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A potted review from the August 1974 issue: This 1972 horror thriller receives a 6.5 rating on the IMDb, stars Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing and Telly Savalas and is a mixture of Horror and Sci-Fi. UFA released a 2×400′ abridged version while in the USA it received a full feature release. I don’t possess the…

A two page article from the December April 1954 issue: This delightful comedy drama was the BAFTA winner for best film in 1954. Charles Laughton hogs the screen in every scene in which he appears, I’m not typically into a film of this nature, but was pleasantly entertained throughout. Even following a number of inquiries…

A two page article from the September 1973 issue of ABC Film Review, Clint Eastwood’s name was enough to sell any title and this tale of a gun-fighting stranger who’s hired to bring the townsfolk of Lago together in an attempt to hold off three outlaws was no exception. Castle Films released a 200′ in…

Nice 36 page souvenir brochure and our feature label open this weeks entry. This 1969 musical comedy receives a meager 7 rating on the IMDb. Barbra Streisand is wonderful as the effervescent Dolly Levi who travels to Yonkers to find a partner for “half-a-millionaire” Horace Vandergelder, convincing his niece, his niece’s intended, and his two…

A two page article from the May 1968 issue of the ABC Film Review: This 1952 action adventure receives a 6.5 rating on the IMDb and stars Anthony Quinn as outlaw   Leon Alastray who is being hunted by the Spanish army, but is given sanctuary by a priest in a village terrorized by marauding…

A two page article from the November 1961 issue: This British 1961 film was the first giant monster on the rampage in colour and was the most expensive one ever made by its British backers the King Brothers.  MGM distributed the film in the USA, which explains how Red Fox Enterprises were able to add…

No pages from the ABC Film Review… but here’s very nice 16 page souvenir brochure to fill the gap. Ken films released a very pleasant 400′ which sold very nicely, however a few years later and following a telephone call from Bob Lane the MD of Ken Films, there began the start of a collaboration…

A page article from the August 1986 issue: This 1986 thriller receives a 6.7 rating on the IMDb and is a clever tale of a movie special effects man who is hired by a government agency to help stage the assassination of a well known gangster…. and then finds himself double crossed and on the…

A page from an unknown issue: This 1972 Alfred Hitchcock thriller receives a 7.4 rating on the IMDb and is often sited as his most brutal film. This was the his first movie shot in Britain since ‘The Man Who Knew Too Much’ in 1956. Castle Films issued a 200′ edition and later a 400′…

A two page article from the July 1969 issue: This 1969 Hammer horror receives a 6.7 rating on the IMDb and was Hammer’s and Cushing’s fifth venture into the world of Mary Shelley. The Baron is conducting a series of experiments leading up to a brain transplant of a colleague into the body of a…