Issue #5 from Holyoke Publishing Company, cover art by Bert Whitman
Cimarron, 1931
A newspaper editor settles in an Oklahoma boom town with his reluctant wife at the end of the nineteenth century. (IMDb.com)
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Trip to Mars, 1918
Trip to Mars (Himmelskibet) is a silent, sci-fi film where a group of researchers from Earth travel in the spaceship “Excelsior” to Mars. When the arrive they are surprised to find a peaceful civilization.
The 1918 film was made by the Danish studio, Nordisk Film.
The Black Raven, 1943
It was a dark and stormy night, several strangers find their way to the Black Raven, an escaped convict, a gangster who is trying to slip out of the country, a weaselly bank teller, a young couple trying to get to Canada to elope, and finally the girl’s father, a dirty politician who disapproves of the marriage. George Zucco plays the proprietor Black Raven Inn, who apparently has some ties to the underworld. Glenn Strange, provides comedy relief as Andy the strong but dim-witted help. A fun little low-budget who-done-it which involves two murders and $50,000 cash, and plenty of motive for murder. Continue reading “The Black Raven, 1943”
Finnish Civil Protection, 1939
Danger threatens from the air!
All citizens join civil protection work
Deliver Us From Evil, 1940s
Strange WW2 Propaganda piece, showing women imprisoned by the Nazis
Case vs Kato
True Detective Mysteries, July, 1926
A Midocean City
A Future City Anchored in Midocean
Fascinating Dream of the French Engineer Foenquinos to Float a New All-Steel Atlantis Midway Between Europe and America in the Gulf Stream — A Haven and Paradise to Be Eighth Wonder of the World.
The Marseilles engineer proposes to build his floating city on an immense steel ring, in the center of which will be an enclosed harbor that may be entered by passing under on of the four towers.
Mystery Adventure, May, 1936
