Famous Monsters of Filmland #20 November 1962 cover painting by Basil Gogos of Lon Chaney from London After Midnight 🔍 Click to enlarge

Famous Monsters of Filmland #20

Nov-62 Basil Gogos
Inside This Issue

A Basil Gogos cover fronts #20, an issue that pairs marquee artwork with two of the genre’s towering figures. Inside, a John Carradine biography and an early Ray Harryhausen profile penned by Forry himself — one legend in front of the camera, one behind it.

Cover Spotlight

Lon Chaney in LONDON AFTER MIDNIGHT — a painting of the most debated image in horror history, from the most desperately sought lost film ever made.

Contents

  • Sight for Sore Eyes
  • Carradine!
  • Lurk Burke Lurk
  • Son of Kong
  • New Monster Club Members

Recurring Departments

  • Fang Mail
  • You Axed for It
  • Mystery Photo
  • Graveyard Examiner

Bylines & Contributors

☠ Collector's Notes

Documentation before canonization — Forry profiling Ray Harryhausen years before the world caught up to stop-motion’s grandmaster. Issues that wrote about the greats early, like Issue #20, age the best as reference.

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Discussion

FM #20 — November 1962

Lon Chaney in LONDON AFTER MIDNIGHT — a painting of the most debated image in horror history, from the most desperately sought lost film ever made. Inside: London After Midnight and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Basil Gogos, Lon Chaney, Roger Elwood, and John Carradine.

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