From the Halls of Montezuma to the Shock Masters Who Shatter Your Senses (June, 1971)

 

 

 

 

For the Love of Science-Fiction :: He’ll Freeze You to Your Seat! Do You Dare See It Alone? (January, 1958)

 

 

 

 

This post is part of the For the Love of Film: The Film Preservation Blogathon hosted by Ferdy on Films, This Island Rod, and Wonders in the Dark. This year’s theme is science-fiction, and we’ll be leaning hard toward the “mad science” portion of the genre, here’s an exception. Hope you enjoy, and please click on the link above and donate to help restore the silent film, Cupid in Quarantine. The goal is to raise $10,000. Give what you can, won’t you? Thank you!

The Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas (1957) Hammer Films / EP: Michael Carreras / P: Aubrey Baring / AP: Anthony Nelson Keys / D: Val Guest / W: Nigel Kneale / C: Arthur Grant / E: Bill Lenny / M: Humphrey Searle / S: Forrest Tucker, Peter Cushing, Maureen Connell, Richard Wattis, Wolfe Morris

The Ghost Diver (1957) Regal Pictures / EP: E.J. Baumgarten / P: Richard Einfeld / AP: Ralph Slosser/ D: Richard Einfeld / W: Richard Einfeld, Merrill White / C: John Nickolaus Jr. / E: Merrill G. White / M: Paul Sawtell, Bert Shefter/ S: James Craig, Audrey Totter, Lowell Brown, Pira Louis, Nico Minardos

Random Drive-In Mash-Up :: They Don’t Make’Em Like Frankie any More! (Septembe, 1965)

 

 

May the 4th Be With You :: The Story of a Boy, a Girl, and a Universe (June, 1977)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Well, 7-year old me still unabashedly loves this flick. 43 year old me still loves the hell out of it, but with each year that passes, I find myself longing harder and harder for a world where all the bullshit that followed, including Empire and Jedi never happened and Star Wars was just a one-off.
 

Video courtesy of antisubliminal.

Other Points of Interest:

Second run ads for Star Wars at the Morgue.

Star Wars (1977) Lucasfilm :: 20th Century Fox / EP: George Lucas / P: Gary Kurtz, Rick McCallum/ D: George Lucas / W: George Lucas / C: Gilbert Taylor / E: Richard Chew / M: John Williams / S: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Alec Guinness, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, Peter Cushing

A Long Time Ago, in a Lobby Not Too Far Away… (July, 1978)

 

 

 

Please note the Personal Appearance in the fine print.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Yeah, due to some dire circumstances that really don’t need to be gotten into here, I didn’t get to see Star Wars — yes, Star Wars, save it, New Hopers — until the ’78 re-release at the old Hastings Drive-In. (Had the comics, had the trading cards, had the t-shirt, had the action-figures, but no movie.) So, in the spirit of Johnny-Come-Lately, I’ll present the second-run ads first. This latest batch also marks my 500th post. On the old site, after four years of posting, I didn’t even come close to that amount so I must be doing something right. Hope you’ve enjoyed them as much as I enjoyed digging them up and posting ’em, folks. Stay tuned. Lots more to come.

Star Wars (1977) Lucasfilm :: 20th Century Fox / EP: George Lucas / P: Gary Kurtz, Rick McCallum/ D: George Lucas / W: George Lucas / C: Gilbert Taylor / E: Richard Chew / M: John Williams / S: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Alec Guinness, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, Peter Cushing

SEE! The World’s Greatest Horrorama! Your Most Ghastly Frightmare Come True! (February, 1959)

 

 

 

 

Other Points of Interest:

Poster campaign for Curse of the Demon at the Brewery.

The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958) Hammer Film Productions :: Columbia Pictures / EP: Michael Carreras / P: Anthony Hinds / AP: Anthony Nelson Keys / D: Terence Fisher / W: Jimmy Sangster / C: Jack Asher / E: Alfred Cox / M: Leonard Salzedo / S: Peter Cushing, Francis Matthews, Eunice Gayson, Michael Gwynn, John Welsh

Curse of the Demon (1957) Sabre Film Production :: Columbia Pictures / EP: Hal E. Chester / P: Frank Bevis / D: Jacques Tourneur / W: Charles Bennett, Hal E. Chester, M.R. James (novel) / C: Edward Scaife / E: Michael Gordon / M: Clifton Parker / S: Dana Andrews, Peggy Cummins, Niall MacGinnis, Maurice Denham, Athene Seyler

I’m Picking Up Good Phibeations (June, 1971)

 

 

 

 

 
The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971) American International / EP: James H. Nicholson, Samuel Z. Arkoff / P: Ronald Dunas, Louis Heyward / D: Robert Fuest / W: James Whiton, William Goldstein / C: Norman Warwick / E: Tristam Cones / S: Vincent Price, Joseph Cotten, Virginia North, Hugh Griffith, Peter Jeffrey, Norman Jones

Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969) Hammer Film Productions :: Warner Bros. / P: Anthony Nelson Keys / D: Terence Fisher / W: Anthony Nelson Keys, Bert Batt / C: Arthur Grant / E: Gordon Hales / M: James Bernard / S: Peter Cushing, Veronica Carlson, Freddie Jones, Simon Ward, Thorley Walters, Maxine Audley

The Doctor and the Living Dead in the Tardis (April, 1969)

 

 

 

 

Other Points of Interest:

Poster Campaign for Night of the Living Dead at the Archive.

Night of the Living Dead (1968) Image Ten :: Continental Releasing / P: Karl Hardman, Russell Streiner / D: George Romero / W: John Russo, George Romero / C: George Romero / E: John Russo, George Romero / S: Duane Jones, Judith O’Dea, Karl Hardman, Marilyn Eastman, George Kosana

Dr. Who and the Daleks (1965) AARU Productions :: Amicus Productions :: Continental Releasing / EP: Joe Vegoda / P: Max Rosenberg, Milton Subotsky / D: Gordon Flemyng / W: Terry Nation, Milton Subotsky / C: John Wilcox / E: Oswald Hafenrichter / S: Peter Cushing, Roy Castle, Jennie Linden, Roberta Tovey, Barrie Ingham

We’re All Naked Under Leather (October, 1970)

 

 

 

 
Naked Under Leather a/k/a The Girl on a Motorcycle (1968) Mid-Atlantic Film :: Ares Productions :: Warner Bros. / EP: Ronan O’Rahilly / P: William Sassoon / AP: Sacha Kamenka / D: Jack Cardiff / W: Jack Cardiff, Ronald Duncan / C: Jack Cardiff / E: Peter Musgrave / M: Les Reed / S: Marianne Faithfull, Alain Delon, Roger Mutton, Marius Goring, Catherine Jourdan

Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969) Hammer Film Productions :: Warner Bros. / P: Anthony Nelson Keys / D: Terence Fisher / W: Anthony Nelson Keys, Bert Batt / C: Arthur Grant / E: Gordon Hales / M: James Bernard / S: Peter Cushing, Veronica Carlson, Freddie Jones, Simon Ward, Thorley Walters, Maxine Audley,

Twice the Screaming Terror on One Double-Thrill Show! (December, 1959)

 

 

 

 

 

Other Points of Interest:

Poster campaign for The Mummy at the Archive.

Poster campaign for Curse of the Undead at the Archive.

The Mummy (1959) Hammer Film Productions :: Universal Pictures / P: Michael Carreras / AP: Anthony Nelson Keys / D: Terence Fisher / W: Jimmy Sangster / C: Jack Asher / E: Alfred Cox, James Needs / M: Franz Reizenstein / S: Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Yvonne Furneaux, Eddie Byrne, Felix Aylmer, George Pastell

Curse of the Undead (1959) Universal International Pictures / P: Joseph Gershenson / D: Edward Dein / W: Edward Dein, Mildred Dein / C: Ellis W. Carter / E: George Gittens / M: Irving Gertz / S: Eric Fleming, Michael Pate, Kathleen Crowley, John Hoyt, Bruce Gordon, Helen Kleeb