The History of the Hobby

[CSM]

Except of course that the Dracula isn't a picture of the poster. Compare to the one-sheet Heritage sold and you can see subtle differences.

Can't I just compare it to yours Sean to be ultra certain?

[crowzilla]

Can't I just compare it to yours Sean to be ultra certain?

C'mon over...?

[brude]

Still no luck with the said pic, but here's a few others...

T'was a Jollyfine mag...

Thanks for digging, Paul.
I'm sure that you'll find it.

Yes, it was a Jollyfine mag.
I was first introduced to it by issue #11 or #12 and from that point on, I would haunt the newsstands... always on the prowl for the latest issue.
Even though his puns were sometimes annoying, it was the B&W pics and the fascinating anecdotes that kept me coming back for more.

I met him at a Fantacon in Albany, NY in the late 80s and he inscribed my NM copy of the Frankenscience Monster, which immediately became one of my most treasured possessions.  A few years later, I phone interviewed him shortly after his tragic vacation in Italy -- that was when he and his wife Wendayne were mugged.  He attributed her subsequent death in the States to injuries suffered during the attack in Italy.  There is some scuttlebut about her ceasing dialysis and dying as a result, but Forry maintained that it was the mugging that crippled her and led to her death.

He was a great guy and I hope he's hanging with Boris, Bela, Lon and the Gang in the great beyond.

Thanks again for digging, Paul.  I'm sure you're not on a wild goose chase.

BTW, I am still searching the internet for any info and collecting pics that I'll be posting soon.

[holiday]

Have we become part of the history of the hobby?

[brude]

Have we become part of the history of the hobby?

Shit yeah.
 

[paul waines]

Most definitely..

[lynaron]

I'm just a footnote  .

[Simes]

And I'm an apology...

[Mirosae]

I'm a typo

[CSM]

We've made the infamous history of the hobby anyways...

[110x75]

 

[Zorba]

We've made the infamous history of the hobby anyways...

For sure! 

[erik1925]

Thanks for that, Anthony... I'm too young to be senile. 
If memory serves me correctly, they were pics of him posing with two different Phantom one sheets and the caption said something to the effect that these were just two of the original six different posters that Forry owned from the film's original release.

I've been extremely busy this week, but I am still trying to scour the net to see if anyone has uploaded these pics.
I am sure that they exist somewhere.

I should have more time later tonight.
 

Ted,

I have located the pic you are looking for, with Forry and another gent holding up 2 of the POTO OS. I will snap a pic and post it here, shortly.   

[erik1925]

Here's the pic. Not the best quality - a bit soft in the focus dept - but here are Forry Ackerman and Robert Block each holding a POTO OS. Block is holding a copy of the infamous "underwater" style and Ackerman is holding the rooftop style. Ackerman wasn't the owner of either copy. According to the photo's caption, both posters belong(ed) to film historian, director and instructor, David Bradley.



As a side note, the young boy to the left is one of Karloff's grandsons.  

I also had the opportunity to visit the Ackermansion in the Hwd Hills, on 2 occasions. The first time, Forry wasnt home but someone in the house let us walk around the lower floors where mags, stills posters and the props were all kept. We were totally alone! The second time, years later, i went with another friend, and she and I got the Forry tour of the house (along with about 10 others). It was great to see so much of what had been shown in FM.. as I was also hooked, when i discovered it at about age 12 at the local convenience store magazine stand.

[Neo]

Good work, Jeff, and good to see you've returned.   

[erik1925]

Good work, Jeff, and good to see you've returned.   

Thanks and thanks, Brandon.

I knew I had seen that photo in a book I had here somewhere, and the digging paid off.   

[brude]

Thank you, Jeff!
That is the pic I remember, though I had completely forgotten that Robert Bloch was also in the still.
Now, did you find this in a book (?) or an issue of FM?

[erik1925]

Thank you, Jeff!
That is the pic I remember, though I had completely forgotten that Robert Bloch was also in the still.
Now, did you find this in a book (?) or an issue of FM?

Yur welcome, Ted.

It wasn't in an issue of FM (tho it might be in an issue somewhere, methinks).

I found it in Ackerman's book called "Lon of a 1000 Faces," first published in 1983.

[brude]

Cool.
I haven't seen the book Lon of a 1000 Faces so I'm remembering the pic from an issue of FM.
It would be interesting to see if the caption was the same.

[erik1925]

Cool.
I haven't seen the book Lon of a 1000 Faces so I'm remembering the pic from an issue of FM.
It would be interesting to see if the caption was the same.

I will take a look in my FMs, too.

As far as when the pic was taken, Karloff's 2 grandsons, Michael and David Cotten, were born in 1960 and '61 respectively. The boy in the pic, only identified as one of Karloff's grandsons, looks to be about 5 years old. So maybe the pic was first in an issue of FM in 1965 or 1966? That at least could narrow the search down a bit.

The book has been reprinted several times, but here are the front and back cover from the First printing, in '83. The artwork on the back is THE bomb, imho. I wonder where that resides now?   :

 

[MoviePosterBid.com]

who does the book attribute the back cover to

[erik1925]

who does the book attribute the back cover to

Rich, the back cover art was done by artist, Bill Nelson.

http://billnelsonstudios.com/

[Crazy Vick]

"so it begins..."

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2858033/The-countdown-Terminator-Genisys-moving-motion-poster-released-ahead-trailer.html

[MoviePosterBid.com]

I'll be impressed when they develop paper printed posters that will animate and have sound effects

[jayn_j]

I'll be impressed when they develop paper printed posters that will animate and have sound effects

already here.  They just have to scale them up and get the price down.  OLED technology