Delighted to visit again with Brisbane’s Frankenstein impersonator of 1932. Rarely were ballyhoo men ever identified, but this one we kn...

The formula for Feg Murray’s Seein’ Stars was typical of newspaper cartoon features: Large drawings accompanied by a short caption, us...

Er… Have you noticed, my Countdown to Halloween celebrations have yet to kick off? Apologies. Professional obligations have taken u...

A deadpan Monster floats over Broadway, photographed during a revival run that opened on July 21, 1934. On its original release, late 1...

By the time James Whale’s FRANKENSTEIN made it to New York, the film had hopscotched across America for two weeks, toppling box-office rec...

Here’s a short clip from 1963 in which an affable Boris Karloff discusses FRANKENSTEIN. Here, in his own voice, is Karloff’s oft-tol...

I thought I’d seen all the stills and publicity material from the 1931 Frankenstein until this splendid photo   — marked PD (Publicity De...

Belgian artist Laurent Durieux is a veteran A-list illustrator whose work has only recently become known in North America, mostly thro...

A 1940 photo shows the Van de Kamp Dutch Bakery sitting at the corner of Ivar and Yucca in Los Angeles. That’s the Knickerbocker Hotel ...

It’s a bit of a miracle when something like this surfaces. Long ago, movie posters, paper ephemera, were typically discarded after use...

Makeup legend Jack Pierce poses with some of his creations, including Monster and Bride, on this splendid wraparound cover for Scary ...

Late 1931, James Whale’s Frankenstein was an instant hit. Propelled by its photogenic Monster, the film’s popularity grew as it circu...

In the long ago days before standardized, top-down, corporate-designed film advertising, selling a movie was usually the province of in...

Boris Karloff breaks for a photo session during the filming of Frankenstein . It's late summer or fall of 1931. In full makeup,...

Here’s artist Brian Ewing’s perfect companion piece to his recent Bride of Frankenstein poster . Boris gets the same meticulously layere...

Well, Autumn is here and in a few more days, the roads of October will take us to Halloween. Kicking off the season in great style, Rue ...

“ Don’t underestimate the value of your screen fashions ” advised Photoplay magazine, in December 1931. “ You can go back home with a we...

Launched in 1911, Photoplay was the number one movie fan magazine for most of its 78 year run. Its contributors included some of the most...

Boris The Monster makes an unlikely appearance in the November 1931 issue of Photoplay , the leading movie fan magazine of its time, whe...

Spotted on the Zombos’ Closet blog, this remarkable photo showing patrons crowding the lobby and trailing out to the street, waiting to...