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Barry Attwood
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From: Enfield, U.K.
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posted February 21, 2014 04:45 AM

I've just had in a super 8 B/W Silent reel entitled "What Indians", it's brand new and sealed in a generic Mountain Films box (the one with covers of some of their releases (Genghis Khan, The Flintstones, The Blob), mostly, if not all silent), and I wondered if any forum member had it or new of it (I've a sneaky thought it may be an Abbott & Costello comedy, but not 100% sure), and I'm loathe to break the seal.

Any help appreciated.

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Maurice Leakey
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posted February 21, 2014 05:11 AM

My advice is to open it up and see for yourself unless the picture on the box give an indication.

I have recently bought two Mountain cartoons which they had retitled, but as they had splendid pictures on the covers I was able to see (before I bought) that they were Rudolf Ising cartoons from MGM.

I doubt if you have an Abbott & Costello as most of their films were from Universal which Mountain would not have had access to.

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Barry Attwood
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From: Enfield, U.K.
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posted February 21, 2014 06:16 AM

Maurice,

I'm not sure, as I've seen 200' Paramount Marketing titles in their generic boxes, I think they bought up what they could and pushed it out. I've had a few prints of the Doug McClure 200' "The Pirate's Haven" which was a Castle/U8 print in Mountain boxes, so who knows.

If I don't get the help from the forum, then I'll probably sell it as a surprise lucky dip print, after all it's only a 200' B/W Silent print, I'll never get much money for it!

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Douglas Meltzer
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From: New York, NY, USA
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posted February 21, 2014 07:00 AM

Barry,

While What Indians does sound like an A&C release, it is actually Castle's abridgement of the 1966 western comedy Texas Across the River. Dean Martin and Joey Bishop (as an American Indian!) star.

Doug

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Barry Attwood
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From: Enfield, U.K.
Registered: Aug 2003

posted February 22, 2014 12:58 AM

Dear Doug,

Thanks, I might get an extra Pound or two now I know for sure what it is. I knew there would be someone out there who would know what it was.

Barry.

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