I’m pretty sure I got my copy from Pat Patterson, Jr. I worked for him on "The Body Shop” (aka Dr. Gore) when I was still in college. Pat was a roadshow maestro who would four-wall films packaged with his brand of Spook Show games and mayhem. This piece feels like the kind of home-made advertising that appeared on the Spook Show / 4-Wall / nurse-on-the-aisle, live on-stage circuit. Generated in the 1960s or even the early 1970s. Perhaps someone got the idea to do the monster double-bill and tried to sell the package further down the line. This pressbook exudes the giddy desperation of milking the old-gods for one last scare. The noir of monsters on the skid.
Alan > On Dec 15, 2023, at 7:05 PM, Johnson Tom <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hey, who knows anything about the Frankenstein/Dracula combo pressbooks that > showed up a couple years back? 8.5 x 11, duotone green and white cover, 2 > staples at top, 10 pages, b&w interior, blank back cover. They showed up on > eBay as a "warehouse find," and were sold for $40-50 each. I bought two out > of curiosity. SInce then people have been reselling them regularly--there's > one up now for $900+ stating it's from the 1938 rerelease, and another > identical one for $250 described as "reprinted in the 1960s." Heritage sold > one in 2011 or so as 1938 for $2400, though it looked older than these, which > are almost all in like-new shape and aways with rusted staples. They are not > Universal-produced, and have no dates. Would a distributor have reprinted > them for the 1960 release? I have the Dracula and Frankenstein posters but > haven't seen anything about a duo-release. I have no reason to believe they > were not actually a "warehouse find,"--that someone ran across a crate of > them. But who made them and for what? If someone made a bunch of outright > fakes I don't think they would have, or could have, arranged for uniform > staple rusting. I'd be surprised if one of you experts hasn't seen or bought > one, or has an opinion about their origin and authenticity. anyone? > > --Tom > > To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: > https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
