What 16mm Films Did You See Last Night?

[Janice Glesser]

I had my cousin visiting out from Texas for Thanksgiving. We watched FEDS (1988) in 16mm .

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[Melvin England]

I have now watched my haul of super 8 prints obtained a couple of weeks ago in Blackpool. Now it is my turn to view my 16mm purchases. I bought 2 features. The second will probably be screened next Saturday evening.

However, tonight, after watching a previously purchased Sgt. Bilko episode called Recruitment Drive, both myself and Mrs.E. settled down to watch....

Fanny By Gaslight - 1x 2000' 1x 1600 - The 1944 black and white film (known in the States as Man of Evil) starring Phyllis Calvert, James Mason and Stewart Granger. A well used print, quite a few lines throughout, but still acceptable and easy to watch.

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[Larry Arpin]

Watched my beautiful print of Sorcerer's Apprentice. Also watched Tom & Jerry's Baby Puss.

[Evan Samaras]

Thanks, Steve! We had roughly 60 attendees. Sometimes people have to resort to sitting on the ground!

Last night I chose to watch one on my own…

and it was Sir Michael Caine’s Bond film- heh.

[Steve Klare]

That looks like a great show, Evan!

The closest I ever came to crowd that big was my son's Cub Scout Pack about 12 years ago.

(-It was just me and The Little Rascals up there in front of all those people! We did just fine!)

[Evan Samaras]

Last night I ran a print of The Dead Zone for the local Horror Club. Happy Elections 🇺🇸

[Steve Klare]

I watched Berlin, kind of a documentary/travelogue. What makes it an interesting watch is this film was made in the mid-1980s, so it's really about West Berlin. The camera takes distant looks over the Wall, but it just can't go there.

It's kind of an odd feeling being in the audience, knowing the rest of the story that the people making the movie don't know....yet!

-but that's something film is excellent at doing: capturing a moment in history and holding onto it for later.

In any case, it's beautiful print of a beautiful film: my compliments to the good people of the Metropolitan Toronto Library Board, Audio-Visual Services Division: thanks for taking such good care of it and apparently lending out pretty rarely!

[Dominique De Bast]

Last week, I spent quite a lot of time with a job lot of Belgian newsreels I founded on ebay.


(Belgavox The world seen by the Belgians)

I had first to Filmguard the films, repair damaged perforations and doing some splices. Then, as they came with no indications at all, I had to note during the projections a quick summary of the subject. Then, my friend Google helped me to identify the month and the year of each film. We successed for almost all of the newsreels, except for one for which only the year was found. They all dated from 1957 and 1958. Sadly, some are incomplete, but all together it's an interesting lot.

Now, I've just watched the only 16mm film I bought at the last Sunday BSTR fair : a musical (I will watch the films on other gauges, later).


The film is like new, so good news. I don't know Frank Jessop, I assume it's an Américan film editor.

[Larry Arpin]

A beautiful example of excellent effects from all the stop motion by Ray Harryhausen and Pete Peterson to all the miniature effects.

[Steve Klare]

Glad to hear your Xenon isn't arguing with that Security Cam anymore, Phillip! My LED porch lights were kind'a flatulent through my speakers tonight until I ran over and snapped their switch off! (ENOUGH modern technology messing up my fun!)

Tonight here on 16mm: The Saga of Wind Wagon Smith!

A great old Tall Tale from the era when Disney told them well!

-a Sea Captain decides to take it overland and mounts a deck, sail and tiller atop a Conestoga wagon, intendin' to sail 'er from Eastern Kansas to Santa Fe. As I said, It's a Tall Tale, with music and action and color and generally a lot of smiles.

I saw this one at CineSea and I just had to get it. I haven't seen it since I was a grade-school kid and it just seemed to want to come home with me!

[Phillip Campey]

Now my xenon is playing sound without interference I watched my print of Harry Potter, it looked and sounded amazing.

[Oliver Feld]

I screened the Walt Disney Production of „Night Crossing“, based on a true story.
An amazing print and a phenomenal feature. John Hurt is outstanding and the music by Jerry Goldsmith deeply touching and heart-pounding.

[Steve Klare]

I've been hearing this talk that the optical sound in 16mm isn't quite up to par for many years now. Well, tonight I projected a newly received 16mm "Tales from the Vienna Woods" performed by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra on the grounds of a castle in Salzburg.

(It was a little like Fantasia without Disney or maybe A Corny Concerto without Elmer Fudd!)

I'd say that tonight's optical sound would have pleased Herr Strauß just fine!

[Dominique De Bast]

Les casse-pieds (The Pain in the Neck People), a 1948 French film. It's a sketchs film, with some known (French) actors. Interesting streets scenes in Paris (one with a tram) The main actor is Noël Noël. Noël means Christmas, but is also a name :-)

[Ken Souza]

I watched a beautiful LPP print of The Harvey Girls and Laurel and Hardy in “Chickens Come Home”. Both very fun movies 😊