No. 11 / Summer 1993

"Happy Fangsgiving!"  I believe that was Forry Ackerman's wish for all during this time of year and coming from the pages of Famous Monsters of Filmland.  On the 24th we celebrated Forry's 99th birthday, and I was able to reminisce about the last time I spent time with him in-person for his 89th birthday celebration ten years ago.  It was also the last time I got to see Richard Valley & Tom Amorosi as well and so I'm taking with me today all of those fantastic memories and remembering what is, and who are, true and wonderful reasons to be thankful.

*Gale Sondergaard

*Gale Sondergaard (above and taking on the role of the Wicked Witch of the West below.)

*Gale Sondergaard artwork

*Gale Sondergaard

*Gale Sondergaard

*Gale Sondergaard

*Broderick Crawford & Gale Sondergaard in a production still from "The Black Cat" [1941]

*Gale Sondergaard

*Shelley Winters

*Shelley Winters (above) and Debbie Reynolds with Donald O'Connor (below).

*Lobby card for "What's the Matter With Helen" [1971]

*Shelley Winters and Debbie Reynolds

*Lobby card for "What's the Matter With Helen" [1971]

*Agnes Moorehead

*Dennis Weaver in lobby card for "What's the Matter With Helen" [1971]

*Curtis Harrington

*Curtis Harrington

*Curtis Harrington

*Curtis Harrington

*Curtis Harrington

*Curtis Harrington

*Curtis Harrington

*Shelley Winters

*Shelley Winters

*Shelley Winters

*Shelley Winters

*Shelley Winters

*Shelley Winters

*Bud Abbott and Lou Costello

*Lou Costello

*Bud Abbott

*Bud Abbott and Lou Costello meet Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis

*Bud Abbott and Lou Costello (together above and just Lou below)

*W.C. Fields and Lou Costello

*Bud Abbott and Lou Costello (together above and just Bud below)

*Lou Costello

*Lou Costello in lobby card from "Africa Screams" [1949] and Bud Abbott below.

*Shelley Winters and Debbie Reynolds

*Gale Sondergaard

*Shelley Winters

* Supplemental images are noted with an (*) asterisk.  My intention is to only enhance the reading experience and not take away from the original publication.

AFTERWORD:

While Scarlet Street was advertising in that other fun magazine "Cult Movies" I believe it appeared only one time in "Famous Monsters of Filmland" (Grand come-back Issue #200) dated May of 1993, and with a different looking presentation.  Oh, what a promising time it was!