Archive for Gimmicks and Promotions
The Biggest THING in Town! (September, 1970)
Posted in 1970-1979, Movie Ads with tags Creature Features, Destroy All Monsters, Drive In, Dusk til Dawn, Gimmicks and Promotions, Godzilla, Godzilla vs. the Thing, Happy Holidays, Konga, Labor Day, Random Drive In Mash Up, Reptilicus, Thing-O-Rama on September 2, 2018 by WB KelsoThe Big Gore Four that Will Petrify Your Plasma! (August, 1969)
Posted in 1960-1969, Movie Ads with tags A Bucket of Blood, Battle of the Bands, Blood Bath, Blood of Dracula, Blood-A-Rama, Drive In, Dusk til Dawn, Gimmicks and Promotions, Happy Holidays, Labor Day, Queen of Blood, Random Drive In Mash Up on September 2, 2018 by WB Kelso
Saves 3 Ways! (December, 1939)
Posted in 1930-1939, Movie Ads, Vintage Ads with tags Celebrity Adverts, Gasoline, Gimmicks and Promotions, House Across the Bay, Joan Bennett, Petroleum, Red Crown, Standard Oil on May 20, 2018 by WB Kelso
How to Stuff a Wild Yamaha (September, 1965)
Posted in 1960-1969, Movie Ads, Vintage Ads with tags AIP's Beach Party, American International, American International Pictures, Gimmicks and Promotions, How to Stuff a Wild Bikini, Motorcycles, Nebraska Cycle Co., Yamaha on December 13, 2017 by WB Kelso
Happy Hallowe’en :: You Cannot Deny Terror! (October, 1977)
Posted in 1970-1979, Movie Ads with tags Gimmicks and Promotions, Hallowe'en, Midnight Show, Tales from the Crypt, Vault of Horror on October 28, 2017 by WB Kelso
Happy Hallowe’en :: Don’t Let’Em Scare You! (October, 1979)
Posted in 1970-1979, Vintage Ads with tags Conestoga Mall, Costume Contest, Gimmicks and Promotions, Hallowe'en on October 28, 2017 by WB Kelso
Happy Hallowe’en :: Your Blood Will Turn Ice Cold! (October, 1957)
Posted in 1950-1959 with tags Creature Feature, Gimmicks and Promotions, Hallowe'en, Sci-Fi, The Creature Walks Among Us, This Island Earth, Universal Monsters on October 28, 2017 by WB Kelso
Dress Optional: Toga Not Required! (September – December, 1978)
Posted in 1970-1979, Movie Ads with tags Animal House, Bruce McGill, Comedy, Death on the Nile, Donald Sutherland, Gimmicks and Promotions, Godzilla vs. the Cosmic Monster, Held Over, Ivan Reitman, James Daughton, James Widdoes, John Belushi, John Landis, John Vernon, Karen Allen, Kevin Bacon, Mark Metcalf, Martha Smith, Mary Louise Weller, Matty Simmons, Munsters Go Home, Peter Riegert, Raunch-Com, Sexploitation, Stephen Furst, Tim Matheson, Tom Hulce, Universal Pictures on July 21, 2017 by WB Kelso
And at 11 weeks, Animal House (1978) holds the record for longest run ever at the Capitol and the Island in general, beating out Star Wars (1977) by three whole weeks.
Animal House (1978) Stage III Productions :: Oregon Film Factory :: Universal Pictures / P: Ivan Reitman, Matty Simmons / D: John Landis / W: Harold Ramis, Douglas Kenney, Chris Miller / C: Charles Correll / E: George Folsey Jr. / M: Elmer Bernstein / S: Tim Matheson, Peter Riegert, John Belushi, Tom Hulce, Stephen Furst, Bruce McGill, James Widdoes, Karen Allen, Mary Louise Weller, Martha Smith, James Daughton, Mark Metcalf, Kevin Bacon, John Vernon, Donald Sutherland
4th of July All-Night Power Play!
Posted in 1970-1979, Movie Ads with tags 4th of July, Burt Reynolds, Clint Eastwood, Drive In, Dusk til Dawn, Fuzz, Gimmicks and Promotions, Kelly's Heroes, Paul Newman, Raquel Welch, Sam Whiskey, Sometimes a Great Notion on July 4, 2017 by WB Kelso
May you all still have all your fingers on toes come the 5th.
By the Power of Greyskull!!! (July, 1983)
Posted in 1980-1989, Vintage Ads with tags Gimmicks and Promotions, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, Merchandise, Merchandising, Personal Appearance, ShopKo, Toys on May 8, 2017 by WB Kelso
Scenes from the Morgue 
