WELCOME TO THE K. GORDON MURRAY "SANTA CLAUS" BLOG SITE!

"Whether you are in a cave... or behind a million mountains, SANTA CLAUS sees you with his MASTER EYE!" It sounds like something straight out of your worst childhood nightmares. But in November of 1959, this bizarre holiday film premiered to select theaters across the United States and Mexico. The world, and more importantly, Santa Claus, has never been the same... thanks largely to the promotional guinness of a small-time distributor operating out of Coral Gables, Florida. K. Gordon Murray's successful ad campaign spawned a new film sub-genre, the CHILDREN'S MATINEE. From 1960... until the birth of VHS, independent distributors flooded the market with a cavalcade of curiosity pieces. Subjects ranging from live-action interpretations of Grimm's fairy tales... to holiday films containing Martians and Easter Bunnies. Even the major Hollywood studios wanted their piece of the action.

Ballyhoo Motion Pictures is proud to present to you this collection of articles, reviews, stills, and other media concerning the film that started it all... 50 years ago! Happy 50th Anniversary, "SANTA CLAUS"! I'm sure "far out in the heaven's, high above the North Pole", K. Gordon Murray has a 'showman's' smile on his face.

BALLYHOO MOTION PICTURES WOULD LIKE TO THANK ROB CRAIG FOR A PORTION OF THE INFORMATION FOUND IN THIS BLOG.

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PRESENTS

SANTA CLAUS 50TH ANNIVERSARY GIFT SET

BALLYHOO MOTION PICTURES is proud to present our official WONDER WORLD OF K. GORDON MURRAY documentary merchandise. This unique gift set is a great companion to the MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000 VOLUME XVI DVD box set (featuring the famed SANTA CLAUS episode)! The GIFT SET includes one (1) 11x17 inch "SANTA CLAUS: 50th Anniversary Poster" printed on medium/glossy paper stock, three (3) 4x6 inch "SANTA CLAUS" postcards (three separate artworks), one (1) "SANTA CLAUS" button set (two 1.5 inch buttons) with packaging, one (1) collectable "YOUNG AMERICA HORROR CLUB" 2.25 inch button, one (1) "WONDER WORLD OF K. GORDON MURRAY" 2.25 inch button, and a SURPRISE "RETRO" GIFT! It could be anything! "Whether you are in a cave... or behind a millions mountains, SANTA CLAUS sees you with his MASTER EYE!" This Mexican production was originally released in 1959, but it gained its reputation as a cult classic throughout the 1960's... thanks to the promotional techniques of film distributor, K. Gordon Murray. Later, the film reached legendary status as a 'riffed' feature on Comedy Central's MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000 television show. Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of this holiday classic with this unique GIFT SET... available exclusively from BALLYHOO MOTION PICTURES!!! To find out more about this film and K. Gordon Murray, visit the WONDER WORLD at: www.kgordonmurraymovie.com "THE WONDER WORLD OF K. GORDON MURRAY in COLORSCOPE" Official Movie Merchandise Copyright ©2009 Ballyhoo Motion Pictures All Rights Reserved.

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