1951's Rhubarb

This huge ad, a quarter of a page, was scanned from my copy of the Kankakee, Illinois Sun-Journal, dated Sunday, October 7, 1951. I don't know about the movie, but they don't make movie ads like this any more! More to come from this same newspaper soon.

And in case you come away from the ad curious about the meaning of the word, "aelurophobe," well, it would be more scrutable if it were the expected "felinephobe." Scat, cat!

The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing

Scanned from the Macon Telegraph, Oct. 31, 1973.

Enter The Dragon

Clipped in 1973 from the Macon Telegraph.

Battle For The Planet Of The Apes

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Clipped by my excited little 14 year old fingers from the Macon Telegraph in June of 1973. I was a latecomer to the whole Apes phenomenon, somehow missing all of it until this one came out. I quickly became a fan without even having seen any of the movies, as Ape-Mania was in full swing. The POTA magazine put out by Marvel the next year, coinciding with the new Apes TV show, became my monthly fix until I could catch them on TV whenever I was away from home.

Big Bad Mama

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Clipped from the Macon Telegraph (GA) in September of 1974. Notable to me at the time due to the appearance of William Shatner in it, as you can tell by my circling of his name in the credits.

The Street Fighter

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Clipped from The Macon Herald in November of 1974.

Once Upon A Forest

Scanned from the June 19, 1993 edition of The Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel.

Chattanooga Choo Choo

Clipped from a Beckley, WV paper in 1984.

Whispers In The Dark

Scanned from a 1992 Ft. Lauderdale paper.

Dead Alive review

Also known as "Braindead." Clipped from the Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel in February of 1993.

Demon Knight

Clipped from a January 1995 paper in Savannah, GA.

December 1953 movie ads

This ad grouping ran in the Sunday, Dec. 20, 1953 edition of the Atlanta Journal/Constitution.

Mysteries of the Gods

Released in 1976. Clipped from the Miami Herald. Gotta love those wacky aliens beaming down!

The Prize Fighter

Clipped on Saturday, December 8, 1979 from the Atlanta Journal. Below is a section of more of the various movies playing at the time.

The Best Years Of Our Lives

Another ad and photo from the February 21, 1954 edition of The Atlanta Journal.

The Natural

Clipped from the Beckley Herald in May of 1984.

Angels in the Outfield 1951

Scanned in from my copy of the Atlanta Constitution from September 16, 1951. Also note the movie "Iron Man," also playing!

New Year's Evil

Clipped from the Macon Herald (GA.) in December of 1980. Happy New Year!

Star Trek: The Motion Picture

The December of 1979 was one of the most exciting for me as a Star Trek fan that I had ever had. The fever pitch that had been building from the magazine articles, tv spots, and newspaper ads like the one above had me all twitterpated. The ad above was clipped from the Atlanta Journal.

Oh, and there was another little sci-fi movie playing at the same time, called "The Black Hole" or something like that. :) The ad above was clipped from the Macon Herald (GA.)

For more articles and clippings about the release of the first Star Trek movie, go to my other blog: http://www.mystartrekscrapbook.blogspot.com/ and relive those days, without the need for a visit from the Ghost of Christmas Past!

Merry Christmas!

Here Come The Girls: Christmas 1953

All of the clippings on this entry are scanned in from my copy of the Atlanta Constitution published on 12-20-1953. As promised last time, these clippings give us a nostalgic glimpse back in time to the movies and ads from the Christmas season of 55 years ago.

Merry Christmas to all my readers! And as Tiny Tim observed, "God bless us, every one!"

"99 River Street" plus more

The ad above I scanned in from my yellowed copy of the December 20, 1953 edition of the Atlanta Constitution. I dig that tagline: "Rips into you like a double-crossing dame!" Yes, that can be painful.

The photos and movie info came from the same paper. Note that "The Stranger Wore A Gun" was a 3-D movie. Back then the gimmick was used to try to draw people back into the theater as TV stole them away. Now we're seeing a resurgence of 3-D being used for much the same reason.

I'll post more from this December paper soon, as we look back on the holiday season of fifty-five years ago! Were you even alive then? I was five years away from gracing my parents with my presence.

Journey To The Beginning of Time

Another ad slick that ran in the "Castle of Frankenstein" magazine., issue #11 published in 1967.

Originally shot in 1955, by a Czech filmmaker, the film was re-edited with additional American footage by a distributor and released in 1964.

The China Syndrome

Scanned in from an April 1979 Ft. Lauderdale newspaper.

The Mirror Crack'd

From the Macon Telegraph (GA), December, 1980.

Indy 3/Star Trek 5.. plus more

Clipped from a Beckley, WV newspaper in June, 1989.

Plus, since today's ads are small, here is a little grouping of ads from 1978 I'll throw in at no extra cost!