Double bills 1950-1962
From KEEP WATCHING THE SKIES Vol. I, here are the standard double bills of SF movies 1950-1957. Some SF films were paired with >non<-genre movies, but I don't usually include those. These are...
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Quote:I guess you could call that a "studio" double bill in that it's issued by the studio and not just some theater cooking it up, but it's not the "official" double as set by the studio, who in turn...
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For whatever this is worth... I have the 1983 edition of The Psychotronic Encyclodedia of Film by Michael Weldon. The last line of his comments on THIS ISLAND EARTH reads: "Originally co-billed with...
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Then what do you do with a film like CAPTAIN SINDBAD? It's "official" double bill was with THE SLAVE (aka SON OF SPARTICUS), another MGM film, but it played regionally with many films, including other...
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And in the New York area, THE SLAVE was paired in saturation bookings on the Loew's circuit with IT HAPPENED AT THE WORLD'S FAIR. Confusing indeed!
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They should have edited those two movies together and called it THE SLAVE AT THE WORLD'S FAIR.
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Well, some have speculated that The King was a slave to Col. Parker's endless movie contracts...
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Quote:Show me some documentation from Universal, and I'll believe that it was an official combo from the studio. There's the source of your error. I have not claimed, at any time, that THIS ISLAND...
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Huurry, huurry, hurry ! Step right up. We got your Abbott & Costello. We got your Island Earth. We got your flies,Triffids, even Sinbad !! Come on, round em' up. Mix and match. Make me an offer....
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Looks pretty red to me :)J. Theakston The Central Theater, Passaic, NJ
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In BaltimoreIn Baltimore In Baltimore in '55, THIS ISLAND EARTH played as a "single during its run at the downtown, first-run Keith's theater. I was lucky enough to see it during what they used to...
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Quote:out here it was BEYOND THE TIME BARRIER and AMAZING TRANSPARENT MAN as a combo That was widely true on the West Coast. THIS ISLAND EARTH wasn't the only movie that was shown in larger cities as...
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Quote:Looks pretty red to me Yeah, but a green filter over your projector lens makes those pinkish prints look a bit better.
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According to the IMDB, THE SCREAMING SKULL and TERROR FROM THE YEAR 5000 played as a double-bill.
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Thanks for reposting the list lots of neat info...and once again making me realized how much I missed out on by being only 23 :(HK FILM NEWS
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Thanks for posting this list. I'm new on the board and now I know I came to the right place. For years, I have wondered, or tried to remember, how these movies were paired in their day.
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In Charlotte NC...... THIS ISLAND EARTH--- played single at the Center Theater in 1955. STRANGLERS OF BOMBAY / THE ELECTRONIC MONSTER------ 1960 at the Center Theater. THE GIANT BEHEMOTH / THE COSMIC...
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Those were local doubles only. A friend of mine once noticed KING OF KINGS and DRACULA HAS RISEN FROM THE GRAVE playing on a double bill in Chicago, but that wasn't exactly a standard pairing. While...
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My sentiments are with Bill on this matter. I'm no expert in the double bill business, though I certainly remember them well. What seems to be happening here is that some people are talking past one...
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Here's one that I didn't know about; it was probably another re-issue, but I'm not sure, since both movies came out the same year. Does anyone know where this theater was located?:
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That was also probably a local-only double bill, maybe just at that theater. Independent theaters could pair films more or less at their own choice. My list above, as amended by others, is of films...
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