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Mike Peckham
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- posted February 10, 2004 02:07 PM      Profile for Mike Peckham   Email Mike Peckham   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
I have almost completed my collection of MGM digests, still a few to go but I am now looking for the next series that needs my attention [Cool] .

I noticed on the spine of the 20th Century Fox 400fter of the Rocky Horror Picture Show that it is No F62. This must mean that there are at least another 51 to collect [Smile] .

So, I now want to start putting together a list of titles and numbers of the 400fters released by 20th CF. My question therefore is have any of you guys out there got a catalogue, or even some of the 20th Century Fox 400fters in your collection from which you can tell me the title and the number, [numbers are important to me [Roll Eyes] ]?

Then perhaps I could start my search at the May BFCC [Smile]

Mike

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Paul Adsett
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- posted February 10, 2004 03:08 PM      Profile for Paul Adsett     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Hi Mike,
Here are the Fox 400 footers that I have:

F14 The Sound of Music
F26 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
F44 Carousel
F41 The King and I
F46 The Seven Year Itch
F3 The Robe

Good luck in your search, but be forwarned that many of these titles have faded, so examine any prints closely before laying out any cash.

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Mike Newell
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- posted February 10, 2004 03:36 PM      Profile for Mike Newell   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Hi Mike

Heres four more for you [Roll Eyes]

F20 The Desert Fox
F21 Jessie James
F32 The French Connection II
F43 Bandolero

If I can find a catalogue I will give you list

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Mike Peckham
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- posted February 10, 2004 04:01 PM      Profile for Mike Peckham   Email Mike Peckham   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Hey, this is a great start. Thanks Chaps [Wink] .

I shall keep an eye out for fade etc. I've been lucky with the MGM 400fters, they seem to have survived well for the most part. Have the 20th Century Fox digests not stood the test of time so well [Confused]

The three that I have already, Damnation Alley, Alien and Rocky Horror have the de-luxe plastic cases, does anyone know if they were all sold with these or was it just the latter ones?

Thanks for your help, keep the titles coming and I'll get on to compiling the list.

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Tony Milman
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- posted February 10, 2004 04:42 PM      Profile for Tony Milman   Author's Homepage   Email Tony Milman   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Just send Mike the boxes-forget the film.... [Wink]
....or send him an email with a picture of the box....... [Eek!]

Care in the community is a wonderful thing
[Big Grin]
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Douglas Meltzer
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- posted February 10, 2004 05:14 PM      Profile for Douglas Meltzer   Email Douglas Meltzer   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Mike,
Here's a list from a 1977 Ken Films catalog:

F1-St. Valentine's Day Massacre
F2-Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid
F4-The Three Musketeers
F5-The Longst Day
F6-The Boston Strangler
F7-100 Rifles
F8-The Day The Earth Stood Still
F9-Curse Of The Fly
F10-The French Connection
F11-M.A.S.H.
F12-Patton
F12A-Patton's Speech (the opening sequence)
F13-Viva Zapata
F14-Sound Of Music
F15-The Young Lions
F16-Buffalo Bill
F17-Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines
F18-The Poseidon Adventure
F19-Tora! Tora! Tora!
F20-The Desert Fox
F21-Jesse James
F22-The Detective
F23-The Tall Men
F24-One Million Years B.C.
F25-The Bible
F26-Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
F28-Titanic
F31-Sodom And Gomorrah
The catalog ends there. Here's a few others:
F32-French Connection 2
F48-Star Wars
F60-Alien
F63-Empire Strikes Back pt.1
F65-Empire Strikes Back pt.2

Doug

Phew! You owe me a pint!

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Kevin Faulkner
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- posted February 10, 2004 06:28 PM      Profile for Kevin Faulkner         Edit/Delete Post 
Doug, I havent forgotten about that scan for you. Kev.

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John Clancy
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- posted February 11, 2004 06:55 AM      Profile for John Clancy   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Come on Doug, pull yer finger out!!! There's got to be more than that!

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Douglas Meltzer
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Okay...now that I've pulled my finger out.....

F1-St. Valentine's Day Massacre
F2-Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid
F3-The Robe
F4-The Three Musketeers
F5-The Longest Day
F6-The Boston Strangler
F7-100 Rifles
F8-The Day The Earth Stood Still
F9-Curse Of The Fly
F10-The French Connection
F11-M.A.S.H.
F12-Patton
F12A-Patton's Speech (the opening sequence)
F13-Viva Zapata
F14-Sound Of Music
F15-The Young Lions
F16-Buffalo Bill
F17-Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines
F18-The Poseidon Adventure
F19-Tora! Tora! Tora!
F20-The Desert Fox
F21-Jesse James
F22-The Detective
F23-The Tall Men
F24-One Million Years B.C.
F25-The Bible
F26-Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
F27-The Sand Pebbles
F28-Titanic
F29-There's No Business Like Show Business
F30-The Blue Max
F31-Sodom and Gomorah
F32-French Connection II
F33-Sky Riders
F34-My Darling Clementine
F35-Von Ryan's Express
F36-Desiree
F37-Flight of the Phoenix
F38-
F39-Our Man Flint
F40-Emperor of the North
F41-The King & I
F42-A Farewell To Arms
F43-Bandolero
F44-Carousel
F45-Love Is A Many Splendored Thing
F46-The Seven Year Itch
F47-Can Can
F48-Star Wars
F60-Alien
F62-Rocky Horror Picture Show
F63-Empire Strikes Back pt.1
F65-Empire Strikes Back pt.2

Some more titles, but I don’t know the numbers:
The Omen
Damien Omen 2
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
The Turning Point
Damnation Alley
The Seven Ups
Dirty Mary Crazy Larry
Sherlock Holmes Smarter Brother
Butch and Sundance - The Early Days
Towering Inferno-Parts1,2,3
The Rose!
Star Wars-Part 2

Doug

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Mike Peckham
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Wow Doug!That's brilliant, thankyou!! [Smile] . I'll save that list along with the MGM Digests and optical list that we all put together. Collecting always seems more interesting to me when there is a complete series to go for. I think with 20th CF I might have bitten off enough to chew on for some time though [Eek!] .

As Tony says, I am a bit of a boxes man and when I'm collecting a series the first priority is to get all the titles, then I start looking for better copies. Probably not a very economic way to go about it but it works for me [Roll Eyes] .

Thanks again Chaps

Mike

ps. Doug, are you still planning to come to BFCC??

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Andreas Eggeling
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Hi here are missing numbers,

F1-St. Valentine's Day Massacre
F2-Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid
F3-The Robe
F4-The Three Musketeers
F5-The Longest Day
F6-The Boston Strangler
F7-100 Rifles
F8-The Day The Earth Stood Still
F9-Curse Of The Fly
F10-The French Connection
F11-M.A.S.H.
F12-Patton
F12A-Patton's Speech (the opening sequence)
F13-Viva Zapata
F14-Sound Of Music
F15-The Young Lions
F16-Buffalo Bill
F17-Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines
F18-The Poseidon Adventure
F19-Tora! Tora! Tora!
F20-The Desert Fox
F21-Jesse James
F22-The Detective
F23-The Tall Men
F24-One Million Years B.C.
F25-The Bible
F26-Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
F27-The Sand Pebbles
F28-Titanic
F29-There's No Business Like Show Business
F30-The Blue Max
F31-Sodom and Gomorah
F32-French Connection II
F33-Sky Riders
F34-My Darling Clementine
F35-Von Ryan's Express
F36-Desiree
F37-Flight of the Phoenix
F38-
F39-Our Man Flint
F40-Emperor of the North
F41-The King & I
F42-A Farewell To Arms
F43-Bandolero
F44-Carousel
F45-Love Is A Many Splendored Thing
F46-The Seven Year Itch
F47-Can Can
F48-Star Wars
F60-Alien
F62-Rocky Horror Picture Show
F63-Empire Strikes Back pt.1
F65-Empire Strikes Back pt.2

Some more titles, but I don’t know the numbers:
F49 The Omen
F50 Damien Omen 2
F52 Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
F53 The Turning Point
Damnation Alley
F55 The Seven Ups
F56 Dirty Mary Crazy Larry
F57 Sherlock Holmes Smarter Brother
Butch and Sundance - The Early Days
Towering Inferno-Parts1,2,3
The Rose!
F64 Star Wars-Part 2

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Douglas Meltzer
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Mike,

So..........who's going to pick me up at Heathrow? [Big Grin]

Doug

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Mike Peckham
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Doug

Out of the four of us from the Lightwater mini cine fest, I'm sure at least one will be available, we might even organise a welcoming comittee [Wink]

Mike

ps. thanks Andreas for the extra numbers, I can see I will have my work cut out, probably enough there now to keep me collecting into my retirement.

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Andreas Eggeling
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Hi international 8mm-collectors,

I have just finished a web page about 20th CentFox selected scene editions.

What about the 20CF from marketing-film, were they also distributed bei marketing-film international?

Would be pleased if I get more informations.

Thanks
Andreas

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John Clancy
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I think there's enough information here for a decent article for Film For The Collector. Look forward to seeing it Mike.

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Mike Peckham
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John, I have just got one together about MGM digests. I need to speak to Duncan though about software and such so that I can illustrate it. Need to know what they use for FFTC.

I would happily do one on 20th CF but have only just dipped my toe in to them [so to speak] so might leave it until I have a bit more knowledge about them, any other takers? Doug?

I'm planning to get an article together about the Sankyo range of projectors next [Cool] .

Mike

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Paul Adsett
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Wow Andreas! What a great web page! Makes me want to start collecting digests again!

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Mike Peckham
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- posted February 16, 2004 12:56 PM      Profile for Mike Peckham   Email Mike Peckham   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Andreas

I just had a look at your web page, it really is fantastic. Have you thought about doing an article for the film for the colletor mag? I think you should it looks like you would have the ideal material there. [Wink]

The great thing about getting this sort of information into a magazine is that it will be available to us and those who follow is in the future, unfortunately the electronic world is a little more fickle and the info we store on the web is all to fragile [Frown] .

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Tom Photiou
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Andreaa ive just looked at your web page and think it is excellent. You appear to have a number of titles that we certainly didnt have, young Frankenstein and Mackenas gold to name two. and the packaging looks superior to ours by far. Well done, i want one of every film please [Wink]

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Andreas Eggeling
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Thank you Paul, Mike and Tom.
I think there is a little missunderstanding.
Only the first page with the fox titles is constructed by me, the link to "more pictures" is to a website from Robert Weidemann in Berlin.
I have also more self constructed pages, but these are not ready to present. I exchange information about 8mm films with Robert Weidemann. I will give him this positive feedback.

Mike, yes it would be possible to write an article. Have about 1000 digest films and have experience in writing articles for german collector mags, but I don´t know whether my english is good enough for a english mag? (although great-grandmother was Englishwoman [Roll Eyes] ) Sometimes I have the problem to find the right words and I need a little bit more time to understand
messages in this forum. So I can try to write articles but, perhaps, they have to be grammatically corrected.

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James N. Savage 3
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Thanks for your nice site and those great links as well, Andreas. Lots of great pictures too! Some of those digests I never even knew about.

I would have given my right arm for a 3 x 400 version of "Squirm" had I known about it way back then [Big Grin]

Good information. Thanks.

Nick.

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Douglas Meltzer
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And a "War of the Gargantuas" 2-parter! Wow!

Doug

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