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There’s Nothing Wrong With Your Television Set. . . . . .

  • July 14, 2014
  • Captain Hollywood Behind the Scenes
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Thus began one of the creepiest science fiction shows ever to bombard the tube, “The Outer Limits.”  I dig this show big time, and it horrified me as a kid. . . which was a good thing.  The intro to the show…

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The Elements of an Entirely Cool Lobby Card

The Elements of an Entirely Cool Lobby Card

  • July 12, 2014
  • Captain Hollywood Behind the Scenes
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When I went to the horror movies as a little kid, they always had this little lobby inside the theater where they’d have the posters and lobby cards of the featured movie posted behind glass windows.   I’d go in the theater, pick up…

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I Knew the Creature from the Black Lagoon

  • July 6, 2014
  • Captain Hollywood Behind the Scenes
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I met Ben Chapman at one of those monster conventions in Pasadena, maybe ten years ago.  Like millions of folks I’ve been a fan of the film “Creature from the Black Lagoon” ever since I was a little kid, and Ben…

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How Not to Get Killed By a Monster

  • July 6, 2014
  • Captain Hollywood Behind the Scenes

Man, when I was a kid I loved movie monsters.  Still do.  Not so much the new monsters like Freddy and Jason, not the gore fests of today, but the old school monsters like Frankenstein, Dracula, the Mummy, Dr. Jekyll…

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You’ve Just Crossed Over Into. . . . the Twilight Zone

  • July 4, 2014
  • Captain Hollywood Behind the Scenes

One of my favorite TV shows of all time is “The Twilight Zone”, and maybe it’s one of yours too.   It’s always a blast to catch up with Rod Serling, the host and more often than not, the writer of the show.  He had a…

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Aaaaaiiiiii! It’s Godzilla!

  • July 4, 2014
  • Captain Hollywood Behind the Scenes
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Burning Godzilla!Eeeeeeeeeee!   He’s the King of the Monsters, and the Lord of the toybox!  Godzilla has always been a perennial favorite ever since he stomped Tokyo to bits.  Captain Hollywood’s (almost famous) Curiosity Shop has always been a big big fan of…

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Own a Piece of Your Favorite Movie!

  • July 4, 2014
  • Captain Hollywood Behind the Scenes
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Nightmare B4 Christmas In an effort to preserve the legacy of the 35mm film process, Captain Hollywood’s Curiosity Shop presents one of the most comprehensive collections of 35mm film cell displays available anywhere, featuring rare film cells hand-selected from actual…

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The Legacy of Dracula

  • July 4, 2014
  • Captain Hollywood Behind the Scenes
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Watching it nowadays, the 1931 film Dracula seems pretty tame.  But in its time, the vampire film was a groundbreaker and a cultural phenomenon, as well as the savior of Universal Studios and a catalyst for the sensational career of a young & exotic…

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