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Janice Glesser
Film Goddess

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From: Sunnyvale, CA USA
Registered: Sep 2011

posted October 19, 2013 03:10 PM

This might be more of a rhetorical question...but I just bought a 16mm feature of The Fugitive which only has reels 2 & 3. I also have a great copy of Curley Sue ...but just reels 1 & 2. Where or how do you suppose these missing reels got separated from the rest? [Confused]

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Steve Klare
Film Guy

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From: Long Island, NY, USA
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posted October 19, 2013 03:13 PM

I think they go wherever that missing half of a pair of socks winds up!

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Janice Glesser
Film Goddess

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From: Sunnyvale, CA USA
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posted October 19, 2013 03:20 PM

Good answer Steve.

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Maurice Leakey
Film God

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From: Bristol. United Kingdom
Registered: Oct 2007

posted October 19, 2013 03:29 PM

Some years ago I was going to buy Peter Sellers' "The Mouse That Roared" on 16mm. I then received a phone call from the dealer to say that he could only find part 1, did I want it? I said half a film was no good.

Many months later the phone rings again. Hi, I've now found part 2, do you still want the film?

Of course I did. The film is still on my shelves; but I never learnt where part 2 had been hiding!

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Guy Taylor, Jr.
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: Galveston, Texas, U.S.A.
Registered: Mar 2007

posted October 20, 2013 02:17 PM

The same question as to how a feature may have one reel that is low fade and another reel Eastman red. I think the rental companies got them mixed up,

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