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Daniel Aveline
Expert Film Handler

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From: Paris, France
Registered: Aug 2009

posted December 26, 2009 02:25 PM

Hello Everyone,
did jef films publish catalogues of their releases?

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Brad Kimball
Phenomenal Film Handler

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From: Highland Mills, NY USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted December 26, 2009 08:35 PM

Yes. Nothing fancy. It was done on simple colored copy paper with no pictures - just titles listed by genre. I remember he offered a number of the Universal Monster Classics in full-length S8S as well as several Stooges titles not available from Columbia ("Boobs In Arms" is one that I actually own and the quality isn't bad at all). I have no clue how he got the rights (which he did legally acquire) to many of the features especially when the original studios adopted a NO FEATURES - DIGEST ONLY policy. His film business went defunct as did many when the Hunt brothers cornered the silver market back around 1979. I never met or spoke with him, but others who had that I knew, vouched for his credibility and good business ethics.

[ December 27, 2009, 08:14 PM: Message edited by: Brad Kimball ]

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Joe Caruso
Film God

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From: USA
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posted December 27, 2009 08:34 AM

I echo this. His prints were of fine quality and always a nice listing with rare titles - It would be great to locate him for an invite to John Black's next film show

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James N. Savage 3
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From: Washington, DC
Registered: Jul 2003

posted December 29, 2009 01:13 PM

JEF Films was a great little company, with exceptional quality prints. If the original material was good quality, that's what you got on the super 8 print.

He was still releasing prints well into the 80's, as I didn't event learn about him until around '85. I still have a few of his trailers, and they look fantastic.

James.

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Adrian Winchester
Film God

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From: Croydon, London, UK
Registered: Aug 2004

posted December 29, 2009 08:23 PM

I've only owned some of the 1980s trailers, imported by UK dealers, but I'd agree that the quality was excellent. They also helped ensure that some attractive material appeared on 8 before the big revival, when little else of interest was being released.

If anyone does manage to contact him, I'd suggest asking him if the following is correct: a few years ago, Phil Sheard of CHC said that he visited Jef and saw some sort of warehouse with piles of unsold 1980s prints of Jef releases. At the time he talked about acquiring them for sale but nothing ever happened. If these prints exist, it would be great if something could be done to get them onto the market!

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Daniel Aveline
Expert Film Handler

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From: Paris, France
Registered: Aug 2009

posted December 30, 2009 01:11 PM

Well Adrian, that sounds great but do you know if these were features or shorts?
kind regards . Daniel

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James N. Savage 3
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From: Washington, DC
Registered: Jul 2003

posted December 30, 2009 02:05 PM

Yes Adrian, I remember that event a few years back. It was pretty exciting.

The last thing I remember reading about that was (I think) that Phil couldn't get enough collectors to confirm what they wanted to see on super 8, or something like that, so the deal didn't go through.

Please correct me if I'm wrong about this. Its been at least a few years since I read about this deal, so I may have gotten some of my facts mixed up.

James.

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