. This mondo double feature of rehashed releases then continues with a trip to Africa, specifically a safari through the Belgian Congo, for a peek at the taboos of the local tribes — in a National Geographic sense, if you know what I mean.

Goona Goona a/k/a Kriss (1932) Andre Roosevelt and Armand Denis Productions :: First Division Pictures / P: Armand Denis, Andre Roosevelt / D: Armand Denis, Andre Roosevelt / W: Andre Roosevelt / C: Al Friedlander / E: Al Friedlander / M: Thomas de Hartmann, Marcel Devaux

Africa Speaks (1930) Walter Futter Productions :: Colorado African Expedition :: Columbia Pictures / P: Paul L. Hoefler, Walter Futter / D: Walter Futter / W: Walter Futter / C: Paul L. Hoefler / E: Walter Futter / S: Harald Austin, Paul L. Hoefler, Lowell Thomas

Just for Kicks … Not for Kids! (September, 1978)

 

 

 

 
If being shot by cult-fave Ray Dennis Steckler isn’t enough to bring you to something like The Erotic Adventures of Pinocchio, where our artificial stud’s you-know-what grows instead of his nose when he gets randy, well, what if I told you Dyanne Thorne played his Fairy Godmother, whose spells usually backfire leaving her to run around in the buff. That’s right: it’s the She-Wolf of the SS by way of Walt Disney. Get thee to the adult video store! And while you’re there, you might as well check out Bill Osco’s Alice in Wonderland, his follow up to the equally demented Flesh Gordon, where cute-as-a-button Kristine DeBell plays Alice as a walking erectile-dysfunction cure-all. Trust me. You don’t wanna know what Humpty Dumpty broke. Now send in the dancing nurses! And if you listen real close, that sound you just heard was Carlo Collodi’s and Lewis Carroll’s graves detonating.

The Erotic Adventures of Pinocchio (1971) Eve Productions :: Cinépix Film Properties / P: Chris Warfield / AP: Lawrence M. Daley, Nicholas Wowchuk / D: Corey Allen / W: Chris Warfield, Corey Allen, Carlo Collodi (novel) / C: Ray Dennis Steckler / E: Tom Conlon / M: John Barber / S: Alex Roman, Monica Gayle, Karen Smith, Dyanne Thorne

Alice in Wonderland: An X-Rated Musical Fantasy (1976) Cruiser Productions :: General National Enterprises / P: Bill Osco / D: Bud Townsend / W: Bucky Searles, Lewis Carroll (novel) / C: Joseph Bardo / E: Shaun Walsh / M: Bucky Searles / S: Kristine DeBell, Bucky Searles, Gila Havana, Alan Novak

Temptation and Terror! Raw Violence and Savage Fury! (December, 1957)

 

 

 

 

Other Points of Interest:

Film review of Flesh and the Spur at the Brewery.

Poster campaign for Flesh and the Spur at the Archive.

Naked Paradise a/k/a Thunder Over Hawaii (1957) Sunset Productions :: American International / EP: James H. Nicholson / P: Roger Corman / D: Roger Corman / W: Charles B. Griffith, Mark Hanna / C: Floyd Crosby / E: Charles Gross / M: Ronald Stein / S: Richard Denning, Beverly Garland, Lisa Montell, Leslie Bradley, Dick Miller, Jonathan Haze

Flesh and the Spur (1957) Hy Productions :: American International / EP: Mike Connors, Charles J. Lyons Jr. / P: Alex Gordon / D: Edward L. Cahn / W: Charles B. Griffith, Mark Hanna, Lou Rusoff / C: Frederick E. West / E: Robert S. Eisen / M: Ronald Stein / S: John Agar, Marla English, Mike Connors, Joyce Meadows, Raymond Hatton

Ambushed Kisses Gone Deadly (June, 1968)

 

 

 

 

Other Points of Interest:

Full film review of The Ambushers at 3B Theater.

Poster campaign for The Ambushers at the Archive.

Film review of Kiss the Girls… at the Brewery

Poster campaign for Kiss the Girls… at the Archive.

The Ambushers (1967) Meadway-Claude Productions Company :: Columbia Pictures Corporation / P: Irving Allen / AP: Douglas Netter / D: Henry Levin / W: Herbert Baker, Donald Hamilton (novel) / C: Edward Colman, Burnett Guffey / E: Harold F. Kress / M: Hugo Montenegro / S: Dean Martin, Janice Rule, Senta Berger, James Gregory, Albert Salmi, Beverly Adams

Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die (1966) Dino de Laurentiis Cinematografica :: Columbia Pictures / EP: Dino De Laurentiis / P: Salvatore Argento, Arduino Maiuri / D: Henry Levin, Arduino Maiuri / W: Arduino Maiuri, Jack Pulman / C: Aldo Tonti / E: Alberto Gallitti, Ralph Kemplen / M: Mario Nascimbene / S: Mike Connors, Dorothy Provine, Raf Vallone, Terry-Thomas, Margaret Lee, Nicoletta Machiavelli, Beverly Adams, Marilù Tolo

All the Excitement the Screen Can Hold! Something Had to Explode! (September, 1959)

 

 

 

 
From the guys who brought you IT! The Terror from Beyond Space and Curse of the Faceless Man! What? Wait! Come back! Whatareyatalkinabout!? Those were awesome, you heathens! Okay, okay … Faceless Man kinda stunk. A lot. Anyways, here, producer Robert Kent and director Eddie L. Cahn chuck the monsters for a Mamie Van Doren fueled crime pic and a kooky co-ed jailbreak classic.

Riot in a Juvenile Prison (1959) Robert E. Kent Productions :: United Artists / P: Robert E. Kent / D: Edward L. Cahn / W: Orville H. Hampton / C: Maury Gertsman / E: Edward Mann / M: Emil Newman / S: Jerome Thor, Marcia Henderson, Dorothy Provine, Scott Marlowe, Ann Doran

Guns, Girls and Gangsters (1959) Imperial Pictures :: United Artsts / P: Robert E. Kent / D: Edward L. Cahn / W: Jerry Sackheim, Paul Gangelin, Robert E. Kent / C: Kenneth Peach / E: Fred Feitshans / M: Buddy Bregman / S: Mamie Van Doren, Gerald Mohr, Lee Van Cleef, Paul Fix, Elaine Edwards

And in the Center Ring — Mickey Spillane!?! (September, 1954)

 

 

 

 

 
Ring of Fear (1954) Wayne-Fellows Productions :: Warner Bros. / P: Robert Fellows, John Wayne / AP: D. Ross Lederman / D: James Edward Grant / W: Paul Fix, Philip MacDonald, James Edward Grant / C: Edwin B. DuPar / E: Fred MacDowell / M: Arthur Lange, Emil Newman / S: Clyde Beatty, Mickey Spillane, Pat O’Brien, Sean McClory, Marian Carr, John Bromfield, Kathy Cline, Kenneth Tobey