Assisted by Joan Crawford, We Celebrate Uncle Spooky’s Birthday

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Assisted by Joan Crawford, We Celebrate Uncle Spooky’s Birthday

BY BRUCE-MICHAEL GELBERT

photo by Bruce-Michael Gelbert

Uncle Spooky's Birthday Party

On Bastille Day, July 14, we gathered at the Ice Palace for Uncle Spooky’s weekly Wednesday at 11 p.m. Scary Movie and enjoyed ice cream birthday cake; watched “Strait Jacket” (1964), starring Joan Crawford as Lucy Harbin and Diane Baker as her daughter, Carol Harbin, under William Castle’s direction; and played Bloody Bingo for funny creepy prizes.

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