This looks like it's going to be awesome!!! All about the classic Halloween costumes we love!
Check out the trailer!
https://halloweendailynews.com/2019/09/halloween-box-documentary-october/?fbclid=IwAR1LvZPffO5Sc3YFIwAcn97hEmBXeOvNhRsbvRoe7MSBx3NFqBXI742I5Gw
I didn't know the went back to the '30s. I thought everybody made homemade costumes, back then.
Quote from: Mike Scott on September 26, 2019, 10:20:43 AM
I didn't know the went back to the '30s. I thought everybody made homemade costumes, back then.
In the 1950's, it was about 50/50. TV commercials on kids' programming had about half of the kids demanding dime store costumes. But, where I lived, about half of the kids had costumes they put together or their stay-at-home moms would make for them.
The homemade costumes never put the character name or Disney on the kid's chest. (I always felt that was so stoopid.)
Many of the kids simply wore costumes portraying various occupations, sometimes using worn-out, cutdown uniforms from parents or other relatives. It was the treat givers' job to guess what the little beggar was supposed to be.
Quote from: Monsters For Sale on September 26, 2019, 12:28:43 PMBut, where I lived, about half of the kids had costumes they put together or their stay-at-home moms would make for them.
Back in my main trick or treating years from 1957(?) to 1964, almost all kids either wore simple home made costumes or simply a mask bought at the variety/convenience store on the corner. While I always admired the Collegeville/Ben Cooper type of costumes that were so very prominently displayed hanging from the ceiling at the Woolworth, Kresge, Metropolitan and Zellers five-and-dime stores downtown, I knew my parents would have regarded the purchase of a whole costume for just a few hours of trick or treating as a shameless extravagance and I never dared to even ask for one.
Quote from: Monsters For Sale on September 26, 2019, 12:28:43 PMMany of the kids simply wore costumes portraying various occupations, sometimes using worn-out, cutdown uniforms from parents or other relatives. It was the treat givers' job to guess what the little beggar was supposed to be.
Yes, precisely! People would also try to guess whose kids they were seeing at the door because they had a pretty good idea of who lived in the immediate neighbourhood.
;)
Quote from: Monsters For Sale on September 26, 2019, 12:28:43 PM
In the 1950's, it was about 50/50.
I don't remember having a store bought costume. I remember buying crepe hair and those cheap makeup sticks (like a crayon for your face), to help make the outfit.
Quote from: Hepcat on September 26, 2019, 02:35:29 PM
I knew my parents would have regarded the purchase of a whole costume for just a few hours of trick or treating as a shameless extravagance
How about just a mask?
Ben Cooper and Collegeville Hallowe'en costumes were in abundance, during the 70s in my hometown.
Quote from: Mike Scott on September 26, 2019, 04:10:00 PM
How about just a mask?
Quite a few 50's kids did that - especially if they had one of the more expensive over-head rubber masks.
Quote from: Mike Scott on September 26, 2019, 04:10:00 PMHow about just a mask?
Oh, a new one every year! Cats, dogs, rabbits, squirrels, any kind of funny animals. I only wish I'd kept them, but like so many other things I either pitched them out myself a week or two after Halloween or else my parents did.
A buddy of mine wore the same rabbit mask every year. I'll have to ask him whether he still has it.
???
One of the things I also remember is that our family dog found it disturbing/unsettling when I put on the mask. She didn't like it at all. Proof positive that it's not just about smell with dogs.
:)
Quote from: Hepcat on September 26, 2019, 10:16:32 PM
I only wish I'd kept them, but like so many other things I either pitched them out myself a week or two after Halloween or else my parents did.
I could say "If only I had kept all that stuff.", but I'm sure by the time it got thrown away, it was probably pretty well trashed. ;D
Thanks for posting about the documentary. I subscribed to the Halloween Daily News after following the link. It looks pretty fun and there's nothing like "daily news" about my favorite holiday🎃
RF
More press.
https://www.bleedingcool.com/2019/09/29/roy-thomas-appears-in-new-halloween-in-a-box-movie/ (https://www.bleedingcool.com/2019/09/29/roy-thomas-appears-in-new-halloween-in-a-box-movie/)
Quote from: Mego Stretch Hulk on September 29, 2019, 09:08:32 AM
More press.
https://www.bleedingcool.com/2019/09/29/roy-thomas-appears-in-new-halloween-in-a-box-movie/ (https://www.bleedingcool.com/2019/09/29/roy-thomas-appears-in-new-halloween-in-a-box-movie/)
Awesome.
It says something about being released Oct. 1st, but I can't find the actual film online. Anyone got a link?
Quote from: Barlow on October 09, 2019, 05:39:57 PM
It says something about being released Oct. 1st, but I can't find the actual film online. Anyone got a link?
Just checked Amazon, they have it, $2.99 VOD rental.
Here is what Halloween 1961 looked like in Newark, OH. I was the cowboy. My brother was in the clown costume that my grandmother made. I don't know who the other children are. They have masks and what appears to be pajamas on.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48910197552_94f438abae_h.jpg)
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48910198457_b728a71b45_h.jpg)
Quote from: spideydroogy on October 16, 2019, 01:40:16 PM
Here is what Halloween 1961 looked like in Newark, OH. I was the cowboy. ...
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48910198457_b728a71b45_h.jpg)
Full-sized candy bars? You were getting full-sized candy bars?
I should have gone trick-or-treating in
your neighborhood!
What? Man, Spidey must have been living on a street with really rich people!
:o
Awesome photos! I wish my folks were so inclined; I had plenty of Ben Cooper Halloweens...
I'm going to try and catch the documentary this weekend.
Just watched it, and highly recommend it! The talking head stuff is kinda dull, and the production values of the interviews isn't great, but the archival footage is terrific. Overall, a pretty interesting documentary, and I found myself pausing it a lot to check out the items onscreen.