Photograph included in the Exhibit: The Industry in Our Backyard: Television Production in Los Angeles 1940s-1980s. Photograph caption dated October 30, 1954 reads, "Incomparable Vampira gets ready for Halloween tonight in company with skeleton and a sadfaced pumpkin. The glamour ghoul will stage a 'Spooktacular' tonight, Saturday, on Channel 7 at 11 by showing the movie 'King of the Zombies.'" Maila Nurmi, in her guise as Vampira, was Channel 7's late-night sensation from 1954 until it was cancelled in 1955. During her heyday she appeared in Newsweek, Life, guested on various prime time shows and even was nominated for an Emmy Award.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Vampira,--1921-2008 The Vampira Show (Television program) Television--Stage-setting and scenery--California--Los Angeles Television stage management--California--Los Angeles Television program locations--California--Los Angeles Stage props--California--Los Angeles Women--California--Los Angeles Television programs--United States Television series--United States Pumpkin Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs Portrait photographs
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