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Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943) Pressbook

Universal Studios produced rich pressbooks for their classic monsters. Here's a notable one for Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man. (Read my movie review.) Who can ever forget Song of the New Wine? Thanks to fellow collector Tony Rivers for supplying the black and white scans of this pressbook. Now that I have a copy to0 (take that Tony!), here's the pressbook in full color.

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Double Bill Pressbook: How to Make a Monster and Teenage Caveman (Part 2)

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Note: Pressbook scans courtesy of Tony Rivers. Highlights here are the exhibitor's letter and the comic strip.

Double Bill Pressbook: How to Make a Monster and Teenage Caveman (Part 1)

Tony Rivers says "Here's the AIP pressbook for How to Make a Monster and Teenage Caveman and this time it's 16 pages. The comic strip page has ordering info for the strip on the back (usually the extra page is one sided - blank on the other side) and it also has a two-page letter with advertising tips too." Great tagline: It will scare the living yell out of you!

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Double Bill Pressbook: I Was a Teenage Frankenstein and Blood of Dracula

Another wonderful American International double bill, folder-styled, pressbook from the Tony Rivers collection. From Tony: "All these AIP pressbooks from this era had an extra page (I Was a Teenage Werewolf  had the page with ads showing the werewolf's face while How to Make a Monster had the comic strip page in color.)  While I don't have that page in my pressbook for I Was a Teenage Frankenstein, I found a small picture of it online and am enclosing it as the last page. " (Note: See next to last page for "American News: Frankenstein Versus Dracula" promotional articles).

Movie Pressbook: Mothra (1961)

Mothra, Yojimbo, and Rodan are my three favorite movies from Toho Studios.  This Mothra pressbook is one large sheet folded to form 8  pages, but the Showmanship and ad mat pages are actually printed across 2 pages each, so that's why these scans only show 5 pages.

Double Bill Pressbook: I Was a Teenage Werewolf And Invasion of the Saucer-Men

From Tony Rivers comes this double bill, folder-styled, pressbook for I Was a Teenage Werewolf and Invasion of the Saucer-Men.  Fantastic poster artwork and "Hollywood's new teenage stars" helps promote both movies to the drive-in crowd.

 

Movie Pressbook: The Werewolf (1956)

Pressbook collector Tony Rivers shares another gem from his collection, The Werewolf.

Movie Pressbook: Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983)

I was very disappointed with this movie. My favorite novel is Ray Bradbury's Something Wicked This Way Comes. This movie didn't live up to it. What irritates me the most is how stodgy the direction is, even with Bradbury's screenplay.  

Movie Pressbook: Realart's Jungle Woman (1944)

Jungle Woman pressbook images courtesy of Tony Rivers.

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Movie Pressbook: The Monster and the Ape (1945)

This serial contains two horror staples: an ape and a robot. I love it. Forget the story, I just want to see the ape and the robot beat each other up. Hey! Wait a minute...what if you put a zombie up against an ape? I think I just got the new spook show theme for the 21st Century!

Bride of the Gorilla (1951) Pressbook

Bride of the Gorilla, written and directed by Curt Siodmak. Apes, girls, what's not to love? Steve Calvert played the gorilla, but he only appeared toward the end so he didn't get a credit. A production note on Wikipedia says "Edward G. Robinson Jr. was originally cast for the movie but was fired by the producers after his arrest for writing a bad check for $138 to the Laguna Beach Garage." Lucky him. Raymond Burr and Lon Chaney Jr. also starred. And notice, I managed to avoid any "second banana" jokes!

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Movie Pressbook: The Black Hole (Part 2)

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"Fabulous tie-ins" is an understatement. From store displays, toys, food, books, puzzles, clothing, trading cards, and more, Disney tied The Black Hole to an amazing assortment of merchandise. My favorite is the model kit for Maximilian. I enjoyed putting it together and displaying it.