And at 11 weeks, Animal House (1978) holds the record for longest run ever at the Capitol and the Island in general, beating out Star Wars (1977) by three whole weeks.
Animal House (1978) Stage III Productions :: Oregon Film Factory :: Universal Pictures / P: Ivan Reitman, Matty Simmons / D: John Landis / W: Harold Ramis, Douglas Kenney, Chris Miller / C: Charles Correll / E: George Folsey Jr. / M: Elmer Bernstein / S: Tim Matheson, Peter Riegert, John Belushi, Tom Hulce, Stephen Furst, Bruce McGill, James Widdoes, Karen Allen, Mary Louise Weller, Martha Smith, James Daughton, Mark Metcalf, Kevin Bacon, John Vernon, Donald Sutherland
Dress Optional: Toga Not Required! (September – December, 1978)
Posted in 1970-1979, Movie Ads with tags Animal House, Bruce McGill, Comedy, Death on the Nile, Donald Sutherland, Gimmicks and Promotions, Godzilla vs. the Cosmic Monster, Held Over, Ivan Reitman, James Daughton, James Widdoes, John Belushi, John Landis, John Vernon, Karen Allen, Kevin Bacon, Mark Metcalf, Martha Smith, Mary Louise Weller, Matty Simmons, Munsters Go Home, Peter Riegert, Raunch-Com, Sexploitation, Stephen Furst, Tim Matheson, Tom Hulce, Universal Pictures on July 21, 2017 by WB Kelso4th of July All-Night Power Play!
Posted in 1970-1979, Movie Ads with tags 4th of July, Burt Reynolds, Clint Eastwood, Drive In, Dusk til Dawn, Fuzz, Gimmicks and Promotions, Kelly's Heroes, Paul Newman, Raquel Welch, Sam Whiskey, Sometimes a Great Notion on July 4, 2017 by WB Kelso
May you all still have all your fingers on toes come the 5th.
Now Showing :: January, 1969
Posted in 1960-1969, Movie Ads, Now Showing with tags Action, Anthony Steel, Anzio, Arthur Kennedy, Betty Field, Clint Eastwood, Columbie Pictures, Coogan's Bluff, Crime, Dino De Laurentiis, Don Siegel, Don Stroud, Earl Holliman, Lee J. Cobb, Mark Damon, Peter Falk, Reni Santoni, Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan, Susan Clark, Thomas Hunter, Thriller, Tisha Sterling, Universal Pictures, War / Combat, Wayde Preston on June 17, 2017 by WB Kelso
Dancing Screen Star Divorce (March, 1940)
Posted in 1940-1949, Vintage News Photos with tags Ginger Rogers, Hollywood Life, Lew Ayres on June 17, 2017 by WB Kelso
What Makes Her Garden Grow? Wouldn’t You Like to Know! (September, 1969)
Posted in 1960-1969, Movie Ads with tags American Broadcasting Company, Bernard Girard, Cinerama Releasing Corporation, Geraldine Page, Hagsploitation, Horror, Lee H. Katzin, Mildred Dunnock, Palomar Pictures, Peter Nelson, Psycho-Biddies, Robert Aldrich, Robert Fuller, Rosemary Forsyth, Ruth Gordon, The Associates & Aldrich Company, Thriller, What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice? on June 17, 2017 by WB Kelso
What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice? (1969) American Broadcasting Company (ABC) :: The Associates & Aldrich Company :: Palomar Pictures :: Cinerama Releasing Corporation / EP: Peter Nelson / P: Robert Aldrich / AP: William Aldrich / D: Lee H. Katzin, Bernard Girard / W: Theodore Apstein, Ursula Curtiss (novel) / C: Joseph F. Biroc / E: Frank J. Urioste / M: Gerald Fried / S: Geraldine Page, Ruth Gordon, Rosemary Forsyth, Robert Fuller, Mildred Dunnock
The Three Little “Blitzers” (July, 1943)
Posted in 1940-1949, Vintage Ads with tags Buy War Bonds, Fairmont Creamery, Propaganda, Why We Fight, World War II on June 17, 2017 by WB Kelso
The One and Only… (October, 1931)
Posted in 1930-1939, Movie Ads with tags Alan Hale, Clark Gable, Greta Garbo, Jean Hersholt, John Miljan, Melodrama, MGM, Robert Z. Leonard, Romance, Susan Lenox on June 17, 2017 by WB Kelso
Susan Lenox (1931) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) / P: Robert Z. Leonard / D: Robert Z. Leonard / W: Leon Gordon, Zelda Sears, Wanda Tuchock, David Graham Phillips (novel) / C: William H. Daniels / E: Margaret Booth / M: William Axt / S: Greta Garbo, Clark Gable, Jean Hersholt, John Miljan, Alan Hale
Second Run Showcase :: They Took the Bravado Out of the Mikado! (July, 1943)
Posted in 1940-1949, Movie Ads with tags Albert Dekker, Brian Donlevy, Macdonald Carey, Propaganda, Robert Preston, Second Run Showcase, Wake Island, War / Combat, Why We Fight, World War II on June 17, 2017 by WB Kelso
Look Once, Look Twice, and Look Again! (October, 1951)
Posted in 1950-1959, Vintage Ads with tags Autos, Nash Airflyte, Nash Ambassador, Nash Rambler, Nash Statesman, Rambler Country Club, Whetstone Motors on June 17, 2017 by WB Kelso
A Corker, A Walloper, A Rouser, A Screecher, and a Ton of Fun! (July, 1979)
Posted in 1970-1979, Movie Ads with tags 20th Century Fox, Alien, Alien Invaders, Brandywine Productions, Bruce Lee, Creature Feature, Game of Death, George C. Scott, Hardcore, Harry Dean Stanton, Horror, Ian Holm, John Hurt, Ridley Scott, Sci-Fi, Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright, Walter Hill, Yaphet Kotto on May 8, 2017 by WB Kelso
Alien (1979) Brandywine Productions :: Twentieth Century-Fox Productions / EP: Ronald Shusett / P: Walter Hill, Gordon Carroll, David Giler / AP: Ivor Powell / D: Ridley Scott / W: Dan O’Bannon, Ronald Shusett / C: Derek Vanlint / E: Terry Rawlings, Peter Weatherley / M: Jerry Goldsmith / S: Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, Ian Holm, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, Yaphet Kotto, John Hurt
