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Samuel Z. Arkoff Papers. Series 5
Samuel Z. Arkoff Papers. Series 5
Collection 080
Series 5: posters
Series size: 2 mapcase drawers
Series dates: 1956-1979
This series consists of 70 one-sheet posters for seventeen films released by American International Pictures. There are multiple copies of many of the posters, "Machine Gun Kelly" posters being the most numerous with 28 copies. Notable materials include posters for four films produced and directed by Roger Corman "Machine Gun Kelly"; "The Day the World Ended"; "Sorority Girls"; "Viking Women and the Sea Serpent"), and four films directed by Edward L. Cahn "Dragstrip Girl"; "Jet Attack"; "Motorcycle Gang"; "Suicide Battalion"). Note the fragile condition of a number of items in the series: there are tears in the middle fold lines of posters for the films "Blood of Dracula," "The Day the World Ended," and "Suicide Battalion."
| Box |
Folder
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Contents
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Dates
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| 1 |
1
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The Amazing Transparent Man. 1 poster
|
1959
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1
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1
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The Bonnie Parker Story. 3 posters
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1968
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|
1
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2
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C.H.O.M.P.S. 1 poster
|
1979
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|
1
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2
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Cool and Crazy. 3 posters
|
1958
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1
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3
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Dragstrip Girl. 3 posters
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1957
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|
1
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3
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Jet Attack. 3 posters
|
1958
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1
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4-5
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Machine Gun Kelly. 14 posters
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circa 1958
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|
2
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8
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Motorcycle Gang. 4 posters
|
1957
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|
2
|
9
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Suicide Battalion. 4 posters
|
1958
|
|
1
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2
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The Day the World Ended. 3 posters
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1956
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2
|
8
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Paratroop Command. 3 posters
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1959
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2
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9
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Sorority Girl. 3 posters
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1957
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2
|
10
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Viking Women and the Sea Serpent. 4 posters
|
1958
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|
1
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1
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Blood of Dracula. 3 posters
|
1957
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2
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6-7
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Machine Gun Kelly. 14 posters
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circa 1958
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|
2
|
11
|
Meteor. 5 posters
|
1978
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|
2
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12
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She Came to the Valley. 1 poster. 1 poster mock-up
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1979
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