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PSFS News, v. 5, issue 6, July 1945
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July, 1945 PSFS NEWS Page 4 so casually! If Speer knew the PSFS News was being issued why didn't he, as a friend of the PSFS, take the trouble to look into it? Even at this late date we haven't heard from him. Jack is a very close friend of one of the two individual members, but it appears to us that he knows very little about the club and its activities. Since the writing of the Fancyclopedia, things have zoomed upwards for the PSFS. Another organization, the Philadelphia Futurians, was merged with the PSFS last fall, and since then membership in the club has increased greatly. When hostilities have finally ceased, and the members in the armed forces have returned, the PSFS will be more active than ever before--with about double the membership of past years. And Jack, we hate to tell you this, but you are wrong in your guess as the identity of Vermyn Slinko! Vermyn was not Jack Agnew, as you state, and we are not going to tell who he was. And we hope that none of the others in the know will tell you either. Your guess is wrong, and you will still have to learn the identity of the louse. Entirely too much space in the Fancyclopedia was wasted on such nonsense as staple wars, foo, ghy, nicknames and pen names (even though interesting), and phone fan politicos. A lot of other stuff could have been left out and not even be missed, and there are plenty of other things that could be put in or more fully explained. On the whole, however, Jack Speer deserves a lot of praise for this gigantic work. Brings back old times looking through its pages, and it is instructive to fans, new and old. After getting everything off our chests, we say that the Fancyclopedia is one of the finest things to come out of fandom, and is just about the biggest single job ever tackled by a fan. Movies A double horror bill at the Studio Theater. "The Vampire's Ghost" and "The Phantom Speaks." Much better than expected. The first is about a vampire creating a scare in a little African town. Not the usual run-of-the-mill "Dracula" type of vampire picture, though the vampire usually does finish off his victims in the usual manner--two tiny holes in the neck and all the blood drained from the body. Quite exciting, and written by none other than Leigh Brackett. "The Phantom Speaks," with Richard Arlen, was the best of the two pictures. A most unusual picture, too, with a new idea! Just before a notorious killer is to be electrocuted, he is visited by a famous doctor who has delved deeply into the supernatural, and makes a deal with him to bring back his spirit after he is killed. In his study the doctor concentrates upon "bringing back" the killer, and at last suceeds. At last contact has been made with the spirit world by science! But the killer is intent upon revenge, and he takes over the doctor's body. A number of people are murdered, and the police are baffled because all clues point to the executed murderer. Complications set in when the hero and his girl become involved, and at last the doctor is caught in the act, and sent to the chair--although he is actually innocent. This is a picture you should enjoy. Several other pictures are still making the rounds, such as "The Picture of Dorian Grey," and now Robert Louis Stevenson's "The Body Snatcher" was just opened with Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff.
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July, 1945 PSFS NEWS Page 4 so casually! If Speer knew the PSFS News was being issued why didn't he, as a friend of the PSFS, take the trouble to look into it? Even at this late date we haven't heard from him. Jack is a very close friend of one of the two individual members, but it appears to us that he knows very little about the club and its activities. Since the writing of the Fancyclopedia, things have zoomed upwards for the PSFS. Another organization, the Philadelphia Futurians, was merged with the PSFS last fall, and since then membership in the club has increased greatly. When hostilities have finally ceased, and the members in the armed forces have returned, the PSFS will be more active than ever before--with about double the membership of past years. And Jack, we hate to tell you this, but you are wrong in your guess as the identity of Vermyn Slinko! Vermyn was not Jack Agnew, as you state, and we are not going to tell who he was. And we hope that none of the others in the know will tell you either. Your guess is wrong, and you will still have to learn the identity of the louse. Entirely too much space in the Fancyclopedia was wasted on such nonsense as staple wars, foo, ghy, nicknames and pen names (even though interesting), and phone fan politicos. A lot of other stuff could have been left out and not even be missed, and there are plenty of other things that could be put in or more fully explained. On the whole, however, Jack Speer deserves a lot of praise for this gigantic work. Brings back old times looking through its pages, and it is instructive to fans, new and old. After getting everything off our chests, we say that the Fancyclopedia is one of the finest things to come out of fandom, and is just about the biggest single job ever tackled by a fan. Movies A double horror bill at the Studio Theater. "The Vampire's Ghost" and "The Phantom Speaks." Much better than expected. The first is about a vampire creating a scare in a little African town. Not the usual run-of-the-mill "Dracula" type of vampire picture, though the vampire usually does finish off his victims in the usual manner--two tiny holes in the neck and all the blood drained from the body. Quite exciting, and written by none other than Leigh Brackett. "The Phantom Speaks," with Richard Arlen, was the best of the two pictures. A most unusual picture, too, with a new idea! Just before a notorious killer is to be electrocuted, he is visited by a famous doctor who has delved deeply into the supernatural, and makes a deal with him to bring back his spirit after he is killed. In his study the doctor concentrates upon "bringing back" the killer, and at last suceeds. At last contact has been made with the spirit world by science! But the killer is intent upon revenge, and he takes over the doctor's body. A number of people are murdered, and the police are baffled because all clues point to the executed murderer. Complications set in when the hero and his girl become involved, and at last the doctor is caught in the act, and sent to the chair--although he is actually innocent. This is a picture you should enjoy. Several other pictures are still making the rounds, such as "The Picture of Dorian Grey," and now Robert Louis Stevenson's "The Body Snatcher" was just opened with Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff.
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