| News: Happy Fourth Of July 2009 |
07.04.09 |
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Happy 4th Of July from your friends at Reel Distraction
I hope you have half as good a time this year as you could have had during the 4th of July Dynamite Days at the (if you like variety you will love...) WACKER'S, Galveston 1978. I mean... $12.99 Roaring Hot Cycles? $9.99 Waterrific Splash Balls? $5.99 Supper Strippers? Good times, indeed.
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| Advert: Reckless Claudia, Bad Bad Gang, & More |
07.03.09 |
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Mitchell Brothers Theater Presents: Reckless Claudia (19??), Bad Bad Gang (19??), and more
Lots of solid-looking titles in this admat from the always-interesting Mitchell Brothers.
From the May 20, 1974 Oakland Tribune.
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| Advert: Truck Stop Women |
07.03.09 |
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Truck Stop Women (1974) - NO RIG WAS TOO BIG FOR THEM TO HANDLE!
I wish this admat was clearer. I'd love to know what that truck stop woman is hiking over her shoulder. Here it just looks like some sort of deformed rucksack.
From the May 20, 1974 Oakland Tribune.
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| Advert: The Exorcist |
07.02.09 |
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The Exorcist (1973) - Lucky 13th Devilish Week!
This admat designer was really into eyeball closeups. I love the "Lucky 13th Devilish Week" bit.
From the May 20, 1974 Oakland Tribune.
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| Advert: King of Hearts |
07.02.09 |
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King of Hearts (1966) - Bambi Meets Godzilla. Thank You Mask Man.
The hell is that tagline talking about? That being said, the fact that this film "ran for 3 consecutive years in one theater in Cambridge, Mass" is impressive. Ish.
From the May 20, 1974 Oakland Tribune.
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| Advert: Big Harry, Private Eye |
07.01.09 |
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Big Harry, Private Eye (197?) - featuring the ultimate in ADULT FILMS, plus - BEAUTIFUL DANCERS ON STAGE!
From the May 20, 1974 Oakland Tribune.
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| Advert: Sting of the Dragon Masters |
07.01.09 |
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Sting of the Dragon Masters (1973) - NOW!
From the May 20, 1974 Oakland Tribune.
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| Advert: Dirty Mary Crazy Larry |
06.30.09 |
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Dirty Mary Crazy Larry (1974) - We're Holding It Over In Two Theaters At The Same Time!
Come on, guys. The Florence Theaters has gone out of its way to let you see this film. You owe it to them to check out DMCL.
From the June 9, 1974 Florence Morning News.
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| Advert: Sweet Agony |
06.30.09 |
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Sweet Agony (1974) - East Bay Premiere!
From the August 19, 1974 Hayward, California Daily Review.
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| Advert: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Shamus, & More |
06.29.09 |
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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), Shamus (1973), & more.
Some good stuff at the Festival Cinema Center during the summer of '74. Very jealous.
From the August 19, 1974 Hayward, California Daily Review.
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| Advert: Marriage and Other Words |
06.29.09 |
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Marriage and Other Words (1974) (AKA Marriage and Other Four Letter Words) - 99% on the master meter
Wow... Marv Lincoln of the Ball Newspaper doesn't toss around high scores on his master-meter freely. This is impressive.
From the May 18, 1974 Oakland Tribune.
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| Advert: Swinging Sorority & The Debs |
06.25.09 |
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Swinging Sorority (1976) (Just How Swinging Does a Sorority Girl Have To Be, In The...) & The Debs (197?)
I'm guessing the answer is "a lot."
From the May 18, 1974 Oakland Tribune.
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| Advert: Playhouse Cinema - 2 Big Shows for the Price of 1 |
06.25.09 |
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Playhouse Cinema - 2 Big Shows for the Price of 1
What kind of a name is "Eckel" for an adult theater? Sounds like you're coughing something up everytime you say it. Not very conducive to the promised "adult" color films.
From the June 22, 1974 Syracuse Post-Standard.
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| Advert: Dynamite Brothers & The Black Six |
06.24.09 |
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Dynamite Brothers (1974) & The Black Six (1973)
From the June 22, 1974 Syracuse Post-Standard.
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| Advert: Billy Jack, Magnum Force, & More |
06.24.09 |
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Billy Jack (1971), Magnum Force (1973), & More
That's a manly line-up featured in the Syracuse Drive-In Guide. And you've gotta respect a theater chain that makes you guess at when their features start. "When do we start? Eh... duskish. See you there."
From the June 22, 1974 Syracuse Post-Standard.
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| Advert: Exorcism's Daughter & The Devil's Wedding Night |
06.23.09 |
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Exorcism's Daughter (1971) - Exorcism... Is Only The Beginning! When there's no place left to go... YOU CAN ALWAYS GO MAD
Great tagline. But watch out for that screening of The Devil's Wedding Night. They seem pretty sarcastic about it being in "color."
From the June 9, 1974 Florence Morning News.
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| Advert: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex and Bananas |
06.23.09 |
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Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex and Bananas (19??)
Ah yes, the long-lost Woody Allen mash-up flick. Interestingly, there's quite a bit to know about sex and bananas.
And how great is it that the air-conditioned Palace theater was still using the old letters-as-numbers telephone scheme in 1974?
From the June 22, 1974 Syracuse Post-Standard.
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| News: Tiffany Bolling Interview |
06.21.09 |
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The always-interesting Johnny Larue's Crane Shot blog just posted a link to a new (to me, at least... looks like they've been around since late 2008) blog called Temple of Schlock, where one of the writers just posted a fantastic 1991 interview with one of my favorite actresses, Tiffany Bolling. The interview is here, and contains a number of interesting insights to Tiffany's life and perspective on her career, including THE CANDY SNATCHERS, which she did while on cocaine and describes as "the worst film in the history of the world." It's a great read.
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| News: Chans 'New' Moon Room - Featuring Shann the Polynesian Fire Dancer |
06.19.09 |
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A few weeks back I ran this advert for Shawn the Polynesian Fire Dancer's appearance at the Winnipeg Balmoral Motor Home on May 11, 1972. And then I found this, an ad for Shann the Polynesian Fire Dancer's appearance at the Winnipeg Chans 'New' Moon Room just a few days earlier. It may be a typo, but I prefer to think that Shawn and Shann were dueling Polynesian Fire Dancers who feuded over Winnipeg's best fire-dancing gigs.
But that's just me.
From the May 9, 1972 Winnipeg Free Press.
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| Advert: Without Apparent Motive |
06.19.09 |
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Without Apparent Motive (1971) - After the first murder is committed, no one admitted
I love that Canada was still hanging on to the "you guys seriously better get here when the movie starts" approach more than a decade after Hitchcock famously used it for Psycho (1960).
That being said, I like this version of the gimmick even better than Hitch's. Guess I'm a sucker for rhymes.
From the October 12, 1972 Winnipeg Free Press.
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