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Topic: What is your first film purchase of 2011?
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Tom Photiou
Film God
Posts: 4837
From: Plymouth U.K
Registered: Dec 2003
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posted January 06, 2011 03:29 PM
Oh dear, ive spoke too soon, viewed Grease tonight after cleaning it up, bought it as a feature and lo and behold between the two parts (its on two 800foots, polyester thin stock) theres a whole 400 ft missing which i believe to be part 3 of tghe feature Greased lightning and beauty school dropout scenes are missing alltogether, and also there are worse things i could do and stranded at the drivin are all missing,
So dissapointing, i shall have to ring the dealer tomorrow but it looks as tho he's been stiched up, now im on the look out for the feature again ![[Mad]](mad.gif)
[ January 07, 2011, 06:48 AM: Message edited by: Tom Photiou ]
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Panayotis A. Carayannis
Jedi Master Film Handler
Posts: 969
From: Athens,Greece
Registered: Jul 2008
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posted January 30, 2011 06:29 PM
My first purchase of 2011 was a big package from Top Film which due to the holidays post office overwork and various strikes here in Greece,took almost a month to reach me. First, I must say that Ton van de Kleut is a fine gentleman and most helpful, (he even sent the package before I sent the complete payment!). This was my second purchase from him,having done a small one late last year,so I knew what to expect,more or less. The films were all standard 8 silent,some very old copies that had seen better days.Many cuts and splices,mostly no beginning credits,practically all with dutch titles and intertitles,quality generally average minus,and prices very low !!
Choosing the titles was another problem as his catalog is in dutch and ,in addition,most film titles are changed. So using the bing translator and my sixth sence, I made my choices. And most of the time I was lucky (the garbage searcher that I am )!!
Best known film from the batch is LIGHTHOUSE BY THE SEA, one of the best Rin Tin Tin adventures (written by Darryl F. Zanuck!). Others are, two westerns, FLYING HOOFS with Jack Hoxie and THE FIRE EATER with Hoot Gibson and another dog adventure which looks like a Rinty,but it most probably isn't.Perhaps one of his competitors (the dog is called Ranger in the film). Another film is titled "Robinson Crusoe",in dutch, but is actually a french film about a boy scout who dreams of running into the jungle,meeting his "boy Friday" and together having many adventures with various animals and "natives".
Of the shorts there is one german SNOW WHITE,a live action two reeler from 1928,a version of Starewicz's VOICE OF THE NIGHTINGALE,which is longer than the Blackhawk one, or is it because it has much more narration,(in rhyme)? Of the two reel comedies,a Big Boy (Malcolm Sebastian) one, the title of which I have yet to define,ditto for a Snooky the Chimp (or"humanzee",as he was called). A Syd Saylor (from the "Let George Do It" series),perhaps GEORGE IN LOVE,and another kid comedy, FOLLOW THE LEADER (Fox 1928).Also a "Collegians" episode with George Lewis. Will I buy from van de Kleut again? I certainly will!
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