What 16mm Films Did You See Last Night?

[Janice Glesser]

I had to watch something on the humerous side last night. It was Michael Keaton in Multiplicity. My print unfortunately is the TV edited pan and scan version. This is not the best way to view this very clever 1996 movie...but after watching it several times...I'm use to it now Michael Keaton is in my top 10 favorite actors list and in this film he plays 4 rolls of himself. Through new technology he has 2 clones created of himself...he's #1...then there are clones #2 & #3. The clones were created with the intent to free up Michael's time to take a breather from everyday life tasks like work and house and family chores (at least that's the plan.) However...not all plans work out.

One of my favorite scenes is with clone #4. The #2 clone took it upon himself to create a clone of himself...resulting in a lovable but not very bright copy of a copy. Hilarious! Michael Keaton is trying to find answers to why his wife, Andy McDowell, who is not aware of the clones, is not happy with his current changing behavior. It's a good example of early SFX.

[Janice Glesser]

Very nice print Tom

[Tom Photiou]

Last night we viewed our latest addition, A low fade Scope print of the John Wayne Western, Chisum.

[Mark Mander]

Last night we watched Falling in Love with Robert De Niro and Meryl Streep followed by Just Cause starring Sean Connery and Lawrence Fishburne, both films I bought and hadn't seen yet so a good nights viewing, Mark

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[Lincoln Thorn]

Thanks David. Since my collection is relatively small by comparison to some collectors ... I'm careful to buy films I can watch over and over again. I try to run each print 2-3 times a year...certain titles even more.

Last night it was an early Tony Curtis movie called The All American (1953). This movie...not that great...but I bought it just because my uncle is in it. He's not even listed in the credits...but has lines in the beginning and at the end of the movie. I only have still pictures of my uncle ... so this film is a treasure to me.

I did had a few mishaps with this film last night. I encountered a little sprocket damage... a broken cement splice ...and a Scotch Tape splice that was pathetic I'm doing some repair work today.

Janice, I am always amazing at your lovely collection of films! Thank you for sharing them with us.

[Janice Glesser]

Thanks David. Since my collection is relatively small by comparison to some collectors ... I'm careful to buy films I can watch over and over again. I try to run each print 2-3 times a year...certain titles even more.

Last night it was an early Tony Curtis movie called The All American (1953). This movie...not that great...but I bought it just because my uncle is in it. He's not even listed in the credits...but has lines in the beginning and at the end of the movie. I only have still pictures of my uncle ... so this film is a treasure to me.

I did had a few mishaps with this film last night. I encountered a little sprocket damage... a broken cement splice ...and a Scotch Tape splice that was pathetic I'm doing some repair work today.

[David Baker]

WOW JANICE ! Been following your thread and finally MUST chime in and say that . Great stuff you watch .

[Janice Glesser]

I headed to bed early last night to counteract losing an hour sleep due to datelight saving time beginning. So I just wathced a short episode of the original Superman TV series... "The Face and the Voice."

[Dominique De Bast]

After a pause (I caught a cold but I've almost recovered at 100 %), I restared projections tonight. A French film, released in 1963, was my choice : Le temps des copains (Pals' Time). The film is a sequel of a famous serie (same title, Le temps des copains).

[Janice Glesser]

Last night I watched FEDS (1988). I've only watched this movie with my grandsons... and always in the backyard. The quality is outstanding...I'm sure it's IB Tech. For some reason the kids always ask for this movie when they are visiting. Mary Gross is very funny.

[Janice Glesser]

I've been working on replacing a main switch on one of my Elmo 16CLs all week and haven't really had time to watch any film. So last night in honor of Kurt Douglas' recent passing I watched The Devil's Disciple (1959).

[Janice Glesser]

Just when I think there's not many more films out there that I want... I seem to find one. I just received a print of Sex and the Single Girl (1964) yesterday shipped from Canada. I screened it last night. The color and sound was excellent. Reel one had a good deal of white scratch lines on and off and some audio jump-cuts...but nothing major. Reel 2 & 3 were much better. I guess this is to be expected on prints this old.

Sex and the Single Girl has a great cast...Natalie Wood, Tony Curtis, Henry Fonda, Lauren Bacall, and Mel Ferrer.
It is the typical 1960's genre of romantic comedies mimicked in the 2003 movie Down with Love starring Renée Zellweger and Ewan McGregor.

[Marc Koch]

I watched MIGHTY JOE YOUNG, original with red tinted orphanage fire, and reel 2 of SON of KONG.

[Janice Glesser]

Last night I was testing out a new lens in my Elmo16CL. I didn't want to watch a complete movie so set up my 2300ft reel of Mission Impossible. Quality is great on the print and I was very happy with the performance of the lens.

[Dominique De Bast]

A very good surprise. I bought a film on EBay called "Une enquête au Congo" (600 m / 2000 ft). There is no title, the film starts with a fade so I'm not sure it's the original title. It seems to have been shot in the '50s. During the colonisation, priests ran cinema in the Belgian Congo (but there was also a French Congo so I'm not sure from which one this film is from) and they made some films. It may be one of those. It has been shot as a silent film and sonorized later (with a narration, in French of course, music and two or three basic sound effects). Most of the action happens in the countryside but ends in a town (uninditified). There are no informations on the net about this film. I would be interested to be lucky to find others from the same serie.