The following is a collection of print media from the initial runs of 1958's "The Blob" in the Pacific Northwest. "I Married a Monster from Outer Space" (1958) was the second feature in both Seattle and Portland.
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The Blob (1958)
An alien lifeform consumes everything in its path as it grows and grows.
Director: Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr.
Writers: Theodore Simonson (screenplay), Kay Linaker (screenplay), Irvine H. Millgate (original idea)
Stars: Steve McQueen, Aneta Corsaut, Earl Rowe
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I Married a Monster from Outer Space (1958)
Aliens arrive on Earth to possess the bodies of humans. One of their first victims is a young man, whose new wife soon realizes something is wrong with him.
Director: Gene Fowler Jr.
Writer: Louis Vittes
Stars: Tom Tryon, Gloria Talbott, Peter Baldwin
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October 7, 1958 ad (Seattle)
October 7, 1958 ad (Seattle)
October 8, 1958 ad (Seattle)
October 8, 1958 ad (Seattle)
October 9, 1958 ad (Seattle)
October 10, 1958 ad (Seattle)
October 21, 1958 article (Portland)
October 21, 1958 ad (Portland)
October 22, 1958 ad (Portland)
October 22, 1958 ad (Portland)
October 23, 1958 article (Portland)
October 24, 1958 article (Portland)
The Blob (1958) trailer
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I Married a Monster from Outer Space (1958) trailer
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