cool story Greg
On 2014-09-16 15:47, Greg Douglass wrote:
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…
http://www.movieart.com/teenage-zombies-1960-4321/
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