Monogram Week Faq

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Monogram Week Faq
Topic Started: Feb 2 2006, 03:45 PM (230 Views)
Laughing Gravy	Feb 2 2006, 03:45 PM Post #1
Revered in the UK Posts: 11,070 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: August 31, 2005	MONOGRAM WEEK FAQ: Q: If the first Monogram Week was held in 1951, why is the 2006 celebration the 55th annual instead of the 56th? Did you miscount? A: Don't be silly. There was no Monogram Week in 1964; everybody was busy watching the Beatles on Ed Sullivan. Q: When Monogram Pictures became Allied Artists, did the name of Monogram Week change? A: No. Monogram's promotional budget precluded purchasing new banners. Some film historians, however, believe that the studio DID make an attempt to change the name anyway; three 1954 banners were recently unearthed in a warehouse in Pittsburg, California, with the name "Monogram" crossed out and "Allied Artists" written in with purple crayon. Q: Once Monogram went out of business, how did Monogram Week continue? A: Through the miracle of television. You're probably too young to remember the fuss that was made each year through the early 1960s, when millions of fine Americans were glued to the tube each February to watch such classics as Fangs of the Arctic and Jiggs and Maggie Out West. Sadly, the craze was short-lived: by 1971 Monogram Week consisted of a lone UHF station in Lorain, Ohio showing Voodoo Man at 1 a.m. Q: Back in 1951, was there REALLY a Monogram feature on every screen in the nation? A: Absolutely. What, you think the Monogram publicity department would lie? Please note, however, that the banner does not say WHICH nation.



Inspector Carr	Feb 2 2006, 04:47 PM Post #2
Charter Member Posts: 2,787 Group: Members Member #48 Joined: September 14, 2005	I think they screened Sarong Girl at a theatre in Vatican City back in 1951
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Laughing Gravy	Feb 3 2006, 11:10 AM Post #3
Revered in the UK Posts: 11,070 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: August 31, 2005	Q: Did any other Poverty Row studios attempt their own similar festivities? A: Absolutely. Lippert Month in 1952 and PRC Hour in 1953 are only two such examples. Sadly, neither caught on. Q: I have an 8x10 photo of my father, an electrician at Monogram, attending the Monogram Week 1955 celebration. It is autographed by the entire staff of Monogram Pictures Corporation, including the President, and several players in then-current Monogram films. Is it worth any money? A: No.


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