The Acri Creature Feature

 

1969-76 WQAD horror host Chuck Acri. Syndicated in Illinois. And revived a couple of times.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4719662/

https://vimeo.com/448488614

http://www.houseofjitters.com/acri.htm

https://qconline.com/life/john_marx/remembering-chuck-acri-in-q-c-creature-feature-was-must-see-tv/article_a451c665-48f7-52ae-9a0c-722c02a7f206.html

http://www.meanwhilebackinpeoria.com/blog/2013/1/6/peoria-tv-rerun-the-acri-creature-feature-by-bob-gordon

[Notable comets of the period 1577-1652]

 

Hevelius, Johannes, 1611-1687, engraver

1668.

https://www.loc.gov/item/97506766/

Hardeen inherits his brother's secrets Houdini's will makes possible the continuance of Houdini's master mysteries.

 

N.Y. : Carey and Sons Lith., [1936?]

https://www.loc.gov/item/2014636893/

[Poster showing scientific illustrations of butterfly specimens, taken in the Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg]

 

Prokudin-Gorskiĭ, Sergeĭ Mikhaĭlovich, 1863-1944, photographer

[between 1905 and 1915]

https://www.loc.gov/item/2018679080/

Svengoolie: Invaders from Mars (1986)

 

Directed by Tobe Hooper. Written by Dan O'Bannon. I had both versions on VHS. Stan Winston effects. Timothy Bottoms, Karen Black, Hunter Carson, Laraine Newman, James Karen, Bud Cort, Louise Fletcher, Kenneth Kimmins. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invaders_from_Mars_(1986_film)

https://www.dvdtalk.com/dvdsavant/s4784mars.html

https://thedissolve.com/reviews/1508-invaders-from-mars/

Berne. Nydeck Bridge

 

View of Bern, Switzerland and the Nydeck Bridge over the River Aar.

[between 1860 and 1890]

https://www.loc.gov/item/94513872/

Quiet, Please - Whence Came You?

 

The Blue Whale

 

I had some black and white Dark Shadows playing this morning on Tubi while I was doing some computer work. I remember when we were trying to find a name for The Golden Horn, we were looking at a bunch of dive bars from TV and movies. It could easily have been The Blue Whale. I couldn't find a good shot of the sign in black and white. 

https://darkshadowseveryday.com/2013/09/26/episode-229/

https://darkshadows.fandom.com/wiki/The_Blue_Whale

http://www.collinsporthistoricalsociety.com/2015/11/whale-songs-expanded-dark-shadows.html

https://observationdeck2.blogspot.com/2021/07/dark-shadows.html

[Person clearing automobile covered in snow]

 

[between 1909 and 1932]

https://www.loc.gov/item/2016820187/

Vectrex - "You Bet Your Asteroids!" (Commercial #1, 1982)

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vectrex

Weird

 

1964-67 Bangor, Maine horror host. WLBZ Ch. 2. Uncle Gory. Vimeo link has an Uncle Gory clip.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13311110/

https://vimeo.com/470185345

https://bangordailynews.com/2019/10/12/news/bangor/late-night-tv-in-bangor-used-to-be-much-more-weird-thanks-to-eddie-driscoll/

http://strangemaine.blogspot.com/2006/09/in-memoriam-eddie-driscoll.html

Carnival attraction at the Imperial County Fair, California

 

Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, photographer

1942 Mar.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2017817820/

Ewoks The Battle For Endor 1988 ABC Movie Promo

 

Bureau of Mines, low temperature laboratories

 

Harris & Ewing, photographer

[between 1905 and 1945]

https://www.loc.gov/item/2016855458/

Around the World Under the Sea

 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060126/

Conger fishing at Deal.

 

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-991a-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Fortress (1992)

 

Directed by Stuart Gordon. Christopher Lambert. Playing now on Tubi. I rented this on VHS. Kurtwood Smith, Vernon Wells, Jeffrey Combs, Clifton Collins. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortress_(1992_film)

https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/34133/fortress/

https://ew.com/article/1994/02/18/fortress-2/

https://theschlockpit.com/2020/03/13/pure-stuart-gordon-fortress-1992/

Spaceship Honeycomb 'Strange Planet' Commercial (1978)

 

New 1978 aliens.

Supernatural Theatre

 

1967-70 WDCA Ch. 20 Washington, D.C. horror host. Dr. Zucchini.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10055908/

https://rottenink.wordpress.com/2013/08/19/marvel-vs-dc-round-1-fight/

Halley's Comet in 1835, and other comets seen during the last century and this

 

1910. Notable comets of the period 1811 to 1910.

https://www.loc.gov/item/97506764/

Home again in the big tent theatre the triumphant American tour of the supreme master of magic - George ....

https://www.loc.gov/item/2014636891/

Night Flight

 

Debbie Harry by Michael Ochs pic.twitter.com/yck90nPGwJ

— marysocontrary (@so_contrary) April 22, 2022

Welcome to Night Flight. Your weekend open thread. Rifle Range. 

Equites Achivi Machaon Swallowtail

 

Thackara, William Wood, 1791-1839, artist

[between 1820 and 1839]

https://www.loc.gov/item/2016648700/

Svengoolie: Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)

 

Directed by Roy William Neil. Lon Chaney Jr., Bela Lugosi, Lionel Atwill. Written by Curt Siodmak. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenstein_Meets_the_Wolf_Man

https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/75594/frankenstein-meets-the-wolf-man/#articles-reviews?articleId=1262613

http://shocktheater1.blogspot.com/2010/12/frankenstein-meets-wolf-man-1943.html

https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/2543

https://www.zomboscloset.com/zombos_closet_of_horror_b/2012/10/frankenstein-meets-the-wolf-man-pressbook.html

- Pressbook.

What Have the Romans Ever Done for Us?

 

Life of Brian.

Bridges. Stone bridge in Rock Creek Park

 

https://www.loc.gov/item/2019684080/

Lights Out - The Dream

 

[Street with automobile and Moesta's store]

 

Detroit Publishing Co., publisher

[between 1900 and 1915]

https://www.loc.gov/item/2016817987/

Beat the 8 Ball - from Ideal (Commercial, 1975)

 

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/9539/beat-8-ball

Horrible Movie

 

1971-75 Jackson, Mississippi horror host. WAPT Ch. 16. Scarticia.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5482876/

https://www.wapt.com/article/fans-fondly-remember-16-wapt-s-horrible-movie/2076840

https://www.jacksonfreepress.com/news/2011/oct/26/scarticia-of-jackson/

Klamath Falls, Oregon. Carnival of the circus at night

 

Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, photographer

1942 July.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2017819004/

In the potato laboratory.

 

 Laboratory, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture Experimental Farm, Beltsville, MD.

United States. Farm Security Administration (Sponsor)

Mydans, Carl (Photographer)

1935-08

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ba309cea-9016-4288-e040-e00a18066c61

V The Original Miniseries NBC Promo

 

Agent for H.A.R.M.

 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060074/

The Rabbit.

 

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-9e66-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Animals of the Countryside : a series of 25

Way Out

 

1962-65 WCIA Champaign, Illinois horror host. Trebor. Ch. 3.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11143298/

https://egorschamber.com/tvhorrorhosts/hostst.html

Dessert menu, Le Cirque

 

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a4958095-4675-074d-e040-e00a1806792c

Atlantic [Monthly] for May.

 

1895.

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47df-fcc0-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

The owl butterfly

 

1902.

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-270e-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Svengoolie: The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942)

 

Directed by Erie C. Kenton. Bela Lugosi. Lon Chaney Jr.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ghost_of_Frankenstein

https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/76206/the-ghost-of-frankenstein/#articles-reviews?articleId=1253527

https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/2567

https://www.zomboscloset.com/zombos_closet_of_horror_b/2012/08/ghost-of-frankenstein-pressbook.html

Location scouting photo, aerial (Bridge)

 

1961.

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/33410fb0-15ae-0136-da73-7b44f851d3b2

Lights Out - Knock At the Door

 

Henry Fournier in his racer [automobile]

 

[ca. 1906]

https://www.loc.gov/item/2003671070/

ColecoVision - "The Arcade Experience" (Commercial, 1982)

 

Carnival feature at the Fourth of July celebration. Vale, Oregon

 

Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, photographer

1941 July.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2017789885/

Project Terror

 

1960-65 KENS San Antonio, Texas horror host. Ch. 5. The Host.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11209774/

Nathan Strauss Pasteurised milk laboratory, Washington, DC

 

https://www.loc.gov/item/2014688148/

CBS Wednesday Movie open "Prototype" 1983

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prototype_(1983_film)

Mutiny in Outer Space

 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059486/

Reeve's Pheasant, Phasianus Reevesii.

 

1830-34.

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-9f34-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Highway to Hell (1991)

 

Directed by Ate de Jong. Chad Lowe, Kristy Swanson. Cop from hell. Next from Tubi. Richard Farnsworth, the entire Stiller family, and Gilbert Gottfried as Hitler. It's better than you think and has a small following. Entertaining. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highway_to_Hell_(film)

https://morbidlybeautiful.com/daily-dig-highway-to-hell-1991/

https://bloody-disgusting.com/reviews/3378818/blu-ray-review-kino-lorber-ate-de-jong-take-highway-hell/

Boo! Theatre

 

1972-? KFSA Fort Smith, Arkansas horror host. Dr. Boo. Ch.5. Dr. Boo can be seen in a radio remote clip below.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10473066/

Night Flight

 

Welcome to Night Flight. Your weekend open thread. The cheese is old and moldy. 

Shock Theater

 

WISN Ch. 12 1980-84 Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Horror host. Wisconsin had a million horror hosts. Toulouse No-Neck.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4074894/

https://milwaukeehorrorhosts.com/WISN1980.html

https://www.milwaukeemag.com/a-look-inside-the-surprisingly-large-web-of-local-horror-hosts/

The Orpheum Show

 

Cincinnati ; New York : U.S. Printing Co., c1900.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2014637336/

Total eclipse of the sun: Observed July 29, 1878, at Creston, Wyoming Territory

 

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47dd-e81f-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Gifs III

 

Found a Best Gifs thread on the local boards. Any good ones I find will be in the comments in a minute.

Chinese Theater, Hollywood, California

 

Margolies, John, photographer

1977.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2017707852/

[Young girl posed, half-length, standing, with butterflies]

 

c1901.

https://www.loc.gov/item/96505514/