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Osi Osgood
Film God
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From: Mountian Home, ID.
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted July 30, 2012 10:17 PM
They had an even better cover, (I'll have to dig it out), that showed a bunch of popcorn and stuiff on the cover ...
... and I have a really neat rarity released by "Reel Images",
it was a rare promotional short, a comedy sketch by the Marx Brothers which was made during the release of "Monkey Business", and it is the only surviving footage from one of thier stage plays, "I'll Say She Is", that they did in the 1920's. Sadly, it is a very bad focus, but I'm happy to have it, just the same!
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Osi Osgood
Film God
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From: Mountian Home, ID.
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted August 01, 2012 12:55 PM
James, I had that print (Fantastic Planet), and I wished to hell I never got rid of it. I owned that in the late 80's when I bought from them. I was totally into Disney style animation, and so I didn't appreciate "fantastic Planet" but since then, my appreciation for different animation styles has really grown, but I've never seen another print of that title. They must have printed very few copies and, as I remember, the image quality was quite sharp.
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Brad Kimball
Phenomenal Film Handler
Posts: 1171
From: Highland Mills, NY USA
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted August 01, 2012 09:34 PM
They were a mail order retailer located in Sandy Hook, Connecticut, USA. I remember driving by it once during a day trip with my parents who took me to see it being that we were going to be passing by the exit anyway. I must say that seeing these companies in these small little rented spaces in older office buildings always managed to diminish my fantasies about them being big 'Corporate America' type entities. The service level was always excellent, however, and the shipping was fast from R/I, BLACKHAWK, CASTLE, NILES, KEN, COLUMBIA and RED FOX. I was never, ever disappointed. These small companies were BIG where it counted and always put there best foot forward when building customer loyalty was concerned. I remember seeing CASTLE, SELECT FILM LIBRARY and KEN's offices and they were all very tiny in square footage in all the buildings they were operating out of. No larger than your local county clerk's office. Shipping and receiving was probably done in the underground warehouses beneath the buildings because all I ever saw were a few desks and some 4 or 5 people milling about. Boy did these companies sure put smiles on our faces and songs in out hearts whenever the postman delivered our films to our doors. I remember coming home from school and jumping for joy whenever I would see my little package sitting on the stairs as soon as I opened the front door. The rule was all homework had to be done first before any movie viewing was to take place. You never saw a kid's homework get completed so quickly. Gee what great times they were!
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