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Marshall Crist
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posted April 11, 2016 10:27 PM

Finally picked up a reasonably-priced and well-maintained copy of the 400' version of ABBOTT & COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN. I had seen the 200' version once when I was a kid, and was a little disappointed when I obtained a copy as an adult and realized that some of the gags were missing from the end sequence with all the monsters running around. While the 400' release is indeed not well-edited, at least those bits are included. Didn't think the picture quality was particularly bad, either.

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Joe Caruso
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posted April 13, 2016 04:32 PM

Next, finding a gorgeous 16mm original

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Joseph Randall
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posted April 15, 2016 07:52 PM

Castle did more with the 200 footer than U8 did with their 400 footer.

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James N. Savage 3
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posted April 16, 2016 10:00 PM

I have always been very satisfied with the 200 foot version of this movie. Castle did such a great job with the editing and it flows well and makes for a great short. Ends nicely with the little Invisible Man cameo.

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David Skillern
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posted April 17, 2016 04:57 AM

I know this thread was about a specific U8 release - I have quite a large selection of their 2x400 footers in my collection and one that I recently purchased from Ealing at £14 in its original packaging was the 2x 400ft of "The Nude Bomb" - now I know this release is like Marmite - you either love it or hate it - but having no preconceptions of this release - I watched it and for what it was - I found it to have some really good slapstick moments and good one liners - and the quality was good - I will post a review later.

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Marshall Crist
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posted April 17, 2016 11:19 AM

Excellent. I look forward to reading it.

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Joseph Randall
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posted April 17, 2016 07:28 PM

Would you believe that I look forward to reading it, too?

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Ron Gerber
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posted May 11, 2016 02:37 PM

The lack of Clint movies on Super 8 was mentioned. I've got a 3x400 Where Eagles Dare that is a great cut down of a movie that was over-long in the first place.
I still have a silent 200ft Castle digest of A&C Meet Frankenstein I've had since I was a kid. Image is sharp and I think it was extremely well edited.

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Ricky Daniels
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posted May 12, 2016 04:31 AM

Hi Ron,
I too still have my 200' B/W Silent Std 8mm print purchased from Capitol Films in London. I'm surprised it survived my constant projection on a Kodak Brownie 8mm projector but my mates loved watching it over and over, and I would go over the Dracula transformation again and again to workout how it was made possible! I even recreated the transformation for myself, painstakingly drawing the animation frames, pinning them to a board one on top of the other and filming each, one frame at a time, on my 8mm clockwork camera... to my surprise (and a week after filming it!) I projected the film and it worked!!
Golden days.
Best,
Rick

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Joe Caruso
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posted May 12, 2016 02:45 PM

Speaking of CAPITOL, I just bought 3 Sennett Keystones - All my years of collecting, have never seen the style-hinged box and nice covers - Says on each; #36, 37 and 38 - If anyone can post a list of the first 35 editions, and if any came after #38, I'll then know what to search for - Cheers, Shorty

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