Pressbooks (Non-Horror)
Malamondo (1964) Pressbook
The 1960s were self-indulgent like YouTube, but without all the self-important self-promotion.
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Movie Pressbook: The Trip (1967)
I miss the psychedelic 1960s. At least I think I do. I can't be sure. It's all a blur. Crazy, man, crazy. All those blacklight posters showing Marvel superheroes were awesome.
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Movie Pressbook: Primitive Paradise (1961)
There was an allure and air of mystery to be found in travelogue-styled movies that documented the unknown regions of our globe. Before the Internet, of course. Now we know and see too much.
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Frank Buck in Jungle Terror (1946) Pressbook
Before the Internet and social media, jungles were darkly mysterious, foreboding, and adventure laden, fraught with wild beasts and dangers unknown. Now the wild beasts and adventures are on YouTube. Bummer.
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Jungle Jim in Mark of the Gorilla (1950) Pressbook
Nazis dress up as apes and go looking for gold. Jungle Jim (Johnny Weismuller) has other plans for them.
Movie Pressbook: The Atomic City (1952)
Now that it looks like the Cold War is back, here's some dramatized paranoia from the 1950s for you. What's old is new again.
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Movie Pressbook: The Naked Jungle (1954)
Romance and killer ants, produced by George Pal (who I'm still miffed at for his godawful Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze movie). Looks like the ants got to this pressbook, too. One photo is missing from pages 3 and 4, and pages 13 and 14 appear to have been devoured entirely.
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