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Posted by Claus Harding (Member # 702) on May 10, 2014, 07:42 PM:

Hi All,

Time for images from the best little film show in the US:

Question: how do you know it's springtime in Wildwood, N.J.?

Answer: the palm trees have been assembled....

Gary Crawford and I had a lovely (early) trip up to the shore. We got there Thursday afternoon, and with the weather turning beautiful, a walk on the boardwalk was inevitable:

Further along, a bunch of guys were losing their marbles, so to speak (where else would you see this on the beach?):

And, like a familiar face, our hotel:

By Friday, most of the "usual suspects" had arrived, and soon the mix of soundtracks and stories began filling the air:

I am at the limit of pictures per post, so when someone writes a line or two, I can continue so we keep the whole thing as one thread.
(I am working tomorrow, so most likely it will be tomorrow night before I can post again.)

Enjoy,
Claus.

Posted by Dominique De Bast (Member # 3798) on May 10, 2014, 07:52 PM:

Thanks, Claus ! I am waiting for the second part :-)

Posted by Michael O'Regan (Member # 938) on May 11, 2014, 12:40 PM:

Yep, keep 'em comin', Claus.

Posted by Claus Harding (Member # 702) on May 12, 2014, 12:07 PM:

Gary took his usual place with his trusty Kodak Pageant, Elmo St-1200 AND Eumig. He had a nice mix of classic 1940es crime drama and newer features:

Doug had his corner all laid out with his Xenon GS-1200:

...and of course his famous (infamous?) Museum Table; more on that in a bit:

As always, the Franchettis held court with loaded tables:

Good to see father and son working together so well to help us keep the collector tradition alive:

That's it for this time; I am at the picture limit.
Stay tuned for more...

Claus.

[ May 12, 2014, 08:31 PM: Message edited by: Claus Harding ]

Posted by Paul Adsett (Member # 25) on May 12, 2014, 12:48 PM:

Great Pics Clause. More please!
What's that movie Doug is showing?

Posted by Michael O'Regan (Member # 938) on May 12, 2014, 01:11 PM:

That's a real clean looking Pageant Gary has there.
Keep the pics coming, Claus.
[Smile]

Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on May 12, 2014, 01:59 PM:

Xenon ST-1200 looks like a GS-1200 or am I blind? (I am about to be)

Posted by Douglas Meltzer (Member # 28) on May 12, 2014, 05:33 PM:

Claus,

Great job as usual. I'm looking forward to the rest.

Vidar,

Cancel that seeing eye dog! You are correct, that is a Xenon GS-1200.

Paul,

That film is a rare Columbia feature print of On the Waterfront.

Doug

Posted by Graham Ritchie (Member # 559) on May 12, 2014, 05:34 PM:

Nice photos chaps...just one question about the "Kodak Pageant" shown...why is the top loop so big [Smile]

Posted by Claus Harding (Member # 702) on May 12, 2014, 08:34 PM:

GS of course...after all these years, I can still mix up the model letters... [Smile]

As for the top loop on the Pageant, you'd have to ask Gary; it seems to do no harm. His prints ran cleanly.

Claus.

Posted by Guy Taylor, Jr. (Member # 786) on May 13, 2014, 10:38 AM:

Looks great. Nice to see the tram running on the boardwalk that time of year. I'll have to try to make the one in May one of these years.

Posted by Steve Klare (Member # 12) on May 13, 2014, 11:08 AM:

I kept a promise to myself and brought bikes down to ride on the boardwalk. It wasn't as good as I had hoped: we are more on-season now than other times so with everything open the boardwalk was a little crowded for riding bikes!

We arrived to the ominous sound of drums on all sides: there was a marching band festival in town! (The natives weren't restless...)

Posted by Claus Harding (Member # 702) on May 13, 2014, 10:02 PM:

The Klare family deserves a special mention:
As Steve noted, his wife was recovering from back surgery, but she still came along and it was a pleasure to meet her. If we had a "real trooper" award at the show, Mrs. Klare would definitely have won it:

We do have what amounts to a mascot by now: the Airyflex.
As long as it stays inflated, it comes to the show:

Time for some fine old machinery:

Here are some details of the Ampro Stylist 16mm, a tank of a machine, but also with its own period beauty to it:

The "crackle" metallic paint contrasted with the red is a nice piece of design:

I don't have a wide shot of it in action, but you will see it when we get to the video.

Here's a classic Bell and Howell, a machine that can pretty well run a lifetime:

In addition to providing his usual excellent espresso and homemade cake...

...John Capazzo found time to fix Cinesea first-timer (and forum member) Ernie Zahn's ailing ST-1200:

That concludes it for this time; more to come....

Claus.

Posted by Douglas Meltzer (Member # 28) on May 13, 2014, 10:33 PM:

Terrific, Claus!

It was wonderful to meet Trish Klare. They are quite a film family.... Steve made a poster out of his son's school composition from a few years back where he wrote about how Dad takes over the dining room table with his projectors!

Posted by Graham Ritchie (Member # 559) on May 14, 2014, 12:46 AM:

Thanks for sharing those photos... and the drawing of the dining room table is really neat [Cool]

well done.

Just having a good time and sharing it with others is what its all about [Smile]

Graham.

Posted by Steve Klare (Member # 12) on May 14, 2014, 08:06 AM:

That composition would be downright libelous if it wasn't also true!

-although a lot of the reason we don't eat at the table relates to an entirely different piece of audiovisual equipment! Sometimes we do have dinner there even when the Elmo brothers are joining us!

I have to give my wife a lot of credit here. I brought her down expecting she'd spend a lot of time out on the sun deck with a book, but she was right there thumbing through the film boxes and enjoyed the show Saturday night as much as any of us did.

Posted by James N. Savage 3 (Member # 83) on May 14, 2014, 08:16 AM:

Thank you Clause for documenting this event so well. Its such a wonderful event for collectors. I almost feel like I was there [Wink]

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Steve- That marching band competition must be an annual event. They were there on one of my previous visits. Great story & illustration by your little one too by the way.

James.

Posted by Claus Harding (Member # 702) on May 14, 2014, 01:00 PM:

Shorty, after missing one show, was there, appropriately attired, of course:

...and our friend Paul Oscar from Iceland was back:

Turnout was good; as mentioned, Ernie Zahn joined us, as did Dave Baker:

Now about that Museum Table...behold the Bentley viewer, one of the many dubious attempts at making a film viewer "living-room friendly":

Seeing it in action, one is glad Bentley wasn't the company that invented the platter system...

A far better device was the Goko motorized viewer/editor. This was the Rolls-Royce of upright S-8mm viewers and Doug's is in mint condition:

Also, an Elmo audio sync device from when mechanical solutions were still in vogue. You would thread your reel-to-reel audiotape around the drum for the unit to keep sync between the projector and the reel-to-reel:

One or two more batches and that is about it....back again soon.

Claus.

Posted by Graham Ritchie (Member # 559) on May 14, 2014, 07:39 PM:

[Cool]

Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on May 14, 2014, 10:19 PM:

Terrific pictures Claus. Since I'm a projector junkie...I was very interested to see the variety of projectors displayed. Thanks so much...well done!

Posted by Osi Osgood (Member # 424) on May 15, 2014, 11:58 AM:

ACK ACK ACCK AAAAAAACCCKK!!

That Bentley! That dam**d Bentley!! I had one of those battery operated monstrocities in the past!! Boy, did that thing scratch the heck out of those little 200ft films I put on it.

ORG!! I still have nightmares about that Bentley and will probably have more, now that I have seen another!! [Frown]

Posted by Joe Caruso (Member # 11) on May 15, 2014, 12:48 PM:

Boy, I am SUCH an ugly cuss; gangly, goofy and guduh - I should miss shows more often

Posted by Dominique De Bast (Member # 3798) on May 15, 2014, 01:14 PM:

Looks terrific !

Posted by Lee Mannering (Member # 728) on May 15, 2014, 01:29 PM:

All your enthusiasm for this event is felt on this thread over the pond. Great to see a youngster enjoy film as well. [Cool]

Posted by Claus Harding (Member # 702) on May 15, 2014, 01:49 PM:

Thanks Janice, glad you enjoy, and apologies to Osi for calling up nightmares with the Bentley (at least you recognized it.)

Once the show is underway, it has its own flow. People get lunch and come back, and the films keep rolling:

We even went 3-D this time, with "Creature from the Black Lagoon":

Come Saturday night, a tradition: the group dinner after a long day of films:

Good food, good company:

Nighttime back at the hotel after dinner. The late night screenings begin. Among the treats: some great condition classic cartoons:

"War of the Colossal Beast" looked great as well:

I'll conclude this in the next posting...

Claus.

Posted by Michael O'Regan (Member # 938) on May 15, 2014, 02:01 PM:

Excellent.

Posted by Terry Lagler (Member # 1110) on May 15, 2014, 03:52 PM:

Such a great post. Must renew my passport and make it down to one of these!

Cheers
Terry

Posted by Andrew Woodcock (Member # 3260) on May 15, 2014, 05:39 PM:

I second Lee's earlier comments. Some great photo's here and this is without doubt a fantastic event!

Posted by Steve Klare (Member # 12) on May 15, 2014, 06:50 PM:

Terry,

If you rent a table and bring some T-shirts, I'm betting they will sell.

There were two of 'em there (note mine in Claus's dinner picture.)

By custom you should sell some films too: I'm betting you could manage that based on the nice print you just sold me!

Posted by Terry Lagler (Member # 1110) on May 16, 2014, 07:59 AM:

Steve
You look so "fashionable"!
I totally missed you were wearing the shirt in the pic.

It certainly would be nice to have a table there - will take planning.

I wonder how many members make it to the Syracuse show? That's actually only a 4 hr drive for me.

Cheers
Terry

Posted by Steve Klare (Member # 12) on May 16, 2014, 08:20 AM:

In my most humble opinion the tenth CineSea needs a T shirt!

I don't know if selling maybe 15-20 is worth it to you, but the opportunity is there.

Posted by Osi Osgood (Member # 424) on May 16, 2014, 12:13 PM:

Which Bug's Bunny cartoon is that being projected? I don't recognize it. Lovely color.

Shorty, my friend, what's "looks" between friends? You look fine to me and you taste in attire is perfect! [Smile]

Posted by Claus Harding (Member # 702) on May 18, 2014, 08:54 PM:

A few ending thoughts and pictures.

As the screenings wind on into the night, come Sunday afternoon another CineSea has happened. It has happened, firstly, because John Black invented this thing, and secondly, because those of us who have come again and again have found it to be fun, friendly and satisfying from a hobby perspective.

This is togetherness in the best sense, set in a wonderfully quaint town right on the ocean.

These images speak for themselves in showing the enjoyment of the event, the love of film and of the sharing of it with others...IN PERSON, and that is the crux right there:

In person. The reason John founded CineSea.

Not looking at a PC, not e-mailing someone to ask about a print. Face to face. That CineSea lives on is a testament to how important that is, how the pleasure of the company of fellow "film nuts" is truly at the core of the hobby:

Next CineSea is show number ten....imagine that. Ten of them already. Truly a special occation that should be attended by as many people as possible...make plans now.

If you haven't been here yet, make this your first one; if you are a "regular", beat the bushes and persuade fellow collectors to come up (down?) to the shore to enjoy CineSea 10.

Here's part of our happy gang as a farewell for now:

Thanks for reading and looking.

Claus.

Posted by Steve Klare (Member # 12) on May 19, 2014, 09:45 AM:

Nice Work, Claus!

That top picture alone is suitable for framing!

This was, and will be again a great weekend. The first couple of times I had to decide to go, now I'd really be reluctant to miss it: it's such a wonderful change of pace from the daily grind.

The event has matured nicely. Early on we used to talk about how nice it would be to move it north: closer to New York City, but there are so many people joining from further south that Wildwood has become the best location for the crowd that attends. The Ocean Holiday is also feeling like home, so I'd say don't move it even an inch!

It's a measure of how good this weekend is that my wife, who is basically an innocent bystander in the world of film collecting says she really enjoyed herself and will certainly attend again whenever possible. How much more could someone with celluloid in their veins enjoy it?

If any of you out there live within reasonable distance and don't want to commit yourself to the full weekend, just wade in ankle deep and come for the day.

-I bet you'll like what you see!

Posted by Joe Vannicola (Member # 4156) on May 19, 2014, 10:31 PM:

I was at a funeral service for a friend and fellow film collector in 2000. At the dinner following the service, a few of his friends commented about getting out of film and concentrating on collecting Dvd's. Cinesea is a place where us die hard film collectors congregate in an informal setting and talk,trade and buy film of all gauges. I won't be hearing anyone rhapsodize about the wonders of Blue Ray Dvd's. It's all about film. Cinesea is great people having a great time. I always come with a grin on my face and I always leave the same way. If any of you out there haven't come yet, well, what the hell are you waiting for? [Big Grin]

Posted by Dino Everette (Member # 1378) on May 20, 2014, 12:24 AM:

I had actually planned on bringing some shirts to the Cinesea I attended, but it is such a specific event that when I asked here on the forum if folks wanted a t-shirt, I think only Shorty responded and I was afraid to commit to making the tees in addition to all the money I spent flying out there from California

Posted by Louis Franchetti (Member # 2035) on May 20, 2014, 04:39 AM:

I am going to have some T-shirts made for the Cinesea 10, I would like to have some suggestions Also sizes and about how many

Posted by Steve Klare (Member # 12) on May 20, 2014, 06:11 AM:

I'd definitely be up for at least one size "L" T-shirt. I'd say as group we run between "L" and "XL" (Too many dinners out!)

I don't know if Kids' sizes would be practical: other than my son who else would there be?

It would be cool to have a "CineSea X" T-shirt, but then what happens when CineSea XI comes around?

Posted by Joe Vannicola (Member # 4156) on May 20, 2014, 10:11 PM:

Hey Lou, I'll take a large one also. [Smile]

Posted by Kevin Hassall (Member # 2352) on May 21, 2014, 06:50 AM:

great pictures claus

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