SCIENCE FICTION THEATER
FRIGHT NIGHT
MOONA LISA'S CREATURE FEATURES
MOONA'S MIGNIGHT MADNESS


LISA CLARK - "COSMOSINA / MOONA LISA"



Lisa Clark (born Jean Romer) was the host of four different horror movie show:
Science Fiction Theater
Fright Night
Moona Lisa's Creature Features
Moona's Midnight Madness


"SCIENCE FICTION THEATER":
"Science Fiction Theater" was a hosted science fiction / horror movie show with Lisa Clark firstly as "Cosmosina" (for a few weeks), then Lisa Clark as Moona Lisa (Cosmosina's cousin); screened by KOGO-TV, Channel 10, San Diego, California; between 1963 and June 1971. Elena Watson's "Television Horror Movie Hosts" references Moona in Chapter. 25, "Son of Invasion of the Ghost Hosts," pages. 178-179.


"FRIGHT NIGHT":
"Fright Night" was a hosted horror movie show with Larry Vincent as Seymour, also known as Sinister Seymour (1969 - January 1972) and then Lisa Clark as Moona Lisa (January 1972 to Mid 1973), screened on KHJ-TV, Channel 9, Los Angeles, California. During 1969-1972, the show also had an announcer - Wayne Thomas.

For more details on Larry Vincent as "Seymour" and Wayne Thomas as "Arach" click on the below images:


"MOONA LISA'S CREATURE FEATURES":
"Moona Lisa's Creature Features" was a hosted horror movie show with Lisa Clark as "Moona Lisa", screened by KFMB Channel 8, San Diego California during 1973.


"MOONA LISA'S MIDNIGHT MADNESS":
"Moona Lisa's Midnight Madness" was a hosted horror movie show with Lisa Clark as "Moona Lisa", screened by KMOX, Channel 4, St. Louis, Missouri between 1973-1974.


Portrait of "Moona Lisa" by Dave Dunlap.




Portrait of "Moona Lisa" by Bradley Beard.
"Moona Lisa" - biography (taken from Bradley's Facebook page)"
This interstellar stunner reigns as San Diego’s longest running horror host. Tonight I present Moona Lisa, hostess of Science Fiction Theatre on KOGO-TV Channel 10 in San Diego, CA, which ran from 1963 to 1971. Moona later hosted Fright Night on KHJ-TV Channel 9 in Los Angeles, CA, Moona Lisa's Creature Features on KFMB-TV in San Diego, CA, and Moona's Midnight Madness on KMOX-TV Channel 4 in St. Louis, MO. Cosmosina, San Diego's first horror host, was replaced by Moona Lisa after only two months. It's quite evident that Moona was as much or more of an attraction on the show as the movies she hosted. The show featured sets made to resemble the surface of the moon. Moona inflected moon jargon into her speech and modeled 1960's mod space chic clothing. She was played by Lisa Clark.

Incidentally, Clark, formerly Jeanne Romer, and her twin sister got their acting start in Alfred Hitchcock's 1942 classic Saboteur.




Elena Watson's "Television Horror Movie Hosts" references Moona in Chapter. 25, "Son of Invasion of the Ghost Hosts," pages. 178-179. Also in "Monster Memories" article, "A Brief Encounter with Moona Lisa," by Jim Knusch in issue #8 (September 1993) of Scary Monsters, page.



In 2013, Lisa Clark - "Moona Lisa", was inducted into "The Official Horror Host Hall of Fame".


The following is a clip of "Moona Lisa":

Science Fiction Theater - Moona Lisa from The Professor on Vimeo.

LINKS


Internet Movie Data Base
"Jean Romer (Lisa Clark)"

Facebook: Bradley Beard - Horror Host Artist
"Moona Lisa"

Internet Movie Data Base
"Fright Night"

Internet Movie Data Base
"Science Fiction Theater"

Internet Movie Data Base
"Moona Lisa's Creature Features"

Internet Movie Data Base
"Moona's Midnight Madness"

Internet Movie Data Base
"Wayne Thomas"

Internet Movie Data Base
"Moona Lisa"

Internet Movie Data Base
"Larry Vincent"



Facebook: Dunlap Art
"Horror Host Artwork"



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