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One of the few legitimately funny Bob Hope vehicles, "The Ghost Breakers." "Photoplay," August, 1940.
"Even a man who is pure in heart and says his prayers by night, may …
The punchline to Tod Browning's "Mark of the Vampire" is one of the biggest cheats …
"Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein," "The Film Bulletin," 8-16-48.
Usher's little helper. Brasso! Makes old bodies new!
Dress sharp!
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Sophia Verbiscar: manager, projectionist, and Kensington's answer to Vanna White.
Dean & Jerry are "Scared Stiff!"
I don't know about you, but I like saying "Norma Shearer's pumpkin muff."
Why a Jack-O-Lantern? Halloween, Marx Bros. style, 1937.
The Paramount art department worked overtime on this adorable burlap pumpkin for Clara Bow to …
Helen Blazes (Sylvia Lewis) welcomes Shemp Howard to hell in the Jules White shocker, "Bedlam …
Do I detect the hand of Jacques Kapralik in this ad for "Bewitched" precursor, "I …
It's only a paper moon winking at the bewitching June Knight.
What more horrifying way to spend the holiday than with Canada's premier 1930's tourist attraction …
Spend a pre-code "Teeny Hallowe'eny" with scantily-clad starlet Nancy Carroll as she tries to scare …
"The Moving Picture World," October, 1910: Early evidence of an Allhallows Eve-related production. An advertisement …
