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Posted by Maurice Leakey (Member # 916) on August 04, 2015, 04:42 AM:

I have just been projecting a Super 8 print of "Lights Out...and the Stars appear". The box is a bit poor as the words "Michael Bentine" are in very large print giving the impression that he is in the film. However, all he contributed was the commentary. Michael was great fun but pretty poor as a commentator.

The film is the story of 9.5mm and was filmed by John Burgoyne-Johnson in 1972. We see and hear Patrick Moules (Flickers & Novascope), Gerald McKee and Ivan Watson (Amateur Cine World.)

Most 9.5mm equipment is shown but few models are actually named. There's a quick glimpse of Pathe's 17.5mm projector working. Film fairs are shown and it's a pity that names were not used to identify faces.

A DVD of the film (including many extras) is available from Grahame Newnham.

Posted by Dominique De Bast (Member # 3798) on August 04, 2015, 04:45 AM:

I have this super 8 print as well !

Posted by Maurice Leakey (Member # 916) on August 04, 2015, 05:01 AM:

It has been said that Pathescope only made money by selling the short prints of Mickey Mouse to young collectors.

Walt Disney refused the issue of 9.5mm sound prints so Pathescope approached Max Fleischer which explains the large collection of Popeye and Betty Boop on 9.5mm.

Whilst the film shows a quick glimpse of Felix the Cat, it's a great pity that it did not include any Popeyes or Bettys.

My Eiki 9.5 conversion has just been returned after exhaustive work by my engineer and for testing I lent him "Betty Boop and Grampy". I never fail to laugh when Grampy's kitchen equipment accompany him with his rendering of "Tiger Rag".

Posted by Paul Mason (Member # 4015) on August 04, 2015, 07:35 AM:

Michael Bentine was a film buff/collector in his own right and presented a series called "The Golden Silents" on the BBC around 1969

Posted by Terry Sills (Member # 3309) on August 04, 2015, 12:47 PM:

Maurice
When you say that your Eiki conversion has had extensive work, I hope you are not referring to the Buckingham?

Posted by Bill Phelps (Member # 1431) on August 04, 2015, 08:27 PM:

I would like to find a super 8 print of this film. I don't collect 9.5 but it is an interesting little film....I have a copy of it on VHS that I made a nice clamshell cover for. I don't even remember where I got it from.

Bill [Smile]

Posted by Maurice Leakey (Member # 916) on August 05, 2015, 03:09 AM:

Terry
No, I wasn't referring to the Buckingham Elf conversion, but to an Eiki Slimline SNT3 which came with a large 9.5mm collection.

Posted by Paul Adsett (Member # 25) on August 15, 2015, 11:48 AM:

I have the DVD of 'Lights Out' and I think it is a great capsule of 9.5mm history, and very entertaining. I had it running continuously on a portable DVD player at the US Cinesea convention in April, right alongside a Pathe Baby, and it seemed to get quite a lot of attention. [Smile]

Posted by Steve Klare (Member # 12) on September 22, 2015, 02:49 PM:

-and that's why my 13 year son old knows what 9.5mm film is!

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