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Posted by Douglas Meltzer (Member # 28) on November 24, 2012, 12:01 PM:

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.

A.

Doug

Posted by David Ollerearnshaw (Member # 3296) on November 24, 2012, 12:51 PM:

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

Posted by Douglas Meltzer (Member # 28) on November 24, 2012, 01:57 PM:

David,

Yes, however Disney gave the cutdown a different title.

Doug

Posted by David Ollerearnshaw (Member # 3296) on November 24, 2012, 07:02 PM:

Sorry 'Dual Of The Wizards'

Posted by Douglas Meltzer (Member # 28) on November 24, 2012, 10:18 PM:

That's one down!

Doug

Posted by David M. Ballew (Member # 1818) on November 25, 2012, 02:22 AM:

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! :-)

Posted by Douglas Meltzer (Member # 28) on November 25, 2012, 09:28 AM:

Correct! Two down.

Doug

Posted by David Ollerearnshaw (Member # 3296) on November 27, 2012, 11:44 AM:

B Our Man Flint Ken Films

Posted by Douglas Meltzer (Member # 28) on November 27, 2012, 04:55 PM:

Our Man Flint it is!

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

A.

One to go!

Doug

Posted by Hugh Thompson Scott (Member # 2922) on November 27, 2012, 05:15 PM:

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

Posted by James N. Savage 3 (Member # 83) on November 27, 2012, 05:29 PM:

Hey, great idea for a quiz Doug!!

I failed terribly though [Smile]

Maybe I'll do better on the next one.

James.

Posted by Douglas Meltzer (Member # 28) on November 27, 2012, 08:48 PM:

Hugh,

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

Doug

Posted by Brad Kimball (Member # 5) on November 29, 2012, 01:11 PM:

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

Posted by Douglas Meltzer (Member # 28) on November 29, 2012, 01:31 PM:

Brad,

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

Doug

Posted by David Ollerearnshaw (Member # 3296) on November 29, 2012, 02:03 PM:

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.

Posted by Douglas Meltzer (Member # 28) on November 30, 2012, 08:09 AM:

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

Doug

Posted by Eberhard Nuffer (Member # 410) on November 30, 2012, 01:09 PM:

Doug,

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

Posted by David Ollerearnshaw (Member # 3296) on November 30, 2012, 02:34 PM:

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?

Posted by Douglas Meltzer (Member # 28) on November 30, 2012, 03:41 PM:

Eberhard,

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

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

Doug

Posted by Brad Kimball (Member # 5) on December 01, 2012, 11:51 PM:

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.

Posted by Douglas Meltzer (Member # 28) on December 02, 2012, 08:24 AM:

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.

Doug

Posted by Hugh Thompson Scott (Member # 2922) on December 02, 2012, 10:18 AM:

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.

Posted by Paul Adsett (Member # 25) on December 02, 2012, 01:29 PM:

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

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