As I begin winding down posting the final issues of Scarlet Street, I find that it will not be a time of sadness but a joyful celebration of what was a wonderful period in my life and is now become a part of me which I will carry with happiness through to my own final days. I met so many good people through Scarlet Street and always felt confident that I was included as one of the gang 'down on the Street' as I used to say.
This issue introduces what would have become a new phase in the Scarlet Street legacy: The soundtrack record, or CD as records were being called back in those days. "Jeepers Creepers: Great Songs From Horror Films" was the first musical collaboration between the publishers of the magazine and producer Bruce Kimmel. It included plenty of guest singers and contributors including Judy Kaye, Brent Barrett, Susan Gordon, Alison Fraser, Katherine Helmond and Zacherley himself to name only a few.
Bruce Kimmel is today the owner of the original recordings and as such remastered them and created brand new art for the CD which you can purchase today via this link "Jeepers Creepers - Kritzerland". It appears to be a limited edition, so get it while you can.
In the meantime, I do not believe Mr. Kimmel would mind that I reproduced the original 2003 artwork for the record and you'll find all of that at the end of this post.
Of course, there's much more to SS #49 than just the record. There's "Cranky" Ken Hanke's article (miss him!) about those fabulous "Horror Hags" of the early 1960s for which I believe he was mildly criticized for using the term "Hags", but we all know Ken welcomed criticism, and always had an answer for it.
To offset the Hags, we have those musclemen of the 1950s and 60s who were the Tarzans, the Goliaths and the Herculeses of those days. I might have not ever have been into that genre but many people were as these characters and their movies were quite popular for a long time and Scarlet Street interviews three survivors, Mark Forest, Gordon Scott and Reg Lewis. Hey, it's Summertime, why not enjoy some unclothed Adonises.
Then there are the usual cast of SS characters, including The News Hound (John J. Mathews), Ross Care's Record Rack along with the conclusion to the interview with Charles Edward Pogue where he talks a lot about the making of "Psycho III" and Anthony Perkins.
Happy Summer to you all! May it be a good one. Happy American Independence Day!
*Scenes from "Whatever Happened To Baby Jane?" [1962]
*Scenes from "Whatever Happened To Baby Jane?" [1962]
*Scenes from "Whatever Happened To Baby Jane?" [1962]
*Scenes from "Straight-Jacket" [1964]
*Scenes (and behind the scenes) from "Straight-Jacket" [1964]
*Scenes from "Straight-Jacket" [1964]
*Scenes from "Dead Ringer" [1964]
*Scenes from "Dead Ringer" [1964]
*Scenes from "Dead Ringer" [1964]
*Scenes from "Hush ...Hush, Sweet Charlotte" [1964]
*Scenes from "Hush ...Hush, Sweet Charlotte" [1964]
*"Jeepers Creepers" offers music from "Who Killed Teddy Bear?" [1965] top, "What's the Matter With Helen?" [1971] 2nd from top, "Circus of Horrors" [1960] 3rd from top, and "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?" [1962] bottom.
*"Jeepers Creepers" offers music from "Journey To The Center of the Earth" [1959] top, a medley from "The Mummy's Curse" [1944] 2nd from top and "Frankenstein Meets The Wolf Man" [1943] 3rd from top, and "Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte" [1964] bottom.
*"Jeepers Creepers" offers music from "Jeepers Creepers" [2001] top, "The Blob" [1958] 2nd from top, "Hold That Ghost" [1941] 3rd from top, and "Mothra" [1961] bottom.
*"Jeepers Creepers" offers music from "Attack of the Puppet People" [1958] top, "The Nutty Professor" [1963] 2nd from top and a medley from "Frankenstein's Daughter" [1958] 3rd from top, "How To Make a Monster" [1958] bottom (and not shown, "I Was A Teenage Werewolf" [1957]).
*Mark Forest posing, 3rd from top, and in "Goliath and the Dragon" [1960] bottom.
*Mark Forest in "Maciste, Gladiatore de Sparta" [1964] top, with Mimmo Palmara in "Goliath and the Sins of Babylon" (1963) 2nd from top, in "Son of Hercules" [1963] 3rd from top and "Son of Samson" [1962] bottom.
*Gordon Scott with Vera Miles in "Tarzan's Hidden Jungle" [1955] top, and I believe the 3rd from the top photo is also from the same movie.
*Gordon Scott with Yolande Donlan in "Tarzan and the Lost Safari" [1957] top, in "Goliath and the Vampires [1961] 2nd from top, and the bottom two photos show Mr. Scott doing battle with Anthony Quayle in "Tarzan's Greatest Adventure" [1959]. It seems obvious who 'won'!
*Reg Lewis with Mae West and Ed Fury (center).
*Reg Lewis with Ed Fury (left) and Sam Calhoun (right) center photo.
*Reg Lewis with Hugo Labra and Ernie Phillips at the Mr. America Contest of 1963 (top photo).
*Reg Lewis
*Mark Forest playing a Roman (top), ready to do battle (2nd from top), doing battle (3rd from top) and posing (bottom).
*Charles Edward Pogue (top) with Charlton Heston (2nd from top), who played Sherlock Holmes in "The Crucifer of Blood" [1991], Mr. Pogue's 'swan song as an actor'; Anthony Perkins in "Psycho III" [1986] 3rd from top and bottom, whom Mr. Pogue would work with in writing the screenplay for that film.
*Charles Edward Pogue (top) with a advertisement of "The Ebony Ape" (2nd from top) which is Mr. Pogue's own play with Sherlock Holmes which he wrote; Scenes from "Psycho III" [1986] 3rd from top and bottom.
*Scenes from "Psycho III" [1986]
*Scenes from "Hush ...Hush, Sweet Charlotte" [1964]
*Scenes from "Psycho III" [1986]
*Gordon Scott with John Wayne (2nd from top) and Vera Miles (bottom).
Bruce Kimmel is today the owner of the original recordings for "Jeepers Creepers: Great Songs From Horror Films" and as such remastered it and created brand new art for the CD which you can purchase today via this link "Jeepers Creepers - Kritzerland". It appears to be a limited edition, so get it while you can.
In the meantime, I do not believe Mr. Kimmel would mind that I reproduced the original 2003 artwork design by Frank Dietz for the record shown here with the original liner notes by Scarlet Street publisher, Richard Valley.
* Supplemental images are noted with an (*) asterisk. My intention is to only enhance the reading experience and not take away from the original publication.
