Do you believe in the theory of re-incarnation? Do you think that a man dead one hundred years can come back to life and take up his place in the world where he left off? Houdini, in his initial photo-drama for his own company, “The Man From Beyond,” which begins a seven days’ engagement at …
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May 27 2015
Famous Nude Statue Featured in Movie
It took three months for Alvin K. Bubis, producer of “The Devil’s Hand,” currently showing at the Leathbridge Theatre, to convince Linda Christian to allow her famous nude statue to appear in the picture. Filmgoers will recall that this undraped, lifesize, perfect likeness of Miss Christian was the talk of Hollywood several years ago. Tyrone …
Feb 04 2015
Producers Insure Horror Patrons Against Insanity
Europix-International Ltd., the producers of the new triple horror program, ORGY OF THE LIVING DEAD, which opens soon at the Leathbridge theatre, is taking no chances! Because of the terrifying nature of the program, they are insuring the sanity of every patron who enters the theatre. Anyone who loses his mind as a direct result …
Dec 10 2014
Martians Kidnap Kids and Santa In Levine’s Fun-Filled Color Film
Filling a need for wholesome children’s films, Joseph E. Levine’s SANTA CLAUS CONQUERS THE MARTIANS, coming in Eastman Color Saturday to the Leathbridge Theatre, will be a welcome delight to many parents. This Embassy Pictures release will be presented under a special policy of Saturday and Sunday matinee performances only. This unique science-fiction fantasy places …
Nov 12 2014
“Night of The Living Dead” Stars Home-Grown Talent
Two Pittsburgh-born performers who left home in search of show business careers, returned to Pittsburgh to make their motion picture debut debuts as stars of the Walter Reade Organization’s “The Night of The Living Dead” which opens soon at the Leathbridge Theatre. Duane Jones left Pittsburgh first for college and then to study at New …
Sep 17 2014
Karloff Loves Flowers, Poetry
If you want to please an actor who spends all his time on movie sets and otherwise before the camera making horror “entertainment” then shudder at the mere mention of his name. Then and only then does he know he has “arrived” in the most elite upper crust of horrordom. Such a one is Boris …
Jul 16 2014
Must Take Test Before Seeing “Dementia 13”
Everyone in town is talking about the “D-13” test which the producers of “Dementia 13” require to be taken before you are permitted to see this shocking, horror movie now playing at the Leathbridge Theatre. Unprecedented in the annals of Hollywood, this is a test to determine the ability of the individual to withstand the …