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Posted by Austin Holcomb (Member # 2507) on 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:

Posted by Brad Kimball (Member # 5) on 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.

Posted by Akshay Nanjangud (Member # 2828) on August 31, 2012, 11:36 PM:

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

Posted by Austin Holcomb (Member # 2507) on 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?

Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on 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.

Posted by Paul Adsett (Member # 25) on 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.

Posted by Austin Holcomb (Member # 2507) on 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]

Posted by Brad Kimball (Member # 5) on 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?

Posted by Austin Holcomb (Member # 2507) on September 01, 2012, 07:20 PM:

Lets start that [Smile]

Austin

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