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Topic: What Films did you show last night?
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Dino Everette
Phenomenal Film Handler
Posts: 1535
From: Long Beach, CA USA
Registered: Dec 2008
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posted December 28, 2011 02:12 AM
Movie winter wonderland continues......I have my 6 foot screen set up continuously this week. Today started with a 16mm print of WHITE ZOMBIE (1932, 2 x 1200ft manbeck films version), well actually it started with a list of things to do around the house from my wife such as installing the remote transmitter in the ceiling fan, painting the bathroom shelves, etc. I even built some new shelves in my film closet to re-organize the small gauge stuff, but the first film I watched was the Lugosi title that also featured a silent film actress Madge Bellamy, who was far sexier than any modern actress.
later in the evening I watched a 9.5mm silent comedy featuring not only the wonderful Betty Balfour, but also Syd Chaplin entitled A LITTLE BIT OF FLUFF (1928, pathescope 2 x 300ft SB30038)
Tomorrow I have some fairly rare silent titles I have been saving for sometime so it is going to be a good day......
-------------------- "You're too Far Out Miss Lawrence"
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Gerald Santana
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From: Cottage Grove OR
Registered: Dec 2010
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posted December 29, 2011 01:22 AM
Taking Lee suggestion in honoring this day, first I set up my oldest projector, a Regular 8mm Bell & Howell Filmomaster circa 1946. It is only 300' capacity but, it's one of my favorite projectors:
It's all thread up with a 200' Blackhawk print of The Magic of Méliès, it has three of my favorite shorts.
The Magic Lantern has a very special kind of projector...more on this one on the other thread. Later, I pulled out the Sears Tower automatic thread 8mm projector with a Tower Sound System. The tubes in this amp give the sound a nice loud tone, some prints are better than others, in which case you can always turn treble up or down with little hum:
Forum member Joseph Morrison was kind enough to share his print Thomas Ince Studio Tour with me. A great little 400' silent documentary on the making of films produced by his studio. I can't recall what the score is but, it is nice and loud, almost like circus music. Needless to say, I turned it way up for effect. More on this for another thread as well.
Lastly, I brought out the Elmo ST-600 for a quick, easy, and modern set up. Thanks to Jon Addams and after adjustments, I rarely have to check for proper threading. And I've begun to recognize the sound of it going through it's path -- that tells me it's passing smoothly.
I finished with a silent Blackhawk cartoon from Walt Disney as he worked with minor studios before he ran his own (in Hollywood) while living in Kansas City. Here we have screen-shots from short film Newman Laugh-o-Grams as he was personally animating a short and Puss in Boots, another title that can also be added to a different thread, as the title character and his accomplice attend a movie starring Rudolph Vaselino...
A fun night of films and photos, thank goodness for moving pictures! Here's to 115 more years of cinema, where ever it will be then...
-------------------- http://lostandoutofprintfilms.blogspot.com/
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Dino Everette
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Posts: 1535
From: Long Beach, CA USA
Registered: Dec 2008
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posted December 29, 2011 01:44 AM
Gerald I love the "Sears Tower" set up you have there... So great...plus the original Bell & Howell projector wouldn't sound,..................................................................................ttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,k-------sorry that interuption was from my cat "Little Clara"
but what I was saying was.... The B&H tower doesn't have the same ring to it.....
BUT great titles Gerald - and speaking of such would you have any use for a vinegaring Beau Brummel-1924 (standard 8 and scored), maybe you could get a screening out of it for your club before it dies...I hate to just throw it away....
-------------------- "You're too Far Out Miss Lawrence"
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Akshay Nanjangud
Jedi Master Film Handler
Posts: 637
From: Dallas, TX
Registered: Nov 2011
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posted December 30, 2011 02:12 AM
Anthony, I'd only like to confirm ...... "mission accomplished" What are you using for a screen? It looks like some bedspread or drape to me.
Dino, love your pictures. Gerald too, those projectors look so quaint to my untrained eye. I love these projectors where the reels are aligned vertically, has a certain look.
We, my wife, a cousin and I, watched Foreign Correspondent. Having never seen it before, we were blown away. Hours later we were wondering how the airplane sequence must have been shot. Anyone know? Today, we are always told that special-effects of now are the best. Naive as I am, I believed it all along. Then I saw this plane - flying, attacked, metal rending from wings, sinking, floating in the ocean - sequence and I don't understand the need for computers. It all looks real here, right? Now, I must watch the B&W King Kong made in 1933; maybe it won't look bad at all?!
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Christian Bjorgen
Jedi Master Film Handler
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From: Kvinnherad, Norway
Registered: Oct 2009
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posted January 01, 2012 05:17 AM
New Years Eve, 31. dec 2011; just like last year, the big screening day for me with all of my soon-to-be-wife's family gathered at her sisters house to celebrate, I set up my portable cinema in one of the kids rooms and pretty much had a show running non-stop the entire evening.
Program for the evening:- Tom and Jerrys "The Night Before Christmas", Walton 200'.
- Tom and Jerrys "Million Dollar Cat", Derann 200'
Intermission/dinner break - "Mickey and his pals", Derann 400'
- And then; the new T&J 800' big reel, featuring "Posse Cat", "His Mouse Friday", "Casanova Cat", "Solid Serenade" and "Cueball Cat", all 200' Waltons.
Screened with colour filter for better viewing experience. Another short intermission for drinks and toilet trips - A final short, "Mickey's Trailer", WDHM 200' in MINT condition, before it was time for the main features:
- "Mickey's Christmas Carol", Derann 600', and finally for the grown-ups:
- L&Hs "Way Out West", 3x400' Walton.
Intermission to go outside and light fireworks, smoke cigars etc. - Rounding of the evening, "No Sail" and "Working for Peanuts", both 200' Derann Donald Duck shorts.
- and finally some assorted home movies for everyone to enjoy!
-------------------- Well who’s on first? Yeah. Go ahead and tell me. Who. The guy on first. Who. The guy playin’ first base. Who. The guy on first. Who is on first! What are you askin’ me for? I’m askin’ you!
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