Welcome to another edition of my Classic Collection---those posters I had BEFORE I started posting online. Today's offering is not all that exciting. There is nothing you urgently need to see. So sit back, relax and let the show begin.
SHARKY'S MACHINE:
An old Burt Reynolds poster (never saw the movie) from the 80s. This is sitting in my "sell pile" (where ever that ended up...in a box somewhere). Now would be the time to do it, in the wake of the actor's passing. Hmm. Where did I put it. I think this poster came in a "lot".
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME:
I've gotten other copies of this same poster that I have posted online. But this is the original copy I had. I had it framed and would hang it in my entry way around my birthday every year.
FRIDAY THE 13TH PART 3:
I saw this TWICE in the theaters back in the day--gimmick freak that I am. I still have the glasses from it somewhere. While this poster does convey the 3D aspect of the film nicely, the over all poster is kind of lame. But MOST of the early FRIDAY the 13th posters (after the brilliant original poster) were total DUDS. Part 2? Part 4? Part 5? Snore. NO IMAGES---just words. Missed opportunities. Oh well.
THE WONDERFUL LAND OF OZ:
I had never heard of this "sequel" to THE WIZARD OF OZ until I came across this poster for it. Zowie! I've since seen it and it is a low budget MESS for the kiddie matinee crowd of the mid-60s. Directed by Barry Mahon (the man responsible for things like "SANTA AND THE ICE CREAM BUNNY" and "FANNY HILL MEETS DR. EROTICO") and starring his son Channy as Tip (who is later transformed into Ozma, a girl!!!!). This is based upon the second book in the OZ series, "The Marvelous Land of Oz"--and Dorothy is nowhere to be seen. The poster screams "So many thrills you'll be Ozified!" I'm not so sure about that. But it is beyond bad in a somewhat entertaining way. Bad acting. Awful songs. Crappy sets. I had to have the poster! Ha!
JOURNEY BACK TO OZ:
I remember seeing this when it came out in the early 70s. It's a cheap-looking animated flick (by Filmation---the people who did such Saturday morning stuff as THE GROOVIE GOOLIES, the STAR TREK animated series, THE BRADY KIDS, and FAT ALBERT AND THE COSBY KIDS...and also the live-action shows like SHAZAM!, ISIS and JASON OF STAR COMMAND). But there are fascinating things about it. It was apparently started in 1962---but abandoned due to financial reasons. Once Filmation was back on its feet financially (due to its television success), the film was resurrected and finished/released. It plays like a sequel to the 1939 WIZARD OF OZ more or less. Liza Minnelli (quite young in 1962 when she did her voice work) sounds amazingly like her mother Judy Garland in the role of Dorothy. Margaret Hamilton does the voice of--not the Wicked Witch, but---Aunt Em. Other stars include Milton Berle, Danny Thomas, Paul Lynde and Ethel Merman, among others. I've since collected a few of the animation cells used to create this flick. Nothing special--but an interesting side note for the OZ enthusiast.
THE MAGIC VOYAGE OF SINBAD:
Not really a true Sinbad movie. This was a Russian produced fantasy movie based upon a Russian legend that was very similar to Sinbad. Some savvy distributor picked it up, redubbed/retitled is and made it a Sinbad flick. I think I have seen this on DVD or VHS somewhere along the way. It's a blur, but I do remember the creepy bird woman somewhat. I do like my Sinbad flicks, so I needed this poster.
LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD AND HER FRIENDS:
K. Gordon Murray was (im)famous for importing kiddie movies from other countries, redubbing them and releasing them here in the US on unsuspecting kids all over the country. His biggest success was the Mexican import "SANTA CLAUS", which made him a lot of cash and he released it over and over and over. Returning to Mexico, he picked up several other productions to dub and release here. Among them was the LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD series. This one, the 2nd in the series, was kind of hard to track down as it was not as popular as the first LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD or the third (LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD AND THE MONSTERS). I've never seen any of them...
PEE WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE:
Pee Wee Herman (Paul Rubens) and a young Tim Burton were a match made in cinematic heaven. I LOVED this flick when I first saw it. I've been a Pee Wee fan ever since. I even tracked down the dinosaurs in the beginning of the movie (in Cabazon, California--now park of some religious park that claims dinosaurs were part of creation and man and dinos co-existed). This poster used to hang in my guest room.
DISASTER:
I've gotten other copies of this over the years---but have never seen the flick. I'm a sucker for disaster flicks. I had never heard of this until finding the half sheet at a flea market. The half sheet was very different, showing people standing around piles of rubble and ruined buildings. I snagged that half sheet and waited YEARS until tracking down the one sheet. I need to see this flick eventually.
GONE WITH THE WIND (70s re-release):
GONE WITH THE WIND was my grandmother's favorite movie. This was the poster I knew from the 70s as a kid. GONE WITH THE WIND's big re-release that decade was 1974. However, when the new Festival Cinemas opened in 1976 (with SIX screens! Zowie!), GONE WITH THE WIND and JAWS were among the movies playing there. (The Festival is now long gone. It is currently a used car showroom.) The first time I saw GONE WITH THE WIND was on television, then on VHS and on DVD. I eventually did see it in the theater--twice. I took my grandmother both times. It really is a great film.
That's about it for now...but I'll be back. I hope you'll call again when I do return.
Thank you for visiting.
CHEERS!
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