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Posted by Jan Bister (Member # 332) on November 28, 2005, 01:20 AM:
Was this film ever released in a sound version on super-8? I have been replacing all my silent Blackhawk 400-footers with sound versions, but HAUNTED SPOOKS is the only one I can't seem to find in anything but silent (unless I go 16mm which I'm trying not to).
Posted by Jonathan Sanders (Member # 478) on November 28, 2005, 06:56 AM:
I have a Blackhawk October 1976 bulletin which - on a special page near the back - offers a Super 8 mag sound music version "20 min" - which no doubt means it was added at 24 fps.
This was evidently the first month it was offered in sound ("Now in sound") as the main listing at the front of the bulletin does not include the sound version.
A contemporary Niles bulletin lists their sound version as 16mm only.
Jonathan
Posted by Jan Bister (Member # 332) on November 28, 2005, 09:08 AM:
There is hope, then.... Thanks Jonathan ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
Posted by John Clancy (Member # 49) on November 30, 2005, 03:03 AM:
Haunted Spooks. I believe that was the 2 reeler Harold Lloyd was half way through when the prop bomb went off in his hand during a photo shoot. He was lucky to get away with his life as he was holding the bomb up near his head at the time.
Makes his later daredevil escapade films up high rise buildings all the more incredible. Look at his left hand as the glove is a form of prosthetic because only one finger and thumb remained following the accident.
Posted by Jan Bister (Member # 332) on November 30, 2005, 10:33 PM:
Indeed John, that's the one during which Lloyd suffered this accident. Quite amazing how he was able to hide it in his following films, really - I had never noticed before that his one hand wasn't real...!
Posted by Joseph Banfield (Member # 2082) on October 15, 2011, 07:22 AM:
There is a copy of "Haunted Spooks" right now on eBay with a soundstripe. It is the Blackhawk release and the seller states it and the box are in excellent condition.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Haunted-Spooks-1920-Harold-Lloyd-Super-8-SOUND-music-track-RARE-/160664618771?pt=US_Film&hash=item25685b8713
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