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Posted by Daniel Aveline (Member # 1714) on August 29, 2009, 01:39 PM:

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

Posted by Kevin Wardle (Member # 1680) on August 29, 2009, 01:59 PM:

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 ]

Posted by Ralf Hoff (Member # 36) on August 29, 2009, 02:12 PM:

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

Posted by Marshall Crist (Member # 1312) on August 29, 2009, 02:15 PM:

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!

Posted by Kevin Wardle (Member # 1680) on August 29, 2009, 04:06 PM:

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

Posted by Gian Luca Mario Loncrini (Member # 1417) on August 29, 2009, 04:39 PM:

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 ]

Posted by Paul Spinks (Member # 573) on August 29, 2009, 04:51 PM:

"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.

Posted by Jeroen van Ooijen (Member # 1104) on August 29, 2009, 05:01 PM:

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,

Posted by Gian Luca Mario Loncrini (Member # 1417) on August 29, 2009, 06:06 PM:

Don't do it this to me, Jeroen!

Posted by Jeroen van Ooijen (Member # 1104) on August 29, 2009, 06:08 PM:

what's the matter?

Posted by Mark Mander (Member # 340) on August 29, 2009, 06:12 PM:

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.

Posted by John W. Black (Member # 1082) on August 29, 2009, 06:28 PM:

These are mine,
Straight Jacket
Logan's run
Bride of Frankenstein
Coffey
Night At The Opera 800'

Posted by Mark Mander (Member # 340) on August 29, 2009, 07:09 PM:

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

Posted by Bill Phelps (Member # 1431) on August 29, 2009, 07:12 PM:

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

Posted by Mike Tynus (Member # 1108) on August 30, 2009, 03:22 PM:

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!)

Posted by Gary Crawford (Member # 67) on August 31, 2009, 11:09 AM:

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.

Posted by Paul Adsett (Member # 25) on August 31, 2009, 11:32 AM:

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

Posted by Kurt Gardner (Member # 440) on August 31, 2009, 07:24 PM:

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

Posted by Graham Ritchie (Member # 559) on September 02, 2009, 07:31 PM:

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.

Posted by Patrick Walsh (Member # 637) on September 03, 2009, 01:44 AM:

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]

Posted by Marshall Crist (Member # 1312) on September 03, 2009, 02:31 AM:

You know, I've only seen them on DVD, but there were two rather good German digests of DIE SCHLANGENGRUBE UND DAS PENDEL.

Posted by Jean-Marc Toussaint (Member # 270) on September 06, 2009, 03:38 AM:

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)

Posted by Greg Marshall (Member # 1268) on September 06, 2009, 08:34 AM:

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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