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LesDaniels		#41	[-]
Nov 30 08 8:23 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Living on the Connecticut side of NYC, as a kid I got all those channels plus Channel 8 in New Haven, where I first saw A & C MEET FRANKENSTEIN.
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Don Glut	one very brief shot that appears in both UNKNOWN ISLAND and TEENAGE CAVEMAN	#42	[-]
Nov 30 08 8:47 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	The sauropods-in-the-swamp scene was indeed original to UNKNOWN ISLAND. I have a nice shot of one of the models (which I got from the Burman studios) in my old book THE DINOSAUR SCRAPBOOK.
Chesterbelloc		#43	[-]
Dec 1 08 10:30 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	New York also had Channel 2 which was probably one of the first stations in the country to show movies all night every night -- they'd sign off at the end of the last movie of the night, then start the new day's broadcast 10 or 20 minutes later. Even as a kid, I thought to myself, "Jeez, why don't they show something 10 or 20 minutes long and be a 24-hour-a-day station?" Channel 5 was the next to join them in all-night broadcasting -- movies and old sitcoms like JACK BENNY -- and then Channel 9, when it was a "super-station." Whenever I'd go anywhere else in the country as a kid/teenager, I'd look in their local TV GUIDEs and see that all the stations were signing off around midnight or 1 AM, and I'd think, "Holy Hooterville!" We had it grrrrreat in New York. The local Philly stations were pretty good, though most weren't all nighters. I think Channel 10 was(CBS affiliate), and they showed lots of old movies all through the night. I had a set of rabbit ears that could pull in NY stations on the upstairs TV, and was treated to the great stuff on WOR, Channel 11 and all the rest. Channel 9 used to show all week long festivals, including the Universal Frankenstein and Dracula flicks. Talk about heaven for an 11 year old! Check out my movie collection at: http://www.dvdaf.com/search.html?where=larryw7&init_form=where_0_larryw7*mode_more
CapnDunsel		#44	[-]
Dec 1 08 11:49 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	But how does this nostalgia for old TV stations help one CapnDunsel get a copy of "One Million BC"? Last Edited By: CapnDunsel Dec 1 08 12:05 PM. Edited 1 times.
MYST0		#45	[-]
Dec 1 08 9:01 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Capn. PM me. I send you one for an sase.
TomWeaver999		#46	[-]
Dec 1 08 9:10 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	<< I think Channel 10 was(CBS affiliate), and they showed lots of old movies all through the night. << LOL -- while you were in Philly fiddling with rabbit ears to get NY stations, I was in NY trying to get Channel 10 -- which I COULD, on one TV in the house. It was where I first saw IT CAME FROM BENEATH THE SEA complete; I'd grown up seeing 60-something-minutes of that 80-minute movie, so seeing it on Channel 10 at three in the morning (or whatever) was a big treat. But every other time I'd stay up 'til three hoping they'd be showing something just as cool, I'd find they were showing THE POWER AND THE PRIZE with Robert Taylor or something just as appealing (not!) to this teenage movie nut.
thehorrorboy		#47	[-]
Dec 2 08 8:07 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I used to know a film editor at Channel 10. He'd frequently bring home borrowed 16mm prints of the black and white Columbia Harryhausens, HOUSE OF WAX, etc. and run them for friends. That's how I first saw THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN. Wonder what ever became of him? (The film editor, not the Shrinking Man!)
Chesterbelloc		#48	[-]
Dec 2 08 11:15 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	LOL -- while you were in Philly fiddling with rabbit ears to get NY stations, I was in NY trying to get Channel 10 -- which I COULD, on one TV in the house. It was where I first saw IT CAME FROM BENEATH THE SEA complete; I'd grown up seeing 60-something-minutes of that 80-minute movie, so seeing it on Channel 10 at three in the morning (or whatever) was a big treat. But every other time I'd stay up 'til three hoping they'd be showing something just as cool, I'd find they were showing THE POWER AND THE PRIZE with Robert Taylor or something just as appealing (not!) to this teenage movie nut. Yep, Channel 10 showed "regular" movies most of the time, and I didn't bother to watch most of them. But every once in awhile they would show a horror oldie, like THE FACE OF MARBLE. Funny how I'd stay up late for a stinker like that, but would pass on something like PRIDE OF THE YANKEES. I used to know a film editor at Channel 10. He'd frequently bring home borrowed 16mm prints of the black and white Columbia Harryhausens, HOUSE OF WAX, etc. and run them for friends. That's how I first saw THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN. Wonder what ever became of him? (The film editor, not the Shrinking Man!) That's a neat story. I watched HOUSE OF WAX a zillion times on Channel 10, it would have been neat to see that worn old print in person. Check out my movie collection at: http://www.dvdaf.com/search.html?where=larryw7&init_form=where_0_larryw7*mode_more Last Edited By: Chesterbelloc Dec 2 08 11:18 AM. Edited 1 times.
TomWeaver999		#49	[-]
Dec 2 08 11:50 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	<< But every once in awhile they would show a horror oldie, like THE FACE OF MARBLE. << How funny you should bring up FACE OF MARBLE: Channel-surfing one night in the '70s, late-late at night when only Channel 2 should have been broadcasting, there was Channel 5 showing FACE OF MARBLE -- not listed in TV GUIDE. Channel 5 started broadcasting all-night and showing movies all night, NOT listing ANY of them in TV GUIDE or anywhere else that I could find, for weeks before telling TV GUIDE and the papers that they were doing so. I can't imagine why, but they did -- and I was up late every night to see what they would show, because it was often schlock like FACE OF MARBLE, UNKNOWN TERROR, TERROR IN THE HAUNTED HOUSE, etc. So in addition to every channel in NY being horror-happy, one (Channel 5) was running even MORE monstuh pitchas than they were listing in TV GUIDE. For a horror-happy teen, it was a heckuva lot of fun.
thehorrorboy		#50	[-]
Dec 2 08 1:11 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Tom, did the all-night Channel 5 movies have commercials? Would any sponsor want to buy time on a program that received no publicity whatsoever? Kind of a shame you never thought to call the station and ask them what the heck they were doing, and why? Oh well, you were just a kid.
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thehorrorboy		#51	[-]
Dec 2 08 1:18 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Back in the mid-Eighties, Channel 10 got a package of titles owned by MGM, including some United Artists and Monograms. (Come to think of it, I think they were ALL UA and Monograms, no MGMs.) At 11:30 on Saturday nights, opposite SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, they would run things like REVENGE OF THE ZOMBIES and THE FACE OF MARBLE. These were titles that they would only run at 3:00 AM back in the Sixties! One good thing about the Eighties broadcasts: the station was running broadcast quality videotapes made from beautiful 35mm masters, rather than scratched, spliced, mangled 16mm prints.
Cadaverino		#52	[-]
Dec 2 08 2:01 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	02/28/1954: WNBT, Channel 4 (B&W) 08/07/1954: WNBT, Channel 4 (B&W) 03/19/1955: WABD, Channel 5 (B&W) 05/22/1955: WRCA, Channel 4 (B&W) 06/30/1956: WABD, Channel 5 (B&W) 03/01/1958: WABD, Channel 5 (B&W) 11/17/1960: WOR, Channel 9 (B&W) 11/21/1960: WOR, Channel 9 (B&W) 11/22/1960: WOR, Channel 9 (B&W) 08/04/1961: WOR, Channel 9 (B&W) 08/07/1961: WOR, Channel 9 (B&W) 02/27/1965: WPIX, Channel 11 (B&W) 02/12/1966: WPIX, Channel 11 (B&W) 09/10/1966: WPIX, Channel 11 (B&W) 03/18/1967: WPIX, Channel 11 (B&W) 02/21/1970: WOR, Channel 9 (Color!) Your memory is vindicated, Tom Weaver.
thehorrorboy		#53	[-]
Dec 2 08 4:08 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Dear Cadaverino, how did you look that up?
TomWeaver999		#54	[-]
Dec 2 08 4:12 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	<< Tom, did the all-night Channel 5 movies have commercials? Would any sponsor want to buy time on a program that received no publicity whatsoever? << They did have commercials; it was weird. And thank you, Cadaverino, for the color confirmation on UNKNOWN ISLAND!
Cadaverino		#55	[-]
Dec 2 08 5:01 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	thehorrorboy wrote: Dear Cadaverino, how did you look that up? Through my local public library's website, I have access to the ProQuest Historical Newspapers database. My library subscribes to the indexes for New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post. Other newspapers available, depending on the subscription, include Chicago Tribune and Los Angeles Times. Everything is indexed in the newspaper, including photo captions, display advertisements, and classified ads.
Doc Dynamo		#56	[-]
Dec 2 08 5:06 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I grew up outside Trenton, NJ and we could get NY and Philly stations. 5,9,11 from NY 17,29,48 from Philly were great movie stations. I wish I could trade in my cable and get back what those stations were showing in the 70s. Last Edited By: Doc Dynamo Dec 9 08 5:52 PM. Edited 1 times.
DonM435		#57	[-]
Dec 9 08 7:09 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	thehorrorboy wrote: Tom, did the all-night Channel 5 movies have commercials? Would any sponsor want to buy time on a program that received no publicity whatsoever? Kind of a shame you never thought to call the station and ask them what the heck they were doing, and why? Oh well, you were just a kid. In the mid 1960s, Chicago's channel 5 (WMAQ I think) began to run all-night programming on Friday and Saturday nights only. The midnight film had a normal commercial quota, the 1:30 a.m. flick had somewhat fewer breaks . . . and once I managed to stay up for The Beast With Five Fingers, maybe 4:45-6 a.m., and it ran uninterrupted! I guess they figured not enough people were watching to make commercials viable. Actually, most of the ads on those shows were a pitchman in an empty studio, live or recently taped. WGN was first to go 24-hours all the time, but they showed commercials at all hours. (Well, once a year, they's show Olivier's Hamlet with no ads.)
MYST0		#58	[-]
Dec 9 08 11:06 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I think it was channel 3 in Philly that had the MGM package. My NY TV Guide also covered Philly stations and I noticed that Men Must Fight was going to be on ch 3 at something like 2 am on a weeknight. This was in the early or mid '80s before TNT and Turner. I thought it was a lost film and that, by some freak accident, channel 3 had unknowingly had a print in their vault. I seemed to remember that Forry had mentioned somewhere that he saw pieces of it in the garbage at a film storage facility. He speculated that this bit of nitrate film might have been the last bit of decomposed footage left of this amazing film that depicted World War 2 in 1933. I figured it was my obligation to save the film from oblivion. Heroically, I called in sick at work, grabbed my vcr, and drove the 2 1/2 hours it took to get to a motel just outside of the city and stayed up all night and got a nice copy of it off air and with commercials edited out. A few weeks later I saw that The Unholy Night was going to be on under very similar conditions. I went back to the same motel and got that also. I repeated the process later when The Sea Bat was shown. I was really hardcore in those days. Now I am sometimes too lazy to set my timer to record some amazing thing being shown on TCM!
thehorrorboy		#59	[-]
Dec 23 08 3:10 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I remember that there was some excitement in the film collecting community over those Channel 3 MGM broadcasts. Really, I think they just bought the cheapest package of features that they could get. I doubt that they even knew what they had.
ometiklon		#60	[-]
Dec 26 08 11:44 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Just watched this one Myself. Bought it from amazon. And I gotta say those were some of the most interesting Dinosaurs i've ever seen put on film. Stiff as 4x4 lumber...However. I Truly Enjoyed the Movie. And in color to boot!
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