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Winbert Hutahaean
Film God

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From: Nouméa, New Caledonia
Registered: Jun 2003

posted September 29, 2008 12:20 AM

Hi all

I have just won an auction of this below book:

The preview says:

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Excellent book on collecting films. Hardback with dustjacket. 219 pages with black and white photographs.

"An indispensable companion for all keen film collectors, this film traces the story of movies in the home. It surveys in detail all the popular amateur film gauges from Super 8, the latest and now the most popular, to the pioneer 28mm format of 1912. Old film prints that are sought by enthusiasts and new package movies that are being purchased by growing numbers of collectors are all discussed......

Completing the story of the collectors' gauges, there are chapters on some well known and some less familiar stars and their movies that can be added to the film buff's private archive..."

Have you ever read this? what do you think?

cheers,

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Winbert

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Claus Harding
Phenomenal Film Handler

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From: Washington DC
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posted September 29, 2008 12:33 AM

Winbert,

I have it; I think it is a lovely book. It describes everything the seller says, and makes for an informative and enjoyable read. It's both collecting history and film history.
I think you will enjoy it.

Claus.

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Paul Adsett
Film God

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posted September 29, 2008 06:21 AM

I also have this book and feel the same way that Claus does. A must have book for any film collector.
Gerald McKee also wrote a superb sequal book The Home Cinema which describes in detail all the home movie projectors from 1920 to about 1950.

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Joe Caruso
Film God

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posted September 29, 2008 11:33 AM

Need a copy, if anyone wants to sell or trade, esle I'll keep hounding at EBAY and other out-of-print bookshops

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Claus Harding
Phenomenal Film Handler

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From: Washington DC
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posted September 29, 2008 11:55 AM

Joe,

If this page is up to date, Barnes and Noble seems to have it available:

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Film-Collecting/Gerald-McKee/p/9780498019180

Claus.

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Joe Caruso
Film God

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posted September 29, 2008 02:46 PM

Ah Claus! I thank you

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David Kilderry
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Registered: Feb 2006

posted September 30, 2008 06:28 AM

Great read, I recommend it. In fact if a book has reels of film on the cover, I'm going to buy it regardless.

David

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Maurice Leakey
Film God

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From: Bristol. United Kingdom
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posted September 30, 2008 03:07 PM

It's a great pity that Gerald died before he could bring out his sequel to THE HOME CINEMA.

This was intended to bring the story into the post-war years. I understand he left a lot of notes and other paperwork, so perhaps someone will be able to collate it all into a future book.

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Maurice

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Panayotis A. Carayannis
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: Athens,Greece
Registered: Jul 2008

posted October 04, 2008 06:13 PM

Gerald McKee's THE HOME CINEMA came out in 1989.In 1993 he published the "official sequel" to FILM COLLECTING, titled A HALF CENTURY OF FILM COLLECTING. This is also worth looking for.

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Panayotis A. Carayannis
Jedi Master Film Handler

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Registered: Jul 2008

posted October 10, 2008 03:18 PM

Great news in the latest issue of FLICKERS! Editor Patrick Moules has the complete manuscript of the second volume of the late Gerald McKee's THE HOME CINEMA and will be preparing it for publication.
Another, earlier,book on the subject of collecting is Kalton C. Lahue's COLLECTING CLASSIC FILMS (1970).Lahue was that wonderful historian who first wrote books ,in the sixties, about silent short comedy (WORLD OF LAUGHTER,) and silent serials (CONTINUED NEXT WEEK) and this book is equally worthy.

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Joe Caruso
Film God

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posted October 10, 2008 05:31 PM

LaHue's "Cops & Custard" is an excellent reference, as for me as a fan of RKO, it has the only mention of his interviewing both Tom Kennedy and Dot Farley - If only I could find him and ask him several hundred questions - Shorty

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