Clifford

Clifford, the Big Red Dog has been a children's favorite since his 1963 debut. The future TV star had two books out in '66. CLIFFORD TAKES A TRIP and CLIFFORD'S HALLOWEEN.

The Yardbirds-Shapes of Things

Laurel and Hardy Cartoon

The late Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy were in the early stages of the great revival of their work in '66. With both of them deceased, however, there was no new work forthcoming...at least until someone got the bright idea of doing new L&H shorts...in animated form.

Adult Films

 Yes, Virginia, there were adult films in '66. In fact, there have probably been adult films since the invention of the motion picture camera. They weren't easy to see in the mid-sixties though as only certain large cities showed them. For the most part, these weren't hardcore pornographic films but odd, low-budget mixtures of either nudity and comedy or nudity and violence. Here are posters from a handful of the many released in 1966.

Batstuff # 18

Batman-Red?? That's what we seem to have on this Italian poster for the 1966 BATMAN feature.

Paint It, Black-The Rolling Stones

Released in May, 1966

The Trouble With Angels

 I didn't see this until it premiered on TV a few years later but THE TROUBLE WITH ANGELS starred one of my childhood favorites, Hayley Mills, the sole reason I have always enjoyed a woman with an English accent. After mostly Disney films, this was a step into more adult material for Ms. Mills...although not too much. Her next film, THE FAMILY WAY would deal with more adult themes and even feature a few seconds of nudity. None of it had the desired effect of getting her more substantial adult roles, however, and her film career thinned out considerably starting here. But it's a wonderful comedy with Rosalind Russell as Auntie Mame...as a Mother Superior. A sequel, WHERE ANGELS GO, TROUBLE FOLLOWS came along a couple of years later with Russell back and Stella Stevens as a hip young novice.