Archive for The Creature Walks Among Us
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 KelsoSecond 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.
