Sometime near the end of 2012, I started getting sentimental about "Scarlet Street". It was most likely spurred on by recognizing that it had been five years since the passing of editor/publisher Richard Valley, whom we lost on October 12, 2007. Such dark times, those days, and I'm still not recovered from so many losses of my own during that time.
Missing those memories of what fun it was to open up a new issue of "Scarlet Street", and knowing there just wasn't anything that could ever replace that, it suddenly dawned on me there was a lot I'd actually missed as the first issue of "Scarlet Street" I'd ever read was #23. After #23, I was pretty much hooked and eagerly awaiting the publication of every issue henceforth, yet still however missing even a few after #23. Since the publication had ended with the final #55, I realized that I'd missed almost half of the "Scarlet Street" output!
I was ready to go back in time. Sure enough, when I took a look on the internet I found there were previous issues of "Scarlet Street" available out there, ones that I had missed and had yet to enjoy! I figured if I could at least pick up one a month, that would be fantastic. One of the first of the lot I found was this one, #17.
It was a pretty cool experience! It was indeed like going back in time. All of my friends were together again, and I soon found out that once a month wasn't enough and my purchasing of the missing issues began to increase in frequency. I think #19 was my next issue and then I was snapping them up as soon as I could find them.
Early 2013, I was wanting to share my experiences by posting a few pages of #17 on my Facebook page. I was a bit shy of how much I should share. Then there was a very long, long gap as I went back to privately collecting the "Scarlet Street" past that I had missed. It became a very personal and emotional experience. I wasn't convinced for the longest time that I'd actually find every single issue, certainly the earliest ones published would be quite difficult to locate and probably expensive. Overall, it worked out, and I was amazed to find how fast "Scarlet Street" itself learned where it fit in the field of the fantastic. Reading each issue starting at #1, it seemed to me that it hardly went through any growing pains and found its stride very quickly!
Nearing the end of 2014, I had reached my goal and completed my collection of all 55 issues. I still had not read them all when I began posting more pages on Facebook from my next hand-picked issue. Soon after that, I started getting the idea for this blog as a place where anyone could go to and enjoy (eventually) every single one of the collection. Shortly after beginning the blog in early 2015, I finally completed my final "Scarlet Street" experience and had read and experienced every one.
It was truly a wonderful ride and I continue to hope that I can eventually have every one posted here for the world to enjoy. I believe "Scarlet Street" deserves its place in history. It was a one-of-a-kind never-to-be-repeated experience. Happy Summer!
*Ann Doran
*Ann Doran
*Ann Doran
*Ann Doran
*Ann Doran
*Ann Doran with Charley Chase from "Many Sappy Returns" [1938]
*Dabbs Greer
*Dabbs Greer with Dick Kallman
*Dabbs Greer
*Dabbs Greer with Kelly Jean Peters
*Dabbs Greer continued in show business through to around 2003. He passed away in 2007 at the age of 90.
*"It! The Terror From Beyond Space" [1958]
*"It! The Terror From Beyond Space" [1958]
*"It! The Terror From Beyond Space" [1958]
*"It! The Terror From Beyond Space" [1958]
*"I Was a Teenage Werewolf" [1957]
*"I Was a Teenage Werewolf" [1957]
*"I Was a Teenage Werewolf" [1957]
*"I Was a Teenage Werewolf" [1957]
*"I Was a Teenage Frankenstein" [1958]
*"I Was a Teenage Frankenstein" [1957]
*"I Was a Teenage Frankenstein" [1957]
*Gary Conway
*Gary Conway
*Gary Conway
*"How To Make a Monster" [1958]
*"How To Make a Monster" [1958]
*"How To Make a Monster" [1958]
*"Who Killed Teddy Bear?" [1965]
*"Who Killed Teddy Bear?" [1965]
*Sal Mineo
*"Who Killed Teddy Bear?" [1965]
*"Who Killed Teddy Bear?" [1965]
*Sal Mineo
*"Who Killed Teddy Bear?" [1965]
*Sal Mineo
*Ann Doran died of natural causes at the age of 89 on September 19, 2000. She left $400,000 to the Motion Picture Country House, a retirement home for people in the movie industry.
In her birthplace, Amarillo, Texas, July 28, 2016 will be designated as Ann Doran Day.
*Sal Mineo
* Supplemental images are noted with an (*) asterisk. My intention is to only enhance the reading experience and not take away from the original publication.
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