The Return of Dr. X (1939) A First National Picture :: Warner Bros. / EP: Jack L. Warner, Hal B. Wallis / AP: Bryan Foy / D: Vincent Sherman / W: Lee Katz, William J. Makin / C: Sidney Hickox / E: Thomas Pratt / M: Bernhard Kaun / S: Humphrey Bogart, Rosemary Lane, Wayne Morris, Dennis Morgan, Huntz Hall
Archive for Medical Exploitation
Is He Man or Monster! (December, 1939)
Posted in 1930-1939, Movie Ads with tags Creature Feature, Dennis Morgan, Hal B. Wallis, Humphrey Bogart, Huntz Hall, Mad Science, Medical Exploitation, Rosemary Lane, Sci-Fi, The Return of Dr. X, Vincent Sherman, Warner Bros., Wayne Morris on May 20, 2018 by WB KelsoOn the Stage! Not a Movie! Direct from the World Institute of Bio-Psychology! An Amazing Presentation of Health and Beauty! Also, SEX! (December, 1931)
Posted in 1930-1939, Vintage Ads with tags Exploitation, Law of Nature, Live Acts, Medical Exploitation, Professor Walter A. Diefenbach, Roadshows, Sexploitation, The Liederkranz, Zata on December 21, 2014 by WB KelsoThe William Shatner Blogathon :: So Frightening, You’ll Never Recover. (June, 1982)
Posted in 1980-1989, Movie Ads with tags 20th Century Fox, Canuxploitation, CDFC, Cinépix, Lee Grant, Linda Purl, Medical Exploitation, Michael Ironside, Multiplex, Psychos / Slashers, The William Shatner Blogathon, Thriller, Visiting Hours, William Shatner on March 23, 2014 by WB Kelso
Way back in June of 2010, the fine folk behind the magnificent She Blogged by Night held The Shatnerthon!, a tribute to the great William Tiberius Shatner. Scenes from the Morgue heeded the call and participated back then, and now, to celebrate Wild Bill’s birthday this weekend, it was high time we migrated those ads over to the new site plus a few more treats mixed in. Enjoy.
Visiting Hours (1982) Canadian Film Development Corporation (CFDC) :: Filmplan :: Victor Solnicki Productions :: 20th Century Fox / EP: Pierre David, Victor Solnicki / P: Claude Héroux / D: Jean-Claude Lord / W: Brian Taggert / C: René Verzier / E: Jean-Claude Lord, Lise Thouin / M: Jonathan Goldsmith / S: Lee Grant, Linda Purl, Michael Ironside, William Shatner, Lenore Zann, Harvey Atkin
NOTE! Segregated Audiences Only! The New Hygiene Thunderbolt! To Miss It is a SIN! (February, 1948)
Posted in 1940-1949, Movie Ads with tags Documentary, Exploitation, Gimmicks and Promotions, Hallmark Productions, Hygiene Films, Hygienic Films, Kroger Babb, Medical Exploitation, Mildred Horn, Mom and Dad, Roadshow, Sex Ed, Sexploitation, William Beaudine on August 30, 2013 by WB Kelso
“Nothing’s hopeless if it’s advertised right.”
— Kroger Babb
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For more on Kroger Babb, Elliot Forbes, Mom and Dad, and the history of Post-Word War II sex-ed exploitation movies and the death of the Hayes Code, click right here and head on over to the Brewery.
Mom and Dad (1945) Hygienic Films :: Hallmark Productions EP: Barney A. Sarecky / P: Kroger Babb, J.S. Jossey / AP: Lewis G. Dow / D: William Beaudine / W: Kroger Babb, Mildred Horn / C: Marcel Le Picard / E: Richard C. Currier, Lloyd Friedgen / M: Dave Torbett / S: June Carlson, Hardie Albright, George Eldredge, Lois Austin
The William Castle Blogathon :: His Face Could Stop a Heart. You, the Audience, Decide His Fate! (January, 1962)
Posted in 1960-1969, Movie Ads with tags Columbia Pictures, Creature Feature, Crime, Gimmicks and Promotions, Hammer, Hammer Horror, Jimmy Sangster, Mad Science, Medical Exploitation, Michael Carreras, Mr. Sardonicus, Mystery, Scream of Fear, Seth Holt, The William Castle Blogathon, Thriller, William Castle, William Castle Productions on July 31, 2013 by WB Kelso
Despite assurances that the audience could decide the fate of our dastardly protagonist, no matter what rumor you’ve heard that out there, somewhere, an audience let Mr. Sardonicus off the hook, there is no evidence of an alternate, happy ending ever being shot let alone shown — except for that dramatic re-enactment on Wiseguy in what was perhaps the strangest TV season of episodic TV ever. Does anyone else remember that?
Also, somewhat coincidentally, as far as Mr. Sardonicus’ excellent co-feature is concerned, Jimmy Sangster might have been shooting for the same fearful beats as Alfred Hitchcock and Henri-Georges Clouzot, but, Scream of Fear (and Nightmare, and The Snorkel, and Maniac), I think, hews a helluva lot closer to the five-car contrivance twist-pile-ups of William Castle. Not that there’s anything wrong with that, mind you. Just giving credit where credit is due.
This post is part of Goregirl’s Dungeon and The Last Drive-In’s The William Castle Blogathan, a week long tribute to the King of Schlock. Follow the linkage, Boils & Ghouls. It’s gonna be a great week. And stick around, as we’ll be showcasing Castle’s film career from its fairly normal beginnings through it psychotronic glory days. Stay tuned!
Mr. Sardonicus (1961) William Castle Productions :: Columbia Pictures / P: William Castle / AP: Dona Holloway / D: William Castle / W: Ray Russell / C: Burnett Guffey / E: Edwin H. Bryant / M: Von Dexter / S: Ronald Lewis, Audrey Dalton, Guy Rolfe, Oskar Homolka, Erika Peters, Lorna Hanson
Scream of Fear (1961) Hammer Film Productions :: Columbia Pictures / EP: Michael Carreras / P: Jimmy Sangster / D: Seth Holt / W: Jimmy Sangster / E: Eric Boyd-Perkins / M: Clifton Parker / S: Susan Strasberg, Ronald Lewis, Ann Todd, Christopher Lee, John Serret
George or Christine? Seven Years Later… (April, 1959)
Posted in 1950-1959, Vintage News Articles with tags Biography, Christine Jorgensen, Medical Exploitation on February 6, 2013 by WB Kelso
A lot of folks are probably keenly aware of Georgie Weiss and Ed Wood’s aborted-to-altered attempt to bring George Jorgensen’s transformative tale to the big screen in Glen or Glenda. However, more folks should really be aware that there really was an officially sanctioned adaptation that came out in 1970, The Christine Jorgensen Story, produced by the equally schlock-minded Edward Small (Monkey on My Back, IT! The Terror from Beyond Space) and written by his usually partners in crime, Robert Kent and Ellis Joseph. At last check, this gonzoidal classic was streaming on Netflix for all to see.
A Double-Jolt of Excitement! (November, 1963)
Posted in 1960-1969, Movie Ads with tags Adults Only, Alien Invaders, Allied Artists, Constance Towers, Creature Feature, Day of the Triffids, F & F Productions, Gene Evans, George Pitcher, Gone Psycho, Hari Rhodes, Howard Keel, James Best, Janette Scott, Janina Faye, Kieron Moore, Leon Fromkess, Medical Exploitation, Nicole Maurey, Peter Breck, Philip Yordan, Sam Firks, Samuel Fuller, Sci-Fi, Shock Corridor, Social Commentary, Steve Sekely, Thriller on July 26, 2013 by WB KelsoShock Corridor (1963) F & F Productions :: Allied Artists / EP: Sam Firks, Leon Fromkess / P: Samuel Fuller / D: Samuel Fuller / W: Samuel Fuller / C: Stanley Cortez / E: Jerome Thoms / M: Paul Dunlap / S: Peter Breck, Constance Towers, Gene Evans, James Best, Hari Rhodes
Day of the Triffids (1962) Security Pictures Ltd. Production :: Allied Artists / EP: Philip Yordan / P: George Pitcher / D: Steve Sekely / W: Bernard Gordon, John Wyndham (novel) / C: Ted Moore / E: Bill Lewthwaite / M: Ron Goodwin / S: Howard Keel, Nicole Maurey, Janina Faye, Janette Scott, Kieron Moore
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