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The Giant Claw
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b-movie collection

My collection of B movies has grown to over 550 and I may be getting close to having them all. Whenever possible I try to get a VHS version of a movie, but alas 80% of my collection is on DVD when I couldn't get VHS. I've been to hell and back trying to find some of the obscure ones in the collection and they were only on DVD...God I'd need a storage room for them all if they were on VHS.
 
- Fred


I got them off of eBay a few years ago. The edge of the pinbacks read "1966 Kelton Productions, P.O. Box 39666, Hollywood, Calif. 90038."

I tried looking up Kelton Productions but could not get much information on them. I've got a feeling they may have been produced in a limited quantity for some sort of Ed Wood/Plan 9 symposium/convention held during that period of time....but just a guess.
 
- Ralph Bull


Oklahoma Centennial

Photo by Harold Combs as posted on shorpy.com

Harold -
" In 1957, I was chosen to be a model for the Oklahoma Semi-Centennial publicity photos. I was 5 and had to wear a fishbowl for a space helmet."

Other submitted comments:
Looking at the poster, captioned "From Arrows to Atoms," the gizmo on top of the space helmet is the emblem of the expo. The shadow in the background must be a larger version of the gizmo, which is both an arrow and an atom at the same time. There were probably many of them all over the grounds, and I would guess one big one at the center of the grounds.

The gun is a Zoomeray, made by Tigrett sometime around 1952. The company continued to make them for many years. The barrel was a "Chinese Yo-Yo" -- a paper spool that, with a flick of the wrist, would launch forward two or three feet before snapping back into place. The toy came in red, yellow or gold. Red was the most popular. Today, reproductions are available through novelty stores.

June 14, 1957 – Oklahoma Semi-Centennial Commemorative Stamp Issued


Robot Monster

This won me 2nd place in a costume contest at the Coolidge Corner. I was shocked that anyone even got it, to be honest (I'm Ro-Man from the 50s classic "Robot Monster").


Bobby M. on Halloween night. My sister is great at applying makeup to the kids at Halloween. She did Bobby`s makeup at home with stuff she found laying around. My niece was a witch that  year. I've included a pumpkin carving I did of a bat. I use this picture as a desktop wallpaper.


Homemade soaps featuring gold "glitter." The two on the right have a little plastic alien inside which, when some of the soap wears away, act as a Lufa scrub.


I went to the mall today and bought this Horror calendar made by American Pop Classics. It comes with 12 DVDs, each movie corresponding with the movie of the month. The calendar includes fun facts and marks birthdays of Lon Chaney, Vincent Price and more. The movies are:

  • The Brain That Wouldn't Die
  • Night of the Living Dead
  • Teenage Zombies
  • Dementia 13
  • House on Haunted Hill
  • The Terror
  • The Devil Bat
  • Nosferatu
  • The Phantom of the Opera
  • Frankenstein's Daughter
  • Revolt of the Zombies
  • White Zombie

Granted, a couple of these movies aren't worth the plastic they're burned on but, because it's now Jan. 2010, I got it for 50% off (9 bucks.)

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