Topic on User talk:The H-Man

Hi H-Man,

I need your assistance with information for few things on this site that are Godzilla related. I hope you can help me out.

1.     Over a year ago I added a video from Space Hunter M’s, YouTube channel on the Cinema Shares Godzilla triple bill. I cited in the article to the three films that they were shown together in theaters in 1978. Astounding had come in and added a concern that I didn’t have a source for the year so I did some looking online and found other sites where fans were stating they saw the three films together in theatres either in ’77 or 78. Is there a way you could help me find a source? I don’t think I found anything when I looked on Newspapers.org.

2.     Over a decade ago I recalled seeing online a lobby card that advertised something like “Come see Godzilla Triple Feature at your local drive in

Godzilla on Monster Island

And

Godzilla vs. Megalon

also

Godzilla vs. the Cosmic Monster"

The lobby card might have mentioned Toho and Cinema Shares on it. I looked everywhere but couldn’t find it online. Do you by chance have access to this lobby card or could you help me locate it?

3.     I need reference material for my sandbox for when the four Alan Enterprise Godzilla films were shown on the Movie Channel in 1980 and for the Godzilla Marathon in San Fransico in 1987 on their local station KTSF26 that broadcasted three of those same films which were formerly distributed by Walter Reade and the three Cinema Shares releases. Do you have this information or can you guide me to sites that reference the two channels’ showings in further detail?  

4.     For educational purposes I am considering a YouTube account to make comparison videos of censored and unedited versions of dubbed Godzilla films. Do you think it would be more appropriate to use the Sci-Fi Channel airings as a source for comparison from the stand point that they both use the NTSC format or the UK PAL VHS tapes from the stand point that for the most part both are from VHS sources?

5.     And finally, I appreciate that you have helped me out a lot on this site. Is there something I could help you out with on here or in any research you might be doing on a Godzilla topic?

Thanks again and take care.

1 & 2) Sorry, I can't help you with these. I don't think I've seen any acceptable text source corroborating a 1978 (or any) date for the triple feature package. In fact, the TV spot is the only concrete evidence I can recall seeing for such a package. A newspaper search will give you a lot of dates those three films played on the same bill, although not necessarily as a program issued by Cinema Shares/Downtown Distribution. As for your second question, I've never seen any lobby card or poster combining any of the Cinema Shares Godzillas; are you sure that wasn't a clipping from a newspaper?

3) Your best bet is to collate results from Newspapers.com. The Movie Channel, August 25, 1984: Ghidrah (6:30 am & 5:30 pm), Godzilla v. Sea Monster (8 am / 10:15 pm / 4:15 am), King Kong '76 (9:30 am & 8 pm), Coming Soon! (12 noon), Gigantis (1 pm & 2:45 am), It Came from Hollywood (2:30 pm & 1:15 am) and Son of Godzilla (4 pm & 11:45 pm) on August 25, 1984. I have the schedule for the KTSF Godzilla Week 1987 on my YouTube video. Although please note that in both cases I'm only drawing information from my personal files; my subscription to Newspapers.com is presently inactive, so I can't verify my notes against the original newspaper sources. I'd recommend you put some money towards a subscription and research what you'd like for your projects on and off Wikizilla.

4) I guess that's ultimately your preference, but if you're going to be comparing content then I think you should keep all video at film speed (24 fps, or 23.98 if you have to deinterlace analog video sources). Personally I think the contrast between PAL & NTSC material would be more jarring than comparing VHS-resolution video and higher-res material, especially if your goal is to compare the audio-visual content of the same scene across different versions of a film.

The Cinema Shares Triple Bill thing I saw from back then might have been a newspaper clipping, I just kind of assumed it was a lobby card due to it's size and shape I'll be rechecking this. I'm using newspapers.com and it's a great help. Thanks for your suggestions in the film comparisons. Thanks for replying.

Hi H-Man,

I was thinking that maybe I should use the Power Multimedia DVDs for comparisons since they appear to be in the same aspect ratio as the edited versions. Do you by chance know the easiest place to get all five of those 70’s ones? I found all of them but Gigan on internet archive and I didn’t know if you by chance knew where a place to get them all at once would be at or not.

Thanks again.

I'm sorry, I don't. If you can't get the Power Multimedia Gigan then the New World/Anchor Bay master may be an alternative that's easier to obtain. Sorry.