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Daniel Macarone
Expert Film Handler

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From: Summit NJ, USA
Registered: Nov 2015

posted March 14, 2018 08:05 PM

I thought an interesting thread would be to list how many prints you've had that you replaced with one in better condition. Haven't many of us had the experience where we hold onto a print even though it's not in the condition we prefer, then as soon as we find a better one, we sell the old one. Mine are:

The Adventures of Robin Hood
Dodge City
Modern Times

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Adrian Winchester
Film God

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From: Croydon, London, UK
Registered: Aug 2004

posted March 14, 2018 09:04 PM

In my case, more than I can easily remember! In at least one or two cases - such as the 600' of 'The Wicked Lady' - it was a third copy that I kept. The trouble is, I sometimes find that you (e.g.) find a print with better colour that's in worse condition, so it's hard to decide which looks best!

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David Baker
Expert Film Handler

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From: Hamilton , Ohio
Registered: Aug 2012

posted March 14, 2018 09:59 PM

A lot of my replaced prints were because of slight flaws like scenes missing , incomplete titles or credits , but most were due to color issues . Also format changes .

JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH ( 1959 ) FLAT TO SCOPE
THE HAUNTED PALACE ( 1963 ) FLAT TO SCOPE
VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA ( 1961 ) FADED TO NICE COLOR
JOURNEY TO THE SEVENTH PLANET ( 1961 ) WALKOUT MUSIC THEME AT END
TALES OF TERROR ( 1962 ) BEET RED TO NOT SO BEET RED
GORGO ( 1961 ) 16MM TO SUPER 8MM
STAR WARS ( 1977 ) SUPER 8MM TO 35MM
HOUSE OF WAX ( 1953 ) 16MM TO 35MM 3-D
...just to name a few .

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Winbert Hutahaean
Film God

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From: Nouméa, New Caledonia
Registered: Jun 2003

posted March 15, 2018 01:18 AM

I am more a completish collector, i.e happy with whatever I got. If I already have a particular title, my next search is another title.

It is a rarely occasion, I am buying the same title to upgrade unless it is in one big lot.

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Mark Mander
Phenomenal Film Handler

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From: Dunstable ,Bedfordshire.
Registered: Jan 2005

posted March 15, 2018 03:54 AM

Too many to list really but when the opportunity came up for a better print I took it,some of the titles were,

Enter the Dragon 4x400
Where Eagles Dare 3x400
Grease 3x400
Superman 3x400
Most of the Elvis features
Jaws 2x400 (that took a while to find an unfaded one)
Great Escape 2x400
Magnificent 7 2x400

Loads more but these are common films that fade,Mark

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Panayotis A. Carayannis
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: Athens,Greece
Registered: Jul 2008

posted March 15, 2018 04:34 AM

Like Winbert,I am a completist.Very rarely,or ever, have I bought a second print of a feature.However,I have done it for shorts,not for upgrading but rather for more complete copies.And this goes mainly for short comedies,replacing the one reel condensation for the complete two reeler or,a b/w and/or,silent copy of a cartoon for the color sound one.Of course,all this changes when,very rarely,I have made bulk purchases.

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Brian Fretwell
Phenomenal Film Handler

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From: London, UK
Registered: Jun 2014

posted March 15, 2018 04:57 AM

Only one "The Sting" Part 2 and that was because I couldn't be bothered to edit a soundtrack in English to replace the Spanish one on the first one I bought.

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Joe Caruso
Film God

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From: USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted March 15, 2018 06:42 AM

Same here, for shorts, I've had to replace L&H and various Blackhawk due to print (and box), but that's me of course - Shorty - same goes with certain Columbia, Castle, T-Bird and other outfits

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Osi Osgood
Film God

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From: Mountian Home, ID.
Registered: Jul 2005

posted March 15, 2018 11:24 AM

I will, when possible, replace an old faded optical sound feature with a good one when I can.

My print of "Island of Dr. Moreau" is actually pieces together from the U.S. and the U.K. optical prints, as the U.K. version did have a little extra footage. I'd be more thqn happy with it, (as it's about a 8 or 9 out of 10 color wise), ut it does have this hairline green scratch that runs through the whole film from one of the prints.

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Oliver F. R. Feld
Master Film Handler

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From: Berlin, Germany
Registered: Jan 2010

posted March 15, 2018 01:11 PM

THE FOG Full feature
from hardly scratched to mint

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Oliver F. R. Feld
Master Film Handler

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From: Berlin, Germany
Registered: Jan 2010

posted March 15, 2018 02:24 PM

ROMANCING THE STONE
from dark print to glorious print

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