8mm Forum: Chaplin Features Lease

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Posted by Paul Adsett (Member # 25) on January 08, 2013, 12:23 PM:

So will all forum members who have returned their Chaplin feature films back to the Chaplin estate now that the lease has run out, please so indicate? [Big Grin]

Posted by Zechariah Sporre (Member # 2358) on January 08, 2013, 12:52 PM:

If anybody needs the address to send them back to I will be happy to supply that for you. I'll even pay for your shipping [Wink]

Posted by Tony Stucchio (Member # 519) on January 08, 2013, 01:23 PM:

Don't laugh. Next thing you know the Chaplin estate will start blocking the selling of these on Ebay, similar to what the Sinatra family does with unauthorized Sinatra CDs.

Posted by Fabrizio Mosca (Member # 142) on January 08, 2013, 03:16 PM:

Paul, does it apply also for copies that are in Europe? [Big Grin]

Posted by Paul Adsett (Member # 25) on January 08, 2013, 05:02 PM:

Not sure if the same deal was set up in Europe, Fabrizio. I do know that Blackhawk in the USA required their customers to sign a 30 year lease agreement when purchasing these films.
If any deadbeat collector still has the Chaplin features to return, they can send them to me and I will be glad to pass them along to the rightful owners. [Big Grin]

Posted by Michael O'Regan (Member # 938) on January 08, 2013, 05:13 PM:

Those prints were not for sale/lease outside the US, referring to my Blackhawk catalogues.

Posted by Tony Stucchio (Member # 519) on January 08, 2013, 06:35 PM:

The lease expired in 1991, regardless of when they were purchased. I think they were first offered circa 1976.

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