Oct 4, 2017
THE LOST CONTINENT (1968). Vintage press photograph from the 1968 film directed by Michael Carreras. With stamp and mimeograph snipe from the Associated Press on the verso, identifying actress Dana Gillespie, here posed with a giant scorpion, as a champion junior water skier. Based on the 1938 novel "Uncharted Sea" by Dennis Wheatley, about the passengers and crew of a steamer run aground on an island in the Saragasso Sea, filled (as one would expect) with man-eating seaweed, giant crabs, even more giant scorpions, pirates, and the descendants of Spanish Conquistadors who believe the Inquisition is still on. [email protected] #danagillespie #thelostcontinent #michaelcarreras
