This pressbook is in my top ten favorites. Black and white, 12 inch x 17 inch format, perfect tagline, werewolf-making kit theater giveaway, suitably atmospheric press luncheon, and excellent publicity articles--what more of Nervo-Rama can you ask for? (Click to enlarge pages. And don't try this on your mobile phone: these are BIG pages.)
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Werewolf in a Girls' Dormitory
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I always wanted a mustache like Alex Cord. Now I just wish I had his hair. I miss the 1970s.
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Here's 1972's The Dead are Alive herald theater giveaway to promote the movie; one sheet folded to create four pages. The Italian movie title is L'etrusco uccide ancora.
A striking cover and poster art make this one-sheet-folded pressbook stand out.
Here's Ringo Starr's Caveman pressbook. Don't hate me. I'm posting it for Ringo Starr and Barbara Bach fans. Besides, the poster art is more fun and vibrant than the movie. (Click each page to enlarge. Once open, you may need to click again to read. Use your browser's back button to return.)
While perusing the pressbook (more like a pad with stapled sheets) for 20th Century Fox's The Mad Monk and The Reptile double bill, my attention was, naturally, drawn to this wild promotional gimmick: a genuine (fake) Rasputin beard theater giveaway. You know you want it!
Don't you just love the "free to guys and gals alike!" tagline.
If only the movie, The Skull, were as exciting as this pressbook. The skull ring promotion is mouth-watering (okay, at least for me). And the tabloid herald, which I haven't seen, is printed in Day-Glo ink! I must find one! (You know the drill: Click each graphic to open in your browser, than click again to enlarge enough to read, then use your browser back button to return.)
