Maurice Leakey
Film God
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From: Bristol. United Kingdom
Registered: Oct 2007
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posted January 30, 2014 10:02 AM
Just bought a Super 8 sound film titled "Kitchen Mousechief", it just has a silent title, obviously added by Mountain Films. The box has a splendid coloured cover but no mention of Mountain.
Click on the eBay link to see a standard 8 copy for sale.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Standard-8mm-film-Kitchen-Mousechief-Cartoon-200ft-B-W-SOUND-/151161364364?pt=UK_DVD_Film_TV_OtherFormats_GL&hash=item2331eb5f8c
But the end tail gives the game away. The end title is a Pictoreel standard end title, and then further along is its original title "When The Cat's Away". This is a 1935 Happy Harmony cartoon from MGM, and directed by Rudolf Ising.
There is a coloured version available but the colour's not too great as the original was filmed on two-colour Technicolor.
But the question is, why did Mountain re-title this film, and also their other Pictoreels?
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Maurice
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