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Douglas Meltzer
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- posted November 24, 2012 12:01 PM      Profile for Douglas Meltzer   Email Douglas Meltzer   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
As I was looking through Timothy Ramzyk's excellent collection of 8mm artwork (Monster Box Volume 3), I wondered how much detail we really notice about our box art. Here are some enlargements of smaller sections of various covers. See if you can identify which cutdowns these are from.

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David Ollerearnshaw
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The crab is Disney's Sword in the Stone I think.

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Douglas Meltzer
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- posted November 24, 2012 01:57 PM      Profile for Douglas Meltzer   Email Douglas Meltzer   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
David,

Yes, however Disney gave the cutdown a different title.

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David Ollerearnshaw
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Sorry 'Dual Of The Wizards'

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Douglas Meltzer
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That's one down!

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David M. Ballew
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- posted November 25, 2012 02:22 AM      Profile for David M. Ballew     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Without actually getting up to eyeball my collection, I'm gonna venture a guess that example (A) is from Castle's 200-foot digest of Revenge of the Creature.

I'll feel darn silly if I'm wrong... but that's part of the fun of the game, I think! :-)

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Douglas Meltzer
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- posted November 25, 2012 09:28 AM      Profile for Douglas Meltzer   Email Douglas Meltzer   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Correct! Two down.

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David Ollerearnshaw
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B Our Man Flint Ken Films

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Douglas Meltzer
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Our Man Flint it is!

From the looks of things only members named David are willing to give it a go!

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One to go!

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Hugh Thompson Scott
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Hi Doug,I'll have a "Shot in the Dark", is it something on the line of the "Pink Panther" cartoons?

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James N. Savage 3
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Hey, great idea for a quiz Doug!!

I failed terribly though [Smile] [Confused]

Maybe I'll do better on the next one.

James.

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Douglas Meltzer
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- posted November 27, 2012 08:48 PM      Profile for Douglas Meltzer   Email Douglas Meltzer   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Hugh,

Good guess, however it's not from an animated film.

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Brad Kimball
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My guess is "It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" from Derann.

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Douglas Meltzer
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Brad,

Also a good guess. Hint: This film was in theaters the same year as It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World.

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David Ollerearnshaw
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I was thinking 'A Shot In The Dark', but that was 64. How about 'Summer Holiday' I'm thinking it was part in France and looks a bit French.

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Douglas Meltzer
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Narrowing it down a bit more: The 8mm cutdown was released in late 1966 by one of the big American distributors.

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Eberhard Nuffer
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Doug,

must be Columbia's "The Man From the Diners' Club" ?!

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David Ollerearnshaw
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Well done that man. I think your right. Looked at film poster and that bit is on it. I would never have got it.

Will you do another one?

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Douglas Meltzer
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Eberhard,

Excellent!!! Released by Columbia in 200' silent & sound, and also as a silent 400 footer.

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Another set? Sure! Time to look through the closet o' film....

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Brad Kimball
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Was MFTDC really released as a silent 400'er, Doug? I've never seen it. Anybody have a scan of the box? I wonder why they only released it in silent and no sound version.

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Douglas Meltzer
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Brad,

The above scan is the 400' version, which I have in my collection. It's the same artwork as the 200 footer. At that time Columbia just didn't release "Extra Long Length" versions in sound. The only other 400' release from that period that I know of is the Glenn Ford & Jack Lemmon film Cowboy, which was also b/w silent. In 1968 the price for a 200' B&W silent was $5.95. The longer editions were $11.95.
It would be almost eight years till Columbia would come out with their 400' sound library.

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Hugh Thompson Scott
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They don't seem to get the same recognition as Castle Films or
Blackhawk in the American canon,but they turned out some very
good films over the years, and I STILL love the 4x200s of "Jason"
and "Sinbad" along with a host of other titles in their 400' series
of Hollywood greats.

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I had no idea that Danny Kaye ever appeared on 8mm. Must be a really rare one Doug.

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