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Goodbye Mr. Science Fiction (12/11/08)
Photographs from the movie “Gorilla at Large,” starring Anne Bancroft and the gorilla. The inscription, “Oh Forry, you tickle so,” was written in Forry’s (Forrest J. Ackerman) own hand.Goodbye Mr. Science Fiction, Dr. Acula and the Sci-Fi Man By Allan Maurer Way back in 1957, at the advanced age of 10, I bought a 35-cent magazine at a small town drugstore’s magazine rack called Famous Monsters of Filmland, the second issue, edited by Forrest J. Ackerman, who died Dec. 4, 2008. That magazine changed my life in more ways than one. More >>

Shopping the bargains (10/13/08)
Anytime there is an economic downturn, you can grab some collectibles at bargain-basement prices. This includes collectibles from the movie world. The very best movie memorabilia pieces, items in perfect condition, well cared-for and preserved and representing a star, film or director of note, tend to maintain their value in all economic conditions. More >>

Movie poster artists: Charles Addams (10/7/08)
Murder By Death poster designed by Charles AdammsA number of artists best known for their work in other fields also did at least some movie posters. Today, Charles Addams is best known for creating the “Addams Family,” as familiar to us now through the two movies and the television show as through the dark humor of his weird New Yorker cartoons. More >>

Pam Grier Collectibles Attract Varied Interest (9/4/08)
Pam Brief tells a story (Photo by Renee Wright)Pam Grier told an audience at Winston Salem’s 2008 Riverrun International Film Festival that when she went to meet director Quentin Tarantino, he told her he had written a movie with her in mind. More >>

Lon Chaney Collectible Poster Turns Up In Sub Shop (9/4/08)
Another view of the Phantom posterIt’s not unusual to discover movie poster collectibles in unlikely locations. This time, the Phantom was hanging out in a sub shop. More >>

The Rocket Man and Me (9/4/08)
The Rocketman insert posterYears ago, in 1954, when I was 7 or 8, I saw a little film called “The Rocket Man,” at the Columbia Theatre in the small town where I grew up. I was about the same age as the young boy, played by George “Foghorn” Winslow, known for his gravelly voice. More >>

Incredible Leonard Schrader Lobby Card Collection Sells (9/4/08)
Buster Keaton item from SchraderOne of the most amazing American collections of movie memorabilia known has sold to an as-yet unnamed foreign buyer. More >>

Unprecedented movie memorbilia collection to be auctioned in December (9/4/08)
PhotoplayThe Los Angeles Times is reporting that a movie memorbilia collection some say is second only to that of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will be auctioned off in mid-December of this year. More >>

Invasion of the Body Snatchers Times Four (9/4/08)
Quite a few movies about invading aliens scared us during the collision of the Atomic Era with the Space Age in the 1950s. Only one, however, transforms like some space creature to fit the zeitgeist of each new generation. Several of those original 50s films about aliens have been remade once. More >>

Movie and Television Merchandise as Collectibles (1/27/08)
Mr T In Your Pocket The box office tally isn’t the whole story of a film’s profit margin – “It’s the merchandise, silly.” So says Mel Brooks in his 1987 science fiction parody Spaceballs, as his character displays merchandise from the film – within the film – including bed sheets and a cereal box. More >>