Famous Monsters of Filmland 1966 Yearbook cover facsimile of Lon Chaney as The Phantom of the Opera 🔍 Click to enlarge

Famous Monsters of Filmland 1966 Yearbook

Jul-66 Vic Prezio
Inside This Issue

“Get Your Monster Kicks From This 1966 Yearbook,” Warren commands, behind a facsimile of Lon Chaney’s Phantom. Issue #19 does the heavy lifting in the reprints — “The Lorre Story,” “The Pre-historic Story,” and the Tales of Terror feature all hail from it — joined by the John Carradine profile from Issue #20 and a Road to Mandalay Chaney photo page.

Cover Spotlight

A facsimile of Lon Chaney as the Phantom of the Opera — the Man of a Thousand Faces in his most famous role, featured on this 1966 special yearbook cover.

Contents

  • Get Your Monster Kicks from This 1966 Yearbook
  • The Gastrological Horrorscope
  • The Lorre Story
  • The Pre-historic Story
  • Lon Chaney Shall Not Die!
  • Tales of Terror
  • John Carradine
  • Return of the Fly
  • The Lone Stranger
  • Dante's Inferno

Recurring Departments

  • Lon Chaney Shall Not Die! (full-page photo)
  • Dante's Inferno (Joe Dante's 50 worst films)

☠ Collector's Notes

A Phantom cover always helps an annual move, and the 1966 yearbook’s Peter Lorre and John Carradine profiles give it character-actor depth. One of the stronger mid-run annuals for reference reading.

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Famous Monsters of Filmland — 1966 Yearbook

A full year of creature features bound in one volume. A facsimile of Lon Chaney as the Phantom of the Opera — the Man of a Thousand Faces in his most famous role, featured on this 1966 special yearbook cover.

Open the 1966 Yearbook — which page calls you back? ⬇️

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