Blonde Phantom #16, Timely Comics, 1947. Cover by Syd Shores
Month: May 2020
The Showman’s Reviews of the Green Hornet
Two Showman’s Reviews from the Motion Picture Herald (Dec 2nd, 1939 & Nov 2nd, 1940, respectively) promoting the Green Hornet & Green Hornet Strikes Back serials.
When describing The Showman’s Reviews, it states “This department deals with new product from the point of view of the exhibitor who is to purvey it to his own public”
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Mayan Temple Grounds
I am unable to determine which Mayan site this is, or where I got it (because of poor note-taking). I believe it came from a book called Antiquites Americaines
FBI Machine Gun Course
The Thompson sub-machine gun was used by the FBI until the early 1970s, when the FBIHQ ordered the destruction of most Thompson sub-machine guns in the field.
1936 Cord 810 Phaeton
Director Cecil B. DeMille & actress Marsha Hunt, sitting in DeMille’s 1936 Cord 810 Phaeton.
Dime Detective, May, 1941
The Lone Ranger Rides Again, 1935
Chinatown, 1974
Phantom in Brazil
Issue 17 of the Brazilian run of The Phantom, 2004
Brave New Jersey
The year is 1938, and the citizens of one small New Jersey town believe the radio broadcast of the War of the Worlds is a real invasion. Brave New Jersey is a light comedy, featuring a pushover mayor (Tony Hale) who loves his town, a neglected housewife Lorraine Davison (Heather Burns), her ambitious husband (Sam Jaeger), a washed up preacher (Dan Bakkedahl), and decorated World War one hero, Captain Ambrose P. Collins (Raymond J. Barry), who leads the scared townfolk into defending their land.
If you are a fan of the radio show, ignore the reviews, you might just like it. It’s currently playing on tubitv.com
