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Douglas Meltzer
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posted July 29, 2016 01:22 PM

Since I was scanning away today, I figured it's time to have another cover art quiz!

These are details of the artwork from 4 different cutdowns. See if you can identify which releases these are from. Best of luck!

A.

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Guy Taylor, Jr.
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posted July 29, 2016 07:49 PM

(A) is from HIGH NOON

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James N. Savage 3
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posted July 29, 2016 08:33 PM

Doug I LOVE when you do these box art quizzes! But I think you have me stumped this time.

I'll take a wild guess and say "Ben Hur" for the last one.

James.

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Douglas Meltzer
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posted July 29, 2016 09:03 PM

The man from Galveston is correct. A is a detail from the cover of the Republic Pictures 200' silent cutdown of High Noon.

Good guess James, however D is not from Ben Hur.

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Joe Taffis
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posted July 29, 2016 10:10 PM

Well, I instantly recognize B,,, my very first 8mm film! I Was A Teenage Frankenstein...
I only had enough money saved for one film, and I had to choose between this and The Creature Walks Among Us, I chose this one because I thought the larger Ken Films box had a longer reel of film. Wrong!, they were both 50 footers...

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Douglas Meltzer
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posted July 29, 2016 11:34 PM

B is indeed Joe's first film....Ken Films' I Was a Teenage Frankenstein. The cover art here has no relation to the film inside.

2 down, 2 to go!

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Graham Ritchie
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posted July 30, 2016 12:24 AM

Going to make a wild guess with 'D"... "The Ten Commandments"

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Douglas Meltzer
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posted July 30, 2016 10:55 AM

Graham,

That makes perfect sense, but it's not that film.

Doug

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Steve Klare
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posted July 30, 2016 04:05 PM

How about Ben-Hur for "D"?

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Steve Klare
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posted July 30, 2016 07:59 PM

Trisha agrees with James and me on Ben-Hur.

(She also got "High Noon" without seeing Guy's post...how'd she DO that?!)

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Douglas Meltzer
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posted July 30, 2016 09:50 PM

Steve,

What I wrote before still stands: It's not Ben Hur!

If no one solves C & D by Monday I'll start giving hints.

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Graham Ritchie
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posted July 31, 2016 12:53 AM

All about for "D"..."Fall of the Roman Empire" [Roll Eyes]

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Douglas Meltzer
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posted July 31, 2016 11:23 AM

Sorry Graham.

Neither of the two remaining covers are from films that would be considered epics (biblical or otherwise).

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Carter Bradley
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posted July 31, 2016 04:46 PM

Doug,
Congratulations...This has to be the most challenging set yet!
(D) is Columbia's "Buck and the Preacher."

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Douglas Meltzer
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posted July 31, 2016 09:42 PM

Carter is absolutely right!

D is Columbia Pictures' 400' digest of Buck and the Preacher.

One left!

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Douglas Meltzer
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posted August 02, 2016 09:37 AM

A hint for C:

This is from a Columbia digest.

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Carter Bradley
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posted August 02, 2016 11:54 AM

Hey Doug,
You are sneaky...because all of my Columbia War films came in the generic 50th anniversary digest print boxes. IF I had the later reprint boxes, I would guess that C is "Back from Eternity," "Bridge on the River Kwai," "Commandos Strike at Dawn," "The Guns of Navarone," or "Lost Command." (But the bylaws probably don't allow me this many guesses. LOL)

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Evan Samaras
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posted August 02, 2016 11:59 AM

I think you nailed it with Lost Command

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Douglas Meltzer
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posted August 02, 2016 02:17 PM

Lost Command it is!

Sneaky? Absolutely! Nice bit of teaming up there, Evan & Carter.

Excellent work everyone!

Doug

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Joe Caruso
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posted August 02, 2016 03:53 PM

Now how about making the next quiz REALLY hard - Shorty

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Guy Taylor, Jr.
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posted August 03, 2016 02:15 PM

I've never heard of either of these Columbia digests but I am willing to bet that there is a really annoying narrator overstating the obvious.

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Mathew James
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posted August 03, 2016 03:22 PM

c was a neat cover and a tough one. I was surprised how many covers had someone with the same 'stance' as the pic you posted Doug...

for example, the claw monsters

...this is what makes it challenging! The Claw Monsters

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Carter Bradley
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posted August 03, 2016 03:24 PM

It's been a while since I have watched these two Columbia digests, but I wouldn't be surprised if the narrator states "Then Buck meets the Preacher," and "The Command was shocked to realize that they were lost!!"

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Guy Taylor, Jr.
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posted August 03, 2016 08:54 PM

This would be a great new thread to start "Really stupid quotes from the Columbia narrator."

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Steve Klare
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posted August 04, 2016 08:55 AM

I am a Columbia Narrator Noob!

Since I've heard so much about him I actually requested somebody bring some examples of his best (or is that worst?) to CineSea, and Paul Suchy was nice enough to mail me one for the Saturday Night Show.

I'm still a Noob, and it must have been an internal groan for some of the people that have had enough of this guy!

I probably shouldn't do cover quizzes either: most of my prints don't have cover art!

-but, we all specialize some way or another. That's why it's good to hang out among other collectors and see things from different angles.

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