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Topic: classic sci-fi/fantasy films for sale
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Scott G. Bruce
Expert Film Handler
Posts: 229
From: Boulder, Colorado, USA
Registered: May 2005
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posted October 08, 2006 11:38 PM
Hey there. Time to make some room in the old film cabinet. Drop me a line if you're interested in any of these super 8mm titles. All of these films are in very good condition, with known flaws noted below. All prices include media mail in the US (international buyers are welcome, but will have to pay their postage of choice). I accept Paypal and money orders. Looking forward to hearing from you!
SOLD Rocketship (3x400 and 1x200) Feature-length film release of the 1936 sci-fi serial Flash Gorden starring Buster Crabbe. Fabulous, campy 1930s special effects ($40).
SOLD Mars Attacks the World (3x400 and 1x200) Feature-length film release of the 1938 sci-fi serial Flash Gorden's Trip to Mars starring Buster Crabbe. Wonderful, campy 1930s special effects ($40).
SOLD Mighty Joe Young (4x400) Striking! Startling! Staggering! Special effects extravaganza from 1949 featuring the virtuosity of Ray Harryhausen. Many stunning stop-motion animation sequences ($75)
SOLD The Haunted Strangler (4x400) A Boris Karloff thriller from 1958 about a madman on the loose. Some reparable sproket damage at the start of the first reel, otherwise fine ($25).
I'll happily discount the entire lot to $150 (including domestic postage) to anyone who can give them all a good home.
SGB
[ October 09, 2006, 09:09 AM: Message edited by: Scott G. Bruce ]
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Dan Lail
Film God
Posts: 2110
From: Loganville, Georgia, USA
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted June 19, 2007 01:53 AM
Just wanted to update my post on this purchase. When I originally posted how nice the prints were, I had only watched Reel #1 of Mighty Joe Young and Reel #1 of The Haunted Strangler. Believe or not, I had not watched Mighty Joe Young in total until this evening. Reel #1 was gorgeous, but Reels #2, #3, and #4 looked as though they had been printed from bad Dupes, and the sound was muted. Reel #3 had such bad sound that it went up and down in volume. To top this off, Mighty Joe Young is incomplete, missing the last Reel - Reel #5.
The Haunted Strangler was a nice print except the ending lab leader had three metal staples in a row across the film from a common office stapler. Luckily I had cleaned this film first, and found the staples before running it through my GS-1200. ![[Eek!]](eek.gif)
Needless to say, I was disappointed that Mighty Joe Young was incomplete, and the sound and picture qualities were not stated in your ad.
I find the three staples(would have surely ruined my sound head, had I not cleaned the film first) at the end of The Haunted Strangler very disturbing. ![[Frown]](frown.gif)
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Osi Osgood
Film God
Posts: 10204
From: Mountian Home, ID.
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted June 19, 2007 10:38 AM
Dan, Just curious ....
What would cause anybody to put staples at the end of a reel? Could it be a person who was just adding leader and had not grasped the concept of, (at the least) Scotch Tape?
That is very scary. I would hate to have my sound heads potentially damaged horribly. Not only that, but it could leave heavy scratches in the sound head, which would scratch other further films.
Thanks for your last post, because it made me think how many times I don't necessarily check or clean a print first, and there could be damaging things like that on the film.
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