Spotting old books and magazines and dummy newspapers in TV, movies and old photos

[dask]

Eyes Wide Shut

Not a very good shot. Come on Stanley, focus that thing!

 

[Bick]

Two old papers Humphrey Bogart leaves through to find information about his missing army buddy, in Dead Reckoning (1946):

Interestingly, the two right hand photos in this first picture show two co-stars in the movie: Lizebeth Scott and William Prince.

And this one features a photo of another actor in the film: George Chandler (it's a coincidence his surname is the same as Lizebeth Scott's character).

 

[dask]

er…Sleepaway Camp 2:

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

From Fear in the Night (1972) -- I have turned the image upside down to get a better look at the book.

It's this one:

 

[Randy M.]

From Phantasm, 1979. The title fits the movie,

 

[dask]

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

Some of the detective pulps on the right:

 

[Pyan]

Here's the "Zoot" and "Wonder" comics from the bottom right, above the beer crate.

 

[Pyan]

And the "Shadow" comic above them:

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And I think this is the "Love Novels" magazine above the detective pulps:

 

[dask]

Middle shelf, third from the right:

Middle shelf, towards the left end:

 

[dask]

Quite possibly behind the girl’s head:

Bottom shelf, far left:

 

[Bick]

In this one, identified by Victoria:

Is the girl holding onto the wheel as the car drives along? In any event, interesting to see the detective story was written by Robert Moore Williams who wrote and published many (more than a hundred) SF stories from the late 1930s through to the mid 50s (Amazing, Startling, Fantastic, etc.).

 

[Pyan]

I think she's lying on the running board, and that's the spare wheel cover she's hanging on to, like this one:

 

[dask]

Think it might be the spare tire.

Beat me to it. Curses, foiled again!

 

[Bick]

Yes, of course! Good call fellas, spot on.

 

[dask]

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

Far right on the third row from the top:

The cover image doesn't seem witty to me.

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

Something a little different:

This scary painting gets a big closeup at one point in The Diary of a High School Bride (1958):

It's clearly the poster art for The Screaming Skull (1958):

 

[dask]

Second shelf down in the middle:

 

[J Riff]