Happy SHOCKtober! Scarlet Street Issue #42 was the first to have the final logo design and I recall really liking it at the time. I know some weren't so certain about it and I think I'll retain the earlier version that appeared on most issues for the mast of this blog. Speaking of that, you may have noticed I had to elongate it a bit mainly because, although I could make it 'fit' had I left it more boxy, I didn't want the current post to be pushed too far down to where you couldn't see it. That's why I made it the way it is, even though it never appeared quite like that on any issue cover.
What I have done, however, is use this newer logo (albeit also elongated) on a new Scarlet Street Twitter Page! I had this idea for a long time in the back of my head, but could never see what the reason would be for it. What I finally decided upon was that it could be a place to post highlights from any of the SS issues, mainly photographs, or photographs that I'd found online but couldn't use on any post for one reason or another. Most importantly, I saw it as a way to maybe keep the Scarlet Street Flag waving well after this blog comes to an end. That has me excited and I hope it does for you as well. Of course, the Twitter user image could be of no one other than our dear Richard Valley from a photo I took of him in 2004 at the Thailand Plaza, Horrorwood, Karloffornia, where we all celebrated Forry Ackerman's 88th birthday together.
Here's hoping it is a useful celebratory tool for Richard's memory and what he created. When you get the chance, check it out at this link: Scarlet Street Twitter Page
Don't forget, the original Scarlet Street Forums is still in existence and so, if nothing else, contains a lot of history you might wish to refer to once in a while.
With that, I bid you adieu until next time, when we'll be at the doorstep of our yearly 'family' holiday, Halloween! Hope you enjoy Scarlet Street #42!
*Artwork (top) for "She" [1935] starring Randolph Scott, Nigel Bruce, Samuel S. Hinds (2nd from top) and Helen Mack (bottom).
*Artwork (top) for "She" [1935] starring Randolph Scott, Nigel Bruce, Noble Johnson (2nd from bottom) and Helen Mack.
*Artwork (top) for "She" [1935] starring Helen Gahagan and Randolph Scott.
*Artwork (top) for "She" [1935] starring Helen Gahagan and Randolph Scott.
*"She" [1935] with Helen Mack and Gustav von Seyffertitz (above).
*"She" [1965] with Ursula Andress
*"She" [1965] with Rosenda Monteros and Peter Cushing (top) Ursula Andress (2nd from top and bottom) and Christopher Lee (2nd from top) and John Richardson (2nd from bottom).
*"She" [1965] with Peter Cushing (top) Ursula Andress (2nd from top) and John Richardson.
*"She" [1965] wih Ursula Andress and John Richardson
*"She" [1965]
*"Road to Singapore" [1940]
*"Road to Zanzibar" [1941]
*"Road to Morocco" [1942]
*"Road to Utopia" [1945]
*"Road to Rio" [1947]
*Shane Briant with Sylvia Kristel (below).
*Shane Briant
*Shane Briant with Madeline Smith (below).
*Shane Briant in "Sherlock Holmes vs. Frankenstein" [2016] below.
*Shane Briant (with cool autograph above!)
*"The Picture of Dorian Gray" [1945] with Hurd Hatfield and Donna Reed.
*"The Picture of Dorian Gray" [1945] with Hurd Hatfield and Angela Lansbury.
*"The Picture of Dorian Gray" [1945] with Hurd Hatfield and George Sanders.
Rich (Richard Valley) had designed this part of the article for the reader to be able to flip through the pages and see, via the miracle of 'persistence of vision', the physical changes of Dorian Gray (as played by Dennis Wayne). To compensate for the lack of a material magazine in your hands, I created a gif file to simulate the experience!
*"The Picture of Dorian Gray" [1961] with Jeremy Brett.
*Jeremy Brett had a hand in playing Dorian Gray on British television in 1961.
*"The Picture of Dorian Gray" [1961] with John Fraser and Susan Oliver.
*David Peel portrayed Dorian Gray on record in the early 1950s.
*Dennis Wayne (shown with Bonnie Mathis) was in a 1972 ballet version of "Dorian Gray" titled "Double Exposure".
*The famous Dick Smith makeup for "The Picture of Dorian Gray" of 1961 with John Fraser.
*"Dorian Gray" [1970] art.
*"Dorian Gray" [1970] with Helmut Berger, Marie Liljedahl (center) and Herbert Lom (below).
*"Dorian Gray" [1970] with Helmut Berger.
*Shane Briant with Linda Purl (below).
*Shane Briant
*"Road to Bali" [1952]
*"Road to Hong Kong" [1962]
*"Dorian Gray" [1970] with Helmut Berger, Richard Todd and Herbert Lom (below).
*"The Picture of Dorian Gray" [1973] with Shane Briant and Charles Aidman (above) and Vanessa Howard (below).
*Dennis Wayne
* Supplemental images are noted with an (*) asterisk. My intention is to only enhance the reading experience and not take away from the original publication.