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Joe Caruso
Film God

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From: USA
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posted October 22, 2004 05:00 PM

Just heard from Scott MacGillivray - His book is out and can be ordered from Barnes and Noble; CASTLE FILMS; A HOBBYIST'S GUIDE - It has a swell cover and looks to be the finest research on the subject - Shorty

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Paul Adsett
Film God

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posted October 22, 2004 06:02 PM

Hi Joe,
This sounds great!! I am heading over to Barnes & Noble first thing in the morning.
While we're on the subject, what other books have been published for the film collecting hobbyist? My library includes the following titles:

Film Collecting, by Gerald McKee, - a wonderful book for collectors of all film sizes.

The Movie Collectors Catalog, by Ken Weiss- a great book, chock full of wonderful pictures and vintage movie ads.

The Home Cinema, by Gerald McGee- another terrific book by Gerald, this time dedicated to a history of all the movie projectors sold and used in the home from the 1920's thru the 1950's. Indispensable to any collector of any film size.

And, of course, the 1956 Pathescope Film Catalogue, a great read even if you don't collect 9.5mm film.
Anybody got any other titles?

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Douglas Meltzer
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posted October 22, 2004 07:09 PM

Thanks Shorty, that's great news! If you follow this link, you can order the book and read a few pages from Chapter 1.
http://www.iuniverse.com/bookstore/book_detail.asp?isbn=0595324916

Doug

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Joe Caruso
Film God

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posted October 23, 2004 09:13 AM

That Gerald McKee book is one I've never read - Wanna sell? - Another fine book I have is COLLECTING CLASSIC FILMS by Kalton C. LaHue - That's someone I'd like to speak with as he was the only person I know who interviewed Dot Farley, and that is my research - Shorty

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Jim Schrader
Phenomenal Film Handler

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posted October 29, 2004 11:08 AM

hi all just got my copy of this book will let you know how it is [Smile]

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Paul Adsett
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posted November 04, 2004 01:56 PM

Just got my copy. A great book, with a really great cover. Basically a refernce book of all the Castle Films ever printed, along with profuse illustrations. Absolutely indispensable to the film collector. Highly recommended.

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Jean-Marc Toussaint
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posted November 04, 2004 03:22 PM

Paul, did you pick it up at a particular store in Orlando or did you order it?

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Paul Adsett
Film God

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posted November 04, 2004 04:23 PM

Bon Soir Jean-Marc,
No, I had to order it through Barnes & Noble, which is a major book store chain here in the US. It only took 10 days. Very nice little book.

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Jean-Marc Toussaint
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posted November 04, 2004 04:26 PM

Paul, thanks. It'll be easier to order it on the net, then.
(Yes, I know what B&N is... I travel to the US regularly, at list twice a year and usually spend a fortune on books) [Wink]

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Jim Schrader
Phenomenal Film Handler

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posted November 23, 2004 12:50 PM

Hello all,after reading this book I must say this is a must have for any collector, it is very useful and informative listing all the films and the years they were issued, plus tells you the story of how Castle Films started, it would make a great gift for that film lover just starting out or the advanced collector. [Smile]

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James N. Savage 3
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posted December 07, 2004 06:17 PM

Hi-
Just picked up a copy of the Castle Films book at B. Dalton Books here in Washington D.C.

Very nice cover. I have read the first 15 or so pages so far. It has an abundance of information on the Castle Film empire. I was a little dissapointed that there were not more pictures of those beautiful nostalgic old box covers. I was hoping for at least a few nice glossy color pages in the middle. Oh well [Frown]

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I do still highly recommend this! If not for the very interesting and in-depth history of this famous super 8 franchise, at least to support anyone that would invest so much time and effort into a book about film collecting.

Maybe somebody will come out with a nice big full color (and sound [Wink]

) glossy coffee table book full of nice box pictures. Some day I hope.

Nick.

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Paul Adsett
Film God

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posted December 08, 2004 08:47 AM

Sounds like a job for Mike Peckham and his attractive assistant Rexette. [Big Grin]

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Adrian Winchester
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posted December 09, 2004 12:35 PM

Although I'm delighted to hear that this is out, I must say that having read through the contents (via the link supplied), I'm disappointed to learn that only about 20 of about 400 pages cover the history of the company - which I would have been particularly interested in. I'd therefore be interested to know if the rest is essentially a well-documented reference work covering all the releases.
Adrian

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Ian Curtis
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posted January 07, 2005 11:17 PM

Yeah I wanted Glossy boxes on the middle pages but I wanted columns stating in what formats and sizes each film came out in. Now if they would only make a similar book for Ken films or columbia.....or maybe mountain films?? I see there is a Walton page.....

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