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Hey everyone! I've been looking for a poster that was issued back in the late 1970's, entitles "Not of This Earth" and was advertised for in
Starlog #7 (the one with the Star Wars X-Wing cover) It's a very 1950's science fiction scene, of an isolated "lover's lane" with a
glowing UFO hovering over a quickly abandoned Buick. An equally glowing alien is examining the car, while two kids in the foreground, one a boy in a letter
jacket, and the other, a girl, in a poodle skirt and tight sweater, look on, ready to make a break for it. It's a very dramatic scene, and seems to capture
to me the essence of 1950's science fiction horror film. What I'm wondering is if anyone on this forum would know where I could find one of these
posters. Stupid me, I never sent off for one when they were $3.50, and now I suppose I'll have to pay collector's prices... They were originally
printed by a place called Watchdog Graphics, in Blair Nebraska, but a Google search tells me they went out of business sometime in the 1990's.
"[The audiance] will populate the darkness with more horrors than all the horror writers in Hollywood could think of. If you make the screen dark enough,
the mind's eye will read anything into it you want! We're great ones for the dark patches." -VAL LEWTON
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Bill Warren |
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Um, thanks, Bill. But the poster I'm looking for has no connection with the Corman classic, or the mid-1980's remake with Tracy Lords... This was an
entirely original poster artwork, which was advertised in Starlog #7, under the heading of "Not of This Earth!" I included it in this part of the
forum because it is obviously an homage to the science fictio horror films of the same era: the 1950's.
You didn't even bother reading the post, did you? You just assumed that I was talking about the Corman classic film, and took me to task, adding the link to the other thread without checking.
"[The audiance] will populate the darkness with more horrors than all the horror writers in Hollywood could think of. If you make the screen dark enough,
the mind's eye will read anything into it you want! We're great ones for the dark patches." -VAL LEWTON
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Bill Warren |
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It seemed logical to me that if the poster had nothing to do with the 1950s movie, the message would not have been posted in the 50s
folder.
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bipolarber |
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"[The audiance] will populate the darkness with more horrors than all the horror writers in Hollywood could think of. If you make the screen dark enough,
the mind's eye will read anything into it you want! We're great ones for the dark patches." -VAL LEWTON
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Tyrannocaster |
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Pretty cool poster, bipolarber.
My site, my Soundboard page, and YSS (which is not to be taken seriously, as it is part of the Oddities) |
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Thanks. Like I said, I'd love to have one of these... but you know the thing that always catches my eye about this image? Take a look at the car's back
end... notice how low it's setting on the suspension? There's something in the trunk... Every time I look at this poster, I wonder... "What the
heck is in the trunk?"
One of these days, I'd really like to see what this thing looks like in color...
"[The audiance] will populate the darkness with more horrors than all the horror writers in Hollywood could think of. If you make the screen dark enough,
the mind's eye will read anything into it you want! We're great ones for the dark patches." -VAL LEWTON
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starhawk60.movieserialmess... |
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Ditto on the poster bipolarber! Now that you mention it, it is riding a little low in the trunk.
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bipolarber |
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I figure, the kids either ran into an alien and were taking it's body back to town for proof...
Or... They have a couple of their friends hidden in the trunk, on their way to the drive in, when they were stopped by the UFO... and in a moment, they'll be getting the surprise of their lives...
"[The audiance] will populate the darkness with more horrors than all the horror writers in Hollywood could think of. If you make the screen dark enough,
the mind's eye will read anything into it you want! We're great ones for the dark patches." -VAL LEWTON
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Tyrannocaster |
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It just looks lowered all around to me. That was a pretty common thing to do.
My site, my Soundboard page, and YSS (which is not to be taken seriously, as it is part of the Oddities) |
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<< It seemed logical to me that if the poster had nothing to do with the 1950s movie, the message would not have been posted in the 50s folder. <<
Seems ILlogical to me to click on the post, not read it, and post an incorrect correction. Not to mention rude. |
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I should have included the image file with the first post. That would have avoided the inital confusion.
"[The audiance] will populate the darkness with more horrors than all the horror writers in Hollywood could think of. If you make the screen dark enough,
the mind's eye will read anything into it you want! We're great ones for the dark patches." -VAL LEWTON
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BlondieJohnson |
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Goodness, is that guy wearing denim, jeans, cords, khakis, ... or what?
Whoops, sorry, wrong thread. (I know, I know. Not being pants-savvy, it's none of the above.) |
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A very 1950s B movie image. It'd fit perfectly in a drive in picture.
Quote of the month: " To err is human, but to really foul things up requires a computer," anonymous |
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First,I would contact the Blair Nebraska public library and ask if they know anyone who worked for the business and their names & contact info. Or place an
ad in the Blair newspaper classifieds seeking employees of the company or the artist who made the picture. (edit) or do a Yahoo search;)
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Charles Thaxton |
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a quick Yahoo search turned up this information: the artist was named Kent Bellows (www.kentbellows.com) check this website time line under 1977 and it
mentions the poster and Starlog. The artist died in 2005, but has an art collection and website set up and people who handle this. here's contact info:
To send documentary information, stories and anecdotes, or inquiries of any kind, you may email the foundation at: info@kentbellows.com. Information may be mailed to: The Kent Bellows Foundation and/or The Kent Bellows Studio and Center for Visual Arts 3303 Leavenworth Street Omaha, Nebraska 68105 Ph.#402-505-7161 Ph.#866-831-2704 (Toll Free) Executive Director, Anne Meysenburg: anne@kentbellows.org Ph.# 402-707-3979 Educational Coordinator, Rebecca Herskovitz: rebecca@kentbellows.org Ph.#617-877-3911 |
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Wow. Charles, you are da man!
"[The audiance] will populate the darkness with more horrors than all the horror writers in Hollywood could think of. If you make the screen dark enough,
the mind's eye will read anything into it you want! We're great ones for the dark patches." -VAL LEWTON
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bipolarber |
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I sent an email off to his foundation, and we'll see what they have to say about the poster, or possibly a print, availability. I'll let you guys know,
in case anyone else might be interested in the image.
"[The audiance] will populate the darkness with more horrors than all the horror writers in Hollywood could think of. If you make the screen dark enough,
the mind's eye will read anything into it you want! We're great ones for the dark patches." -VAL LEWTON
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Charles Thaxton |
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I emailed them too (I'd enjoy a print of this myself) Thanks to you bipolarber for bringing this subject to our attention. I've got a few nice UFO
themed prints in my recording studio:)
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You're most welcome.
It's so very strange to me how so many odd little things that I find myself drawn to, I will be a fan of for years on end, and then suddenly, they bloom into a social fad of some kind: I followed Bettie Page for decades, and even chatted back and forth with Dave Stevens about her back in the 1980's, via snail mail. Then, Dave put her in the Rocketeer comic, and BOOM! Suddenly she's everywhere. I've been a zeppelin fanatic since almost the day I was born, and now steampunk comes along and practically turns them into fetish objects! My life seems to be filled with examples of this. I bought an original one sheet for Plan 9 From Outer Space for $12 bucks at a flea market when I was a kid, mostly because it was a Bela Lugosi/Vampira teamup... and a few years later the Golden Turkey book comes out and the price of that movie's memorabilia skyrockets! I bought multiple first prinintgs of the first few issues of TMNT, just thinking they were kinda cute... five years later, I sold the extra copies off (just before the movie came out) to come up with the $5k for my first house... (I'm sure you guys have stories like this to tell as well.) I don't know why I like the things that I do... but like Ray Bradbury with his beloved Buck Rogers comic strips, I've learned to just roll with these feelings when they crop up. Collecting this stuff makes me happy. For some reason, I just seem to have a knack for being attracted to things that become pop phenomenons.
"[The audiance] will populate the darkness with more horrors than all the horror writers in Hollywood could think of. If you make the screen dark enough,
the mind's eye will read anything into it you want! We're great ones for the dark patches." -VAL LEWTON
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Tyrannocaster |
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bipolarber wrote:Uhhh...no. I suspect that I am the balance to you on the Bell curve. My site, my Soundboard page, and YSS (which is not to be taken seriously, as it is part of the Oddities) |
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