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Topic: Atlas Films
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Brian Hendel
Jedi Master Film Handler
Posts: 902
From: New York, New York
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted November 22, 2008 06:08 PM
I'm very nostalgic for Atlas films... the camera/electronics shop in New York City's Penn Station always had many of them for sale (store is still there, films are not, of course). I don't know how they got away with it - but they used to steal other people's digests (ie. Columbia's Sinbad films), change the name, and released them in their own boxes! They also released, New York souvenir films, really cool FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE WOLFMAN reels that had different scenes than the Castle release, and excerpts from George Zucco's DEAD MEN WALK, with various titles. There were also various cartoons (Popeye) and Laurel and Hardy shorts. I would love to see a list of all their releases if anyone has one...
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Panayotis A. Carayannis
Jedi Master Film Handler
Posts: 969
From: Athens,Greece
Registered: Jul 2008
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posted November 24, 2008 04:39 PM
Osi I also thought that Atlas released only short silent one reelers but then,their generic box, pictures, among the usual Laurel and Hardies,Chaplins,Popeyes and Felixes some very Hanna-Barbera looking cats,so they must have been in business at least until the mid-sixties.Anyway,one of my prized possessions is an Atlas print,in its original box,of CHARLEY ON THE FARM ,a 1919 Chaplin cartoon by Pat Sullivan.So one of the reasons I want to see an Atlas catalog,is to see if there are any more Chaplin cartoons hidden among their Chaplin one reelers !
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