Horror Shockers -- See These Great Horror Flicks in Your Own Home -- November 18, 2021

Vampirella 52, 1976

When I was young, I read Warren Publishing magazines like Famous Monsters of Filmland and Vampirella. The magazines always carried ads for back issues, posters and movies. I didn't have a film projector, so I read the ads with envy. Eventually, I got a Super-8 projector, but I didn't have enough money to buy any of these films. A friend had Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein and I was fascinated by the way it had been cut down to less than 20 minutes.

This ad features highlights from Psycho and two Universal horror films split into pieces. "House of Dracula" and "The Wolfman's Cure" were created from the feature House of Dracula. "Frankenstein's New Brain" and "Trial of Frankenstein" were created from the feature Ghost of Frankenstein. 

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Lizard's Leg and Owlet's Wing -- October 20, 2021

Washington Evening Star, 28-October-1962

Halloween is coming. 

I never saw it, but I have read about a famous Halloween episode of Route 66 which featured Boris Karloff, Peter Lorre and "Lon Chancey, Jr."

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Mae West 125, Evelyn Ankers 100, Robert De Niro 75 -- August 17, 2018

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I was going through my notes and I saw that three actors celebrated their birthdays on August 17.  Mae West was born 125 years ago in 1893.  Evelyn Ankers was born 100 years ago in 1918.  Robert De Niro was born 75 years ago in 1943.

Film Daily, 06-June-1934

Mae West had a long and successful career in vaudeville, on Broadway, in movies, on radio and in nightclubs.  She was a good writer.

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Evelyn Ankers appeared in many Universal horror films, including The Wolf Man with Lon Chaney, Jr.

Film Daily, December 10, 1941

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Robert De Niro has been a great actor for a long time, in movies like The Godfather, Part II and Raging Bull.  He has also done stage work.

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