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Shock Theatre Chicago Style: WBKB-TV's Late Night Horror Showcase, 1957-1959
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Shock Theatre Chicago Style: WBKB-TV's Late Night Horror Showcase, 1957-1959
Current price: $29.95
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Shock Theatre Chicago Style: WBKB-TV's Late Night Horror Showcase, 1957-1959
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From December 1957 through October 1959, Chicago TV viewers were held in thrall by "Marvin," the ghoulishly hilarious host of WBKB-TV's late-night horror film series
Shock Theatre
. Marvin and his lady friend "Dear" (her face ever hidden from the camera) introduced thousands of Chicagoland youngsters to such classic Universal chillers as
Frankenstein, Dracula
and
The Wolf Man
. This history of
focuses on the series and its creator, Marvin himselfin real life, the multi-talented Terry Bennett, whose wife Joy played "Dear." Terry's son Kerry Bennett provides an affectionate foreword, while celebrated horror host Count Gore De Vol (Dick Dyszel) supplies the afterword. Included are dozens of photos and vintage advertisement reproductions, as well as two appendices featuring a resume of Terry Bennett's career and a list of films telecast during his two-year
run.
Shock Theatre
. Marvin and his lady friend "Dear" (her face ever hidden from the camera) introduced thousands of Chicagoland youngsters to such classic Universal chillers as
Frankenstein, Dracula
and
The Wolf Man
. This history of
focuses on the series and its creator, Marvin himselfin real life, the multi-talented Terry Bennett, whose wife Joy played "Dear." Terry's son Kerry Bennett provides an affectionate foreword, while celebrated horror host Count Gore De Vol (Dick Dyszel) supplies the afterword. Included are dozens of photos and vintage advertisement reproductions, as well as two appendices featuring a resume of Terry Bennett's career and a list of films telecast during his two-year
run.