Happy Hallowe’en :: SHOCKING! HORRIFYING! MACABRE! (October, 1963)

 

 

 

 

 
The Kiss of the Vampire (1963) Hammer Films :: Universal International Pictures / P: Anthony Hinds / D: Don Sharp / W: Anthony Hinds / C: Alan Hume / E: James Needs / M: James Bernard / S: Clifford Evans, Edward de Souza, Noel Willman, Jennifer Daniel, Barry Warren

House of the Damned (1963) Associated Producers :: 20th Century Fox / P: Maury Dexter / D: Maury Dexter / W: Harry Spalding / C: John M. Nickolaus Jr. / E: Jodie Copelan / M: Henry Vars / S: Ron Foster, Merry Anders, Richard Crane, Erika Peters, Richard Kiel

1001 Screams! It’ll Scare You Stiff! (October, 1951)

 

 

 

 

 

Apologies to one and all for the near extinction-level-lack of content at The Morgue lately. But between the annual September Sabbatical and the massive Hubrisween Review Marathon at the Brewery there just wasn’t time. Hopefully, that’ll change now that we’re moving on to November. Regardless, have a Happy Hallowe’en, Boils and Ghouls and as my treat to you, a wonderful set of ads that I’ve been sitting on for almost two whole years!

The Strange Door (1951) Universal International Pictures / P: Ted Richmond / D: Joseph Pevney / W: Jerry Sackheim, Robert Louis Stevenson (novel) / C: Irving Glassberg / E: Edward Curtiss / M: Joseph Gershenson / S: Charles Laughton, Boris Karloff, Sally Forrest, Richard Wyler, Alan Napier, Michael Pate

The CinemaScope Blogathon :: The Heart, the Humor, the Guts, the Glory of a Million G.I.’s! (October, 1955)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The post is part of ClassicBecky’s Brain Food and Wide Screen World’s CinemaScope Blogathon. Be sure click on over and check out all the other wonderful entries. And be sure to check out all the other CinemaScope ads already posted with this handy linkage.

To Hell and Back (1955) Universal International Pictures :: Universal Pictures / P: Aaron Rosenberg / D: Jesse Hibbs / W: Gil Doud, Audie Murphy (autobiography) / C: Maury Gertsman / E: Edward Curtiss / M: Irving Gertz, William Lava, Henry Mancini, Lou Maury / S: Audie Murphy, Marshall Thompson, Charles Drake, Jack Kelly, Paul Picerni, David Janssen

When You Double-Cross a Double-Crosser… (April, 1949)

 

 

 

 

 
Criss Cross (1949) Universal International Pictures :: Universal Pictures / P: Michael Kraike / D: Robert Siodmak / W: Daniel Fuchs, Don Tracy (novel) / C: Franz Planer / E: Ted J. Kent / M: Miklós Rózsa / S: Burt Lancaster, Yvonne De Carlo, Dan Duryea, Stephen McNally, Richard Long

Trapped in the Forbidden Amazon! Horror from a Lost Age! Biggest Double-Excitment Show of Them All! (December, 1956)

 

 

 

 
Curucu, Beast of the Amazon (1956) Jewel Productions :: Universal Pictures / P: Richard Kay, Harry Rybnick / AP: Edward B. Barison, Jeffrey Mitchell / D: Curt Siodmak / W: Curt Siodmak / C: Rudolf Icsey / E: Terry O. Morse / M: Raoul Kraushaar / S: John Bromfield, Beverly Garland, Tom Payne, Harvey Chalk, Larri Thomas

The Mole People (1956) Universal International Pictures :: Universal Pictures / P: William Alland / D: Virgil W. Vogel / W: László Görög / C: Ellis W. Carter / E: Irving Birnbaum / M: Heinz Roemheld, Hans J. Salter, Herman Stein / S: John Agar, Cynthia Patrick, Hugh Beaumont, Alan Napier, Nestor Paiva

The Two Mightiest Monsters of All Time! (July, 1963)

 

 
Needless to say, when I found the first ad for the titanic title bout between King Kong and Godzilla I got a little excited.
 

 
When I found the second ad, needless to say, I was a little concerned about the repeater, but figured, hell, we were heading for the weekend and building toward something really and truly special…
 

 

Well, shit.

 

 
Hrrrrmmmnnn … Trumped by Connie Francis. Nertz. Welp, hopefully, when it recycles to the Drive-In the ads will be a little more dramatic. And varied. And until I find those, check out these super-cool ads for the same film at the equally super-cool Friends of Marty Melville archive.
 

Other Points of Interest:

Poster campaign for King Kong vs. Godzilla at the Archive.

King Kong vs Godzilla (1962/1963) Toho:: John Beck :: RKO General Pictures :: Universal International / P: Tomoyuki Tanaka, John Beck (American Version) / D: Ishirô Honda / W: Shinichi Sekizawa, Bruce Howard (American Version), Paul Mason (American Version) / C: Hajime Koizumi / E: Reiko Kaneko / M: Akira Ifukube / S: Tadao Takashima, Kenji Sahara, Yû Fujiki, Akihiko Hirata, Mie Hama

A Fascinating Adventure Into the Unknown! Moment by Moment the Terror Mounts! (April, 1957)

 

 

 

 
Albert Zugsmith steps in for Bill Alland for Universal International’s latest thinking-man’s fright-fest, which author Richard Matheson adapted from his own novel. The second feature is an Allied Artist crime programmer from Ben Schwalb, with Bill Elliot returning for the fifth and last time as L.A. detective Andy Doyle, who is on the lookout for a murderer when the prime suspect proves too pat.

The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957) Universal International :: Universal Pictures / P: Albert Zugsmith / D: Jack Arnold / W: Jack Arnold / C: Ellis W. Carter / E: AAlbrecht Joseph / M: Irving Gertz, Earl E. Lawrence, Hans J. Salter, Herman Stein / S: Grant Williams, Randy Stuart, April Kent, Paul Langton, William Schallert

Footsteps in the Night (1957) Allied Artists / P: Ben Schwalb / D: Jean Yarbrough / W: Albert Band, Elwood Ullman / C: Harry Neumann / E: Neil Brunnenkant / M: Marlin Skiles / S: Bill Elliott, Don Haggerty, Eleanore Tanin

The Shape that Shook the Last Five People on Earth! (June, 1952)

 

 

 

Other Points of Interest:

Full film review of FIVE at 3B Theater.

Poster campaign for FIVE at the Archive.

Little Egypt (1951) Universal International Pictures / P: Jack Gross / D: Frederick De Cordova / W: Oscar Brodney, Doris Gilbert / C: Russell Metty / E: Edward Curtiss / M: Joseph Gershenson / S: Mark Stevens, Rhonda Fleming, Nancy Guild, Charles Drake, Verna Felton

Five (1951) Arch Oboler Productions :: Lobo Productions :: Columbia Pictures / P: Arch Oboler / D: Arch Oboler / W: Arch Oboler / C: Sid Lubow, Louis Clyde Stoumen / E: John Hoffman, Ed Spiegel, Arthur Swerdloff / M: Henry Russell / S: William Phipps, Susan Douglas, James Anderson, Charles Lampkin, Earl Lee

For the Love of Film Noir :: EXPLODING with Ruthless Fury! (November, 1947)

 

 

 

 

This post is part of my rehash and continuation of the For the Love of Film Noir Blogathon originally held back in February of 2011. Thus and so, we will be heading down the rain-soaked streets and neon-drenched back alleys of Noirville again for the entire month of March. And along with all the old material migrating over from the old site, we’ll also be scattering around a lot of new stuff as well. Also of note, we’ll be posting them in chronological order to show how the genre evolved and progressed from the 1940′s through the late ’50s. And as an added bonus, I’ll be posting some vintage adverts to stuff I’ve always associated with the genre — cigarettes, booze and fashionable ladies.

Brute Force (1947) Mark Hellinger Productions :: Universal International Pictures / P: Mark Hellinger / AP: Jules Buck / D: Jules Dassin / W: Richard Brooks, Robert Patterson / C: William H. Daniels / E: Edward Curtiss / M: Miklós Rózsa / S: Burt Lancaster, Yvonne De Carlo, Hume Cronyn, Charles Bickford, Ann Blyth, Ella Raines, Sam Levene

Jungle Flight (1947) Pine-Thomas Productions :: Paramount Pictures / P: William H. Pine, William C. Thomas / D: Sam Newfield / W: Whitman Chambers, David Lang / C: Jack Greenhalgh / E: Howard A. Smith / M: Darrell Calker / S: Robert Lowery, Ann Savage, Barton MacLane, Douglas Fowley, Duncan Renaldo

For the Love of Film Noir :: Too Dangerous to Touch! (October, 1947)

 

 

 

 

This post is part of my rehash and continuation of the For the Love of Film Noir Blogathon originally held back in February of 2011. Thus and so, we will be heading down the rain-soaked streets and neon-drenched back alleys of Noirville again for the entire month of March. And along with all the old material migrating over from the old site, we’ll also be scattering around a lot of new stuff as well. Also of note, we’ll be posting them in chronological order to show how the genre evolved and progressed from the 1940′s through the late ’50s. And as an added bonus, I’ll be posting some vintage adverts to stuff I’ve always associated with the genre — cigarettes, booze and fashionable ladies.

The Web (1947) Universal International Pictures :: Universal Pictures / P: Jerry Bresler / D: Michael Gordon / W: William Bowers, Bertram Millhauser, Harry Kurnitz / C: Irving Glassberg / E: Russell F. Schoengarth / M: Hans J. Salter / S: Ella Raines, Edmond O’Brien, Vincent Price, William Bendix, Maria Palmer, Fritz Leiber

The Vigilantes Return (1947) Universal Pictures / P: Howard Welsch / D: Ray Taylor / W: Roy Chanslor / C: Virgil Miller / E: Paul Landres / M: Frank Skinner / S: Jon Hall, Margaret Lindsay, Andy Devine, Paula Drew, Jack Lambert