Böcker av I Joseph Hyatt

"Movie Publicity Showcase - Volume 28" places Buster Keaton's films "The General" and "Steamboat Bill, Jr." into their historical "first run" contexts, utilizing original pressbook materials from the 1920's. Read about one of your favorite stars as he was during the days of the movies' initial releases. Both "Steamboat Bill, Jr." and "The General" are considered two of the greatest movies ever made. Buster Keaton was at the peak of his creative career. The "locomotive on the bridge' sequence is the most expensive in silent movie history. See how creative theater managers could draw in an audience when movie exhibition was an art form. See what movie fans of that day experienced when going to the movies! This is the twenty-eighth of a series.

"Movie Publicity Showcase - Volume 27" places the Hal Roach Streamliner "All American Co-Ed"" into its historical "first run" context, utilizing original press materials from 1941. Read about your favorite stars as they were during the day of the movie's initial release. "All American Co-Ed" features Johnny Downs, Frances Langford, Noah Beery Jr., Harry Langdon. Allan Lane, Alan Hale Jr., and many others. Volume 27 also includes the reissue pressbook for "Two Mugs from Brooklyn," a double feature made up of two William Bendix and Joe Sawyer Streamliners: "The McGuerins from Brooklyn" and "Taxi, Mister." "Two Mugs from Brooklyn" cast features Max Baer, Marjorie Woodworth, Richard "Skeets" Gallagher, Frank Faylen, Alan Hale, Jr, . Leonid Kinskey, Iris Adrian, Sheldon Leonard, and Jack Norton. This volume also includes an original release press sheet from Charley Chase's "Neighborhood House" from 1936. Featured players include Darla Hood and Rosina Lawrence, See how creative theater managers could draw in an audience when movie exhibition was an art form. Step back into time and see what movie fans of that day experienced when going to the movies! This is the twenty-seventh of a series.

"Movie Publicity Showcase - Volume 24" places the Hal Roach fantasy film "Topper Takes a Trip" into its historical "first run" context, utilizing original press materials from 1939. Read about your favorite stars as they were during the day of the movie's initial release. "Topper Takes a Trip" stars Constance Bennett as Marion Kirby, Billie Burke as Clara Kirby and Roland Young as Cosmo Topper. It also features Alan Mowbray, Franklin Pangborn, and many others. "Topper Returns" was the third film in this series and released in 1941. "Topper Returns" features Joan Blondell as the spirit of Gail Richards, and brings back Roland Young and Billie Burke to reprise their roles as Cosmo and Clara Topper. Also in the cast are Patsy Kelly, Donald McBride, George Zucco, and H. B. Warner. See how creative theater managers could draw in an audience when movie exhibition was an art form. This volume also includes material from a 1946 reissue of "Topper Returns. Step back into time and see what movie fans of that day experienced when going to the movies! This is the twenty-fourth of a series.

"Movie Publicity Showcase - Volume 25" places the Hal Roach fantasy comedy "Turnaabout" into its historical "first run" context utilizing the original pressbook and materials from 1940. Read about some of your favorite stars as they were during the day of the movie's initial release. "Turnabout" features Carole Landis, John Hubbard, Mary Astor, Donald Meek, Franklin Pangborn, Margaret Roach, and Marjorie Main. This volume also includes the Theatrical Book of Hal Roach's 1941-1942 Streamliners, intended for theater managers to order upcoming releases. The films include "Tanks a Million," "Hayfoot," "Niagra Falls," "Brooklyn Orchid" and eight more. See how creative theater managers could draw in an audience when movie exhibition was an art form. Step back in time and see what

"Movie Publicity Showcase - Volume 25" places the Hal Roach comedy "Road Show" into its historical "first run" context utilizing the original pressbook and materials from 1941. Read about some of your favorite stars as they were during the day of the movie's initial release. "Road Show" features Adolphe Menjou, Carole Landis, Charles Butterworth, Patsy Kelly, Shemp Howard, George E. Stone and Willie Best. This volume also includes a reissue pressbook and material from Hal Roach's "There Goes My Heart", a film originally released in 1938. "There Goes My Heart" features Virginia Bruce, Fredric March, Alan Mowbray and Patsy Kelly. See how creative theater managers could draw in an audience when movie exhibition was an art form. Step back in time and see what movie fans of that day experienced when going to the movies! This is the twenty-fifth of a series.

"Movie Publicity Showcase - Volume 23" places the "Hal Roach Comedy Carnival" (original press material for the combined release of "Curley"and "The Fabulous Joe") into its historical "first run" context, utilizing original press materials from the 1940's. Read about this Hal Roach production and his then-current stars as they were during the day of the movie's initial release. See how creative theater managers could draw in an audience when movie exhibition was an art form. Step back into time and see what movie fans of that day experienced when going to the movies! Included with the "Hal Roach Comedy Carnival" press book are the press books for "The Best of Laurel and Hardy" from 1968 and the press book for the film "Funtasia", a reissue program of four short comedies featuring Laurel and Hardy, Charlie Chaplin, and The Ritz Brothers.: This is the twenty-third of a series.

"Movie Publicity Showcase - Volume 5" places the Laurel and Hardy film "Sons of the Desert" into its historical "first run" context, utilizing original press material from 1933. Read about your favorite stars as they were during the day of the movie's initial release. See how creative theater managers could draw in an audience when movie exhibition was an art form. Step back into time and see what movie fans of that day experienced when going to the movies! This is the fifth of a series.