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Topic: What were the last releases of Columbia on Super 8?
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Winbert Hutahaean
Film God
Posts: 5468
From: Nouméa, New Caledonia
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted August 04, 2010 06:43 AM
David, regarding the clam shell type, I have a feeling that it was used for titles that were not solely Columbia release but sharing with other companies such as Warner. Can it be true? Because the very same clam shell and layout was used for "Song remains the same" and "Enter for the Dragon" (Bruce Lee) which was solely a Warner release (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070034/).
I never found Stooges in clam shell box, they are always in cardboard with several generic artwork i.e red/green + photo (most common esp for 200 feet), white/purple + cartoon picture, pink/yellow + cartoon picture, individual cartoon artwoork (eg Missing Link, Dizzy Pilots) and white/blue for super generic artwork (for any comedy titles from Columbia).
Secondly, the white clam shell used by Warner/Columbia is different with those belong to MGM/Ken, so I believe it was made by different company. The white one is much thicker.
Lastly, I understand what you are saying regarding the US releases in Australia. I was in Australia from 1996-98 and could see that in terms of 8mm films, Australian were more using US releases instead of UK releases (although Australia is a Commonwealth members, any reason behind this?).
This brought bad impact that many of 8mm films in Australia have now faded due to Eastman stock instead AGFA. Is that right?
Did you see many Walton (UK) sold during the heydey era (1980s)?
cheers,
-------------------- Winbert
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David Kilderry
Jedi Master Film Handler
Posts: 963
From: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Registered: Feb 2006
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posted August 04, 2010 07:58 PM
Adrian, we certainly had many Mountain Films sold here, but I can never recall any of the Columbia titles under their banner. All the Columbia titles were sold under the Columbia name and in the Columbia (US) boxes.
Winbert, Walton Films were very popular here, in fact they had their own catalogues printed here in Melbourne by their local distributor.
The list that you mention Doug, that are all in clamshells, demonstrates how the packaging changed over time. My copies were packaged as: Midnight Express - clamshell, Bridge On The River Kwai - yellow generic, Tommy - don't have a box, Taxi Driver - coloured cardboard picture box.
As mentioned I also have some Columbia Comedy Classics on 400ft in a hard plastic audio cassette type box with a blue and white paper insert. Were these only used for this Columbia series?
David
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