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Topic: What 9.5mm films have you watched this week?
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Dino Everette
Phenomenal Film Handler
Posts: 1535
From: Long Beach, CA USA
Registered: Dec 2008
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posted May 11, 2016 12:57 AM
Tonight I watched Avions De Proie (aka Wolves of the Air -1927,notched...5x60ft FR, pathe 3025) with a great cast of Johnnie Walker, Lois Boyd, Maurice Costello, and even William Boyd and directed by serial veteran Francis Ford which explained the great aerial action stunts....I used my Bolex DA to fill my 8 foot screen, which is surprisingly bright for a notched projector...I still want to find a better lens..
[ May 11, 2016, 11:14 AM: Message edited by: Dino Everette ]
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Dominique De Bast
Film God
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From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jun 2013
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posted May 18, 2016 05:50 PM
First, a song : The Last Round, then two documentaries : Denizens Of The Wild and The Homes Of Our King. Due to time shortage, I could not prepare (Filmguarding, repsooling) other films for tonight. It happens sometime that the first time I project a film, the preparation takes almost the same time that watching it. In some cases, with very damaged films (you have to fix a lot of perforations), it takes even more time than projecting it (but the second time you Watch it, you're so happy...)
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Dominique De Bast
Film God
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From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jun 2013
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posted June 22, 2016 06:01 PM
Yesterday, silent Pathé Baby cartridges (called "carters" in French, a different translation for the word cartridges than the ones used in cameras, these are aclled "chargeurs", I don't know if in English there is another word than "cartridges"). Among the films, a cartoon (in three 20 mt parts), obviousely American with a mix of designs and film, the story is based on Jack And The Giant Bean. Today, a sound documentary : Les christaux (cristals) with a commentary full of poetry :-)
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Dominique De Bast
Film God
Posts: 4486
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jun 2013
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posted September 25, 2016 06:35 PM
First a cartoon, that is supposed to be from the Steve The Horse serie as Grahame Newnham's site says that Steve's French name was Poulichette. The title is : "A la manière de Bozambo" (Steve is in the jungle and has to escape canibals), but I could not find it in Grahame's list of French sound films and from the summaries of the six épisodes, I could not identify it. I think I saw this cartoon at a Group 9.5 projection. Maybe the French release is an extract ? If anyone has any idea...Second, a film I got for free but that is sadly is very poor condition. It is the first part of a two reelers (second part is, of course missing) and is about the 40 first years of cinema. There is an interview (probably around 1935) of one of the Lumière brothers. The film has some part of the pictures "faded" and the sound (for that reason as it is optical) is not good. I ended with a film I bought yesterday although it was not scheduled. I was buying another title and told the seller that I had been surprised to see on his site the film "Feux de joie" advertised in three reels as it is supposed to be a two reelers (my copy, bought already mounted on a larger spool, is that lenght and the 9.5 catalogue says the same). We checked the spools and leaders and there were numbered 1 to 3. So, for more than 20 years, I had had an incomplete film (but with a understandable story of course). I finally saw was was not on my copy. It is nice to have surprises like that.
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