September 12, 1958 –
The ultimate drive-in movie, The Blob, premiered on this date. (Great bar bet – the movie’s theme song was written by Burt Bacharach and Mack David (Hal David’s brother))
The actual Blob, a mixture of red dye and silicone, has never dried out and is still kept in the original five-gallon pail in which it was shipped to the production company in 1958 from Union Carbide. It was put on display over the years as a part of the annual Blobfest, held over a three-day period each summer in Phoenixville, PA, which provided a number of the shooting locales for the film. In addition to displaying the Blob and miniatures used in the shooting, the event features a reenactment of the famous scene in which panicked theatergoers rush to exit the town’s still-functioning Colonial Theater, as well as several showings of the film.
The Haus of Dcaligari 