Hi, my name’s Tim and I’m doing a PhD in 1940s horror films and horror spectatorship. I know the Hawaii was the place that most of the horror films previewed in the 40s (including a record 13 week holdover for Val Lewton’s Cat People in 1943, with RKO using the Hawaii box-office converted into a giant cat’s head in a number of ads) and I’m particularly interested in the crowd composition for these horror shows during the war. I see above that ‘letsgotothemovies’ was in attendance for the Mummy’s Tomb in 42, it would be great to get more info or if anyone else has any more anecdotal info, articles or leads on archives I would be really, really grateful to hear from you either through this or my email: .uk I have a little stuff from LA Times but i’m in the UK so it is difficult at the mo for me to get over to look at archives etc, hopefully next year.
Hi, my names Tim and I’m doing a PhD in 1940s horror films and horror spectatorship. I’m particularly interested in who was visiting specialist horror cinemas like the Rialto during the war. I have got hold of a lot of the relevant NYT articles and Mayer’s biography which are great sources, but if anyone has any more anecdotal info, other articles or leads on archives I would be really, really grateful to hear from you either through this or my email: .uk I’m in the UK so it’s hard for me to access NY archives at the mo, but hopefully next year I will be able to. Thanks to everyone above for some already great stuff.
Thanks Robert that’s great. Nice one
Hi, my name’s Tim and I’m doing a PhD in 1940s horror films and horror spectatorship. I know the Hawaii was the place that most of the horror films previewed in the 40s (including a record 13 week holdover for Val Lewton’s Cat People in 1943, with RKO using the Hawaii box-office converted into a giant cat’s head in a number of ads) and I’m particularly interested in the crowd composition for these horror shows during the war. I see above that ‘letsgotothemovies’ was in attendance for the Mummy’s Tomb in 42, it would be great to get more info or if anyone else has any more anecdotal info, articles or leads on archives I would be really, really grateful to hear from you either through this or my email: .uk I have a little stuff from LA Times but i’m in the UK so it is difficult at the mo for me to get over to look at archives etc, hopefully next year.
Hi, my names Tim and I’m doing a PhD in 1940s horror films and horror spectatorship. I’m particularly interested in who was visiting specialist horror cinemas like the Rialto during the war. I have got hold of a lot of the relevant NYT articles and Mayer’s biography which are great sources, but if anyone has any more anecdotal info, other articles or leads on archives I would be really, really grateful to hear from you either through this or my email: .uk I’m in the UK so it’s hard for me to access NY archives at the mo, but hopefully next year I will be able to. Thanks to everyone above for some already great stuff.