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Austin Holcomb
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: New Bloomington, OH, USA
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posted August 31, 2012 11:17 PM

I received a red fox print of fall of the house of usher with Martian Landau Everything looks good except for what reel one of the feature is mounted on. If it ever was or wasn't its interesting in itself Its marked all the way around with marker thats been wiped off of rubbed off you can see it in the light it reads :

"THE EXORCIST LONG COLOR GERMAN SAMPLE PRINT"

What is your input on why this is there? Here are some pics:

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Brad Kimball
Phenomenal Film Handler

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From: Highland Mills, NY USA
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posted August 31, 2012 11:29 PM

Looks like someone just used a Sharpie to write on the reel and then tried to remove it later when they used the reel for a different title. The writing is obviously hand-written and not pre-printed or embossed so I don't think its origin is from a studio or film vendor.

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Akshay Nanjangud
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From: Dallas, TX
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posted August 31, 2012 11:36 PM

You wish for The Exorcist has yielded partial results. Congrats! [Big Grin]

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Austin Holcomb
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From: New Bloomington, OH, USA
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posted August 31, 2012 11:38 PM

What would have been the purpose of writing it on there could the German print of the exorcist digest have been on there at some point? And did Red Fox use PLIO-MAGIC reels for their features?

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Janice Glesser
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From: Sunnyvale, CA USA
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posted September 01, 2012 02:56 AM

Austin...Don't assume the prints you buy come on their original reels. As Brad said...the reel may have been for the Exorcist at one time, but the writing on the reel was erased after it was transferred to another reel. I have several reels marked with a Sharpie. The previous owner didn't want to get the reels mixed up when out of the boxes and also to identify numbered reel sets.

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Paul Adsett
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posted September 01, 2012 08:48 AM

I think marking reels is a big mistake. I used to mark my reels, but inevitably the wrong films will eventually end up being wound up on the wrong reels. And it is a pain trying to keep films and reels together. So I no longer do it.

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Austin Holcomb
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posted September 01, 2012 10:18 AM

When I pick it up its still film to think what could have been on that reel at One time [Smile]

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Brad Kimball
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From: Highland Mills, NY USA
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posted September 01, 2012 07:17 PM

Sounds similar to "Where's George?" with the US One Dollar bills. There's a web site where you can catalog a bill's whereabouts by entering the serial #s for the bills in your wallet or purse. Imagine if there were individual serial #s for every film reel out there and a site was developed where collectors cound input where on the globe a reel has landed and with what title?

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Austin Holcomb
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posted September 01, 2012 07:20 PM

Lets start that [Smile]

Austin

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