Halloween Movie Theater Ads Part 2: 1955

Halloween Movie Theater Ads Part 1: 1939

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

October 31st finally showed up on the calendar! Of course here in Neato Coolville it’s been Halloween everyday! On this special last day of Halloween and as a last ditch witch effort I’ve added a string of posts just for tonight. So scroll down and check out all the treats!

1954 TRICK OR TREATERS AT THE DOOR SNAPSHOT

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I like the kid’s homemade Superman costume and during the Superman TV craze!

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1977 HALLOWEEN PARADE WITH ROOM 6 SNAPSHOT

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Check out this menagerie of costumed kids! Frankenstein’s Monster leads the pack followed by Statue of Liberty?, Darth Vader, Raggedy Ann, Donny Osmond, Bugs Bunny, a Jawa, a rubber monster masked kid, and a different Frankenstein’s Monster.

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1977 HALLOWEEN GIFT CERTIFICATES BOOKLET

I’m afraid these have expired!

OLD WITCH IS A CEREAL BOX

What the...?

This funny page is out of a kid’s puppet book from 1971 illustrated by Margaret Hartelius.

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1970'S GAME & PUZZLE OUT OF A KID’S MAG

These are from Children’s Playmate magazine from Oct. 1972.

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This Hidden Picture puzzle was illustrated by LeRoy Hinton.

The object is to find 13 hidden objects. Look for a candle, a bat, a Halloween mask, a glass, a moon, a skull, a snake, an apple, an owl, a ghost, a cat, a party horn, and a witch’s hat.

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Have fun!

UNIVERSAL MONSTER TRADING CARD TREATS

I ended up with about a thousand packs of these monster cards back around 1994. So we handed them out to the kids for a couple of years until we ran out. They were a big hit! We usually get between 250 and 300 trick or treaters each Halloween.

HAVE A NEATO COOL HALLOWEEN

Thanks to everyone who has been haunting around this month. Have a ghoulish good time tonight!

LAST TWO FUNNY PAPER HALLOWEEN ADS

Did you know back in 1953 that October was Motorola Fun Month? Well, according to this old funny paper ad printed on Oct. 18, 1953 it sure was. While Mom and Dad were spending a couple of months’ wages on a 21" tube console with the Double-Power Picture, junior could pick out his very one comic costume, mask and comic book. Wow! Now that was a swell deal!

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This next ad from October 23, 1949 stars Betty Blu-White, the ad mascot for Blu White Flakes, as she saves a Mom from a possible Halloween disaster.

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VINTAGE HAPPY HOLIDAYS KIDS BOOKS

The first Happy Holidays book is a magic paint book. Just put water to brush then brush to paper and then presto, instant painting. I love the Halloween cover for this one and check out the neato space-kid!

HEADLESS HORSEMAN SKETCH

I picked this up at Epcot back in 2000. The artist Steen Lauridsen would draw any Disney character that you wanted and of course I picked the Headless Horseman from The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. He did a bang up job!


For a fun post on the Headless Horseman check out John Rozum's 31 Days of Halloween-Day 7

CASPER'S GHOSTLAND SIGN

Part of a store display from the early 1970's.

FURRY MONSTER HALLOWEEN CARDS

I mailed off some Halloween stuff to our two nephews today. We sent them a homemade cd full of fun kooky Halloween music, Pez, some monster finger puppets, activity books, and candy. The coolest thing (I think) are these two fuzzy monster Halloween cards we found at Target and I think they’ll be a hit with the kids. They’re made to stand up and everything! Zowie!

OCTOBER KIDS CARVE PUMPKIN

I never really noticed or looked at old personal snapshot photos when going through antique stores until I accidentally came across this old photo from the late ‘teens. After buying this one and pondering who these boys were and what happened to them, I came under the notion of how important old photos are as they trap a moment in time and become a window into the past. I’ve owned this one for many years and now I can finally share these "October Kids" with everyone.

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Cleaned-up

I thought it would be fun to add a little color.

FLEER’S MR. BONES CANDY

“Hey kids, meet Mr. Bones! You'll find just a pile of bones in a coffin until you put the pieces together and wha-la, instant little friend. If you get that sweet tooth you can always gnaw away on one of his many fruit flavored parts. Mr. Bones can be such a swell and sweet pal!”


Mr. Bones was a fun candy, but I remember how frustrating it was when the coffin didn’t have all the pieces, because half the fun was putting him together before you ate him. You would open that plastic coffin with the real little hinges and often times the skull was missing. “Bring me the head of Mr. Bones!”

Somehow I managed to save a complete Mr. Bones and many years have past since he’s been out of his coffin. “So how about saying hello to all the fine folks out there?” “Hello to all the fine folks out there.” “Ok wiseguy get back into your coffin before someone eats you.”

For kicks, I’ve included two modern and fun coffin candy containers. Both of these came from Target and the purple one came out last year and the red one is from this year. With the purple one you get to dig the skeleton out of candy dirt and the red one vibrates when you pull on the skeleton’s leg. Hopefully Target will keep adding to this series every Halloween.