Kirby,
Believe it or not, this card holds enormous personal significance for me (other
than the fact that I am still a Teenage Zombie at heart...)
It is the first lobby card I ever saw. My dad was driving up Market Street
in San Francisco shortly after I had received my first catalog from Theater
Poster Exchange. I was still a little fuzzy on the concept of a lobby card or a
lobby card set (they cost a whopping $2.50 for eight, regardless of title, from
TPE). Then, at the Strand theater on Market, (the Strand was one of those 3
features for a buck places), I saw a display of lobbies on a board out front.
Standing out in all its garish green glory was this 11 X 14" beauty from
TEENAGE ZOMBIES. I was smitten by the completely unreal coloration and the
whole concept of someone tinting photos from a black & white piece of crap
movie. I ordered a set of cards from 13 GHOSTS the next Monday along with a one
sheet from MACABRE and, bang! the hook was set for life.
Cut to about fifteen years ago. I had a new guitar student who came in and
saw the posters in my teaching studio. "My girl friend's late husband was a guy
named Jerry Warren", he said, "and he made stuff like....this." "You mean the
guy who did TEENAGE ZOMBIES and TERROR OF THE BLOODHUNTERS?", I replied. He was
incredulous that I knew of Jerry's work, and I made arrangements to interview
his girlfriend Gloria Warren, Jerry's widow and assistant on most of his films.
The interview got me in the door at Filmfax magazine, where I became a regular
contributor for many years. Thanks to Mike Stein and Filmfax/Outre, I got to
hang one-on-one with Edie Adams, Dolores Fuller, The Ventures, Dick Dale, Rick
Wakeman...it was a great run (I ran out of time, but recently spoke with Mr.
Stein about resuming my writing career...)
Gloria Warren remains a good friend of ours. Nice, bright person who
finally admitted to me that Jerry might NOT be Orson Welles and his filmic body
of work might not be on a par with, say, Stanley Kubrick. And, yes, I'm pretty
sure I still have this card...otherwise, I'll be in touch, Kirby!
Greg Douglass
---- Kirby McDaniel <[email protected]> wrote:
> Well, not the actual zombies, but you know…
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