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Joseph Randall
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posted January 16, 2016 08:05 PM

This one is easy:

Castle:
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I'M NO ANGEL (200 feet)

Universal 8:
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I'M NO ANGEL (400 feet)

Columbia:
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THE HEAT'S ON (400 feet)

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Panayotis A. Carayannis
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posted January 17, 2016 04:06 AM

Also,trailer for "My Little Chickadee"

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Carter Bradley
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posted January 17, 2016 02:57 PM

The Castle 200' "I'm No Angel" and the Universal 8 400' "I'm No Angel" contain completely different scenes, so one could create an approximately 520' version!

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Joseph Randall
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posted January 17, 2016 08:10 PM

That's exactly what I did.

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Joseph Randall
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posted January 19, 2016 04:56 PM

I wonder why Castle/U8 didn't release more Mae West films, particularly SHE DONE HIM WRONG, generally regarded as her best film. MY LITTLE CHICKADEE, although disappointing, could have yielded an extract showing Mae and W.C. Fields' best scenes from that movie.

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Adrian Winchester
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posted January 19, 2016 08:28 PM

I have what I expect is a fairly rare trailer for SEXTETTE, although the sound isn't very good on mine.

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Gary Crawford
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posted January 20, 2016 08:17 AM

I corresponded briefly with the folks at Castle back in the early 70's. They said their biggest problem with certain films was that they were committed not just to sound versions, but to silent versions as well. Consequently, Mae West films really would have suffered in silent form...and so the only reel they did of her was the more actionful segment from I'm No Angel. And I guess by the time U-8 got going, they didn't have time to delve further into the Mae West library before the video industry wiped out the film business for them.

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Joseph Randall
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posted January 20, 2016 08:36 PM

Gary,

I've always suspected that the Castle extracts were influenced by how well they would play as silents -- this hurt the Abbott and Costello ones in particular. I guess a subtitled "Why don't you come up and see me sometime" would lose impact without Mae's inimitable voice.

For their 400 footers, I don't believe U8 issued them as silents. Your theory on them not getting around to more Mae in time is probably what happened. Also, for the older films, they tended to focus on longer versions of those already released by Castle.

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