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Frequently Asked Questions

Updated 7/15/2004.

1. What is the purpose of Brian's Drive-In Theater?

Brian: My site is an extended tribute to many unsung B movie actors and actresses from the 1930s through the 1980s. New pages are added frequently, and existing pages are updated on a semi-annual basis. Also, when I can I attempt to direct visitors to video sources so they may find the videotapes and DVDs they're looking for. However, many of these great old films are out of print, and some of them have never been released to the home video market.

2. How do you find and scan all the photos on your site?

Brian: Although I've scanned a lot of these images from my own source material (photographs, lobby cards, books, press books, etc.), visitors to my site have scanned and sent many, many images to me. I would say that at least 50 percent of the photos displayed at Brian's Drive-In Theater have been sent to me by visitors, which is great!

3. Where can I buy copies of photographs and posters I see you your site?

Brian: For photos, try AllPosters---this site has more than 2,500 8 x 10's for sale. Here's the link to their site:

Find Movie Posters at

4. Why haven't you built a page for ___________, my favorite actor or actress?

Brian: Often, visitors e-mail me with suggestions for pages. If the actor or actress falls into the B movie category, I usually follow up on the request if I can find photos and information. For some actors and actresses, I can find very little to nothing.

5. Where can I buy copies of these films on videotape and/or DVD?

Brian: Check the videos available through Brian's Drive-In Theater by clicking on the following text links. In addition, nearly every actor page has a Films Available section, near the bottom of each page:

• Hercules and Sword and Sandal
• Beach Party
• Horror
• Westerns

5. Why isn't my favorite B movie available on DVD or VHS?

Brian: There are many reasons. First, surprisingly many films are bogged down by rights disputes, particularly for films from the 1950s on. Often, production companies and releasing studios attempt to claim ownership of the same films. Films made before the advent of home video, mostly produced between 1948 and the late 1970s, are highly susceptible to this.

Of course, many films are now lost, meaning that there are no known, fully intact, surviving prints. Often, lost films conjure up images of silent era releases (roughly 1900 through 1929); about 85 percent of these films are now lost. However, many sound films are lost, incomplete, or so badly deteriorated that they're now unwatchable. Preservation efforts have been hampered badly in the past few years due to lack of funding from both public and private sources.
Finally, some copyright owners just refuse to release the films to home video, for a variety of reasons. (Disney, for example, will not release "Song of the South," as it's considered to contain politically incorrect content and might put the studio in a bad light.)

7. Do you have a mailing address or e-mail address for my favorite actor/actress?

Brian: No. For those actors and actresses with official web sites, try contacting them through those sites. Additionally, the links below may contain mailing address for actors and actresses. However, as of late it's become hard to search for free celebrity addresses on the Internet: