I have bought a few odd reel 16mm prints in the past. Generally these prints are sold at bargain prices and if it’s a film I really like I will try and get it. My criteria is that it is only missing one reel. I prefer the existing reels are in consecutive order for example Reels 1 & 2, Reel 3 missing...or Reels 2 & 3, Reel 1 missing. This is because I can show the missing footage with a DVD from my digital projector with only one setup change.
Last night I screened my IB Tech print of Curly Sue (1991). Unfortunately I only have the first two reels. Reel #3….the final 20 minutes of the movie... is missing. I have the DVD of the complete movie...but I don’t want to cue up just the ending every time I run this film. So I made a DVD that was just the footage that would have been on Reel #3. While I’m rewinding Reel #2... I set up the digital projector with the DVD input. It projects a title screen and just waits from me to press OK. The DVD movie starts where the last reel left off.



BTW...Steve Carell had a walk-on part in this movie.

Video of threading up the Elmo 16CL for Curly Sue.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/YavGU2sdARQUpwmt6
Last night I screened my IB Tech print of Curly Sue (1991). Unfortunately I only have the first two reels. Reel #3….the final 20 minutes of the movie... is missing. I have the DVD of the complete movie...but I don’t want to cue up just the ending every time I run this film. So I made a DVD that was just the footage that would have been on Reel #3. While I’m rewinding Reel #2... I set up the digital projector with the DVD input. It projects a title screen and just waits from me to press OK. The DVD movie starts where the last reel left off.
BTW...Steve Carell had a walk-on part in this movie.
Video of threading up the Elmo 16CL for Curly Sue.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/YavGU2sdARQUpwmt6
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