Thanks to the kindness of my friend Fritz of the Headless Hearseman site, I can share scans of a 1955 "People Today" article about the new TV sensation, Vampira! (In real life, Vampira was actress Maila Nurmi.) Enjoy this contemporary look at the boob tube's first horror hostess ever-- I think you'll learn a few details about Ms. Nurmi you didn't know before (I did, anyway!):
Thanks to friend Elizabeth Haney, for pointing out that Maila's niece has a Facebook page! There she shares some of her aunt's artwork, prints of which (witch?) will soon be available!
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/album.php?aid=167661&id=42296997567
7 comments:
I loved the "I'll convert them with bumps and grinds if need be" line!!
Thanks *so* much for sharing Max! :)
and hey, how about that Mara Corday on the cover there, you know, Mara Corday of The Black Scorpian, The Giant Claw, Tarantula and others. cool, huh? i noticed that she was on the cover, she's awesome, too. i know she's no Vampira, but...
Trix, Professor--
Thanks for posting comments! I've been slow to post for a while, and I'm very glad to see you haven't stopped visiting TDSH.
Prof., I meant to say something about Ms. Corday, but didn't. Thanks for pointing out that she too was a beautiful star of genre films. I've added a caption to her photo, thanks to your reminder.
Great find, Max. Love reading about Vampira and her cantilevered superstructure.
Thanks, guys.
Looking forward to a Vampira video I just traded for...
Great weekend,
-Craig W.
Pierre--
Thanks for the compliment on the post. I'm with you-- Ms. Nurmi had SOME construction!
Max, glad to see you got this out there to share. Thanks for posting!
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