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Tag Archives: movies
Before Video Cassettes
A lot of members of the generation that begat the baby boomers were sold on movie cameras in order to capture those babies’ first steps or opening presents Christmas morning or the vacation to the beach. And if Mom and … Continue reading
Posted in Blast from the Past, What I Miss About Comics
Tagged 8mm, Eerie, fil, horror, magazine, movies, Super 8, Warren Publishing
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Peekers and Other True Facts
My brother Brian took this picture in the Summer of 1982 of the marquee on the side of what was the GCC Deptford Mall movie theater. He always meant to send it in to National Lampoon magazine which had a … Continue reading
Two Nominees and Her Name Was Lisa
Old ads for long gone movie theaters in Philadelphia circa 1980
Eric’s Mark I
Eric’s Mark I was one of many movie theaters that was in Center City Philadelphia that are now sadly gone. This is back when images from actual celluloid film was projected on the screen. That meant that the viewer had … Continue reading
Posted in Blast from the Past, Curious Clutter, Philadelphia
Tagged 1980s, Eric's Mark I, movies, Philadelphia
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Things to do about four decades ago…
These ads were on the back of an article in what was probably The Courier Post that I thought was very important at the time. This was before the home video market took off and not everybody had cable television … Continue reading
Posted in Blast from the Past, Curious Clutter
Tagged 1941, Animal House, drive-in, Linda Manz, movies, New Jersey, Tacony Palmyra, The Wanderers
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You No Canna Refuse
Back when movies were cultural touchstones made for adults, they were not as heavily merchandised as they are today. A soundtrack album may have been released and a paperback novelization would be on a shelves in bookstores, and that was … Continue reading
Posted in Blast from the Past, What I Miss About Comics
Tagged 1970s, Cartoon, comics, gangster, iron-on transfer, movies, Sad Sack, tee shirt, The Godfather
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Almost All of Them Flops
This is a nicely printed flyer that was handed out at a comic book convention in the very early 1980s. On the opposite side of what’s pictured above was a list of horror and science fiction classics released by Universal … Continue reading
Posted in Blast from the Past, Curious Clutter
Tagged 1980s, horror, movies, science fiction, USA, vintage
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