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Daniel Aveline
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- posted August 29, 2009 01:39 PM      Profile for Daniel Aveline     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
hello Folks, I am a new member and I am glad to be joining in
I would like to add the following topic:"what are your five favourite digests?".Mine are:-1/MY DARLING CLEMENTINE
2/DODGE CITY 3/AFRICAN QUEEN 4/PHANTOM OF THE OPERA(arthur lubin)5/LAST TRAIN FROM GUNHILL.Kind regards to all of you

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Kevin Wardle
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- posted August 29, 2009 01:59 PM      Profile for Kevin Wardle     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Hi

Mine are in no order:

Twins Of Evil (Walton)
Raiders Of The Lost Ark (Marketing)
Frankensteins New Brain (Castle/Universal 8)
Destroy All Monsters (Ken Films)
Taste The Blood Of Dracula (Derann import)

Nice thread, come on guys lets have yours!

Kevin

[ August 29, 2009, 04:08 PM: Message edited by: Kevin Wardle ]

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Ralf Hoff
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- posted August 29, 2009 02:12 PM      Profile for Ralf Hoff   Email Ralf Hoff   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Hello,

here are my five favourite digests:

1) Silver-Streak (400 ft)
2) Incredible Melting Man (400 ft)
3) The Abominable Dr. Phibes (German Ufa Release 2 x 400 ft)
4) The Oblong Box (German Ufa Release 2 x 400 ft)
5) Dracula '79 (2 x 400 ft)

Ralf

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Marshall Crist
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- posted August 29, 2009 02:15 PM      Profile for Marshall Crist   Email Marshall Crist   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Kevin, I agree about DESTROY ALL MONSTERS, but FRANKENSTEIN'S NEW BRAIN? Not trying to throw down, but curious to know why you chose that one in particular.

Mine:
INCREDIBLE MELTING MAN (400', Ken)
THE MUMMY'S TOMB (400', U8)
THE CREATURE WALKS AMONG US (200', Castle)
HOUSE OF FRANKENSTEIN (200', Castle)
TARANTULA (200', Castle)

Edit: Ralf, you snuck in and scooped me on MELTING MAN!

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Kevin Wardle
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- posted August 29, 2009 04:06 PM      Profile for Kevin Wardle     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
I just like Frankensteins New Brain as an extract. I think Castle did a good job with the editing and shows Bela Lugosi in one of his last major roles, I just like the extract and it moves at a good pace, more so than the feature. [Smile] I like it much better than Trial Of Frankenstein! [Smile]

Kevin [Big Grin]

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Gian Luca Mario Loncrini
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- posted August 29, 2009 04:39 PM      Profile for Gian Luca Mario Loncrini   Author's Homepage   Email Gian Luca Mario Loncrini   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Mine is AMITYVILLE HORROR [Embarrassed] . Unfortunately I don't have a five-titles list [Razz]

[ August 29, 2009, 06:05 PM: Message edited by: Gian Luca Mario Loncrini ]

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Paul Spinks
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- posted August 29, 2009 04:51 PM      Profile for Paul Spinks   Email Paul Spinks   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
"The Creature From the Black Lagoon" Castle Films 200ft.
"Jaws" Universal 8 200ft.
"Saturn 3" Walton 400ft. (Because it was so much better than the feature).
"The Phantom of the Opera" (Terence Fisher) Powell 400ft.
"The Sea Hawk" Derann 2X400ft.

Paul.

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Jeroen van Ooijen
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- posted August 29, 2009 05:01 PM      Profile for Jeroen van Ooijen   Email Jeroen van Ooijen   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Hey Gian,he want five favorite digests,but i have only Disneys and i love every Disney,but my favorite one is Lady and the tramp!Sorry one is enough,

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Gian Luca Mario Loncrini
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- posted August 29, 2009 06:06 PM      Profile for Gian Luca Mario Loncrini   Author's Homepage   Email Gian Luca Mario Loncrini   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Don't do it this to me, Jeroen!

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Jeroen van Ooijen
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- posted August 29, 2009 06:08 PM      Profile for Jeroen van Ooijen   Email Jeroen van Ooijen   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
what's the matter?

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Mark Mander
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- posted August 29, 2009 06:12 PM      Profile for Mark Mander     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
My list would be Raiders of the lost Ark/Escape to Athena/The Muppet Movie/Blue Hawaii/The Fast Lady,all very repeatable and great fun...Mark.

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John W. Black
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- posted August 29, 2009 06:28 PM      Profile for John W. Black   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
These are mine,
Straight Jacket
Logan's run
Bride of Frankenstein
Coffey
Night At The Opera 800'

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Mark Mander
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Also my favourite 5 800ft digests Smokey & the Bandit 2/Jaws/Star Wars/The Great Escape/Singing in the Rain..Mark. y

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Bill Phelps
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- posted August 29, 2009 07:12 PM      Profile for Bill Phelps     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Here are mine:

CAPRICORN ONE(scope)600' Derann....AWESOME ! ! !
THE MUPPET MOVIE 400' Walton....GREAT COLOR and FUN
HERBIE GOES TO MONTE CARLO 200' Disney....ROMANCE
NORTH BY NORTHWEST 400' MGM This story in 20 min? DONE ! ! !
TO CATCH A THIEF 3 X 400' Marketing....GRACE KELLY.

Bill

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Mike Tynus
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- posted August 30, 2009 03:22 PM      Profile for Mike Tynus     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Hi Daniel!
My favorite digests are:
THE SCREAMING SKULL (Ken Films; too fun!)
BUCKET OF BLOOD (Ditto)
CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON-3D (400' Universal 8)
THE STING (800' Universal 8)
NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN (1200' Derann; not the best editing, but a breathtaking Scope print!)

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Gary Crawford
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- posted August 31, 2009 11:09 AM      Profile for Gary Crawford     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
My favorite digests are
1. The original Castle one reel Frankenstein. For great print quality and cleverness in editing ..this is hard to beat.
2. U-8's 800 foot Smokey and The Bandit. slightly soft print, but great editing makes for feeling you've never missed anything.
3. U-8 800ft Jaws--very nice editing...decent picture quality
4. The Quiller Memorandum (Walton) A real and reel sleeper..in scope with still perfect color. In 360 feet you get the sense of the feature....really a nice and repeatable reel. Scope photography very nice. super sharp
5. Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein--the one reel Castle version...nice job on trying to make it make sense...and very good picture quality. I've probably shown this to more audiences over the years than any digest.

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Paul Adsett
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My favourite five digests:

The Sting 2 x 400 Universal
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 1 x 400 Fox
42ND Street 2 x 400 UA/Derann
The African Queen 1 x 400
Requiem for a Heavyweight 1 x 400 Columbia

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Kurt Gardner
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Strait Jacket Columbia 400'
The Exorcist Warner 400'
Jaws Universal 2x400'
Rosemary's Baby Marketing 3x400'
Frankenstein Universal 400'

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Graham Ritchie
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Tough question as they are all my good however thinking cap on [Roll Eyes]

bought new at the time of release

1..Ken films "Star Wars"
2..Disney 200ft extract "I Wan'na Be Like You" from Jungle book even after all those years still looks and sounds good.
3..Mickey Mouse "The First Fifty Years" Limited Silver Edition again still looks good.
4..."Where Eagles Dare" MGM 3/400ft excellent editing, really packs a punch, better than the full feature.

Second hand

5..."The NeverEnding Story" from Derann 600ft Scope.

Graham.

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Patrick Walsh
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- posted September 03, 2009 01:44 AM      Profile for Patrick Walsh   Email Patrick Walsh   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
fav digests in no particular order
THE TOWERING INFERNO 3X400FT
QUO VADIS 1X400FT
WHERE EAGLE'S DARE 3X400FT
AIRPORT 1X400FT
AIRPORT 80 THE CONCORDE 2X400FT

Patrick [Wink]

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Marshall Crist
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- posted September 03, 2009 02:31 AM      Profile for Marshall Crist   Email Marshall Crist   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
You know, I've only seen them on DVD, but there were two rather good German digests of DIE SCHLANGENGRUBE UND DAS PENDEL.

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Jean-Marc Toussaint
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Salut Daniel [Wink]

It's quite difficult as there are so many finely edited digests out there, but in no particular order:

- Jaws (U8 2x400 and 200ft)
- Zombie (3x400ft UFA)
- Star Crash (2x400ft Piccolo)
- Creature from the Black Lagoon (400ft U8)
- The Fog (Derann scope 600ft)

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Greg Marshall
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My tops: Showboat
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Close Encounters
Dr. Zhivago (3 x 400)

I'm sure I'll add a fifth one once I discover what it is.

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