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MIDNIGHT MARQUEE
2018/19 CATALOG
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WE KNOW MOVIES!
Midnight Marquee Press • 9721 Britinay Lane, Baltimore, MD 21234
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A Letter from Gary and Sue Svehla of Midnight Marquee Press
We would like to apologize to our many long time customers as well as to
our many new ones for the lateness of this catalog and our slowness in get-
ting your orders out. It’s been a rough several years as Sue has been facing
medical challenges, but we have finally found a diagnosis and she is on a
healing path. Of course we will try to get your orders out quickly, but we’re
getting old and slow (not to mention forgetful) so—
if you need your books quickly, please order them from
AMAZON.com or OLDIES.com.
Most of our books are now being converted to e-books by
Bear Manor Media, so you can order those from Amazon.com.
We thank you for your patience, your business
and your friendship through the years.
Gary and Sue Svehla
Table of Contents
3 New Titles from MMP
Payment: We accept
5 Brit Horrors all major credit cards,
12 Italian Horror checks, money orders
15 Biographies and Autobios and PayPal.
19 Musical Bios
20 MidMar’s Actors Series Shipping: We try to
21 Histories of Horror Films ship within 7 work-
25 Histories of Sci-Fi Films ing days, but it’s just the two of us and we’re
getting old and slow.
26 Hooray for Hollywood—
other genres If you need your order fast, PLEASE
28 Exploitation Horrors order from Amazon.com or Oldies.com
29 Forgotten Horrors & Most books will arrive from Createspace—
DVDs, mags, bookplates, etc.
Guilty Pleasures
will ship from MMP
30 Serials
31 Westerns Midnight Marquee Press, Inc.
32 A-Z Horror/Sci-Fi 9721 Britinay Lane, Baltimore, MD 21234
Film Guides Phone: 410-665-1198
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BIOS (NEW Titles) 3
The Life and Death of
COLIN CLIVE
“ONE MAN CRAZY!”
Gregory William Mank
$30.00, SALE $19!
The eagerly awaited bio from
Gregory William Mank is sure
to be a crowd pleaser as Mank
delves into the rise and fall of
one of the maddest doctors of
them all, the original Dr. Franken-
stein—Colin Clive.
FORGOTTEN FACES OF
FANTASTIC FILMS
James T. Coughlin, 8 1/2 x11, paperback
257 pages, rare photos
Price $25, SALE PRICE $18!
The faces are vivid, for many of us who are
long-time disciples of the Golden Age of
Horror. They were a strange and striking
repertory, playing in Hollywood’s nether
world horror arena. Each and every one was
a seasoned professional, but his or her name
was usually far below the billing of the stars.
Coughlin tells the fascinating stories of
New COVER
characters such as E.E. Clive, Edward Van
Sloan, Ernest Thesinger, Halliwell Hobbes,
Noble Johnson, Charles Hurst, and many
other.
Claudia Jennings: A Biography
Eric J. Karell, 6x9, $25.00, SALE $18!
Karell examines the life and career of Jennings who, during
the 1970s, was known as “The Queen of B Movies.” Jennings
turned a Playboy mag photo into genre fame in films such as
Unholy Rollers, Truck Stop Women, ’Gator Bait, Deathsport,
and other films and TV
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New Titles
MIDNIGHT
MARQUEE’S 1930s
HORROR MOVIE
SCRAPBOOK
VOL. 1
Edited by Gary J. and Susan Svehla
8 1/2 X 11, Price $25, SALE PRICE $19!
Classic horror movie fans are familiar
with the classic movie posters and
images from the 1930s Golden Age
of Horror, but this fascinating book of
graphics includes articles, images and
rare photos that will be appreciated
New COVER and enjoyed by any movie fan.
NEW TITLE
MIDNIGHT
MARQUEE’S 1930S
HORROR MOVIE
SCRAPBOOK
VOL. 2
Edited by Susan Svehla
8 1/2 X 11,
Price $25, SALE PRICE $19!
We kept finding more movies to
add to the 1930s, so we decided
to do a Vol. 2 before we tackle
the 1940s in 2019! We spent
months finding newspaper ads,
clippings and photos of more
classic (and some not so classic)
titles. Includes titles such as Cat
and the Canary, The Ghoul, The
Gorilla, Invisible Ray, Mad Love,
Mark of the Vampire, The Raven,
The Return of Dr. X, Walking
Dead, Werewolf of London and
Midnight
many otherMarquee Press • www.midmar.com • 410-665-1198 • mmarquee@aol.com
genre titles!
BRIT HORRORS (NEW TITLE)
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RALPH
BATES
A BIOGRAPHY
Christopher Gullo
6x9, 188 pages
Price $25
SALE PRICE $18
Written with the blessing of Bates’ wife Virginia and his two children, Ralph Bates: A Biog-
raphy delves deep into the actor’s life from childhood and his beginning interest in theater at
school, to his tenure at Hammer Film Productions as one of its rising stars, to his triumphs
in television with lead roles in Poldark and Dear John. This biography features 165 photos,
including many never-before-seen family photos. Besides his well-known turns as the dark
and brooding villain, readers will also learn about his outside love of cricket and his desire
to perform comedy, which came to fruition during his multiple tours with the production of
Run for Your Wife! In addition to quotes from Bates from various interviews, over 70 original
author-acquired contributions from family, friends and coworkers were gathered to give the
most complete look at the life of a much missed actor, husband, father and friend to many.
The author is donating all personal proceeds from sales of this book to the Ralph Bates Pan-
creatic Cancer Research Fund, which was created to honor Bates, who passed away from the
disease in 1991.
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BRIT HORRORS
MIDNIGHT MARQUEE STUDIO SERIES:
HAMMER
Paperback, 6x9, 274 pages, $25, SALE $15
With the re-emergence of Hammer we wanted to look back at
our old faves and wallow in fond memories. Here we offer a se-
ries of chapters, by the best genre writers, on our favorite Ham-
mers. Chapters include: Hammer Films and the Resurrection of
Dracula; Peter Cushing, Terence Fisher and Hammer’s Vam-
pire; Christopher Lee, Count Dracula and Hammer Films: Peter
Cushing and Van Helsing; The Dracula Films with No Dracula!;
Hammer’s Hunt For A New Vein of Vampire Film; Three Semi-
Classics from the 1970s; Why the 1970s Bite; Let Me In: The Re-
turn of Hammer; and the Spirit of Val Lewton; Evolving Worlds
of Hammer’s Baron Frankenstein; X—The Unknown;Val Guest
and Nigel Kneale: Hammer’s Dynamic Duo; Surviving the Lost
Worlds of Hammer; The Hammer Factory; Hammer Films, Cor-
man Style; The Abominable Snowman; The Curse of the Were-
wolf; The Devil Rides Out; Christopher Lee Is The Mummy;
Peter Cushing Is Kharismatic; Hammer Films Unearth The
Mummy; The Phantom of the Opera; Paranormic and Night-
mare; To the Devil… a Daughter; Hammer Declares War; Night Creatures
YOU’RE NOT OLD ENOUGH SON
Barry Atkinson, paperback, 6x9, $25, SALE $15 Atkinson chron-
icles his childhood adventures as an underage Brit horror film
fanatic, who, along with his best chums, schemed to sneak into
X-rated horror films such as Them!, Tarantula, Rodan, Dracula,
Atom Age Vampire. Boomer horror film fans longing for those
filmic glory days of yesteryear won’t want to miss this heartfelt
tribute and follow up.
YOU ARE OLD ENOUGH SON:
Further Irreverent Recollections of the Hor-
ror/Science Fiction/Fantasy Scene
in the British Cinema, 1971-2005.
Barry Atkinson, 6x9, $25, SALE $15
Another look at more modern horror films, well, if you consider 1970s
modern, but this time from one of the origi-
nal monster kids who watches all new hor-
ror films rather than refusing to watch any-
thing made after 1965 (and you know who
you are!). Check it out and you may find a
whole slew of new must see movies!
TUESDAY’S CHILD: IMOGEN HASSALL
Dan Leissner; paperback, 6x9, $25, SALE $15
This loving tribute to ’60s English media fave Imogen Hassall is a story of
the human tragedy of a warm and caring but broken woman whose small
film career and party-girl media celebrity led to her ultimate downfall.
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BRIT HORRORS 7
THE AMICUS ANTHOLOGY
6x9, 240 pages, $25, SALE PRICE $18
In 1965, the newly-formed Amicus Productions burst onto
the British fantasy scene with Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors,
an anthology film featuring five tales of suspense and the
supernatural. The success of Dr. Terror encouraged the
partners to produce more of the same and in the years that
followed, Torture Garden, The House That Dripped Blood,
Tales From the Crypt and others forever associated the
name of Amicus with the anthology horror film.The Amicus
Anthology is an in-depth look at a body of films which were
unique in the annals of fantasy cinema and featured not only
the talents of horror icons Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee
but those of dozens of the most famous names on the British
screen in the 1960s and ’70s.
X-CERPT
6x9, 244 pages Retail price $25, SALE $15
The 1950s and ’60s were the era of the ‘X’-certificate, when
the emergent British horror film was equally represented by the
work of a number of independent producers, who between them,
created some of the most memorable thrillers of the period. This
was the time when madmen stalked the Circus of Horrors, Jack
the Ripper rubbed shoulders with Peeping Tom, and cinemago-
ers were invited to walk the Corridors of Blood, enter the The-
atre of Death and set foot on the Island of Terror...In X-CERT,
the “Adults Only” horror films that inspired the nightmares of a
generation are examined in detail for the very first time through
exclusive interviews,
contemporary cen-
sorship reports and
rare glimpses behind
the scenes--complete
with over 200 stills!
X-CERT 2
The British Independent Horror Film: 1971-1983
6x9, 298 pages, $25, SALE PRICE $18
X-CERT 2 is the sequel to X-CERT, which told the
story of Britain’s independent horror film producers
from 1951-1970. In X-CERT 2, the low budget horrors
of the period 1971-1983, when the age-limit for the X
certificate was raised to 18, are examined in all their
gruesome detail for the very first time through exclusive
interviews, contemporary censorship reports and rare
glimpses behind the scenes of some of British horror’s
most infamous shockers. The definitive companion-
piece to X-CERT.
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JIMMY SANGSTER
THE REMARKABLE MICHAEL REEVES by
John Murray; paperback, 6x9, $25, SALE $15
DO YOU WANT IT GOOD OR TUESDAY?
Mike Reeves, a public schoolboy in the late 1950s, NEW COVER paperback, 6x9, $25, SALE $15
visits the local cinema every Saturday. There he Jimmy Sangster
worships Hollywood proves the pen is
movies, especially mightier than the
those made by Don stake as he reflects
Siegel and Roger upon his film ca-
Corman. He dreams reer from his early
of emulating them. apprenticeship in
Ten years later, hav- the British film
ing directed only industry to Ham-
three films, including mer Films main-
Witchfinder General, stay and then to a
for a total budget less stint in Hollywood
than £200,000, Mike and television.“Mr.
Reeves is dead. Sangster’s auto-bi-
Author John ography is written
B. Murray tells film fans about The Remarkable with the same flair that made him a successful
Michael Reeves and His Short and Tragic Life in and respected film writer, as he takes us on a
this intriguing biography of the talented but frag- witty, informative and honest ride from Hammer
ile filmmaker, whose death at an early age assured Horror to American network television.”—Tom
him eternal cult status among horror film fans. Johnson, author Hammer Films: An Exhaustive
Filmography
MICHAEL RIPPER UNMASKED INGRID PITT:
paperback, 6x9, $25, SALE $15 DARKNESS BEFORE DAWN
AUTOGRAPHED BOOKPLATE Ingrid Pitt; Paperback $25, SALE $15
Often if you blinked your eyes you missed his per- Follow the life story of the amazing Ingrid—
formance. After he’s from the terror-filled years in a Concentration
poured the drinks, Camp, hardships after the war, breaking into
dug the graves, inter- acting, becoming a wife and mother, worldwide
rogated the suspects adventures,
or delivered his fares soon a film
to their destinations, career, plus-
he disappeared from writing and
the screen. theater. This
But whatever the memoir of a
size of the role, Mi- life that was
chael Ripper made filled with
an impression on film terrors and
audiences with his tears and ul-
charm and ready wit. timately joy
His work in the British theater, film and televi- and laughter
sion industry have made him a household name in will paint a
England... but his sparkling performances in Ham- picture of
mer films have made him a legend to horror film Ingrid Pitt
fans everywhere. you will not
This biography details the life and career of soon forget.
this wonderful character actor.
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BRIT HORRORS 9
MEMORIES OF HAMMER
paperback, 6x9, $25, SALE $15
For many fans the Golden Age of Horror occurred cour-
tesy, not of Universal, but from what those fans consider
England’s greatest export, Hammer Film Productions.
Memories of Hammer contains transcriptions of the guest
talks presented at the past FANEX conventions. The
book brings fans the reminiscences of the people in front
of and behind the cameras at Hammer including: James
Bernard, Martine Beswicke, Veronica Carlson, Freddie
Francis, Val Guest, Christopher Lee, Suzanna Leigh, In-
grid Pitt, Jimmy
Sangster, Barba-
ra Shelley, Yutte
Stensgaard and
Virginia Wether-
ell. An absolute
must for Ham-
mer fans.
THE UNHOLY THREE: GEORGE COULOURIS,
DENNIS PRICE and ANDRE MORELL
paperback, 6x9, $25, SALE $15
You will find the answers to many questions and more as you
read about the stage and film careers and lives of Dennis Price,
George Coulouris and Andre Morell.
What do Dennis Price, George Coulouris and Andre Mo-
rell have in common? They all essayed very different but quite
remarkabl screen villains.
THE SHRIEKING SIXTIES
8 1/4 x10 1/2, 220 pages, $25.00, SALE PRICE $15
The Shrieking Sixties documents the British horror boom
of the 1960s. Edited by Darrell Buxton (U.K. horror expert
and critic) and written by a variety of contributors, including
Mike Hodges (Fangoria), the book features informative and
lively reviews of 150 creepy, macabre and downright scary
movies. From Hammer’s Brides of Dracula and Plague of
the Zombies, to cult classics like Witchfinder General and
Scream and Scream Again, The Shrieking Sixties runs the
gruesome gamut. Of particular note is the book’s coverage
of 1969 shocker Night, After Night, After Night, revealing
daring new information about this ahead-of-its-time proto-
slasher. The Shrieking Sixties seems set to become a vital,
essential addition to any fright film fan’s library.
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THE HAMMER FRANKENSTEIN
6x9, 240 pages, Retail price $25, SALE $15
In 1957, Hammer released The Curse of Frankenstein and
changed the face of horror cinema, and made international
stars of Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee. In the years
that followed, the company made six more Frankenstein
films and a television pilot, all but two of them starring
Cushing as the callous and amoral Baron Frankenstein.
Author Bruce Hallenbeck explores the many cinematic
experiments of the baron who, along the way, made “Crea-
tures” of Lee, Don Megowan, Michael Gwynn, wrestler
Kiwi Kingston, Susan Denberg, Freddie Jones and David
Prowse in a series unique in the annals of British horror.
The Hammer Frankenstein relates the story of how Ham-
mer Films, and director Terence Fisher, made a movie
“monster” that endures to this day...
THE HAMMER VAMPIRE
6x9, 240 pages, Retail price $25, SALE $15
An in-depth examination of how Hammer changed a
genre forever. Hammer may not have invented the vam-
pire film, but its technicians and actors certainly perfect-
ed it. The screen vampire as we know and love it today,
from Buffy the Vampire Slayer to True Blood, would not
have existed in its present form but for a series of 16
Gothic horror films produced by Hammer between 1958
and 1974. Hammer’s greatest contribution to the vampire
film may have been in its evolution of the female of the
species, the seductive vampire woman, who ultimately
proved to be far more deadly than the male...
HAMMER Fantasy & SCI-FI
6x9, 260 pages, Retail price $25, SALE $15
Hammer has long been synonymous with horror, but was
also responsible for some of the best fantasy and science
fiction films made in the UK. From the terrors of The Qua-
termass Xperiment through the prehistoric menace of One
Million Years BC to the prophetic satire of Moon Zero
Two, Hammer put every bit as much style and creativity
(and more money) into its fantasy features as it did into its
Gothic horrors. Bruce G Hallenbeck explores the history
of Hammer’s many ventures into science-fantasy, setting
them in the context of the genre as a whole and providing
the reader with a wealth of intriguing background detail,
as well as dozens of rare photos from private collections.
Foreword by Martine Beswicke.
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CHRISTOPHER LEE:
TALL, DARK AND GRUESOME
Christopher Lee
6x9, 320 pages
Retail price $25, SALE $15
w/AUTOGRAPHED BOOKPLATE
Paperback $75
What a life Christopher Lee has led! This book tells
it all, both early history and film career, tracing the
Hammer years and beyond, and finally concluding
with his most recent films made up to 1999, when the
volume was released. Featuring over 150 photographs,
many personally chosen by Mr. Lee from his own
collection.
PETER CUSHING
Edited by Anthony Ambrogio,
paperback, 6x9, $25, SALE $15
Midnight Marquee offers a collection examining
the work of Peter Cushing.
The chapters in this volume by MidMar’s
staff of genre historians put the emphasis squarely
on the performer himself. Not only do we analyze in-
depth 56 of Cushing’s performances, but the annotated
filmography offers capsule c o m m e n t s about most of
his other roles. Anyone interested in the enormous
contributions to horror film by the “Gentle Man
of Horror”—will find a great deal of insight and
intelligence within these pages.
URBAN TERRORS
6x9, 296 pages, Retail price $25, SALE $15
The Golden Age of British Horror Cinema was long gone, but like all
the best monsters, the genre has risen from the grave. Urban Terrors
is the first book to fully examine the British horror film revival, docu-
menting and analysing the more than 100 movies that were commer-
cially released between 1997 and 2008. It reveals how the changes in
technology have enabled more people to make films, how changes in
distribution —from VHS to DVD to VOD—are enabling more people
to watch them, and how the mainstream media has failed to spot and
comment upon this largely-undocumented phenomenon. And it exam-
ines how these new kinds of horror films have dealt with issues like
disenfranchised youth, class division and social exclusion...
Midnight Marquee Press • 9721 Britinay Lane, Baltimore, MD 2123412 ITALIAN HORRORS (NEW TITLES)
Heroes Never Die (color)
The Italian Peplum Phenomenon
Barry Atkinson, COLOR $75.00 SALE $40
Black and White $30, SALE $18
8 1/2 x 11, Full Color, 342 pages
Italian sword and sandal burst upon worldwide
screens in 1957/8 with the release of Steve
Reeves’ The Labors of Hercules/Hercules. Eight
years and over 300 films later, peplum died out
as quickly as it had begun. So welcome to an
exciting, colorful cinematic world of mythical
heroes, gladiators, cavaliers, knights of old, pi-
rates, ancient Egyptians & Romans, Greek gods,
Vikings, barbarians and fabulous monsters, plus
Robin Hood, Zorro and the Three Musketeers!
Follow the adventures of Hercules, Maciste,
Ursus, Samson and Goliath; bloody gladiato-
rial combat; lost civilizations and Hades; cata-
clysmic scenes of mass destruction; copious
amounts of both male and female flesh; shudder
to the sounds of ships’ cannonade; revel in evil
villains and exotic queens; admire mammoth
sets and applaud all those outlandish creatures.
A ZOMBIE’S LIFE: GIOVANNI LOMBARDO RADICE
Regular $25.00, SALE $18.00, 6 x 9, 260 pages
Italian horror actor Giovanni Lombardo Radice shares insider details of
his long career in this autobiography filled with compassion, irony, wit
and humor, as well as over 150 photos from his film roles and personal
life.Giovanni faced periods of success, unemployment and economic
uncertainty. He went from the stage to television and films. The films
tossed him into the world of graphic horror B-movies. He also worked
on television where he acted and was also a screenwriter. He recounts
work with famed genre directors such as Deodato, Margheiti, Fulci,
Lenzi, Bava and Argento.
DIABOLIKA
264 pages, 8 1/2 x11, full
color, $45.00 SALE $35
DIABOLIKA lists the Italian
films and TV series based on (or inspired by) comics, graphic
novels and photonovels, as well as those movies that sport a
distinct comics feel in style, characters and plot. It includes
the 1960s adaptations of the lurid “fumetti neri” such as DAN-
GER: DIABOLIK, the two KRIMINAL movies, AVENGER
X and SATANIK; the comic-inspired superheroes SUPERAR-
GO, FLASHMAN, THE THREE FANTASTIC SUPERMEN;
films based on erotic and adults-only comics including MS.
STILETTO; adaptations of popular comic characters such
as VALENTINA, TEX and DYLAN DOG and many more.
It also includes an essay on Turkish films inspired by Italian
comics, by Turkish film scholar Kaya Özkaracalar.
The book is lavishly illustrated in color with many rare set
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stills, lobby cards, poster art and comic book panels.ITALIAN HORRORS 13
SO DEADLY, SO PERVERSE
50 Years of Italian Giallo Films:
Volume 2: 1974-2013
Troy Howarth • 8.5X11 • 220 PAGES, FULL COLOR • $45, SALE PRICE $35
Volume 1: 1963-1973
8 1/2 X11 • 266 PAGES, FULL COLOR, $45, SALE PRICE $35
VOLUME 3 COMING IN EARLY 2019!
SO DEADLY SO PERVERSE—The Italian thriller, known as the giallo to its hardcore devotees, is a
breed of mystery thriller like none other. Taking inspiration from the Edgar Wallace krimis and early,
seminal works by auteurs like Alfred Hitchcock and Fritz Lang, these colorful and labyrinthine shock-
ers pushed the envelope of good taste in the 1960s and exploded into glorious excess throughout the
1970s and ’80s. Author Troy Howarth explores the genesis of the genre and traces it to its eventual
decline in this two-volume study. Each title is afforded its own in-depth review, replete with contextual
information and biographical data on key players in front of and be-
hind the camera. Volume two, covers 1974 to 2013.
ITALIAN HORROR
Jim Harper, Paperback, $25, SALE $15
An A-Z guide, Italian Horrors covers Italian horror films released
between 1979 and 1994. Why those years? Well, primarily for con-
venience. They mark the release dates of Lucio Fulci’s Zombie, the
film that instigated the last great wave of Italian horror, and Michele
Soavi’s Dellamorte Dellamore, the last great Italian horror film. After
the release of Soavi’s film, relatively few new Italian horror mov-
ies were made; the trend had run its course, and such films were no
longer seen as commercially viable. The aim of this work is to guide
the unfamiliar viewer to the best films of the period, while hopefully
steering him or her away from the dross.
Midnight Marquee Press • 9721 Britinay Lane, Baltimore, MD 2123414 Italian Horror SPLINTERED VISIONS
LUCIO FULCI AND HIS FILMS
by Troy Howarth • 8.5x11, 366 pages
available in FULL COLOR OR black and white
FULL COLOR $75 • SALE $45
B&W INTERIOR $35, SALE $18
The name Lucio Fulci conjures images of
gore and depravity—derided by critics as a
hack and an imitator and lionized by others
as the “Godfather of Gore.” However, many
fans are unaware of the scope and breadth
of his filmography. From his early days
writing material for popular comics like Totò
and Franco and Ciccio to directing films in
such genres as the musical and the Spaghetti
Western, Lucio Fulci was a filmmaker of
great diversity. Unfortunately, most studies
of Fulci have elected to focus only on a small
part of his career. SPLINTERED VISIONS
changes all of that by providing an in-depth
exploration of Fulci’s filmography, beginning
with his work as a
screenwriter and
extending through
all of his films as a director. The popular horror films and thrillers are
given ample coverage, but the lesser-known works are finally put into
their proper context. The most comprehensive overview of Fulci, the
man and Fulci, the filmmaker that has been published in English. The
book is also lavishly illustrated with a number of rare stills, posters and
advertising materials.
B&W edition
THE HAUNTED WORLD OF MARIO BAVA
8 1/2 X 11, 208 PAGES, FULL COLOR
Retail Price $45, SALE $35
Mario Bava helped create and define the Italian horror
film. His classic works of the 1960s and 1970s, includ-
ing Black Sunday, Kill, Baby … Kill! and Lisa and the
Devil, remain among the most colorful and imaginative
in the genre—filled with unforgettable images—Barbara
Steele in Black Sunday, Christopher Lee in The Whip and
the Body, the angelic-looking ghost child of Kill, Baby …
Kill! Bava was a gifted stylist but few have bothered to
look beneath the surface of his work. Updated, revised and
expanded, this edition gives a better overview of Bava’s
remarkable legacy as a director and “cinema magician.”
Contains new contributions from Bava’s son, Lamberto
Bava, and Barbara Steele.
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LIONEL ATWILL: THE EXQUISITE VILLAIN
Neil Pettigrew, 6x9, Paperback, $25, SALE $18!
Lionel Atwill: The Exquisite Villain contains a
vast amount of new information which was discovered
by author Neil Pettigrew on the controversial Golden
Age of Hollywood star Lionel Atwill. Atwill starred
in many classic films including Captain Blood, To Be
or Not to Be, Mystery of the Wax Museum, Murder in
the Zoo, Mark of the Vampire and many, many more.
The biography also contains many never before seen
photographs and was written with the participation
of Lionel Atwill’s relatives, including a Foreword by
Atwill’s son, Lionel A. Atwill
Lionel Atwill, looks at the life and films of
Hollywood’s “exquisite villain.” The book is 6x9, and
contains over 300 photos and is over 320 pages.
HOLLYWOOD’S MADDEST DOCTORS:
A Biography of Lionel Atwill, Colin Clive and George Zucco
Gregory Mank, Paperback, $25, SALE $15
Finally a biography on those titans of terror from the
Golden Age of Horror Films: Lionel Atwill (Doctor X,
Mystery of the Wax Museum), Colin Clive (Frankenstein)
and George Zucco (The Flying Serpent).
Mank delves into the lives and careers of three of
the actors who helped shape the modern horror film. A
thrilling and involving story as the reader delves into the
Hollywood of the 1930s and 1940s and discovers a cast
of characters whose tragic lives or distressing careers
brought about their downfall. Fans of the golden age
of horror films will not want to miss this story of Lio-
nel Atwill, Colin Clive and
George Zucco, three of Hol-
lywood’s Maddest Doctors.
ROSEMARY DECAMP:
TIGERS IN MY LAP
Rosemary DeCamp, 6x9, Paperback, $25, SALE $15
Actress Rosemary DeCamp writes with wit and charm of her life
and work in films and television in her delightful autobiography.
Fans of radio, film and television will not be able to put down this
engaging work by one of Hollywood’s consummate professionals.
Includes chapters on Yankee Doodle Dandy with James Cagney, the
Korda’s Jungle Book and television that includes Death Valley Days
and The Bob Cummings Show.
Midnight Marquee Press • 9721 Britinay Lane, Baltimore, MD 2123416
BIOS DWIGHT FRYE’S LAST LAUGH
WILLIAM FOX: Jim Coughlin, Gregory William Mank
A STORY OF EARLY HOLLYWOOD Paperback, $25, SALE $15!
Susan Fox and Donald Rossellini;
6x9, paperback, $25, SALE $15! Dwight Frye’s Last Laugh details the dramatic
rise and fall of the actor who won immortal-
William Fox: A Story ity as the giggling Renfield of Dracula and the
of Early Hollywood is sadistic hunchback of Frankenstein.
a fascinating look at Authorized
the behind-the-scenes by Dwight’s son
workings of early Hol- Dwight David,
lywood and the power this book in-
plays that led to the cludes detailed
downfall of one of information of
Tinsel-Town’s brilliant Dwight Frye’s
pioneers, William Fox, early stage work,
founder of Fox Films, his many Broad-
which evolved into 20th way stage triumphs
Century Fox. The story and his ghoulish
of Fox’s rise and fall is an eye-opening look at the typecasting in
cutthroat dealings of everyone from Fox’s close Hollywood—
business associates to the telephone companies that which ironically
worked together to force the founder of Fox Films assured him a
out of his own company. posthumous cult
status among horror film disciples.
GLENDA FARRELL
HOLLYWOOD’S HARDBOILED DAME MANTAN THE FUNNYMAN:
Scott Nollen, Paperback, $25, SALE $18! THE LIVES AND TIMES OF
MANTAN MORELAND
Torchy Blane: Model for Superman’s Lois Lane. Michael H. Price,
Five-foot-three firecracker. Smart, adventurous paperback, $25, SALE $15!
blonde. Gimme girl. Wry eyes, pouty kisser. Wick-
ed wisecrack. Sly double take. Fast-talking, no- Mantan Moreland would happily wield his
nonsense, straight-shooting, standup, hardboiled charm and charisma as second banana in a
dame. Anyone for Glenda? As often as she played slew of films of the 1930s and ’40s and, along
a blonde, Glenda Farrell actually had light brown the way, managed to save many a poverty row
hair and dark gray eyes. And regardless of the hun- horror as well as
dreds of witty one-liners she tossed off in count- brightening up
less films, she really many mystery
wasn’t hardboiled at movies. Mantan
all. was an ample
Glenda Farrell is match for evil
written by noted film movie villains.
historian Scott Nol- Moreland found
len, who turns his his place in the
pen to one of Tinsel- H o l l y w o o d
town’s most delight- s p o t l i g h t ,
ful leading ladies, although not
one who never got quite the sun,
the recognition she during those
deserved. waxed-and-
Midnight Marquee Press • www.midmar.com waning years of the
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• mmarquee@aol.comBIOS IB MELCHIOR: MAN OF IMAGINATION
17
Robert Skotak,
paperback, $25, SALE $15!
If you are only inter-
ested in old science
fiction movies, then
this book is not for
you. It contains a lot of
stuff about a man who
stepped into the cold
of outer space; wit-
nessed the horrors of
Dachau; directed early
TV; was a war hero;
was knighted; worked
on lasers; broke a 400
year-old cipher; wres-
tled lions; can kill with a pencil; worked with
rockets and the Rockettes. Was spy and coun-
terspy, an actor, singer, set designer. He speaks
six languages; is a novelist and has been a gour-
BORIS KARLOFF: met chef; and—incidentally—wrote or directed a
A GENTLEMAN’S LIFE bunch of science fiction movies that many of us
Scott A. Nollen; $25.00 have enjoyed!
paperback SALE $15!
The authorized biography with the participation PAUL NASCHY:
of Sara Jane Karloff MEMOIRS OF A WOLFMAN
Hopefully this critically praised book is the most Paul Naschy
thorough, accurate and entertaining chronicle Paperback, $25, SALE $15!
of Boris Karloff’s life. Perhaps a few Karloff AUTOGRAPHED BOOKPLATE
mysteries have been solved. There has never been a filmmaker like Paul
Naschy. .If we just speak of the horror genre,
AMONG THE RUGGED PEAKS: Paul Naschy is a distinctive talent. Perhaps one
AN INTIMATE BIOGRAPHY OF shouldn’t step on the carefully protected toes
CARLA LAEMMLE of the familiar horror “kings” of the past and
Rick Atkins, paperback, $25, SALE $15! present, but Naschy
Carla Laemmle has led numerous lives dur- is their equal, and in
ing her 90-plus years. She appeared with Lon terms of involve-
Chaney in The ment in the genre—
Phantom of the as a screenwriter,
Opera, as was a director and pro-
passenger in the ducer—he outdis-
coach traveling tances every one
the Borgo Pass in of them. This au-
1931’s Dracula. tobiography is a
This bio presents great read, filled
an intriguing por- with engaging
trait of a life lived anecdotes, earthy
in the strange asides, written
place that is Hol- with ease and intelligence, brimming with
lywood. soul and a heart sometimes suffering.
Midnight Marquee Press • 9721 Britinay Lane, Baltimore, MD 2123418 THE CINEMA OF SINATRA
Scott Allen Nollen;
BIOS
paperback, $25, SALE $15 MERCHANT OF MENACE
This book is the first to cover Frank Sina- The Life and Films of Vincent Price
tra’s film career thoroughly and prove that, paperback, $30, SALE $19
indeed, he was one of America’s finest 7 x 10, Black & White, 390 pages
screen performers. Also, his recordings are The Life & Films of Vincent Price
examined in detail to show how his musical In 1953, Vincent Price adopted the mantle of the ma-
and cinematic cabre, which had been left vacant by Bela Lugosi and
talents were Boris Karloff, to play a deranged sculptor in House of
inextricably Wax. As a result, he became the face of film fright for
linked. His a generation of moviegoers. For more than 20 years
social and po- afterward, Price embodied the spirit of the Hollywood
litical values horror film in al-
are covered at most 60 features,
some length. from House on
To understand Haunted Hill
many of his and House of
films—par- Usher in the
ticularly those 1950s to Witch-
he influenced, finder General
produced and and The Abomi-
directed—one must be aware of his beliefs nable Dr. Phibes
and actions, particularly those during the in the 1960s and
mid-1940s and his later friendship and sup- 70s. The Mer-
port of John F. Kennedy, told accurately for chant of Menace
the first time. is a celebration
of this legendary
FRITZ VON ERICH: actor’s remark-
TRIUMPH AND TRAGEDY able life and film
paperback, 6x9, 292 pages work; it covers
$25, SALE $15! the entirety of
Donald G. Smith accounts how a Depression Vincent Price’s film career with a wealth of fascinat-
baby, born in Texas to the local sheriff and ing detail and explains why, to many fans of the genre
his homemaker wife, eventually ended up in during the 1960s, Vincent Leonard Price personified
the flash, glam and often dangerous world of the horror film. This new Hemlock edition of Denis
professional wrestling. Professional Wrestling Meikle’s acclaimed biography of Vincent Price has
discovered Jack Adkisson, soon to become been completely revised and expanded and now con-
uber villain Fritz tains well over 300 illustrations!
Von Erich, whose
deadly Iron Claw BRETT HALSEY
would destroy his John B. Murray, paperback, $25, SALE $15!
many opponents Brett Halsey is mainly known for
while finding time his work in Spaghetti Westerns
to spawn a wres- and Italian adventure films, but
tling dynasty—with also classics like Return of the
a little help from his Fly and Return to Peyton Place.
wife Doris! Smith When one examines Hollywood
looks at the life of and European genre movies to-
one of Pro-Wres- gether, it becomes clear that Brett
tling’s greatest vil- Halsey has fashioned an impres-
lains and major promoters. sive body of work.
Midnight Marquee Press • www.midmar.com • 410-665-1198 • mmarquee@aol.comMUSICAL BIOS 19
VERA-ELLEN: THE MAGIC AND THE MYSTERY
David Soren; paperback, $25, SALE $15!
Vera-Ellen should have been one of Broadway and Hollywood’s most
enduring stars. She was a fine dramatic and light comedic actress, and
was considered by a number of authorities to be the greatest all-around
dancer of her generation. And for a brief moment in 1950, she was
an American household name. She could do tap, toe, adagio, modern,
comic, partnered, prop, and Apache dancing and acrobatics. She could
also sing well enough to be featured on Broadway and television. Her
obsessive perfectionism was legendary; nobody worked harder on a
routine or accomplished it with greater attention to detail, her routines
seem effortless, as if she were expressing herself spontaneously.
DANCING WITH A STAR: THE MAXINE BARRAT STORY
Kristin Baggelaar, 6x9, paperback $25 SALE $15
Her story is the stuff of dreams—riveting, exotic, passionate—from fractur-
ing her back as a child in a dance recital fall that put her in a full body cast for
almost half a year, to sneaking into Radio City Music Hall as a teenager to
watch her idol Ginger Rogers on the silver screen; to dancing in the arms of
Gene Kelly in her first Broadway show; to appearing in a second Broadway
production costumed in yards and yards of flowing white silk in a winter
gown and ermine-lined hood, specially designed for her by renowned Vin-
cente Minnelli. Barrat also starred with Kathryn Grayson, Mickey Rooney,
Gene Kelly, Judy Garland, Eleanor Powell, Lucille Ball, Red Skelton, Lena
Horne, Donna Reed and more, in what has been called “M-G-M at its Best,”
Thousands Cheer. A must for musical fans!
A GALLERY OF STARS: THE STORY OF THE HOL-
LYWOOD BROWN DERBY’S WALL OF FAME
Jack Lane, 6x9, paperback, $25 ,SALE $15
Includes stories and caractiures and photos from the Golden Age of
Hollywood. Filled with enough musical greats to keep any fan happy
to read the details of the stars and see their actual caraciture. I just
went through this book and forgot how truly wonderful it is. I’d buy
it myself if I didn’t already have it on the shelf.
Roman Scandals and
Christopher Strong: Includes
Unfinished Autobiography of
Dorothy Arzner
by David Soren, Contributions by
Dorothy Arzner
8 1/2 x 11, Full Color, 136 pages, List Price: $45.00, SALE $30
Dr. David Soren examines Art, Popular Culture and the Classical Ideal in
the 1930s in this beautifully illustrated book. The book takes an in-depth
look at Roman Scandals and Christopher Strong and, as an added bonus,
Dr. Soren received permission to publish the unfinished autobiography
of pioneering female filmmaker Dorothy Arzner. The 1930s were tragic,
elegant, fascinating and fun. Enjoy discovering them a posteriori through
the magic
Midnight Marquee Pressof the movies
• 9721 and the
Britinay crutch
Lane, of this book.
Baltimore, MD 2123420 MidMar’s Actors Series
LON CHANEY, JR. PETER LORRE
paperback, 6x9, $25, SALE $15 paperback, 6x9, $25, SALE $15
Our most requested en- NEW COVER
try in the Actors Series. While the other en-
We examine the films tries in Actor’s Series
of Chaney, Jr., delv- were predominantly
ing into pivotal films horror film actors,
of Lon Chaney’s career Peter Lorre was
(including Of Mice and never actually con-
Men, B-Westerns, & sidered a horror film
his low-budget horror/ star. Instead, it was
exploitations, character Lorre’s persona, that
performances in A-pro- of a quirky, deviant
ductions & TV).By having different authors offer little man, who was
distinct reflections and individual insights, and by sometimes charm-
including several firsthand interviews from people ing, sometimes boiling over with venom, that
who worked with Chaney, Jr., we hope to offer the made him a perfect match for horror films. Lorre
most complete and balanced portrait yet seen of felt just as comfortable enacting supporting
Lon Chaney, Jr., working actor. roles in A films as he did starring in the Bs. This
book takes a look at films such as M, Mad Love,
BORIS KARLOFF The Face Behind the Mask, The Maltese Falcon,
paperback, 6x9, $25, SALE $15 The Raven and The Comedy of Terrors as well
Gary and Sue Svehla as many more films that made Peter Lorre a film
have revised another one legend.
of MidMar’s early titles.
While the text remains the
same, the layout has been VINCENT PRICE
completely redone with paperback, 6x9, $25, SALE $15
many more photos. While The fourth volume in the highly acclaimed Mid-
there are many books on night Marquee Actors Series covers the film
the legendary Boris, this is work of horror
one that looks specifically film icon Vin-
at his films with in-depth cent Price. In
analyses of his best cinematic work. addition to his
films, there is a
BELA LUGOSI chapter devoted
(Revised) paperback, 6x9, $25, SALE $15 to his radio work
Bela Lugosi was the first book published by and another cov-
MMP in 1995. Lugosi is ering the stage
one of our favorite leg- play Diversions
ends of the Golden Age and Delights.
of Horror. As our writ- The book also
ers attest, Lugosi was a includes a never
very gifted actor, who before published
appeared in only a few interview with
quality vehicles, but Price by histo-
even the worst Lugosi rian/author Law-
film is better than most rence French. A must for the lovers of Vincent
of the dreck passing for Price movies.
horror films today.
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TOME OF TERROR
Horror Films of the 1920s
Christopher Workman & Troy Howarth
8 1/2 X 11, apx 300 pages,
filled with photos
Retail Price $30 SALE PRICE $19
TOME OF TERROR is a series of books de-
tailing the history of the horror genre, from the
mid-1890s to the present day. This entry, covers
more than 1,000 films, beginning with the earli-
est known horror film, Trilby from 1895, and con-
cluding with The Woman in White from 1929. In
addition to well-known horror classics from the
US and UK, Workman and Howarth also analyze
films from Germany, France, Japan and Mexico,
among other nations. The series is lavishly illus-
trated with original stills, lobby cards, newspaper
articles, and poster art. It wasn’t until the real-life
horrors of World War I that movie producers saw
the potential of cinema to truly provide escapist
entertainment. Silent filmmakers established the
TOME OF TERROR: horror genre as we know it, influencing it for de-
cades to come.
Horror Films of the 1930s
Christopher Workman
and Troy Howarth
8 1/2 X 11, 266 pages,
filled with photos
Retail Price $35,
SALE PRICE $19
TOME OF TERROR—From the earliest
days of cinema to the contemporary ex-
cesses of the Cineplex, the horror genre
has exuded a fascination for audiences
across the globe. Authors Chris Work-
man and Troy Howarth have undertaken
the ambitious prospect of examining the
evolution of the horror film from its ori-
gins in this multi-volume series. Things
kick off with this book devoted to the
1930s. From Universal monsters to King
Kong and forgotten obscurities from Eu-
rope and beyond, THE TOME OF TER-
ROR: HORROR FILMS OF THE 1930s
provides a comprehensive and in-depth
examination of the horror cinema in the
1930s.
Midnight Marquee Press • 9721 Britinay Lane, Baltimore, MD 2123422 HISTORIES OF HORROR FILMS
SILENT SCREAMS
Steve Haberman; 6x9, paperback, Retail $25, SALE $15
Manmade monsters, vampires, soulless robots, Satanists, witches, sex
killers, deformed maniacs, mad scientists, giant dinosaurs, ghosts and
the Devil himself were all sujects of the first two decades of film.Silent
Screams offers a loving tribute to silent horror films, which form a strong
foundation for the filmic terrors yet to come.
CINEMATIC HAUNTINGS
8 1/2 x 10 1/5, paperback, $35, FULL COLOR, SALE $20
Edited by Gary and Susan Svehla. The history
of ghost cinema, as well as the haunting litera-
ture upon which the films are often based, is a
noble tradition. Ghost films go back as far as
the era of the Silents. This Midnight Marquee
Press volume presents respected film writers’ personal analyses of their
favorite ghost films. Not necessarily the best of the genre, but always films
of merit. The Mt. Everest of ghost films—the acclaimed classics—The Un-
invited, The Innocents, The Haunting—are of course included.
AMERICAN SCARY
Conversations with the Kings, Queens and
Jesters of Late-Night Horror TV
by Michael Monahan, paperback 8 1/2 x10 1/4, 240 pages,
$25, SALE $15
This book is for all those Monster Kids who remember those long
weekdays anxiously awaiting the weekend and the thrills and chills of
another monster movie—brought to them courtesy of their local hor-
ror host. Inside you will find a celebration of local TV personalities
and their connection to the community. Interviews include: Vampira,
Zacherley, Dr. E. Nick Witty, Baron Daemon, Big Chuck, Tim Con-
way, Lil’ John, Christopher Coffin, Chilly Billy, Bob Wilkins and Bob
Shaw, Count Gore De Vol, Svengoolie, The Ghoul, Dr. Creep, Fritz the
Nite Owl, Son of Svengoolie, Crematia Mortem, Stella, Commander
USA, Son of Ghoul, Joe Bob Briggs, Zomboo.
MIND WARP!
Roger Corman’s New World Pictures
6x9, 280 pages, Retail price $25, SALE $15
The year is 1969. After making his hugely-successful series of Poe mov-
ies with Vincent Price, producer-director Roger Corman set up shop as
New World Pictures. For the next 13 years, Corman was the driving
force behind some of the best-known fantasy and exploitation films of
the 1970s and early ’80s—while his company kicked off the careers
of directors like James Cameron, Jonathan Demme and Ron Howard.
Mind Warp chronicles the amazing history of Corman’s New World—
the films, the facts and the fantastic feats of budget ingenuity! The ulti-
mate guide to drive-in thrills and chills at their best.
Midnight Marquee Press • www.midmar.com • 410-665-1198 • mmarquee@aol.comHISTORIES OF HORROR FILMS 23
REEL MAD DOCTORS
FULL COLOR, paperback, $35 , SALE PRICE $20
Gary J. Svehla, Barry Atkinson, Steven Thornton
For every popular monster lies one or more monstermakers who dare to
dabble in God’s domain. Whether these whack cases are attempting to create
new life from assorted body parts, an army of monsters capable of conquer-
ing the world or defeat old age and death, our favorite mad doctors always
entertain. Here is a celebration of the mad doctor in the movies. Movies
need the active participation of the dreaded mad doc—the deluded mind that
precipitates all the mayhem. In the world of fantastic cinema, it’s such evil
minds that we celebrate!
SPAWN OF SKULL ISLAND
paperback, 6x9, retail price $25, SALE $15
George E. Turner’s The Making of King Kong was the last word on the American
Classic—the definitive primary-source history, written with authority and rever-
ence and an enduring sense of wonder. In 1975 he began compiling notes for a
revision. Spawn of Skull Island is the result. The source-book is contained here,
intact but for the occasional correction, along with the generous expansion that the
author had envisioned. Spawn of Skull Island remains what historian John Michlig
has termed “the best source for information on the classic 1933 film and its sequels.” To say nothing of
Kong’s earliest ancestors and its many takeoffs, knockoff and rip-offs.
WE BELONG DEAD: FRANKENSTEIN ON FILM
paperback, 6x9, $25, SALE $15
Frankenstein’s Monster, over the course of the 20th century, became all things
to all people. He was the loner, the tortured outsider to whom most of us could
relate. He was the symbol of fear and of death, the creature better off dead.
Whether we look at Frankenstein’s Monster as the bogeyman, as metaphor,
as kindred spirit, or as society’s mirror, the fact remains that Mary Shelley
knew not what she wrought during that haunted summer of 1816, and this
volume tries to explain, looking at both cinema past and present, the meaning
of Boris Karloff’s immortal words from 1935’s Bride of Frankenstein—“We
belong dead!”
HUMAN MONSTERS
Michael Price with George Turner, Paperback, $25, SALE $15
Price and Turner provide another addition to the Forgotten Horrors series with this
look at the not-so-forgotten horror film classics of the 1930s-1950s. The Old Dark
House, The Mask of Fu Manchu, The Black Cat, The Black Room and The Walking
Dead are included. Also Mark of the Vampire, Human Monster, The Boogie Man
Will Get You, and Black Friday are exhumed for readers’ examination. The authors
also cover some less well-known films.
RISE AND FALL OF THE HORROR FILM
by David Soren, FULL COLOR, paperback, 8 1/2 x 10 1/4, $35, SALE $30
It is essential that future filmmakers and critics realize the tremendous debt that
the horror film owes to the history of art. Beginning with the relationship between
Georges Melies and his Academic contemporaries such as Bouguereau, and the influ-
ence of Symbolist, Dada, and Surrealist art on filmmakers such as Vigo and Cocteau,
thisMarquee
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HISTORIES OF HORROR FILMS
BITCHES, BIMBOS AND VIRGINS:
WOMEN IN THE HORROR FILM
Edited by Gary and Susan Svehla
8 1/2 x 10 1/5 paperback, $25, SALE $15
The history of women in the horror cinema, profiling their evolu-
tion from coffee maker to scientist, from seductress and victim to
kick-ass heroine, and finally detailing their emergence as well-drawn
characters who play important roles in horror movie history—past,
present and future. Chapters include: • 150 Years of Women and
Horror: • He Done Her Wrong • Dracula’s Daughter and Mark of
the Vampire • The Golden Age of the Scream Queen • Empowered
Women in the Val Lewton Canon • Bad Girls Meet Bad Ends • Attack
of the Alien Women from Outer Space! • The Women of Hammer Films • Queen Bitches of the Uni-
verse • Horror’s Honor List of Scream Queens • Women to Die for • Attack of the Movie Poster Pin-Up
Girls • Middle Earth’s Heroines • Movies Featuring Our Favorite Queens of Evil • Dominatrix Divas
SHADOW PLAY:
Philosophy and Psychology of the Modern Horror Film
6x9, paperback, $25, SALE $15!
We like to maintain control, and there’s an abundant element of control in
the movie-going experience. The plot isn’t a mystery, nor is the suspension
of disbelief as intense as it is in dreams. The outcome isn’t ruled by chance.
Therefore, we can rest assured that we have control over our delusions. Au-
thor Willy Greer delves into the dark psychology of the modern horror film to
scare up those terrifying images that still manage to make us afraid of things
that go bump in the night.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK’S LONDON
Gary Giblin, 6x9 Paperback, retail $25, SALE $15
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Tonight you are going to visit one of the
world’s most famous cities. If you’re lucky, you may even see a corpse float-
ing down the Thames. For tonight we shall visit: ALFRED HITCHCOCK’S
LONDON
Now you can follow in the footsteps of Hitch, from Scotland Yard and
the Royal Albert Hall to the Tower Bridge and the dome of St Paul’s Cathe-
dral. There was a hardly a corner of London that Hitchcock didn’t visit and
they’re all here—over 200 of them—from the site
of his birth in 1899 to the cathedral where he was
memorialized in 1980.
HITCHCOCK BECOMES HITCHCOCK
Paul Jensen, NEW COVER, 6x9, paperback, $25, SALE $15!
Many critics assume that Hitchcock’s career began in 1934 with The Man
Who Knew Too Much. These critics dismiss his early features—eight silent
and four sound—and imply that he was merely marking time until his
“true” creative personality emerged. For 10 years Hitchcock made sub-
stantial, mature features that reveal an impressive consistency in content
and form. This book examines those all important films.
Midnight Marquee Press • www.midmar.com • 410-665-1198 • mmarquee@aol.comHISTORIES OF SCI-FI FILMS
25
ATOMIC AGE CINEMA
Barry Atkinson, 6x9, 318 pages, Retail price $25, SALE PRICE $15
From the rare to the unusual. Readers will indulge in chapters devoted
to: Comparisons between Japanese monster movies and their Ameri-
canized counterparts! Scarce, unseen American, British and foreign
horror, sci-fi, fantasy features! Stone Age women of the “B” vari-
ety! British science fiction and noir thrillers of the ’50s! Jungle Jim!
Chaney, Karloff and Lugosi in the 1950s! Universal’s Best Creature!
All this and much, much more in a fresh evaluation of what most fans
and critics now recognize as the pivotal decade for horror, sci-fi and
fantasy.
FANTASTIC JOURNEYS:
SCI-FI MEMORIES
Edited by Gary and Susan Svehla, 6x9,
Paperback, $25, SALE $15
Fantastic Journeys is comprised of FANEX
film convention guest talks and question and answer sessions, which were
held over 16 years. We have also included lists of Top-5s... Ray Harryhausen,
John Agar, Samuel Z. Arkoff, Richard Gordon, Acquanetta, Russell Johnson,
Robert Wise and Kevin McCarthy are some of the sci-fi masters whose genre
movie memories are included in this tribute to sci-fi films, past and present.
We also include our Favorite Science Films by Decade, plus much more.
MASSACRED BY MOTHER NATURE
Lee Gambin, 6x9, 222 pages, Retail price $25, SALE PRICE $15
.Since Alfred Hitchcock gave us The Birds, the natural horror film (where
animals or insects cause tremendous damage to the human population) is a
much-loved subgenre, but one seldom referenced. This book offers insight-
ful critiques on numerous films such as Them!, Squirm, Orca, The Pack, The
Day of the Animals, Prophecy, Tentacles and many more. Over 100 titles are
discussed.
LOSS OF IDENTITY IN THE HORROR FILM
aka I Lost My Mind in the Movies
Edited by Anthony Ambrogio, paperback, $25, SALE $15
Fear of the dark, fear of death, fear of the unknown and the unseen.
Commentators have analyzed at length these terrors of the psyche and how
they figure prominently in the horror film. But one particular fear, one
particular fate worse than death, which manifests itself time and again, has
rarely been discussed in detail or depth. Loss of identity, submergence of
self, death of the soul under various names and in various guises befalls
individuals trapped in a horror/sf/fantasy universe. Loss of Identity provides
an examination of the ways in which this fundamental terror is visited
upon people in the movies. It provides a new perspective on, and greater
understanding of, the films that employ it, and perhaps this book will lead
to a deeper appreciation of what it means to be human and why losing that
defining aspect of our lives is so profoundly frightening.
Midnight Marquee Press • 9721 Britinay Lane, Baltimore, MD 2123426 HOORAY FOR HOLLYWOOD
AS LONG AS THEY’RE LAUGHING:
GROUCHO MARX AND YOU BET YOUR LIFE
NEW COVER, Robert Dwan, paperback, $25, SALE $15
Finally, a funny book about Groucho Marx! You Bet Your Life was
unique. The program’s distinction and quality, however, resulted primarily
from its giving Groucho Marx an opportunity to exercise his unique skills
without the restraints that broadcasting at that time otherwise imposed.
Groucho’s principal resource was his talent
as an improviser of verbal comedy. Dwan
will keep the reader giggling with his stories
about You Bet Your Life.
CELLULOID ADVENTURES:
GOOD MOVIES, BAD TIMING
Nicholas Anez, paperback, $25, SALE $15
Grab the popcorn and get ready for an action-packed read as we ex-
plore the cinematic adventures of Tarzan, the King of the Jungle, Super
Spy James Bond, Wyatt Earp and the OK Corral, Hammer’s Dracula and
Werewolf, plus a dashing assortment of Hollywood’s Western Heroes
and Villains. Celluloid Adventures will tickle the fancy of action film
fans everywhere.
CELLULOID ADVENTURES 2:
ARTISTIC TRIUMPHS...BOX-OFFICE BOMBS
Nicholas Anez, 6x9, paperback, $25, SALE $15
In Celluloid Adventures: Good Movies Bad Timing, films were discussed
that had received scathing reviews and were considered box-office bombs.
These films deserved a better fate at the time of their release, and hope-
fully this volume will garner
them a little of the respect
they so richly deserve. Titles
include: Pitfall, In a Lonely
Place, Try and Get Me! (aka
The Sound of Fury), The
Egyptian, The Last Hunt,
The Singer Not the Song, The Last Sunset, Cape Fear,
First Men in the Moon, The Chase, and The Quiller Mem-
orandum.
CELLULOID ADVENTURES 3:
GREAT MOVIES...EVIL WARS
Nicholas Anez, 6x9, paperback,
$25, SALE $18
Anez examines more neglected titles including The
Bridge at Remagen, Jungle Book (Korda), A High
Wind in Jamaica, Lawman, Pocketful of Mira-
cles, Rocketship X-M, The Satan Bug, Sol Ma- NEW TITLE
drid, The Stalking Moon, They Won’t Believe
Me and Violent Saturday
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IT’S CHRISTMAS TIME
AT THE MOVIES
Gary J. and Susan Svehla, 6x9, paperback, $25, SALE $15
It wouldn’t seem like Christmas if we didn’t spend some
quality time with Jimmy Stewart and the folks of Bedford
Falls or the March sisters. Scrooge is always a welcome
guest in our home during the festive season, as well as
newcomers such as Clark Griswold in National Lampoon’s
Christmas Vacation and Ralphie and his quest for a BB gun
in the seminal A Christmas Story, a film that has justifiably
attained classic Christmas status. We decided it was time
we share our love of the season and our favorite Christmas
movies with other holiday cinema fans.
POPCORN PROZAC: MOVIES TO CURE THE
RECESSION DEPRESSION
Gary J. and Susan Svehla, FULL COLOR
8.5 x 10.25 paperback, $35 SALE $25!
BROKE, TIRED, STRESSED, WAR, ANGST, APATHY...Oh my
God, we’re so depressed! So we’re here to advise you to forget
your troubles and get happy at the movies. We’re going to follow our
own advice and make some popcorn, gather up our never-depressed
dog Lambie (she likes the popcorn), and have a cheer-ourselves-up
movie marathon. So read the book, pick the movies and enjoy some
Popcorn Prozac Chapters include:
• Movies That Make Me HAPPY!! • Midnight Marquee’s Top
Movies to Fight the Recession Depression • It’s a Love Story: Our
Favorite Romantic Scenes • Movies We Must Have if We Were Lost
on a Desert Island!
HOLLYWOOD’S TOP DOG:
The Dog Hero in Film
Deborah Painter, paperback, 6x9, $25, SALE $15
Man’s Best Friend also happens to be one of Hollywood’s
Best Friends as Deborah Painter examines the contribution
to the silver screen by lovable, talented and brave stars of
the cinema: Hollywood’s Top Dogs. Their bark was silent but
their impact was great as you meet the canine stars of the
early silent movies and then trot through time with the likes
of Peter the Great, Rin-Tin-Tin, Ace, Flash, Lightnin’, Lad,
Lassie and Benji. These heroes are brave, pure and offer un-
equivocal love and devotion, and in today’s depressing world,
it’s nice to find some real heroes of the silver screen.
Sue says, “I love Hollywood’s Top Dog, it has two of my fa-
vorite things in life—dogs and movies!”
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