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Topic: What Films did you show last night?
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Mal Brake
Jedi Master Film Handler
Posts: 591
From: Neath, South Wales, UK
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted November 10, 2008 04:24 PM
Made another presentation to a History Society this evening, the show being dedicated to Laurel & Hardy.
I addressed the audience for about 15 minutes giving them a brief outline of L&H's lives,how they got together, Stan's genius the other side of the camera etc.
Then on with the S8mm show. Started with 'Perfect Day', 'Dirty Work' Laurel&Hardy's 'Musical Moments' which had sequences from Swiss Miss Way Out West and The Music Box, finishing the show with 'Towed In A Hole'
The show was very well recieved with laughter again filling the hall. The only downside was the GS let me down yet again just after setting up. I always take the 1200HD as a reserve and it peformed beautifully. Mal [ November 24, 2008, 02:08 PM: Message edited by: Mal Brake ]
-------------------- I'm gonna live forever or die trying
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Osi Osgood
Film God
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From: Mountian Home, ID.
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted November 21, 2008 10:58 PM
Hey Chip!
You got "Lil Abner", did reel two play O.K.? It looked a little hinky. It was interesting to see Buster Keaton later in his career, but not too late. Actually, if you look at the credits, (or on the internet), you'll find quite a number of the silent comedians (desperate for work in the early forties) in that film, like the great Chester Conklin!
As for me, it was the first part of the Scope Feature, BEN HUR!
It reminds me of that great Groucho Marx joke ...
" I was once in a two person stage play of Ben Hur ...
She played Ben ... and I played her! "
(wiggle of eyebrows!)
Which reminds me, I think I'll pull out the Marx Brothers Feature "Night in Casablanca", not absolutely vintage Marx Brothers, but not that bad either!
-------------------- "All these moments will be lost in time, just like ... tears, in the rain. "
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Osi Osgood
Film God
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From: Mountian Home, ID.
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted November 22, 2008 06:53 PM
Mal,
Personally, I liked the edit of it as , as a general rule, they just got rid of the romantic subplot, which I always felt was the only thing that dragged down a Marx Brothers film. I thought the onlt poor part of the film, quite frankly, was the whole ending (except for the last gag), with the airplane. That might work for Abbott and Costello or Marin and Lewis, but it seemed beneath the Marx Brothers.
One piece of VERY RARE super 8 I'd like to find is a print of the 400ft release of "Deputy Seraphim". It was the collected pieces of film that were shot for the proposed last Marx Brothers project, shot in 1959, where the Marx Brothers are angels that go and screw things up on the earth. Unfortunately, Chico was in ill health and couldn't remember his lines for even a few moments. harpo and Groucho, however, were just fine. It should be noted however, that Chico was also medicated for some reason (the reason escapes me) and so he wasn't up to his regular standards.
It was never finished.
I've only seen a few of these bits and pieces, but there was a 400ft release of I believe, all the bits and pieces, and I've only seen one copy on ebay, (it sold for about 70.00 dollars if I remember correctly).
If anybody on the forum has this title, please let me know, as I'd love to track down who released it and if I could have a chance at finding a copy
-------------------- "All these moments will be lost in time, just like ... tears, in the rain. "
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