Star Wars Vintage Original Newspaper Poster Ad Full Page 1977 N.Y. Movie Theatre

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Star Wars Vintage Original Newspaper Poster Ad Full Page 1977 N.Y. Movie Theatre:
$113.50

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Star Wars Vintage Original Newspaper Poster Ad 14x22 Full Page 1977 N.Y. Movie Theatres DescriptionTHIS IS A sale!

These original newspaper or magazine ads are from the original sources and give a great look back into the past. We can assume that for many of these events, posters may not have been produced, leaving the ads as the only graphic print material representing the event. These are originals, not copies or reproductions.

PLEASE SCROLL DOWN FOR FRESHLY SHOT PICS OF THIS VINTAGE ORIGINALHUGE AD 14X22 INCHES FROM 1977 POSTER NEWSPAPER ADVERTISEMENT FROM QUEENS/BROOKLYN EDITION OF THE NEW YORK YIMES NEWSPAPER..BROOKLYN N.Y. MOVIE THEATRE POSTER ADS~

~ VINTAGE ORIGINAL SCI-FI/HORROR GEMS~

NO SURPRISES HERE...WHAT YOU SEE AND WHAT I DESCRIBE IS WHAT YOU GET AND YOU MUST BE HAPPY!..

AND YOU WILL BE!!

ANY GLARE IS FROM THE CAMERA FLASH!

NEW THRILLS! NEW SHOCKS! NEW TERROR! COULD THIS BE...

A LONG TIME AGO IN A GALAXY FAR,FAR AWAY...

STAR WARS

HUGE VINTAGE 1977 FULL SPEAD 14X22 INCHES WINDOW CARD SIZE SCI-FI NEWSPAPER POSTER AD FROM NEW YORK CITY BROOKLYN/QUEENS EDITION N.Y. TIMES NEWSPAPER AD~ GENERAL WEAR FROM AGE ON THIS 2-SIDED PAGE ...FOLDED LIGHTLY IN THE MIDDLE HORIZONTALLY BUT KEPT FLAT AND WILL BE SENT ROLLED TO THE WINNER!

WACKY MONSTROUS IMAGES OF SPACESHIPS~RAY-GUNS~LIGHT SABERS AND MUCH MORE...ALTERNATE POSTER ART BY...WHAT\'S HIS NAME...

VERY RARE AND VERY NICE INDEED!VERY FINE.AS IS!

~GREAT LOOKING POSTER AD~~~VERY VERY NICE DISPLAY...

Star Wars (later re-titled Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hopeis a 1977 American epicspace opera filmwritten and directed by George Lucas. The first release in the Star Wars franchise, it stars Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Peter Cushing, and Alec Guinness. The plot focuses on a group known as the Rebel Alliance, led by Princess Leia (Fisher), and its attempt to destroy the Death Star space station, created by the Galactic Empire. This conflict disrupts the isolated life of ambitious farmhand Luke Skywalker (Hamill) when he inadvertently acquires a pair of droids which possess the stolen architectural plans for the Death Star. After the Empire begins a destructive search for the missing droids, Skywalker agrees to accompany Jedi MasterObi-Wan Kenobi (Guinness) on a mission to return the Death Star plans to the Rebel Alliance and save the galaxy from the tyranny of the Galactic Empire.

Lucas began writing the script to Star Wars after completing American Graffiti. He based the plot outline on the 1936 Flash Gordon serials and the 1958 Akira Kurosawa film The Hidden Fortress. After United Artists and Universal Pictures rejected Lucas\' script, Alan Ladd, Jr. of 20th Century Fox accepted it and agreed to finance and distribute the film. Shot mostly in Tunisia, England, and Guatemala, the film was met with numerous problems during production, including bad weather conditions, malfunctioning equipment, and financial difficulties. The script underwent numerous changes, and Lucas founded Industrial Light & Magic specifically to create the groundbreaking visual effects needed for the film.

Star Wars was released theatrically in the United States on May 25, 1977. It earned $461million in the United States and $314million overseas, totaling $775million. It surpassed Jaws (1975) to become the highest-grossing film until E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial in 1983. When adjusted for inflation as of 2013, Star Wars was the second-highest-grossing film in the United States and Canada, and the third-highest-grossing film in the world. It received 10 Academy Award nominations (including Best Picture), winning six; it is often regarded as one of the best films of all time. It was selected to become part of the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress in its first year of opening as being \"culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant\"; at the time, it was the newest film to be selected, and it was the only film from the 1970s to be chosen. The film\'s soundtrack was added to the United States National Recording Registry 15 years later.

Lucas has re-released Star Wars a number of times, incorporating many changes including modified computer-generated effects, altered dialogue, re-edited shots, remixed soundtracks, and added scenes. The film\'s massive success led to the production of two sequels: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Return of the Jedi (1983), both of which became critically and commercially successful. A prequel trilogy was later released between 1999–2005; all three films were again commercially successful, but did not match the level of critical and fanatical acclaim of the original trilogy. A sequel trilogy is currently in production under The Walt Disney Company. A number of the major cast members from the original trilogy will return for the seventh installment: The Force Awakens, which is scheduled for release in 2015.

6 PICCTURED -ADS ON REVERSE OF SAME PAGE ..DAY OF THE ANIMALS~AUDREY ROSE~THE GREATEST~WE ALL LOVED EACH OTHER SO MUCH~ROCKY~ ABD MUCH MORE...

VERY RARE AND VERY COOL!

THIS IS AN ARTICLE I WROTE FOR \"SCARY MONSTERS\" MAGAZINE ABOUT GHOSTMASTER JACK BAKER...DR. SILKINI!

Direct From Hollywood!\"
ASYLUM OF HORRORS!

A unique brand of entertainment in American Movie House history was known as the Midnight Ghost Show. From its rise in the late 1920\'s to its eventual demise in the late 60\'s, the Spook Show captured imaginations and thrilled audiences in movie houses and drive-ins around the country. Midnight Ghost Shows or Spook Shows, later called Midnight Horror Shows, were orchestrated by a magician or \"Spook Master,\" and occurred live in the theatre before, between and after feature horror films. Spook Show operators would take their shows on the road to small theaters across the country. Thousands of dollars could easily be made with a good routine and the willingness to live a somewhat transient existence. Theater operators made easy money booking these shows, with little out of pocket expense. Because the shows typically began at midnight, when the theater would otherwise be closed, the theater owners risked nothing by booking them and were all but guaranteed a profit.Elaborate advertising and posters were provided way in advance by the Spook Show operators, who mailed them to the theater with instructions about how to build up interest and suspense in their patrons. Intriguing posters often bearing shocking claims were placed in the movie house lobbies weeks before the show rolled into town for its one- night- stand.Trailers for these events were shown with the feature films in the weeks leading up to the Spook Show, generating intense interest and advance tickets sales. Gimmicks such as give-aways and free passes were employed to great success, as was radio advertising. Advertising included such blurbs as, \"SO SCARY WE DARE YOU TO SIT THROUGH IT ALL! IF YOU DO---YOU WIN FREE 2 FOR 1 PASSES TO A NEAR FUTURE MOVIE!\" Another promised, \"MONSTERS AND WEIRD BEAUTIES.\" Or from the Ahmen Ra and His Weird Tomb of Terrors featuring the Mummy in Person, \"MONSTERS GRAB GIRLS FROM THE AUDIENCE!\"

The Spook Show phenomena began in the lavish theaters of the 1920\'s where they were billed predominantly as midnight Magic Shows complete with magicians, seances, floating phantoms, illuminated spirits and often comedy as well. One of the unique aspects of these shows was the \"blackout\" where at the end of the show the theater lights would be turned off and glow-in-the-dark ghosts would appear to materialize overhead and on the stage, thrilling and terrifying audiences. Everything and anything could happen. Spiders would fly from the balcony, James Dean, Marilyn Monroe or Elvis Presley might materialize, if you were brave enough to sit through the whole show you might win a \"dead body.\" Then the feature film, generally a horror film, would be shown.Some would consider one man to be the king of the Spook Show Circuit- Jack Baker.
John Kessler, later known as Jack Baker, was born in Detroit Michigan in 1914. He started his career in show business as a teenager, doing magic. He later went on to sell trade magazines and in his travels he was invited to a Midnight Ghost Show. When the mentalist, Mel-Roy didn\'t show, Jack was tapped to do his magic act for the expectant audience. He was hooked.In time young Kessler joined up with Wyman Baker. Adopted by Baker\'s parents, (thus the change from Kessler to Baker) the two \"brothers\" teamed up to create \"Dr. Silkini\'s Spiritualistic Séance and Ghost Show in 1938: what would become the long-standing, \"Asylum of Horrors.\"The advertising for the \"Asylum of Horrors\" promised Monsters and Fright but leaned towards a \"Hellsapoppin\' type show, replete with laughs as well as shrieks. Typical Baker poster advertisement \'ballyhoo\' for the Asylum of Horrors Show consisted of blurbs such as: \"Eerie! See it Happen-right before your startled eyes- IN PERSON!…And on a rampage. DIRECT FROM HOLLYWOOD…THE FRANKENSTEIN MONSTER.\"The show was a big hit. In fact it broke box office records. Over the years, real movie actors from Universal Films such as Glenn Strange, Bela Lugosi and Lon Chaney Jr., made guest appearances in Jack\'s show. Universal even gave Baker special permission to use their Frankenstein character in the show because they felt that it contributed to the popularity of their monster. At one point there were 7 \"units\" like franchises, doing the show around the country. For many years Asylum of Horrors was the most successful and lucrative Spook Show on the circuit and Jack Baker became known as the King of the Spook Shows.The decline of Spook Shows had many causes; greed for profit, jaded audiences, television and cinemascope, (resulting in the removal of stages from movie theaters.) But perhaps there was more. In the advent of Abbott and Costello meeting all the monsters, the Addams Family and The Munsters, there was a saturation of comedy into horror that spelled doom for the whole shebang. Or perhaps too, the world was growing up, becoming more cynical, unwilling to suspend their disbelief even for a few short hours, when the Magic could happen.

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INCREDIBLE ..DON\'T MISS IT!!!

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