Universal Monsters in View- Master's

[aura of foreboding]

Let me just say, I would not mind owning either house!   

[Haunted hearse]

I have that house on Colonial Street listed as the "Allison House".

Thank you for the corrct name.  Unfortunately, the Allison house lost a lot of it's character when Universal redid the street, to make Colonial Street look like a more conventional suburban street for the "Housewives" series they shoot there now.

[marsattacks666]

The Universal backlot tour is completely different now.

[Therin of Andor]

The first photo is indeed the Bates house, however, the second is the porch of the facade used as the "Simmons" house in "The Ghost and Mr. Chicken".   These two are often confused, because the tower of the Simmons house was taken from that facade, and used in constructing the facade for the Bates house.

Ah thank you! It was several weeks between taking pics on the Universal mini-tram and getting the 3D shots back through the mail. I'm sure the commentary was correct and I just forgot the details.

[Therin of Andor]

Any chance of a pic-by-pic breaddown of Set #2 please?

[Monolith]

Any chance of a pic-by-pic breaddown of Set #2 please?

Hi Therin, I was away from the computer for a while and didn't see all the recent posts in this thread. My view-Masters
are packed away now, just give me a little time and I'll dig it out and post a list of all the images on set #2.

[marsattacks666]

Hi Therin, I was away from the computer for a while and didn't see all the recent posts in this thread. My view-Masters
are packed away now, just give me a little time and I'll dig it out and post a list of all the images on set #2.

Cool.

[Therin of Andor]

I was away from the computer for a while and didn't see all the recent posts in this thread. My view-Masters are packed away now, just give me a little time and I'll dig it out and post a list of all the images on set #2.

Many thanks. I have the original set (recently found on eBay) and the revamped version with the same catalogue number, but now called Set #1 (bought from the Museum in 1984). Dying to know what's on #2.

[Monolith]

Many thanks. I have the original set (recently found on eBay) and the revamped version with the same catalogue number, but now called Set #1 (bought from the Museum in 1984). Dying to know what's on #2.

Okay-here it is...

Movieland Wax Museum and Palace of Living Art Packet #2 from 1974:

reel one:

1. Laurel and Hardy, "The Perfect Day"
2. Jean Harlow, "Dinner At Eight"
3. Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh, "Gone With The Wind"
4. Gloria Swanson, "Sunset Blvd."
5. W.C. Fields, "Poppy"
6. Rudolph Valentino, "Son Of The Sheik"
7. Sophia Loren, "Two Women"

reel two:

1. John Wayne, "Hondo"
2. Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly, "High Noon"
3. Cantinflas, "Si Yo Fuero diputado"
4. Fred MacMurray, "The Absent-minded Professor"
5. Judy Garland, "The Wizard Of Oz"
6. "Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid"
7. Sorry, I forgot to write down what this one was-D'oh! I'll have to dig it out again.

reel three:

1. Robert Stack, "The Untouchables"
2. Chuck Conners, "The Rifleman"
3. "David"- sculpture by Michelangelo
4. Toulouse Latrec in his studio
5. "La Source"-painting by jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
6. Pieta" - sculpture by Michelangelo
7. "The Last Supper"- painting by Leonardo da Vinci

[Therin of Andor]

Okay-here it is...

Much appreciated! For the completists:

Movieland Wax Museum, Sawyers'  A234:

reel one:

1. Laurel & Hardy, "The Perfect Day"
2. James Dean, "Rebel Without a Cause"
3. "Our Gang" comedy
4. Jean Harlow, "Dinner at Eight"
5. Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly, "High Noon"
6. Cliff Robertson, "PT 109"
7. Greta Garbo and John Gilbert, "Queen Christina".

reel two:

1. Myrna Low and William Powell, "The Thin Manr"
2. Sophia Loren, "Two Women"
3. Katharine Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart, "African Queen"
4. Nancy Kwan, "The World of Suzy Wong"
5. Gloria Swanson, "Sunset Blvd."
6. Gina Lollabrigida, "Flesh and the Woman"
7. Cantinflas, "Si You Fuera Diputado".

reel three:

1. Brigitte Bardot, "And God Created Woman"
2. The Barrymores, "Rasputin and the Empress"
3. Ward Bond, "Wagon Train"
4. Clark Gable, "Gone With the Wind"
5. Valentino, "Son of the Sheik"
6. Shirley Temple, "Bright Eyes"
7. Marilyn Monroe, "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes".

Movieland Wax Museum and Palace of Living Art Packet #1, revised 1979, GAF A234:

reel one:

1. Marx Brothers, "Animal Crackers"
2. Shirley Temple, "Bright Eyes"
3. Katharine Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart, "African Queen"
4. Charlie Chaplin, "Gold Rush"
5. Mae West, "She Done Him Wrong"
6. Redd Foxx and Lawanda Page, "Sanford & Son"
7. Edward G Robinson, "Little Caesar".

reel two:

1. Jerry Lewis, "Nutty Professor"
2. Bela Lugosi, "Dracula"
3. Charlton Heston, "Ben Hur"
4. "Dr Zhivago"
5. Marilyn Monroe, "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes"
6. Elizabeth Taylor, "Cleopatra"
7. Julie Andrews, "Mary Poppins".

reel three:

1. "Bonanza"
2. Lucille Ball, "The Lucy Show"
3. Abraham Lincoln
4. "The Blue Blue" - Painting, Thomas Gainsborough
5. "Pinkie" - Painiting, Sir Thomas Lawrence
6. Crucifixion
7. "Venus de Milo".

[Monsters For Sale]

Here are some pics of the 1978 View-Master Monster Pak labeled for the Canadian market.  Note the addition of French language - not on the U.S. issue.





Interesting to see they included Godzilla with the Universal monsters:

[marsattacks666]

Awesome photos. But did anyone notice the Dracula Vampire character on the package. It's not a Universal Dracula image It is however a foreign Dracula. From a vampire cult film.

[Haunted hearse]

Here are some pics of the 1978 View-Master Monster Pak labeled for the Canadian market.  Note the addition of French language - not on the U.S. issue.

Interesting to see they included Godzilla with the Universal monsters:

Actually, they don't call them a "Universal Monster set".  Most View-master discs, do not include Universal Monster's. That would be like calling the characters from the Hammer Monster films, Universal  Monsters

[Monolith]

In the 1970's View Master made the View Master Double Vue which was a plastic viewer for viewing short movie loops.
You could buy movies of Scooby Doo , or Superman, or Kiss. The films came packaged by the pair on a blister card.
They made a DRACULA/SON OF FRANKENSTEIN set that featured a very edited, short version film loop of the Universal
movies starring Lugosi/Karloff. Here is a youtube video where you can watch the actual View Master loops of the two monster movies. DRACULA starts at 3:08 and SON OF FRANKENSTEIN starts just after it at 3:46.

VIEW MASTER DOUBLE VUE MOVIES 1970's

[Monsters For Sale]

In the 1970's View Master made the View Master Double Vue which was a plastic viewer for viewing short movie loops. ...    ...The films came packaged by the pair on a blister card.
They made a DRACULA/SON OF FRANKENSTEIN set that featured a very edited, short version film loop of the Universal movies starring Lugosi/Karloff. ...