This is the first of two collections of print media from other noteworthy films that played the Pacific Northwest in 1944.
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The Return of the Vampire (1943)
When an errant bomb unearths the coffin of a vampire during the London Blitz, a gravedigger unknowingly reanimates the monster by removing the stake from his heart
Directed by: Lew Landers
Written by: Griffin Jay, Kurt Neumann, Randall Faye
Starring: Bela Lugosi, Frieda Inescort, Matt Willis, Nina Foch
February 18, 1944 ad (Seattle)
February 18, 1944 article (Seattle)
February 20, 1944 ad (Seattle)
April 17, 1944 article (Portland)
April 17, 1944 ad (Portland)
The Return of the Vampire (1943) trailer
The Lady and the Monster (1944)
A millionaire's brain is preserved after his death, and telepathically begins to take control of those around him.
Director: George Sherman
Writers: Dane Lussier (screenplay), Frederick Kohner (screenplay), Curt Siodmak (novel "Donovan's Brain")
Stars: Vera Ralston, Richard Arlen, Erich von Stroheim
May 14, 1944 ad (Seattle)
May 14, 1944 article (Seattle)
May 15, 1944 ad (Seattle)
June 16, 1944 ad, albeit second billing (Portland)
Weird Woman (1944)
While on a South Seas trip, a professor falls in love and marries an exotic native woman. What he doesn't know is that she was raised by superstitious natives who believe her to be some kind of supernatural being.
Director: Reginald Le Borg
Writers: Fritz Leiber Jr., Scott Darling, Brenda Weisberg
Stars: Lon Chaney Jr., Anne Gwynne, Evelyn Ankers, Ralph Morgan
June 7, 1944 ad, albeit second billing (Portland)
July 13, 1944 ad (Seattle)
Weird Woman (1944) trailer
