8mm Forum: Was 'Dinner For One' ever released on Super 8

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Posted by Stuart Reid (Member # 1460) on May 03, 2016, 05:45 AM:

Probably a question for our German colleagues, as i'm talking about the old British short comedy that is shown every New Years' Eve on German television. It is a very funny film about a wealthy old woman and her decaying butler played by the mighty Freddie Frinton, who becomes exceptionally inebriated during the course of serving dinner to milady and her imaginary friends. As it's so popular over there I wondered if any 8mm prints were struck, or how viable it would be to track down a 16mm print?

Incidentally, here's a YouTube link to the film - enjoy! Dinner For One

Posted by Brian Fretwell (Member # 4302) on May 03, 2016, 06:34 AM:

I would doubt it as IMDB shows it being made on videotape though it us often unreliable. Also I think the You Tube picture looks like VT to me.

Posted by Stuart Reid (Member # 1460) on May 03, 2016, 06:41 AM:

Yes I thought as much, but I suppose it's possible that a telerecording/Kinescope was made for overseas sales? I recall the (fairly awful) "Disco Beaver From Outer Space" 2 x 400ft Marketing Films release was a Kinescope.

Posted by Will Trenfield (Member # 5321) on May 03, 2016, 05:10 PM:

Ironically, Freddie Frinton never drank alcohol apparently!

Posted by Stuart Reid (Member # 1460) on May 04, 2016, 01:45 AM:

In a similar vein Richard E. Grant is a teetotaller - you'd never believe it watching Withnail & I. Not a drop of alcohol touched his lips during the making of that wonderful comedy; as for lighter fluid though... [Big Grin]

Posted by Maurice Leakey (Member # 916) on May 04, 2016, 05:07 AM:

Amazon UK has a region 2 DVD of this film for £20.14 including free delivery in the UK.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dinner-One-90-Geburtstag-oder/dp/B000K2VKD4

Posted by Stuart Reid (Member # 1460) on May 04, 2016, 07:50 AM:

Duly purchased, well spotted Maurice!

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