THE VELVET TRAP / THE FICKLE FINGER OF FATE

Here's an amazing ad for a double-feature at the Center Drive-in, from February, 1968. THE VELVET TRAP (1966) was a Craddock Film release directed by Ken Kennedy; no known video release. THE FICKLE FINGER OF FATE (1967) was an obscure Spanish/US comedy directed by Richard Rush and starring Tab Hunter; it had a video release on the Burbank label, but no DVD.

YOURS, MINE AND OURS, etc.

The Tri-City Twin screened these triple-features back in July, 1968. YOURS, MINE AND OURS (1968) was the Lucille Ball/Henry Fonda family comedy. FITZWILLEY (1967) was a romantic comedy with Dick Van Dyke and Barbara Feldon; no DVD release. DUEL AT DIABLO (1966) was a western with James Garner and Sidney Poitier. THE GRADUATE (1967) must have made record money as it was playing for a couple years after its release. THE GAME IS OVER (1966) was a French/Italian Roger Vadim film starring Jane Fonda, aka La Curée. LUV (1967) was a comedy starring Jack Lemmon and Peter Falk; no DVD release.

YOURS, MINE AND OURS

YOURS, MINE AND OURS (1968), directed by Melville Shavelson, played the Branche in May, 1968.

YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE / THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY

This big, manly double-feature played the Riverview Drive-in back in July, 1968. YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE (1967) was the fifth of the Connery Bonds. THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY (1966) was Leone's Eli Wallach tour de force.

January Desktop Calendar

Here's a desktop calendar I designed; feel free to use and forward to friends. I'll be doing one for every month this year.

WINNING, etc.

The Tri-City Twin screened this diverse pair of triple-features in January, 1970. WINNING (1969) was a Paul Newman race car flick. THE LOST MAN (1969) was an updated remake of ODD MAN OUT with Sidney Poiter; no DVD yet. EYE OF THE CAT (1969) was a Universal horror film written by Joseph Stefano; no home video release. THE UNDEFEATED (1969) was a John Wayne/Rock Hudson western. 100 RIFLES (1969) was a 20th Century Fox western featuring Raquel Welch and Jim Brown. FIVE MILLION YEARS TO EARTH was the US title for QUATERMASS AND THE PIT (1967), the Hammer science fiction classic.

WILD IN THE STREETS, etc.

Here are a couple of ads for the caustic counterculture satire WILD IN THE STREETS (1968), both from July, 1968. The Super 50 paired it logically with its trippy AIP peer PSYCH-OUT (1968), while Proctor's teamed it with THE COBRA, AIP's release of the Italian/Spanish spy thriller Il Cobra (1967); no official video release known, but it is available on the gray market.

Western Aires

The Western Aires played Schenectady's Maxwell House Restaurant (now an Eckerd Drugs) in February, 1962.

THE VAMPIRE LOVERS / THE CRIMSON CULT

Proctor's screened this British horror double-feature in January, 1971. THE VAMPIRE LOVERS (1970) was a Hammer lesbian vampire tale with Ingrid Pitt. THE CRIMSON CULT was AIP's release of the Lovecraftian Tigon production CURSE OF THE CRIMSON ALTAR (1968); no R1 DVD yet.

VENUS / COOL IT BABY

This double-feature played the Cinema Art in June, 1968. Not sure what VENUS this could be; any suggestions? COOL IT, BABY (1967) was a sleazy Lou Campa sexploiter with writer Bhob Stewart (!).

UNWED MOTHER

Here's a November, 1961 ad for the Allied Artists release UNWED MOTHER (1958), playing the Turnpike Drive-in.

TWO GIRLS FOR A MADMAN / JUDITH

The Center Drive-in screened this weird double-feature back in January, 1969. TWO GIRLS FOR A MADMAN (1968) was a Distribpix release starring Arlene Farber. JUDITH (1966) was an Israeli/UK/US drama starring Sophia Loren; no home video release.

THE TWELVE CHAIRS

Mel Brooks' THE TWELVE CHAIRS (1970) played the Cinema Delaware in January, 1971.

TUCK ME IN / SALVATION AND TEMPTATION

This killer ad appeared in April, 1971, for the Center Drive-in. TUCK ME IN (1970) was a Jerand Film Distributors release with Kim Pope; on VHS and DVD-R from Something Weird. Not sure what SALVATION AND TEMPTATION is. Anyone have a clue?

TO SIR, WITH LOVE, etc.

Another weird pair of triple-features at the Tri-City Drive-in, from March, 1968. TO SIR, WITH LOVE (1967) featured Sidney Poitier in the swingin' slums of London. IS PARIS BURNING (1966) was a French/US historical WWII drama from Paramount. WATERHOLE #3 (1967) was a comedy western with James Coburn and Carroll O'Connor. ROOM 43 was the Cory Film Corp. release of the British PASSPORT TO SHAME (1958), with Diana Dors, Herbert Lom, and Eddie Constantine; available on VHS from budget and gray market dealers. NOT WITH MY WIFE, YOU DON'T! (1966) was a Warner Bros. comedy with Tony Curtis, Virna Lis, and George C. Scott; not on DVD. SECRET FILE: HOLLYWOOD (1962) was a low-budget drama from Crown International; no DVD as of yet.

TOMB OF TORTURE / CAVE OF THE LIVING DEAD

Classic Trans-Lux Eurohorror double-feature at Raleigh's Tower Drive-in, from April, 1968. TOMB OF TORTURE was the US dub for the Italian Metempsycho (1963). CAVE OF THE LIVING DEAD was the German Der Fluch der grünen Augen (1964), with Adrian Hoven.

TO BE A WOMAN, etc.

Here's a Cinema Art triple-feature from May, 1968. TO BE A WOMAN was a British documentary from 1951; no video release. LOLLIPOP was Times Films Corp.'s release of the 1964 Brazilian drama Asfalto Selvagem; no video release. THE SECRET DREAM MODELS OF OLIVER NIBBLE (1967) was a nudie short with a pseudonymous Dick Van Patten; on VHS and DVD-R from Something Weird.

THUNDER ALLEY, etc.

A classic example of a dusk-to-dawn southern exploitation drive-in night, from January, 1968 at North Carolina's New Forest. Richard Rush directed the AIP stock car action flick THUNDER ALLEY (1967), with Fabian and Annette Funicello. AIP also released the hippie exploiter RIOT ON SUNSET STRIP (1967), which still hasn't gotten an official video release. BANG! BANG! YOU'RE DEAD was AIP's release of the UK spy thriller OUR MAN IN MARRAKASH (1966), with Tony Randall and Senta Berger; no DVD release. IT'S A BIKINI WORLD (1967), from AIP subsidiary Trans-American, was a Stephanie Rothman beach romp, notable for its many rock band sequences; never had a video release, but you can get it from me here. WHAT'S UP, TIGER LILY? (1966) was Woody Allen's directorial debut.

THREE INTO TWO WON'T GO, etc.

The eternal Tri-City Twin Drive-in screened this pair of triple-features back in March, 1970. Rod Steiger starred in the British drama THREE INTO TWO WON'T GO (1969). ARABELLA (1967) was an Italian comedy with James Fox and Giancarlo Giannini. A MAN CALLED GANNON (1968) was a forgotten Universal western with Anthony Franciosa, Michael Sarrazin, and Susan Oliver. None of these three ever had a video release that I know of. HELL'S ANGELS '69 (1969) was a fairly tepid biker flick with Jeremy Slate, Tom Stern, and Steve Sandor. SPIRITS OF THE DEAD (1968) was AIP's release of the famous Euro-horror anthology Histoires extraordinaires. THE DEVIL'S 8 (1969) was an AIP answer to THE DIRTY DOZEN; no DVD release.

THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR

THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR (1968) played the Branche in Latham, NY (later called the Circle Twin Cinemas) in July, 1968.