I. Joseph Hyatt

"Movie Publicity Showcase - Volume 22" places a number of Charley Chase film shorts into their historical "first run" contexts, utilizing original press materials from the 1930's. Read about your favorite stars as they were during the day of these movies' initial releases. 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-second of a series, and contains material on the Charley Chase films "Nurse to You," "Hasty Marriage," "In Walked Charley," "First in War," "I'll Take Vanilla," "Something Simple,"and "Neighborhood House." Additional material covers the Chase shorts "Old Ironsides,"Mr. Bride," "Girl Grief" and more. Foreword by John K. Carpenter (The Movie Man) and stills from the John Carpenter Collection.

Laurel and Hardy made over one hundred movies together. "Laurel and Hardy: Foreign Lobby Cards and Posters III" presents over 150 rare and vintage posters, lobby cards and other theater publicity material from their feature films in color. This book was created to show how these films were originally introduced to contemporary foreign audiences in their first run and reissue theatrical presentations and to encourage viewing of these classic comedies today. Material was drawn from private collections.

"Movie Publicity Showcase - Volume 21" places the Laurel and Hardy compilation films "The Golden Age of Comedy," "When Comedy Was King," "Days of Thrills and Laughter," "The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy, and "Four Clowns" into their historical "first run" context, utilizing original press materials from the initial releases. British press material for "Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's" is also included. 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 twenty-first of a series.