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!

1963's The Incredible Journey

(Click on all images to view full size.)

The ad above was clipped from the November 29th, 1963 edition of "The Sentinel" in Lewistown, PA. It was a Friday, the day after Thanksgiving. President Kennedy had been shot only about a week earlier.

The ad above was published in the Wednesday, Nov. 27, 1963 edition, the day before Thanksgiving. There was age damage to the bottom so I had to photograph it rather than scan it in, as it was in two parts.

This write-up above on the movie was from the Wednesday edition also. Below are some of the ads taken out by local businesses wishing the readers a Happy Thanksgiving. I echo the sentiment to you! May your Thanksgiving holidays be full of family, love and thankfulness.

These ads came from the same newspapers that an earlier post did; check out the ads for "Take Her, She's Mine!" and other Thanksgiving ads, right here.

Pocahontas

Another (relatively) recent ad, clipped from a Charlotte, NC newspaper in June of 1995.

His Kind Of Woman

Scanned in from my copy of the Atlanta Journal from Sunday, September 16, 1951.

Above is a picture and info about the movie from the same page. Notice the theater showtimes on the left... there are "neighborhood theaters," "drive-in theaters' and "colored theaters." Segregation was still in full swing then. We've come a long way since!

A few more of the films playing at the same time, from the same page.

Journey to the Center of the Earth

(Click to view in Bigger-Than-Life-O-Scope!)

Occasionally I'll also feature ads for movies from various other kinds of mediums besides newspapers. This is from a full-page ad in "Castle of Frankenstein" issue #11 published in 1967.

I'm featuring a Star Trek cover story from this mag on my other blog, "My Star Trek Scrapbook," so visit there also.

See No Evil, Hear No Evil

From a Charleston, WV paper in May of 1989. Notice all the other cool movies playing!

Seems Like Old Times

Scanned from the Macon Telegraph (GA.) issue in December of 1980.

The Long, Long Trailer

(Click images to view larger size.)

Both the ad and the photo below were scanned from my copy of the The Atlanta Journal from Sunday, Feb. 21st, 1954. As always, click to view in Super-Big-O-Vision!

Below is another small side ad that was in the same paper, thrown in for free for your nostaglic viewing pleasure. Please, if you are enjoying these posts, comment! I'm getting lonesome here...

Pinocchio Re-release

Clipped from the Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel in December of 1978.

Honey, I Shrunk The Kids

Clipped from the June 23rd, 1989 issue of the Register-Herald in Beckley, WV.

(In case you've noticed the wide-ranging area that these newspapers cover that I have clipped from in the past, well, long ago when I was at home living with my parents, my stepdad was in construction and moved a lot. Since then I've also lived in three states, so you're liable to see clippings from newspapers all over! And when in bigger cities where the newspaper stands sold papers from the major publishers from around the country, I sometimes bought them as well when I knew they held ads for movies I was watching for. The New York Times, for example.)

Army of Darkness

Clipped from a Ft. Lauderdale newspaper on Feb. 19, 1993. Not that long ago, really... but a good ad! Click the image to see Bruce Campbell in all his bigger-than-life badness!