Famous Monsters of Filmland #47 cover painting of Claude Rains as the masked PHANTOM OF THE OPERA by Basil Gogos 🔍 Click to enlarge

Famous Monsters of Filmland #47

Nov-67 • Basil Gogos
Inside This Issue

A Basil Gogos cover fronts #47, a heavy issue of farewells. It leads with film monsterdom’s mourning of Claude Rains — the screen’s Invisible Man and 1943 Phantom — and runs “R.I.P. Eight for Eternity,” an eight-obituary tribute that takes in Basil Rathbone and Walt Disney. A Ghidrah preview lightens the mood.

Cover Spotlight

Claude Rains behind the white mask — a painting of the 1943 PHANTOM OF THE OPERA's tortured composer, operatic, passionate, and magnificently doomed.

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Contents

  • Return of the Phantom
  • The Return of Ghidrah
  • James Bond Meets Spectre Fiend Number One
  • Karloff in the Magic Castle, Part II
  • Horror of Dracula Recreated Right Before Your Eyes
  • R.I.P. Eight for Eternity...and the Darkness Calls
  • The Black Cat Strikes Again
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Recurring Departments

  • Fang Mail
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Films Featured

The Phantom of the OperaGhidrah the Three Headed MonsterYou Only Live TwiceHorror of DraculaThe Black Cat
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Personalities

Claude RainsTom ConwayBasil RathboneCharles BeaumontNelson EddyMischa AuerWalt DisneyBarbara PaytonSpencer Tracy
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Bylines & Contributors

Christopher BrooksPaul LindenGlenn Sherrard

☠ Collector's Notes

The genre’s memorial register for a brutal stretch: Claude Rains, then eight more farewells in one issue — Rathbone and Walt Disney among them. Issue #47 is somber, essential, and one of the era’s most-cited obituary issues.

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FM #47 — November 1967

Claude Rains behind the white mask — a painting of the 1943 PHANTOM OF THE OPERA's tortured composer, operatic, passionate, and magnificently doomed. Inside: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, GHIDRAH THE THREE HEADED MONSTER, YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE, and HORROR OF DRACULA, and Claude Rains, Christopher Brooks, Paul Linden, and Glenn Sherrard.

Tell us the first monster from this one that lived in your head rent-free. ⬇️

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