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peter booth
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posted July 05, 2008 02:40 PM

I recently bought from Derann a 600ft abridged version of Genevieve,the original box has the heading,The Silver Screen Collection.Does anyone know of any other titles in this series?regards,Peter.

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Mark Todd
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posted July 05, 2008 03:05 PM

They did a few nice 600 digests
Q the winged serpent
Capricorn 1 very good.
Wicked lady 40`s James Mason
The Fog
A George Formby one I forget the title. Possibly the M,Bike one???
Never Ending Story
Hawk the Slayer !!!!!!
Happiest days of your life
Odd Man Out
Who Dares Wins
Magnificent 7( still available and some of the others may be too)
Great Escape, but I think the neg packed up??

and a few odd others I think, all are about on LPP and very nice though capricorn one can vary quite a bit print to print, but can`t they all.
Best Mark.
PS it is a cracker that one you have Peter.

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Kevin Faulkner
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posted July 05, 2008 05:49 PM

My Genevieve says "Big Screen Entertainment" as does a few others I have although most are features except for Genevieve which I have the feature and the 600ft digest which BTW is up for grabs if anyone wants a mint copy.

Kev.

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Osi Osgood
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posted July 05, 2008 07:25 PM

ove to find "Q : The Winged Serpent", that was a very good digest of that movie!

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peter booth
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posted July 06, 2008 05:55 AM

thanks for the information folks,some good titles,I recently sold my Odd Man Out digest but it was a PM Films release,did Derann take over the rights from PM?
Peter.

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Graham Sinden
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posted July 06, 2008 12:18 PM

I have a copy of 600ft Raise The Titanic. This also has the silver screen collection logo on the top.

Graham S

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Mark Todd
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posted July 06, 2008 05:12 PM

Hi Peter yes they did take over a few, at least Odd Man Out and The Wicked Lady and a few others, and did a nice job of them as well.
I always dream if only the digest`s from major studios were all 600 feet and LPP kodak poly had come out in say 75, well it would be super douper.
Best Mark.

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peter booth
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posted July 07, 2008 05:38 AM

Hi Graham,is the film scope or full screen?regards,Peter.

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Graham Sinden
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posted July 07, 2008 07:07 AM

Its full screen

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John Davis
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posted July 07, 2008 02:22 PM

Hi Graham, just a little footnote about 'Raise the Titanic', I'm sure there is a famous quote from a beleaguered Lew Grade, exasperated by budget over-runs, where he said "Raise the Titanic? It would have been cheaper to lower the Altantic!"
My recollection of the reviews of the 600ft digest is that it's quite an entertaining film at this length, whereas the full version was far too long

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Graham Sinden
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posted July 07, 2008 03:57 PM

Thanks for that quote john [Big Grin]

.I'm not sure if the 600ft cutdown was availabe also in scope. 'Raise the titanic' its a film you either love or hate.

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Keith Ashfield
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posted July 07, 2008 04:28 PM

Raise the Titanic was available in Scope in the Silver Screen Collection. It was released as a 2 x 400ft originally but fits onto a 600ft reel comfortably. It is an excellent cutdown from the film.

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Adrian Winchester
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posted July 08, 2008 08:47 PM

I think it would be true to say that 'The Silver Screen Collection' was essentially a way of marketing the new series of features and 600' cutdowns (other than 'Raise the Titanic' being 2 x 400') that represented the (mostly) relatively modern titles that Derann chose to launch the Super 8 revival. I'm sure that some of the titles mentioned were not really part of this collection (e.g. 'The Wicked Lady' was a re-release of a PM Films release, and I have a Derann print in it's original box, but it's not a SSC box) but may occasionally have appeared to be, perhapsdue to Derann utilising pre-printed 'Silver Screen Collection' box lables that had been produced in large numbers. 'Q - The Winged Serpent' was another release that was not in the SSC (I've just checked the box).

[ July 09, 2008, 03:21 AM: Message edited by: Adrian Winchester ]

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