just received a 1980 Universal8 catalogue from France.
Looking for the digest versions on 16mm of: - Earthquake - Duel - Silent Running - Creature From The Black Lagoon - The Birds - The Invisible Man (1933) - The Raven (1935) - Son of Frankenstein (1939) - This Island Earth (1955) - Phantom of the Opera (1943) - The Mummy (1932) - The Mummy´s Tomb (1942) - The Mummy´s Ghost (1944)
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posted August 17, 2005 09:41 AM
Andreas I'd be wary of buying the colour ones. In answer to a question on the 16mm Forum, I was told that the fading on these is just as bad as on the 8mm prints. Adrian
posted August 18, 2005 02:15 AM
Well I have just had in nine of the Universal 8 16mm 800ft cutdowns and the colour is excellent on all of them, much better thean the super 8 versions.
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posted August 18, 2005 07:17 PM
Paul, That's very interesting. If you were to check and find that any are on low-fade stock, some Universal 8 history will have to be re-written! Adrian
- Silent Running - Creature From The Black Lagoon - The Birds - The Invisible Man (1933) - The Raven (1935) - Son of Frankenstein (1939) - This Island Earth (1955) - Phantom of the Opera (1943) - The Mummy (1932) - The Mummy´s Tomb (1942) - The Mummy´s Ghost (1944)
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posted November 21, 2005 05:54 PM
Andreas, Wow, that 'Duel' print looks amazingly good! Presumably it says Eastman on the edge, and it's not from some freak batch of something else? I've had Eastman becoming in warm in about 20 years, and yet I guess those Univeral prints are likely to be at least 25 years old. Adrian