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Archive for March, 2015
Tuned In :: And Where Were You the Night America Learned Who Shot J.R.? (September-November, 1980)
Posted in 1980-1989, Tuned In, Vintage News Articles, Vintage News Photos with tags Alice, Archie Bunker's Place, CBS, Dallas, Flo, Hee Haw, Larry Hagman, Mary Crosby, One Day at a Time, Sweeps, The Dukes of Hazard, The Incredible Hulk, The Jeffersons, TV, Who Shot JR? on March 20, 2015 by WB KelsoNo Seams, No Worries. (April, 1954)
Posted in 1950-1959, Vintage Ads with tags Fashions, Hanes, Hosiery, Tober's, Women's Fashions on March 20, 2015 by WB Kelso
There is More than One Way to Kill a Man! (October, 1964)
Posted in 1960-1969, Movie Ads with tags Angie Dickinson, Clu Gulager, Crime, Don Siegel, Film Noir, John Cassavetes, Lee Marvin, Revue Studios, Ronald Reagan, The Killers 1964, Universal Pictures on March 20, 2015 by WB Kelso
The Killers (1964) Revue Studios :: Universal Pictures / P: Don Siegel / D: Don Siegel / W: Gene L. Coon, Ernest Hemingway (story) / C: Richard L. Rawlings / E: Richard Belding / M: John Williams / S: Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, John Cassavetes, Clu Gulager, Ronald Reagan
Men, Got Disco Fever? (October, 1978)
Posted in 1970-1979, Vintage Ads with tags 100% Polyester, Brandeis, Disco, Fashions, h.i.s., Leisure Suits, Men's Fashions on March 20, 2015 by WB Kelso
I’m sorry … ‘Greaser’?!
Straight Out of Fort Calhoun… (October, 1975)
Posted in 1970-1979, Vintage Ads with tags Gimmicks and Promotions, Live Acts, Lounge Acts, Roy McCoon and the Nuclear Power Plant Boys, Satellite Lounge on March 20, 2015 by WB Kelso
Second Run Showcase :: A Great New Thrill in Movie Enjoyment! (March, 1954)
Posted in 1950-1959, Movie Ads with tags Ava Gardner, Comedy, Gimmicks and Promotions, Glark Gable, Half a Hero, Jean Hagen, Melodrama, MGM, Mogambo, Red Skelton, Safari / Island Adventures, Second Run Showcase on March 20, 2015 by WB Kelso
Bit of a CinemaScope hangover, here. But I just love the moxie of The Island theater not backing down from the big boys with their new “Wide-Vision Screen”!
The CinemaScope Blogathon :: The Big, Buxom, Beautiful Musical! (December, 1955)
Posted in 1950-1959, Movie Ads with tags Alan Young, Cinemascope, CinemaScope Blogathon, Comedy, Jane Russell, Jeanne Crain, Musical, Richard Sale, Robert Bassler, Robert Waterfield, Romance, Rudy Vallee, Russ-Field Productions, Scott Brady, United Artists on March 16, 2015 by WB Kelso
Alas, this post wraps up The Morgue’s contribution to ClassicBecky’s Brain Food and Wide Screen World’s CinemaScope Blogathon. Be sure click on over and check out all the other wonderful entries. And be sure to check out all the other CinemaScope ads already posted with this handy linkage.
Gentlemen Marry Brunettes (1955) Russ-Field Productions :: United Artists / EP: Robert Bassler / P: Richard Sale, Robert Waterfield / AP: Mary Loos / D: Richard Sale / W: Mary Loos, Richard Sale, Anita Loos (novel) / C: Desmond Dickinson / E: Grant K. Smith / M: Robert Farnon / S: Jane Russell, Jeanne Crain, Alan Young, Scott Brady, Rudy Vallee
The CinemaScope Blogathon :: The Heart, the Humor, the Guts, the Glory of a Million G.I.’s! (October, 1955)
Posted in 1950-1959, Movie Ads with tags Aaron Rosenberg, Action, Audie Murphy, Charles Drake, Cinemascope, CinemaScope Blogathon, David Janssen, Docudrama, Jack Kelly, Jesse Hibbs, Marshall Thompson, Paul Picerni, To Hell and Back, Universal International, Universal Pictures, War / Combat on March 16, 2015 by WB Kelso
The post is part of ClassicBecky’s Brain Food and Wide Screen World’s CinemaScope Blogathon. Be sure click on over and check out all the other wonderful entries. And be sure to check out all the other CinemaScope ads already posted with this handy linkage.
To Hell and Back (1955) Universal International Pictures :: Universal Pictures / P: Aaron Rosenberg / D: Jesse Hibbs / W: Gil Doud, Audie Murphy (autobiography) / C: Maury Gertsman / E: Edward Curtiss / M: Irving Gertz, William Lava, Henry Mancini, Lou Maury / S: Audie Murphy, Marshall Thompson, Charles Drake, Jack Kelly, Paul Picerni, David Janssen
The CinemaScope Blogathon :: The Picture that Screams with SUSPENSE! (March, 1955)
Posted in 1950-1959, Movie Ads with tags Anne Francis, Bad Day at Black Rock, Cinemascope, CinemaScope Blogathon, Dean Jagger, Dore Schary, Ernest Borgnine, Film Noir, Herman Hoffman, John Ericson, John Sturges, Lee Marvin, Melodrama, MGM, Mystery, Robert Ryan, Spencer Tracy, Thriller, Walter Brennan on March 15, 2015 by WB Kelso
Other Points of Interest:
Full review of Bad Day at Black Rock at the Brewery.
Poster Campaign for Bad Day at Black Rock at the Archive.
This post is part of ClassicBecky’s Brain Food and Wide Screen World’s CinemaScope Blogathon. Be sure click on over and check out all the other wonderful entries. And be sure to check out all the other CinemaScope ads already posted with this handy linkage.
Bad Day at Black Rock (1955) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) / P: Dore Schary / AP: Herman Hoffman / D: John Sturges / W: Millard Kaufman, Don McGuire, Howard Breslin (story) / C: William C. Mellor / E: Newell P. Kimlin / M: André Previn / S: Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan, Anne Francis, John Ericson, Walter Brennan, Ernest Borgnine, Lee Marvin, Dean Jagger
The CinemaScope Blogathon :: The Mightiest Motion Picture of All Time! (January, 1955)
Posted in 1950-1959, Movie Ads with tags 20000 Leagues Under the Sea, Adventure / Fantasy, Buena Vista Film Distribution Co. Inc., Cinemascope, CinemaScope Blogathon, Creature Feature, Gimmicks and Promotions, James Mason, Kirk Douglas, Paul Lukas, Peter Lorre, Richard Fleischer, Robert J. Wilke, Sci-Fi, Walt Disney, Walt Disney Productions on March 15, 2015 by WB Kelso
The post is part of ClassicBecky’s Brain Food and Wide Screen World’s CinemaScope Blogathon. Be sure click on over and check out all the other wonderful entries. And be sure to check out all the other CinemaScope ads already posted with this handy linkage.
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) Walt Disney Productions :: Buena Vista Film Distribution Co. Inc. / P: Walt Disney / D: Richard Fleischer / W: Earl Felton, Jules Verne / C: Franz Planer / E: Elmo Williams / M: Paul J. Smith / S: Kirk Douglas, James Mason, Paul Lukas, Peter Lorre, Robert J. Wilke
Scenes from the Morgue 
