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Posted by Osi Osgood (Member # 424) on March 29, 2008, 10:30 PM:
I just recieved a print of "Check and Double Check" (Amos and Andy, 1930), Metro films 4X400 (just ten dollars, not bad), and the film was shipped in a box, and the film was contained in a thing called a ...
Filmador
In fact, the whole title of the thing is ..
Filmador (patent pending) Hugo Meyer and Co. N.Y. By the Bell and Howell Company (Chicago) Sole Distributors.
That's the whole title on this can.
It's quite nicely ordained on the top with a number of designs, as well as a "flower pattern", which seems to be designed to make holding onto the can easier, (that's just a guess).
You guys ever ran into one of these?
Posted by Jim Carlile (Member # 812) on March 30, 2008, 02:22 AM:
Just reading about that the other day.
Like right now, there was a big movement in the 30's to get away from straight metal cans. Is this Filmador made of a kind of plastic or composite? The idea was to allow the film to breathe and not be sealed so much (get it, like thermidor...)
Posted by Osi Osgood (Member # 424) on March 30, 2008, 01:25 PM:
Jim ...
This must date from a good deal earlier then, as it is metal, AS WELL AS it states, "patent Pending" which means it was put into production and distributed before they actually had a patent on it, so I don't know how old it is, but I would bet that it is from the silent era.
The thing is, it holds up to 6 standard 8mm 400ft reels, but this may have been made for 16MM or even 35MM. I really don't know. The case is just under 600ft super 8 reels in diameter.
It is in incredible shape. The designs on the top look very vicroian in nature, (there was that whole look or style to victorian things, with a lot of flourishes to design). I bet it would polish up real nice. It's not dented or anything.
Quite a novelty.
Boy, just when you think you've pretty much seen what is out there, you find something else!
Posted by Bill Brandenstein (Member # 892) on April 06, 2008, 03:12 PM:
What's the possibility of posting some photos?
(TIA)
Posted by Osi Osgood (Member # 424) on April 06, 2008, 04:50 PM:
If I could find that darned cable for my digital camera, I might be able to do it.
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