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Posted by Clinton Hunt (Member # 2072) on November 12, 2016, 04:01 PM:

Hi all,
I've been collecting standard/regular 8mm sound films for about 4 years now and own just one standard 8mm sound projector (Elmo TP-8).This collection is small as you are aware these films aren't plentiful to buy - some are very over-priced but most are reasonable.
I thought I'd share my collection info and see what other forum members are like with their collections,if they actually collect them?

Those last five in the picture I got recently.
Here's my list as of today ....
Chilly willy polar pests b/w sound 200ft
Chilly willy rockabye legend b/w sound 6.5mins 1955
Island of mystery colour sound 200ft
Woody Woodpecker fowled up falcon colour sound 200ft
Woody Woodpecker woodys clip joint b/w sound 6.5mins 1964
Woody Woodpecker termites from mars colour sound 50ft
Woody Woodpecker misguided missile colour sound 50ft
Lighter than air the story of airships b/w sound 10mins 1936
Bucky and pepito skin diving b/w sound 4.5mins 1959
Home movies with added music colour sound 9mins
Frank Vaughan everybody loves my baby b/w (sound erased?) 55ft
Balloon over the alps b/w sound 400ft
Popeye hoppy jolopy,ace of space,sea serpent b/w sound (view silent) 1950/60's 14mins
Various little red school Mouse and naughty but mice b/w sound 1949/1939 13mins
Discontented canary b/w sound6.75mins 1934
Ginger nut it's a lovely day b/w sound 150ft
How to succeed as a gangster b/w sound 9mins 1963
Mr magoo bwana magoo colour sound 6mins 1959
Mr magoo sloppy galopey colour sound 6.5mins 1952
The werewolf b/w sound 200ft 1956
Gerald mcboing boing colour sound 7mins 1950
Bubble and squeak home sweet home b/w sound 7.5mins 1948
Kill or be killed b/w sound 9mins 200ft
Flicker flashbacks Vol 3 b/w sound 9.5 mins
Flicker flashbacks Vol 5 b/w sound (jumpy picture) 200ft
Flicker flashbacks Vol 6 b/w sound 9.75mins
Petula Clark music I know a place and Le Petit train des neiges b/w sound 5mins 1965
Bing Crosby Sing Bing sing b/w sound 9mins 1933
Felix the cat follow swallows b/w sound 2.5mins 1925
Dastardly and muttley follow that feather colour sound 6.5mins 1969
Crazy flying b/w sound 8.75mins
Gil Lamb in ghost busters b/w sound 9mins 1952
Chilly willy room and wrath colour sound 6mins 1956
Abbott and Costello no bulls please b/w sound 8.25mins 1948

Posted by Bill Phelps (Member # 1431) on November 12, 2016, 06:30 PM:

That looks like a very nice collection. I too collect regular 8mm films and I have tons of silent but a small but decent sound collection as well. Let me put together a list and I will post what I have. The sound films are sort of hard to find and you are right about them being expensive at times.

Bill

Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on November 12, 2016, 06:34 PM:

Hi Clinton...I love your Elmo....would like to have one of those [Smile]

This is all I have. I use a Eumig S810D to play my Reg. 8mm sound films. I've always liked the quality of standard 8 (picture and sound).

Double Cross at the Criss Cross - Abbot & Costello (200ft.)
Man From the Diner's Club - Danny Kaye (200ft.)
A Night in Casablanca - The Marx Bros. (4x400ft. set)
Birth Marks - L&H (400ft)
Thunder Steam Blue Ridge (400ft)

Posted by Clinton Hunt (Member # 2072) on November 12, 2016, 06:44 PM:

Hi Bill ... I look forward to seeing what films you have managed to collect [Smile]

Yeah Janice the Elmo is a great machine,solid build and fairly heavy.
When I played my 1st film on it the sound amazed me .... probably because it has a seperate speaker in its front cover [Smile]

You have good films in your collection too [Smile]

Posted by Bill Phelps (Member # 1431) on November 12, 2016, 07:53 PM:

AAP
The Egg Collector (color)
Booby Hatched (color)
Blackhawk
The Dentist
Great Moments from the Phantom of the Opera
Battleship Potemkin (reel 2 of the feature)
L&H Towed In A Hole
L&H Midnight Patrol
L&H Hog Wild
Castle
America on the Moon
Greatest Fights of the Century (Ross vs Armstrong)
Railroad Stowaways
W.C. Fields The Great Chase
Inspector Willoughby The Case of the Cold Storage Yeggs
News Parade of 1964
The Many Moods of Skiing
Columbia
Jason and the Argonauts (200'color)
Born Free (200')
Genghis Khan (200')
Major Dundee Riding for a Fall (Color)
Wonders of Africa
Gerald McBoing Boing (color)
Cowboy (200')
A World Without Sun
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad part 3 The Evil Magician
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad part 4 The Dragon's Lair (color)
First Men in the Moon (scope B&W 200')
3 Stooges We Want Our Mummy
The Silencers (200')
Mr Magoo Bwana Magoo (B&W)
Mr Magoo Bwana Magoo (color)
Mr Magoo Sloppy Jalopey (color)
Gemini 4 Space Walk
MISC
Rio Grande San Juan Express (100'color)
Invaders From Mars (400')
Flower Drum Song (B&W full feature)
Hawaii-Auckland from Air (this one is a plain white box with writing on it...it says Honolulu by air/with sound stripe/air scenes only/22min...I have not watched this one yet, I think it may be a home movie)
Walton
Fireball XL5 (B&W 400')

Posted by Clinton Hunt (Member # 2072) on November 12, 2016, 08:19 PM:

Great collection so far Bill [Smile]

I've only got 3 of those titles and will look out for some of the others on ebay [Smile]

Posted by Bill Phelps (Member # 1431) on November 12, 2016, 08:28 PM:

You actually have 5 of them! (Major Dundee and Hog Wild too, not on your list yet!) That's cool that you have some music films and I'd like to find some Woody Woodpeckers too. Also nice collection Janice...you have a great train film there, I have that title on super 8.

Bill [Smile]

Posted by Clinton Hunt (Member # 2072) on November 12, 2016, 08:47 PM:

Bill,I see we both have Gerald McBoing Boing (color)....
I think from memory I paid maybe about 20GBP a couple of years ago,can you recall approx what you paid?
As I see it's on ebay,and has been for a long time,and they are asking GBP465 !!!!
http://www.ebay.co.uk /itm/GERALD-McBOING-BOING-1951cartoon-Standard-8mm-color-sound-original-box-F-7-/111425431611?hash=item19f179283b:g:EmUAAOSwq7JT3NN6
I know it's Super 8mm but I think this seller has no idea what it's really worth?

Posted by Panayotis A. Carayannis (Member # 1220) on November 13, 2016, 04:32 AM:

I have too many std 8 films of which too many are in sound so, I am just listing a few features at random: PSYCHO,THE INVISIBLE MAN,THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN,WHILE THE CITY SLEEPS (Lang),GO INTO YOUR DANCE,HALLELUIAH I'M A BUM (both Al Jolsons), SIEGE OF PINCHGUT (Aldo Ray),ORDERS ARE ORDERS (early Sellers),RUN OF THE ARROW,THE LAST COMMAND (The Alamo John Wayne didn't make),TRAPPED,PORT OF NEW YORK,GRIP OF THE STRANGLER,THE BLACK ROOM,THE BLACK CAT,(three Karloffs),FORBIDDEN JUNGLE,BUFFALLO BILL IN TOMAHAWK TERRITORY,MODERN TIMES,CITY LIGHTS,TIGER FANGS,HOODLUM,HMS PINAFORE,THE MICADO,RUDDIGORE,YEOMEN OF THE GUARD,(four G&S operettas).Silents with music: THE LOST WORLD,THE BIG PARADE,THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA etc etc

Posted by Bill Phelps (Member # 1431) on November 13, 2016, 06:44 AM:

Panayotis, your collections are always impressive. I have maybe 10 regular 8 features but only one sound that being FLOWER DRUM SONG in B&W. Do you have this one also and do you know anything about who put this one out?

Clinton, I bought my copy of GERALD MCBOING BOING from ebay in a lot of 12 films for $41 so mine only cost $3.41! Actually the entire lot was regular 8 sound so I hit the jackpot on that one. I did see that listing...that's not even the original box either it's another box with the Gerald graphics pasted on! At that price it will be "listed" forever!

Bill [Smile]

Posted by Joe Caruso (Member # 11) on November 13, 2016, 09:20 AM:

Hello Clint - I can't post any pictures, but I have some 50-Std8 Shorts, silent and sound, including THE VOICE OF HOLLYWOOD (1929), INSURANCE (Cantor), many Blackhawks; LITTLE BILLY'S TRIUMPH, HOGAN OUT WEST, BEAST AT BAY, THUMB PRINTS AND DIAMONDS, THIS WAS NEW YORK 1900, A LUBIN SHOWMAN'S REEL, THE BATH DUB, amny more - Of your list, I am in want of the Mighty Hercules, should you ever want to sell/trade - Std 8 films are a rare commodity, as most of the earliest films from 35 and 16 were eventually copied to Single-8 - Cheers, Shorty

Posted by Panayotis A. Carayannis (Member # 1220) on November 13, 2016, 10:08 AM:

Bill,I don't remember exactly.It came from England and since it was available in various editions,(complete,shortened,color, black and white,extracts) I believe is either from the Mountain/Heritage/Portland etc mixup,or,from Derann who by that time were releasing Universal features. I love the film but did not buy it because it is not in cinemascope. This is one film that cries for and should be available in widescreen.

Posted by Jim Schrader (Member # 9) on November 13, 2016, 10:21 AM:

I have a copy of Laurel and Hardy's Their Purple moment in 8mm sound I will do a trade for a super 8 sound copy if anybody has one?

Posted by Bill Phelps (Member # 1431) on November 13, 2016, 10:25 AM:

Thanks for the info. I have a flat print on 16mm of FLOWER DRUM SONG but it has gone red so when I came across the regular 8 sound version even though it was b&w I was intrigued and the price was right so I went for it.

Posted by David Hardy (Member # 4628) on November 21, 2016, 11:38 AM:

A very nice collection there Clinton.

I am a huge fan of Standard ( Regular ) 8mm film releases.
More so than Super 8mm.
Good luck with your collecting in future. [Smile]

Posted by Panayotis A. Carayannis (Member # 1220) on November 21, 2016, 04:35 PM:

Clinton,I disagree with you. Std 8 films are generally much cheaper,because very few people buy them! Of course there are exceptions,as always. Too many of my early silent one reelers I was finding, several years ago,at the BFCC for one pound at the dealers' bargain boxes. Today the price has gone up to three pounds!. Now on ebay, prices vary according to the seller's wishes.Phil has a small list of features,sound for 25 pounds and silent for 3 pounds a reel. so, you must keep looking.

Posted by Joe Caruso (Member # 11) on November 21, 2016, 05:08 PM:

Bill, Blackhawk never released a scored 8mm of PURPLE, neither in Super 8 - Interested to know more of course, I might be of a mind for it myself - Shorty

Posted by Bryan Chernick (Member # 1998) on November 23, 2016, 12:01 AM:

I don't collect standard 8mm sound film but I do have one. It's an advertisement for inflatable life boats that came with my Videotronic repeating projector. The color is actually very good as well as the sound.

Posted by Clinton Hunt (Member # 2072) on December 10, 2016, 05:02 PM:

I also have a Videotronic repeating projector Bryan Chernick with just one cartridge.
Those cartridges are nearly impossible to get eh!

Posted by Douglas Warren (Member # 1047) on December 10, 2016, 07:32 PM:

I have only one Standard 8 sound, and that's "The Lively Set" by Castle Films. The seller didn't know better and assumed it was a silent reel. I'd be willing to trade it for the same film in Super-8!

Posted by Clinton Hunt (Member # 2072) on April 22, 2017, 12:30 AM:

Hi Janice,
I have just won a Eumig S810D for NZ$30 plus P&P and hopefully it has all the pieces to swap from Super 8mm to Standard 8mm, and if it runs great then I will have 2 projectors to run my Standard 8mm sound films on :-)

Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on April 22, 2017, 10:41 AM:

Great find Clinton! Always good to have a backup machine.

Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on April 22, 2017, 12:37 PM:

We have a number of standard 8 films and I always found the quality way ahead of super 8 until derann and Walton began improving things. With the 1.2 lens they are excellent.

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