Well, we made it here. 10 years of "Scarlet Street"! Everything is still in place to eventually post every single issue, but for now I'm happy to take in a huge breath of enjoyment at the idea of coming this far.
It was a solid 10 years with the magazine pretty much keeping its quarterly average of output from 1991-2001. I believe the idea of becoming a bi-monthly publication was entertained, and this helped as there were a couple of years just three issues were produced, but then there were a couple of more years where five entries graced the shelves at your local book store. (Remember those? Of course, a little time before this issue I finally had to step up my game and become a subscriber.)
Forry Ackerman sent his love and support and was ready to make it another 10 years as a contributor. It could have been possible. (Among the congratulators, James Warren is still with us as of this writing, age 88.) We weren't going to have the pleasure, however. I'll stop right there as this is not going to be a downer post, and we're not going to end the story on a sad note. I've got a few ideas to help make it a very good send-off and will be looking forward to that as I still have over a year left on this blog until my mission is complete and all 55 issues have a permanent home.
So, especially to the Americans, I'm wishing you a very happy "Labor Day" weekend and onward to another end-of-year holiday season! Wishing you the best, as always, and we'll be back to kick it up a notch for that fabulous month of (Sh)Oc(k)tober!
*"Her Jungle Love" [1938]
*Curt Siodmak wrote the screenplay for "Black Friday" [1940] shown here and above.
*Curt Siodmak wrote the story and screenplay for "The Invisible Man Returns" [1940] shown here and above.
*Written by Curt Siodmak, "Frankenstein Meets The Wolf Man" [1943] shown here and above.
*Curt Siodmak
*Curt Siodmak had a hand in "I Walked With A Zombie" [1943] shown here and above.
*Curt was involved in a film directed by his brother, Robert, with "Son of Dracula" [1943] shown here and above.
*Curt Siodmak wrote the story for "House Of Frankenstein" [1944] shown here and above.
*"The Beast with Five Fingers" [1946] with artwork on top, Robert Alda (center photos), Peter Lorre (center photos), Andrea King, and Victor Francen (below).
*Victor Francen
*Peter Lorre with Director Robert Florey
*"The Beast with Five Fingers" [1946] with J. Carrol Naish.
*Oscar Wilde (top photo) along with his famous character, Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde pictured with Lord Alfred Bruce Douglas (Bosie)
Frank Miles
John Gray
*Bernd Aldor in "Das Bildnis Des Dorian Gray" [1917]
*Top two photos from "Az élet királya" ("The King of Life") with Norbert Dán and (above) Bela Lugosi [1919]
*Oscar Wilde and sets from "The Picture of Dorian Gray" [1945]
*"The Picture of Dorian Gray" [1945]
*Ivan Albright and his identical twin brother, Malvin, creating the artwork for "The Picture of Dorian Gray" [1945]
*"The Picture of Dorian Gray" [1945]
*"The Picture of Dorian Gray" [1945]
*"The Picture of Dorian Gray" [1945]
*"The Picture of Dorian Gray" [1945]
*"The Picture of Dorian Gray" [1945]
*Hurd Hatfield (with Donna Reed center).
*Hurd Hatfield (below in "One Day In The Life of Ivan Denisovtch" - Television broadcast from 1963)
*Hurd Hatfield with Tom Conway in "The Checkered Coat" [1948] (middle photo) and at the American Shakespeare Festival in July of 1955 (below)
*Hurd Hatfield with Ida Lupino [below]
*Hurd Hatfield
*Helmut Berger
*Helmut Berger with Romy Schneider (above)
*Helmut Berger
*Helmut Berger
*Helmut Berger with Helmut Griem (below)
*Helmut Berger
*Helmut Berger
*Helmut Berger
*H. Rider Haggard (above) and illustrations from the first edition of "She, A History of Adventure" [1887]
*Illustrations from the first edition of "She, A History of Adventure" [1887]
*H. Rider Haggard (above) and illustrations from "Ayesha - The Return of She" [1905]
"She" [1911] above and "She" [1916] below
*"She" [1917]
*"She" [1925]
*One of the many editions of the book, "She".
*"She" [1925]
*Oscar Wilde (top photo) with artwork and a still from "The Picture of Dorian Gray" [1945].
*Hurd Hatfield (in "Chinatown at Midnight" [1949] below)
*Hurd Hatfield (with Noreen Nash in "The Checkered Coat" [1948] above and with Jean Willes in "Chinatown At Midnight" [1949] middle)
*"She" [1925]
* Supplemental images are noted with an (*) asterisk. My intention is to only enhance the reading experience and not take away from the original publication.
