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“The Funniest Comedian I Ever Ate” (July, 1963)

Posted in 1960-1969, Movie Ads with tags Albert R. Broccoli, Anita Ekberg, Bob Hope, Call Me Bwana, Comedy, Edie Adams, Eon Productions, Gordon Douglas, Harry Saltzman, Lionel Jeffries, Percy Herbert, Safari / Island Adventures, United Artists on January 17, 2017 by WB Kelso

Call Me Bwana (1963) Danjaq :: Eon Productions :: United Artists / EP: Harry Saltzman / P: Albert R. Broccoli / AP: Stanley Sopel / D: Gordon Douglas / W: Nate Monaster, Johanna Harwood, Mort Lachman, Bill Larkin / C: Ted Moore / E: Peter R. Hunt / M: Muir Mathieson, Monty Norman / S: Bob Hope, Anita Ekberg, Edie Adams, Lionel Jeffries, Percy Herbert

Remembering Ray :: Excitement High as the Sky! Mystery Deep as the Sea! (January, 1962)

Posted in 1960-1969, Movie Ads with tags 20th Century Fox, Adventure / Fantasy, Alan Hale Jr., Ameran Films, Associated Producers, Bernard Herrmann, Beth Rogan, Chris Robinson, Columbia Pictures, Creature Feature, Cy Endfield, Dan Jackson, Gary Merrill, Herbert Lom, Hugh Marlowe, Joan Greenwood, Jules Verne, Lisa Montell, Mad Science, Michael Callan, Michael Craig, Mysterious Island, Percy Herbert, Ray Harryhausen, Robert J. Wilke, Sci-Fi, Social Commentary, The Long Rope, Westerns, William Kerwin, William Witney on May 11, 2013 by WB Kelso

“They were considered B pictures because they were made on a tight budget. But we outlived many of the A pictures made at the same time.”

Ray Harryhausen
(1920-2013)

Mysterious Island (1961) Ameran Films :: Columbia Pictures / P: Charles H. Schneer / D: Cy Endfield / W: John Prebble, Daniel B. Ullman, Crane Wilbur, Jules Verne (novel) / C: Wilkie Cooper / E: Frederick Wilson / M: Bernard Herrmann / S: Michael Craig, Joan Greenwood, Michael Callan, Gary Merrill, Beth Rogan, Percy Herbert, Dan Jackson, Herbert Lom

The Long Rope (1961) Associated Producers (API) 20th Century Fox Film Corporation / P: Margia Dean, Robert Hamner / D: William Witney / W: Robert Hamner / C: Kay Norton / E: Peter Rolfe Johnson / M: Paul Sawtell, Bert Shefter / S: Hugh Marlowe, Alan Hale Jr., Robert J. Wilke, Lisa Montell, William Kerwin, Chris Robinson

Remembering Ray :: Travel Back Through Time and Space to the Edge of Man’s Beginnings … Discover a Savage World Whose Only Law Was Lust! (July, 1967)

Posted in 1960-1969, Movie Ads with tags 20th Century Fox, Adventure / Fantasy, Alec McCowen, Anthony Nelson Keys, Associated British-Pathé, Creature Feature, Curses / Voodoo, Cyril Frankel, Don Chaffey, Hammer, Joan Fontaine, John Richardson, Kay Walsh, Michael Carreras, Nigel Kneale, One Million Years B.C., Percy Herbert, Raquel Welch, Ray Harryhausen, Sci-Fi, Seven Arts Productions, The Devil's Own, Thriller, Witches / Warlocks on May 8, 2013 by WB Kelso

“I’m very happy that so many young fans have told me that my films have changed their lives. That’s a great compliment. It means I did more than just make entertaining films. I actually touched people’s lives — and, I hope, changed them for the better.”

Ray Harryhausen
(1920-2013)

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One Million Years B.C. (1966) Associated British-Pathé :: Hammer Films :: Seven Arts Productions :: 20th Century Fox / P: Michael Carreras / AP: Aida Young / D: Don Chaffey / W: Michael Carreras / C: Wilkie Cooper / E: Tom Simpson / M: Mario Nascimbene / S: Raquel Welch, John Richardson, Percy Herbert, Robert Brown, Martine Beswick, Lisa Thomas

The Devil’s Own a/k/a The Witches (1966) Hammer Films :: 20th Century Fox / P: Anthony Nelson Keys / D: Cyril Frankel / W: Nigel Kneale, Norah Lofts (novel) / C: Arthur Grant / E: Chris Barnes, James Needs / M: Richard Rodney Bennett / S: Joan Fontaine, Kay Walsh, Alec McCowen, Ann Bell, Ingrid Boulting