Following closely on the heels of the incredibly popular FAMOUS MONSTERS OF FILMLAND (and the less popular, but equally significant science fiction movie magazine SPACEMEN, as well as the Western TV and Western movies magazine FAMOUS WESTERNS OF FILMLAND, later renamed WILDEST WESTERNS), publisher James Warren and contributing editor Forrest J. Ackerman decided that the fan world was ready for a NEW magazine, entirely devoted to exciting movies, serials and television shows -- and thus created SCREEN THRILLS ILLUSTRATED.  At the time of the early 1960s, this was the ONLY newsstand magazine of its kind, and was the precursor for today's FILMFAX magazine.  STI was devoted to 1930s/1940s science fiction, mystery and adventure serials, as well as Westerns, stunt performers, jungle epics, super-heroes, military films, television action series, and so on -- any movie or television subject that lent itself to high action and teeth-grinding entertainment.  Alas, it only lasted 10 issues -- but, back in the early to mid-1960s, I read and re-read all those issues multiple times; and they opened up doors for me into movie and TV worlds of which I was previously unaware.  Check out the contents of this issue:

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Front Left Inside Cover -- LEWIS WILSON as BATMAN

Matinee Mail (Illustration by JACK DAVIS)

From TARZAN To Lion-Man (Actor JIM PIERCE) -- with photos of JIM PIERCE ; D'ARCY CORRIGAN & others, from the films "TARZAN AND THE GOLDEN LION" ; "FLASH GORDON" & "THE DEERSLAYER"

BATMAN AND ROBIN :  From Comic Strip To Movie Screen -- with photos of LEWIS WILSON ; DOUGLAS CROFT ; JOHNNY DUNCAN ; ROBERT LOWERY ; J. CARROLL NAISH ; STANLEY PRICE; & HOUSE PETERS Jr ; and others, from the serials "BATMAN" & "THE NEW ADVENTURES OF BATMAN AND ROBIN"

Fists On Film (Actor JACK PERRIN) -- with photos of JACK PERRIN ; JACK KELLY ; MONROE SALISBURY ; LOUISE LORRAINE ; and others, from the films "THUNDERBOLT'S TRACKS" ; "THE JADE BOX" ;  & others

D-Days (World War II Adventure Films) -- with photos of JOEL HOLT ; JOHN WAYNE ; PETER LAWFORD ; RICHARD TODD ; LEO GENN ; & JEFF CHANDLER, from the films "THE LONGEST DAY" ; "KARATE" ; "MERRILL'S MARAUDERS" ; "SANDS OF IWO JIMA" & others

Behind THE SHADOW's Mask (Actor KANE RICHMOND) -- with photos of KANE RICHMOND ; MARION BURNS ; AL FERGUSON; & STANLEY BLYSTONE, from the films "DEVIL TIGER" ; "THE SHADOW" serial; & "BRICK BRADFORD"

Hollywood:  Life Or Death? -- by SAM SHERMAN, with photos of BOB LIVINGSTON ; RANDOLPH SCOTT ; MAX TERHUNE (with ELMER) ; RAY CORRIGAN ; JOCK MAHONEY ; MARGARET FIELD ; BOB STEELE ; JOHN BEAVER ; BILL TANNEN & DICK BARTLETT

Western Hall Of Fame:  

DENVER DIXON -- With photos of DENVER DIXON ; BOB STEELE ; CHARLES KING ; GEORGE KESTERSON ; HOOT GIBSON ; & JACK ROCKWELL, from the films "THE OLD OREGON TRAIL" ; "FEUD ON THE RANGE" & "LUCKY TERROR"

YAKIMA CANUTT -- With photos of YAKIMA CANUTT ; HELEN HOLMES ; EILEEN SEDGWICK ; GEORGE "GABBY" HAYES & JOHN WAYNE, from the movies "THE RIDDLE RIDER" & "RANDY RIDES ALONE" 

HOOT GIBSON 1892-1962 -- With photos of HOOT GIBSON ; MARGARET CALLAHAN ; FRED HUMES ; BOB STEELE ; & KEN MAYNARD, from the films "THE LAST OUTLAW" ; "THE HURRICAN KID" ; "SPIRIT OF THE WEST" & "ARIZONA WHIRLWIND

BOB ALLEN -- with photos of BOB ALLEN from the movie "RIO GRANDE RANGER"

KERMIT MAYNARD -- with photos of KERMIT MAYNARD; BRUCE MITCHELL ; JOHN MERTON ; & ROGER WILLIAMS, from the films "THE FIGHTING TEXAN" & "WILDCAT TROOPER"

"Daredevil" BOB TERHUNE -- with photos of MAX TERHUNE ; BOB TERHUNE ; BUD BUSTER & AL "FUZZY" St. JOHN, from the movie "COWBOY COMMANDOS" 

JOHNNY MACK BROWN -- with photos of JOHNNY MACK BROWN ; BOB KORTMAN & LEO CARILLO, from the movies "OKLAHOMA FRONTIER" & "LASCA OF THE RIO GRANDE"

LINDA STERLING : Siren Of The Serials -- with photos of LINDA STERLING ; RICHARD BAILEY ; ROY BARCROFT ' RICHARD BAILEY ; ROBERT FRAZER ; CLIFF LYONS ; GEORGE LEWIS & MARY MOORE, from the movies "MANHUNT OF MYSTERY ISLAND" ; "JESSE JAMES RIDES AGAIN" ; "THE TIGER WOMAN" & "THE PURPLE MONSTER STRIKES"

 

Private Screenings (photo shots from old films & serials, as requested by readers, featuring GRANT WITHERS ; BETTY JANE RHODES & RAYMOND HATTON from the serial "JUNGLE JIM" ; ROY BARCROFT & CLAYTON MOORE from "GHOST OF ZORRO" ; & movie posters from "THE MONSTER AND THE APE" and "ADVENTURES OF FRANK AND JESSE JAMES")

Flashbacks (Action Scenes From Film Of Yesteryear, featuring DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS Sr ; JACKIE GLEASON & JACK DURANT from the movie "TRAMP, TRAMP, TRAMP" ; JOE SAWYER & WILLIAM TRACY ; SABU DASTAGIR from the movie "JUNGLE BOOK" ; LEO GORCEY ; GABRIEL DELL ; BOBBY JORDAN ; BERNARD PUNSLEY ; BILLY HALOP  & HUNTZ HALL from the movie "CRIME SCHOOL" ; & ERROL FLYNN & IAN HUNTER from the movie "THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD" )

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