This is a newspaper ad for a 1952 stage production of Dracula. This particular stage production was the same adaptation of Stoker's novel that Bela Lugosi was starring in around 1927 before he was cast as Dracula for the 1931 movie.
This is an ad for a double featuring of Universal's Frankenstein and Dracula. The ad is from 1956. I would have loved to have seen this double feature.
Check out AWESOME-tober-fest at my other blog for a Halloween celebration. This year I'm reviewing all things Dracula!
Here's an ad for War Gods of the Deep. The movie was alternately titled City in the Sea. Set in 1903, the film features a group of people discovering an underwater society of smugglers who never age living in a lost underwater city along with their gill-man slaves. Honestly, yes, that sounds awesome, but the movie plods along with lots of scenes of dialog. It's not easy to watch. It starred Vincent Price and Tab Hunter. Boris Karloff originally was supposed to play the part of Reverend Ives but was replaced by John Le Mesurier. Also starring was David Tomlinson who is better known for his Disney roles in Bedknobs & Broomsticks (Emelius Brown) and Mary Poppins (Mr Banks).
As the second feature you can see an ad for Face of Terror, which was released in 1962. It's a Spanish horror movie about a scientist that creates a cure for scar tissue and mistakenly tests it on the face of a disfigured woman who is also an escaped mental patient.
The third feature is Fun in Acapulco starring Elvis Presley and Ursula Andress.
See the trailer for War Gods of the Deep:
Here's a video for Elvis' song Fun in Acapulco featuring scenes from the movie:
We saw Jaws yesterday. Now let's look at another underwater monster movie...
This movie was ridiculously similar to Jaws. It featured a giant sea creature attacking humans (a moray eel and a bunch of tiger sharks). It starred Robert Shaw (Quint in original Jaws) and Louis Gossett Jr (Bouchard in Jaws 3D). And it was based on a book written by Peter Benchley. Not sure how much more similar you can get. The movie also starred the gorgeous Jacqueline Bisset and an impossibly young Nick Nolte.
I love the offer of free scuba lessons. I'm not sure how many people would actually want to go scuba diving after watching this movie.
Yesterday was Disney's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea featuring a battle with a giant squid. I'm continuing that theme today with more underwater mayhem.
The original blockbuster. One of the greatest scary movies ever made. The original Jaws. This ad is from opening day, 1975.
Here's an ad for Walt Disney's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea starring Kirk Douglas, James Mason and Peter Lorre. It was based on the book by Jules Verne. This was Disney's first feature film to use the new CinemaScope filming process.
You have to love the 50s, here's a 4 minute trailer for the movie:
