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Brad Kimball
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posted January 04, 2017 08:56 AM

I thought these were only issues as Sound editions? I'm seeing silent editions pop up on Ebay from time to time.

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Paul Suchy
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posted January 05, 2017 09:04 AM

Many of the Castle monster movies were issued in silent 16mm versions; they were sold along with the Standard 8mm and Super 8 titles in Famous Monsters magazines. The ads were unspecific, but the prices gave away the fact that they were not sound editions.

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Brad Kimball
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posted January 05, 2017 09:22 AM

Yet in the Castle catalogs from the 70s, there was never a category or price listed for Silent 16mm editions.

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Paul Suchy
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posted January 05, 2017 10:03 AM

Brad, do you think there might have been some sort of deal with the company that advertised in the monster magazines? I remember they weren't Castle Films ads, and the company offered for purchase a cheap 8mm projector also. I wish I had one of my old monster mags right now.

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Brad Kimball
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posted January 06, 2017 05:30 PM

I have an assortment of fan mags like FM from the 70s and I've only seen 8mm and Super 8 films advertised including Castle titles. Never saw 16mm in any of them.

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