Archive for Lon Chaney Jr.
Man Against Man, Man Against Beast! (July, 1956)
Posted in 1950-1959, Movie Ads with tags 20th Century Fox, Barbara Nichols, Cinemascope, Crime, Double Feature, John Bromfield, Lon Chaney Jr., Melodrama, Mystery, Planet Filmplays, Robert D. Webb, Robert L. Jacks, Safari / Island Adventures, Tessa Prendergast, The Proud Ones, United Artists, Victor Jory, W. Lee Wilder, Westerns on June 6, 2014 by WB Kelso
The Proud Ones (1956) Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation / P: Robert L. Jacks / D: Robert D. Webb / W: Edmund H. North, Joseph Petracca, Verne Athanas (novel) / C: Lucien Ballard / E: Hugh S. Fowler / S: Robert Ryan, Virginia Mayo, Jeffrey Hunter, Walter Brennan, Arthur O’Connell
Manfish (1956) Planet Filmplays :: United Artists / P: W. Lee Wilder / D: W. Lee Wilder / W: Myles Wilder, Joel Murcott, Edgar Allan Poe (story) / C: Scotty Welbourne / E: Gerald Turney-Smith / M: Albert Elms / S: John Bromfield, Lon Chaney Jr., Victor Jory, Barbara Nichols, Tessa Prendergast
Second Run Showcase :: 3 Smash Horror Pictures! One Complete Show! (November, 1958)
Posted in 1950-1959, Movie Ads with tags Creature Feature, George Montgomery, Jeff Chandler, Jeff Morrow, Lana Turner, Leigh Snowden, Lon Chaney Jr., Mad Science, Marian Carr, Masterson of Kansas, Rex Reason, Safari / Island Adventures, Second Run Showcase, The Creature Walks Among Us, The Cyclops, The Indestructible Man, The Lady Takes a Flyer on December 10, 2013 by WB Kelso
As the 1940’s rolled into the 1950’s, The Island Theater, a much smaller venue than the Grand and Capitol show palaces, became an exclusively second run outfit, a grindhouse in the truest sense, where the turnover was an exhausting two day whirlwind of interchangeable flicks, leading to some outstanding ad combinations and campaigns that needed a proper category to show them off properly. And so, here ya go.
Giant Man-Thing 50FT HIGH! Blood-Hungry Spawn of the Arch-Fiend (April, 1958)
Posted in 1950-1959, Movie Ads with tags Allied Artists, Arthur Shields, B&H Productions Inc., Bert I. Gordon, Creature Feature, Daughter of Dr. Jekyll, Duncan Parkin, Edgar G. Ulmer, Film Venturers, Flora M. Gordon, Gloria Talbott, Jack Pollexfen, James Craig, John Agar, John Dierkes, Lon Chaney Jr., Mad Science, Melodrama, Molly McCart, Safari / Island Adventures, The Cyclops, Tom Drake on December 10, 2013 by WB Kelso
The Cyclops (1957) B&H Productions Inc. :: Allied Artists Pictures / P: Bert I. Gordon / AP: Flora M. Gordon, Henry Schrage / D: Bert I. Gordon / W: Bert I. Gordon / C: Ira H. Morgan / E: Carlo Lodato / M: Albert Glasser / S: James Craig, Gloria Talbott, Lon Chaney Jr., Tom Drake, Duncan Parkin
Daughter of Dr. Jekyll (1957) Film Venturers :: Allied Artists Pictures / P: Jack Pollexfen / AP: Ilse Lahn / D: Edgar G. Ulmer / W: Jack Pollexfe / C: John F. Warren / E: Holbrook N. Todd / M: Melvyn Lenard / S: John Agar, Gloria Talbott, Arthur Shields, John Dierkes, Molly McCart
Only One Thing Can Save YOU from Death Grips, Blood Havoc, and Eerie Webs of the Unknown! (April, 1965)
Posted in 1960-1969, Movie Ads with tags Comedy, Creature Feature, Erica Rogers, Gimmicks and Promotions, Horror, Jack Hedley, Jill Dixon, Lippert Films, Lon Chaney Jr., Pat Boone, Robert L. Lippert, Supernatural / Ghosts, Terence Fisher, The Horror of It All, Witchcraft on October 26, 2012 by WB Kelso
Witchcraft (1964) Lippert Films :: 20th Century Fox / P: Robert L. Lippert, Jack Parsons / D: Don Sharp / W: Harry Spalding / C: Arthur Lavis / E: Robert Winter / M: Carlo Martelli / S: Lon Chaney Jr., Jack Hedley, Jill Dixon, Marie Ney, Viola Keats
The Horror of it All (1963) Lippert Films :: 20th Century Fox / P: Robert L. Lippert / AP: Margia Dean / D: Terence Fisher / W: Ray Russell / C: Arthur Lavis / E: Robert Winter / M: Douglas Gamley / S: Pat Boone, Erica Rogers, Dennis Price, Andree Melly, Valentine Dyall
Random Drive-In Mash-Up: Far Out, Frightening Terror! The Kings of Horror Battle to the Death! (April, 1972)
Posted in 1970-1979, Movie Ads with tags Al Adamson, Dracula vs. Frankenstein, Drive In, Horror of the Blood Monsters, Independent International, J. Carrol Naish, John Carridine, Lon Chaney Jr., Regina Carrol, Russ Tamblyn, Samuel M. Sherman on October 10, 2012 by WB Kelso
The Creeping Doom Strikes! Frightening Beyond Your Wildest Nightmare! (May, 1956)
Posted in 1950-1959, Movie Ads with tags Alien Invaders, Allied Artists, Carolyn Jones, Creature Feature, Crime, Dana Wynter, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Jack Pollexfen, Kevin McCarthy, King Donovan, Larry Gates, Lon Chaney Jr., Mad Science, Revenge, Robert Shayne, Sci-Fi, The Indestructible Man, Walter Mirisch, Walter Wanger on July 26, 2012 by WB Kelso
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) Walter Wanger Productions :: Allied Artists / P: Walter Mirisch / D: Don Siegel / W: Daniel Mainwaring, Jack Finney (serial) / C: Ellsworth Fredericks / E: Robert S. Eisen / M: Carmen Dragon / S: Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter, Larry Gates, King Donovan, Carolyn Jones
The Indestructible Man (1956) C.G.K. Productions :: Allied Artists / P: Jack Pollexfen / D: Jack Pollexfen / W: Vy Russell, Sue Dwiggins / C: John L. Russell / E: Fred R. Feitshans Jr. / M: Albert Glasser / S: Lon Chaney Jr., Max Showalter, Marian Carr, Ross Elliott, Robert Shayne
Requiem for a Wolfman (July, 1973)
Posted in 1970-1979, Vintage News Photos with tags Hollywood, Lon Chaney Jr., Obits, Peter Lorre on June 7, 2012 by WB Kelso
Funny. I Don’t Recall it Being ‘The Defiant Hulks’ (November, 1958)
Posted in 1950-1959, Movie Ads with tags Claude Akins, Clayton Moore, Crime, Drama, Jay Silverheels, Lon Chaney Jr., Lost City of Gold, Men in Prison, Prison Break, Sidney Poitier, Stanley Kramer, The Defiant Ones, The Lone Ranger, Theodore Bikel, Thriller, Tony Curtis, Westerns on May 29, 2012 by WB Kelso
The Defiant Ones (1958) Curtleigh Productions :: Stanley Kramer Productions :: United Artists / P: Stanley Kramer / D: Stanley Kramer / W: Nedrick Young, Harold Jacob Smith / C: Sam Leavitt / E: Frederic Knudtson / M: Ernest Gold / S: Tony Curtis, Sidney Poitier, Theodore Bikel, Charles McGraw, Lon Chaney Jr., Claude Akins, Cara Williams
The Long Ranger and the Lost City of Gold (1958) Wrather Productions :: United Artists / P: Sherman A. Harris, Jack Wrather / D: Lesley Selander / W: Eric Freiwald, Robert Schaefer / C: Kenneth Peach / E: Robert Golden / M: Les Baxter / S: Clayton Moore, Jay Silverheels, Douglas Kennedy, Noreen Nash, Charles Watts
