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VIEW FROM THE VAULT .............................................................................................................................2 DON DOHLER TRIBUTE ..............................................................................................................................3 By Don Leifert LETTERS TO THE VAULT .............................................................................................................................4 THE IMHOTEP OF RED ROCK CANYON: Locations of the Golden Age ...................................................................6 By Richard J. Schmidt PERSONAL APPEARANCES OF KARLOFF AND LUGOSI ........................................................................................12 By Greg Mank AN INTERVIEW WITH GEORGE R. SNELL .......................................................................................................18 By Gary D. Rhodes TREASURES FROM A MONSTER CLUB: The Old Dark Clubhouse and the Monster Premiums of Monster Bash .....24 By Richard Olson and Angie Olson APE FIENDS OF THE SILENT ERA, PART II ......................................................................................................32 By Gary L. Prange GEORGE BARROWS, GORILLA GUY! ............................................................................................................46 By Bob Burns (As Told to Tom Weaver) FILMS FROM THE VAULT ............................................................................................................................54 DVD Reviews by Mark Clark Reviews of Hollywood Legends of Horror Collection, Inner Sanctum Mysteries: The Complete Movie Collec- tion, The Boris Karloff Collection, and Icons of Horror Collection: Boris Karloff. BOOKS FROM THE VAULT ...........................................................................................................................60 Book Reviews by David Colton, Gary L. Prange, Jim Nemeth, and Bryan Senn Reviews of Monsters: A Celebration of the Classics from Universal Studios, Kenneth Strickfaden: Dr. Frankenstein’s Electrician, The Astounding B Monster, and Mexploitation Cinema: A Critical History of Mexican Vampire, Wrestler, Ape-Man and Similar Films, 1957-1977. INSIDE FRONT AND BACK COVER: Collage of Old Dark Clubhouse (ODCH) Premiums, a tradi- tion begun in 1998, given out at Monster Bashes over the years. The creativity, inventiveness, and complexity of these fantasy items is astounding. And the fellowship of the ODCH Monster Kids is a giſt in itself. Read more about these one-of-a-kind collectibles in “Treasures from a Monster Club” on page 24. (The collage and all images for the article were compiled by Richard Olson.) Volume 12 • Number 23 Spring 2007 Cover Photo Courtesy of Sorko Monsters from the Vault is published two times a year by Monsters from the Vault, P. O. Box 981, Abingdon, Maryland 21009-0981. Visit our Web site at www.monstersfromthevault.com for current subscription rates and back issue availability and pricing. Editorial Contents ©2007 Monsters from the Vault. All characters depicted in this publication by way of illustration or photograph are the exclusive property of their respective owners. All advertising content © by the respective advertisers. Monsters from the Vault, other than its own advertising, accepts no responsibility for the content, reliability, or integrity of an advertisement contained herein. Monsters from the Vault is printed in the United States by The Imaging Bureau, Ft. Worth, Texas. 6 24 32 46
