Famous Monsters of Filmland 006 (1960) (Warren Publishing)
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OF FILMLAND FEBRUARY I960 NO. 6 35* 5^., m •''IV. SEE PACE 34 'CLUSIVE —ECRETS OF THE TIME MACHINE Hiya, Fellow High Brows! Ain't I the Werewolf's E/ebrows? There is no truth to the rumor that I brow- beat my wife— 1 haven't got a wife. 1 beat my widow instoad—and she's dead tired of it. Now I'm looking for someone new. Soy . you'tl do nicely! Come up and see me—on page 34 of this issue. jMiliMillMi rKfBSflnflKKnin 4 ONE'S Company and TOOTH'S a Crowd when a Toothy MORLOCK Menaces the Toothsome Miss MIMIEUX! Altho this won't happen for 800,000 Years, yet, we can hardly wait-for HGWells' TIME MACHINE. Monsters COVn by AltMrl Nuatull. oHIit'i concaptFan o( tha Vh Wond»f of th* Vforld; K O N G I Kin jHeP^ FEBRUARY 1960 ZACHEBll VOL. 3 NO. t WOW KING-SIZE KONG-TENTS 6 DEAR MONSTER From our Trsinloads of Mail from Transylvania and Plane Loads from Just Plain Everywhere, We Share Our Horrospondence with You. raar-Old Calabrity «o lafl li Hmd 6arnibacl<, .h»r fff $cl*ne« netlvn; whot'i r«ft f» t7G^»ar-a1d 8 THE NEW YEAR OF MONSTERS - AND HOW IT'S GROAN .c,k«rmofi, n* Maitar of Monitsrotogy.) Bom for Your Satisfaction in 1960 will be these A-to-Z Screamo- SGope Babies. FORREST J ACKERMAN editor 20 YOU AXED FOR IT Gil O'Teen's Fiendish Finds PHYLLIS FARKAS man aging editor 23 KONGFIDENTIALLY YOURS GEORGE FRENOY art director JAMES WARREN 34 THE CASE OF THE LONELY 6RAVE-RIBBER publisher Drac may love Zach — but many a Miamian craves M, T. Graves! 38 TERRORS OF THE TIME MACHINE P'iibllccrtioni. Inc.; EcflloridI, Advarliting and Subicriplion Offlcai ol 141i E. Woih- Fiends of the Far, Far Future. inqlon Lon«, Phlladdphla 31, fa. Saeond- Clan mail prUOagai nuthoruad at tMa- dcJphro, Panna., with odditlcinol entry ot Marldan, Conn, and Naw York, N. Y. 45 READERS DIE-JEST Rib-crackinc Cracks f ram Our Jills & Jacks. 46 YOU ITCHED FOR IT This Department's New and Itch Just for You! 50 MONSTER CLUB Get Your Red Hot Ice Cream Konfrs. 52 MONSTERS INTERNATIONAL IirdikI at br way i>l From Germany to Japan, Switzerland to Israel, meet Fellow Mon- ster Lovers Face to — Face? 66 YOU EARPED FOR IT Wyatt's a Natural — a WESTERN Companion to Your Favorite of the CREDITS a ACKHOWLEDCMINTS: Ac BE ASTERN Magazine. The Greatest Ad since the Invention tualltlat Loutonn*. Yyron Crabba, Morris Sicks-Gun I Scot) Dollani, J. Foraitar Eckman, Ingrld Fritiich, Ga lbs rg-Victor. Garnibaek Inc., Go* GrlHHh. Mofio Lorrinago. Al Lawis, Wm, A. Moora, Priimo Jarusoltm, paokar Photo Sariica, Eugana Rkhaa. Chrii Robinson. Staphan J. Takocs. Trioda, VcR^vtv. Amiko da Yono. t PREFERS DICK CLARK THIS IS THE Department where you're DADDY'S LITTLE DRACULAS invited outspooken in your to be 1 was frightened out of my mind this I am 16 and a student at the Villa Winners, this issue, of Pa. opinions. past Halloween when I saw what looked Joseph Marie school in Newtown, thrill-stills and beast-seiling like three miniature monsters roaming I have a problem with my boyfriend books are ROBERT SEMLER, JOANNA the streets of Glassboro, New Jersey. who would rather go to a double- SANOCKI and TONY GREELEY. Each one of these tiny terror- tots feature horror show at the Drive- In was wearing a mask that would have than to dances. And I like to dance! Give me Dick Clark anyday. Who HUNGRV FAN scared Chaney himself! I think it is terrible to have little children needs Dracula? I think FTif is great and am devouring growing up in an atmosphere of mon- CHRISTINE TAUT every word of it. As you can see ster and horror, and I made it my Hatboro, Pa. from my picture, I'm anxious for business to pay a call on the parents JOHN GETROST of these unfortunate little boys. Imagine how I felt when I found out Sidney, Ohio WON'T CATCH- HIM KNAPPING their own father is George Prenoy, Most of the horror films don't come Art Director of FAMOUS MONSTERS! GRTROST HILL GET YOU! the here (alas) and if it wasn't for It seems that these youngsters {ages your wonderful magazine I wouldn' there 3, 5, and 7) know everything know what to look for when they do, - is to know about monsters and they PM also helps me to get away from LOVE 'em! Needless to say I left the boredom of school and human be- home with a better under- the Prenoy ings. People who are criticizing standing and appreciation of monsters. monster movies were seeing horror How about letting your readers see films when they were teenagers, I a picture of these three young bet; they just tend to forget. "devils?" NANCY GOLOING RILL KNAPP Glassboro, N.J. Lancaster, Call CHANEY LETTER THANKS FROM ZACH Lon Chaney Sr. is my favorite. Out I On behalf of the Zacherley Pan Club am sure it is difficult to obtain back members and the Executive Board, I pictures of him sincere dates wish to commend you for your excellent i'^S:' quite a while. (Ed. note: Yes, he articles concerning Zacherley. We was born some years before Lon Cha- sincerely appreciate your help in ney Jr! ) I consider myself a lit- on Chaney making Zach what he is today, and we tle bit of an authority ; would like to honor you with the Sr, since I have 41 fotos and a list ' office of Honorary Life Vice-Presi- of 31 of his fnovies plus a scrap- dent. Pleaselet us know if you will book devoted entirely to him. accept, and again - thank you for ATMOSPHERL OF ilOBROB?J ROBERT SEMLEB your help, • O.K. Nancy. Here are the 3 terrors Haddonfield, N.J. DAVID GRISMAN of Glassboro - with Pappa Prenoy in Passaic, N.J. the middle. There are 3 MORE off- • Thank you for sharing your list spring in the Prenoy clan - but they of Chaney Sr. film titles with us. • Sure we accepti Zach is O.K. in were too busy trying on the latest Bob; it will come in handy when we our Book - day or night (preferably monster masks when this picture was do another article on The Man of A ni^tn.--Ed. taken. --Ed. Thousand Paces. --Ed. s) BRAVO PROM BRAZIL TRUNK fflTH POIER GRUBB-STAKE 1 can tell you that here in Brazil We thought you'd be interested to I just crawled out of my coffin to your great magazine is very much hear what happens when you leave a grab the latest issue of FK, but I loved, and the best esample of it copy of PM in the trunk of a car think I'll subscribe because I'm 30 far was the Monster from the overnight. The enclosed picture getting tired of flying down to the Black Lagoon, which cane 'way down shows the awful consequences. It Coroner Noose Stand--besides, it' from the Amazon to our city to buy took us 3 days to kill the beast, driving the proprietor batty. And his copy. (He came by Ghost Train; and I still wake up screaming. while speaking of bats, how is Dr. ticket price--2 pints of blood per Acula feeling lately? I have a hot seat. Of course, you can trav- OTTO PFEIPER voodoll in his likeness into which el in a cold damp comfortable cof- BURNETT TOSKEY I have stuck 100 puns, I hope PJA fin, but the price is exorbitant: 2 Seattle. Washineton has a Blue Cross Plan. copies of PM, and you know how dif- ficult it is to get one! ) As you STEVE GRUBB can see with your own 3 eyes, I am Denton, N.C. a noble monster (Count Van Pire to • No, but he has a Grue Curse Plan you); you can see that from the that he hopes will protect him from blue blood which I use in my bawl- your slangs and deroes of outrage- point pen. ous fortune (to quote that famous Arabian playwright, Shlek Spear e. THE BEAST IS YET TO COME PUBLISHER LOSES FACE My ambition is to play in "Beauty Please help me. I work in the BROmER, CAN YOU SPARE A BEAST? and the Beast". Do you think I building where PM' s offices are have a ghost of a chance? located. Each morning I see a • Gee, what an accessory! normal- looking young chap walk into I buy one?--Bd? TRINA PETIT the office - but at the end of the Hollywood. Calif. day a horrible, inhuman monster leaves - raving at the top of his ONE FOR THE MUMMY.. lungs. Is It possible that these two I'd like to see more in your mag are one and the same? like the article Mummy' s the Word. I have been a fan of mcmster movies ever since I can remember, and dis- agree with a certain high school teacher, Mr. Hotin. I think there should be less movies about juven- ile delinquency, not monsters. I'm thrilled with PM--please keep the issues cOTiing. JOANNA SANOCKI Pawtucket, ft. I. THE VAHPIRE OF MISSOURI I am know affectionately as The Vampire of Missouri - and if you want to go on publishing PM I strongly suggest that you print my picture OUEENA TRINA in your Letters column. Do I make niy point? • For our dough, you're America's answer (and what a question) to STEVE STEINGER Brigitte Bardot--and you know bow University City, many beasts that beautiful girl has raet in the movies.