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[Douglas Meltzer]

NEW STOCK ITEMS>>>>>Standard 8mm F/L Features – B/W Silent
17008 The Night Cry B/B+ £65 (3x400’ (1^st reel has 200’ of film) Silent classic from 1926 starring canine superstar ‘Rin Tin Tin’ as a supposed sheep murdering dog who is reprieved after he saves a baby from a vicious Condor, rare and unusual!

NEW STOCK ITEMS>>>>>Super 8mm Edited Features – Colour Sound
16996 The Iron Maiden B+/B £75 (4x400’) This is the best colour print I’ve seen of this title, it’s not perfect, but very good for the era this was printed (mid 1970’s), it’s a nice British comedy from 1963, it stars Michael Craig, Anne Helm & Alan Hale Jr., and a lovely old traction engine, “The Iron Lady” of the title

NEW STOCK ITEMS>>>>>Super 8mm Edited Features – B/W Sound
16995 Blackbeard the Pirate B+ £65 (2x600’) This 1952 swashbuckler stars Robert Newton as the infamous Pirate ‘Blackbeard’, it also stars Linda Darnell and William Bendix as an honest ships’ surgeon

NEW STOCK ITEMS>>>>>Standard 8mm Edited Features –Colour Sound
16993 The Mighty Gorga B+/B £55 (4x400’) P/N: slight fade Made in 1969, a Circus owner & a trapper trek into an African jungle to capture a giant Gorilla as an attraction

NEW STOCK ITEMS>>>>>Standard 8mm Edited Features – B/W Sound
16979 Revenge of the Vampire B+/B £65 (4x400’) Mountain Films release of this European Horror movie, nicely dubbed into English, it still retains some shocks to this day!
16980 Invaders from Mars B+/B £65 (4x400’) Classic sci-fi from 1953, a young boy learns that aliens are taking over the minds of Earthlings, and nobody believes him!
16987 The Man on the Eiffel Tower B/B+ £65 (4x400’) Made in 1949 this stars Charles Laughton as French Inspector Maigret who investigates a murder of a Rich Paris widow, very rare Walton feature print
16994 Son of Sinbad B+/B £65 (4x400’) RKO Fantasy film from 1955 starring Dale Robertson & Vincent Price, Sinbad is after 2 things in life, beautiful girls and Greek Fire, guess what’s the easiest to get!

NEW STOCK ITEMS>>>>> Super 8mm Mini Features – Colour Sound

17034 Doctor Zhivago B+/B £60 (3x400’) P/N: slight fade Rare mini feature print of this David Lean classic starring Omar Shariff, Julie Christie, Geraldine Chapman & Rod Steiger, nice edit too!

NEW STOCK ITEMS>>>>>Super 8mm 30-35 Min. Edited –Colour Sound
17068 Good-Bye Emmanuelle B+/B £35 (2x400’) OB Sylvia Kristel soft focus sex drama from 1977, Emmanuelle and her husband go to the Seychelles for more ‘action’, well edited

NEW STOCK ITEMS>>>>>Super 8mm 30-35 Min. Edited – B/W Sound
17032 Tall in the Saddle B+ £45 (600’) OB Nice Derann re-print on Poly stock of this John Wayne western from 1944, also starring Ella Raines and George ‘Gabby’ Haines

NEW STOCK ITEMS>>>>>Standard 8mm 30-35 Min. Edited – B/W Sound
16991 Armand & Michaela Denis , On Safari B/B+ £28 (600’) Nature documentary made in the 1950’s, as one of the first naturalists with a professional camera film wildlife as it was meant to be seen, many animals on view

NEW STOCK ITEMS>>>>>Super 8mm 16-20 Min Edited (400’) – Colour Sound
16989 Fast Company B+ £25 (300’) OB Good colour on this Walton documentary looking at Motorcycle road racing, side car racing and stunt riding, one for perol heads everywhere!
16992 Hot Dog B/B+ £15 P/N: slight fade Made in the 1970’s,. This shows the then new sport of acrobatic skiing, it’s well filmed too!

NEW STOCK ITEMS>>>>>Super 8mm 16-20 Min Edited (400’) – B/W Sound
16982 Busy Bodies B+ £28 Walton print of this 1933 Laurel & Hardy comedy classic short, Stan & Ollie work in a sawmill, but mishaps with tools, and a large band saw eventually ruin their day!
16988 One Live Ghost B+ £22 OB RKO comedy short from 1936, it stars Leon Errol & a young Lucille Ball, Leon wants to go fishing, but things in the house keep him away, the maid (Ball) is making noise etc.
17031 Men O’ War B+ £28 Laurel & Hardy comedy from 1929, the boys are on shore leave from the Navy, they want to buy 2 girls some sodas in the park, but only have enough money for 3 sodas, the fun begins!
17038 Oh, Mr. Porter! B+ £22 Nice Walton digest of this classic 1937 Will Hay comedy, here with his team of Moore Marriot & Graham Moffatt

NEW STOCK ITEMS>>>>>Standard 8mm 16-20 Min Edited (400’) – B/W Sound
16983 Tit for Tat B+/B £24 OB Walton print of this 1935 Laurel & Hardy comedy, the boys open a home appliance store next to their nemesis from “Them Thar Hills”, who own a grocery shop, a war quickly breaks out between the two stores

NEW STOCK ITEMS>>>>>Standard 8mm 16-20 Min Edited (400’) – B/W Sound
16984 Brief Encounter B+ £24 OB Rare Walton print of this classic David Lean directed Noel Coward story starring Celia Johnson & Trevor Howard, a young married woman meets a stranger at a Railway station, and finds out she may have feelings for him, what should she do!
16985 Stagecoach B+/B £24 OB The film that made John Wayne a star, this John Ford western also stars Claire Trevor & Andy Devine, nice Walton print too!
16986 Busy Bodies B+ £24 Walton print of this 1933 Laurel & Hardy comedy classic short, Stan & Ollie work in a sawmill, but mishaps with tools, and a large band saw eventually ruin their day!
16990 The Live Ghost B+ £24 Walton print of this 1934 Laurel & Hardy comedy, a skipper is having trouble getting crew as a rumour is going around his ship has a ‘Ghost’, along come hapless Stan & Ollie, the fun and laughs begin!
17033 Dirty Work B+ £24 Walton print of this 1933 Laurel & Hardy comedy, the boys have been hired to sweep an eccentric Professors chimney, but as usual things do not go smoothly

NEW STOCK ITEMS>>>>>Super 8mm 16-20 Min Edited (400’) – B/W Silent
17022 A Hash House Fraud B+/B £25 (270’) OB Keystone comedy from 1916, a swindle in a tiny downtown restaurant leads to a classic Keystone Cops finale, rare Blackhawk Films import
17039 Liberty B+ £20 OB Laurel & Hardy comedy from 1929, the boys are on the run from the Police, there’s fun in a car as they try to change clothes while moving, then they get caught up in some girders in a skyscraper

NEW STOCK ITEMS>>>>>Standard 8mm 16-20 Min Edited (400’) – B/W Silent
16981 Busters Bust Up B+ £20 Made in 1925, this is one of a series of ‘Buster Brown’ shorts, it stars Arthur Trimble, Doreen Turner & Pete the Pup. Buster & Pete get caught up in the girders of a building site
17016 Entertainment in the Twenties B+ £25 (2x200’ @ 300’ in total) OB Blackhawk Films documentary looking at entertainment available in the 1920’s, this of course features many clips from the movies of the time
17021 The Open Track B+ £25 (2x200’ @300’ in total) OB Blackhawk Films release of this1916 Helen Gibson short, Helen exposes a gang of counterfeiters, there’s Train, Treasury agents, chases etc., this was one of the episodes of The Hazards of Helen, a top rated serial of the day! Very rare here in the U.K.

NEW STOCK ITEMS>>>>>Super 8mm 6-10 Min. (200’) – Colour Sound

16973 Tweetie Pie B+/B £25 Nice print (Derann perhaps!) of this early ‘Tweetie Pie’ cartoon from 1947, Thomas the cat finds Teetie in the snow warming himself by a lit cigar butt, but Thomas’s mistress rescues him in time
16974 Adverts, Logos etc. B+/B £35 The reel starts with 2 B/W logos for ‘British Movietone News’ & ‘Gaumont British News’, the rest of the reel is in colour and has ‘Odeon’ & ‘Cannon’ logos, ‘Sunday 7 Days’ – ‘And + Also’ – ‘Sunday 1 Day’ – ‘Monday 6 Days’ – ‘Red Stone Showcase Cinemas’ – ‘Rank Gong’ – ‘Sunday 7 Days’ – ‘Haagan Daas Ice Cream’ – ‘Colgate Toothpaste’ – ‘BMW Compact’ – British Film Year Logo’ – ‘Sky Sports (one Vision)
16976 Fast and Furry-ous B+ £25 Fine colour on this Derann re-print of this 1949 W.B.’s cartoon, as Wile E. Coyote tries to catch his nemesis the Road Runner, will he ever learn!
16977 DCR Advert Reel No.1 B/B+ £30 OB ‘Pearl & Dean’ – ‘Intermission’ – ‘Walls Cornish Ice Cream’ – ‘Gordon’s Gin’ – ‘K P Nuts’ – ‘Peugeot 5’ – ‘Brutus Jeans’ – ‘Interview with Dick Emery’ – ‘Test Drive’ – ‘Benson & Hedges Silk Cut’ – Pearl & Dean’
16978 Pluto’s Christmas Tree B+ £30 OB Rare sound version of this1952 Disney cartoon, Mickey & Pluto chop down a Christmas tree, where the Chipmunks Chip ‘n Dale live, fun ensues, nice colour too!
17024 The Battle of Britain Trl. B+ £20 (100’) SCOPE All star cast that features Michael Caine, Laurence Olivier & trevor Howard, tells the story of the pivitol battle in the British skies during WW2, fine trailer too!
17026 Santa’s Workshop B+/B £35 Derann print of this 1932 Disney Silly Symphony, Sant’s little helpers rush to finish all the toys before Christmas comes
17029 Mini Advert Reel #2 B+/B £25 (75’) Ads from the 1970’s (I’m guessing), : Burnley Building Society (Disco theme) – Heinenken Animated Ad (Big Bad Wolf) – ABC Evening Only – Drink & Drive Campaign
17030 Mini Advert Reel #3 B £25 (80’) P/N: has a green line, not too bad though Ads on this reel : Phillishave – Zamoyski Vodka – Drink & Drive Campaign – Superbazooka Bubble Gum – ABC Interval
17036 Puss Gets the Boot B+ £35 The first outing for Tom & Jerry (although here the cat is called Jasper) from 1940, it sets the pattern for the series to come
17037 Quiet Please B+ £25 I think this is a Derann print of this 1945 Tom & Jerry cartoon, Spike wants to take a nap, but with Tom always chasing Jerry, things escalate, not in Tom’s favour
17044 Promos & Daysets Reel B/B+ £30 This reel contains : Showcase Cinemas (Airline) – National AMA (Airline) – Previews (2) – Sneak Preview (2) – Gordon’s Dry Gin (advert) – Flashes (12) – Dolby Stereo – Intermission (2) – M.G.M. Lion – Odeon – ABC Dayset
17046 Visit to London B+/B £20 OB Walton documentary looking at the famous sights of London, Tower Bridge, The Tower of London etc.

[Douglas Meltzer]

17050 Popeye and the Pirates B+ £20 Popeye cartoon from 1947, Popeye takes Olive on a boat trip, she sees a Pirate ship and are captured, can Popeye come to the rescue!
17054 Look at Life – The Sinking City B+/B £25 Excellent colour (Derann, I think!) on this short looking at Venice, and it’s continuing fight against the rising sea levels
NEW STOCK ITEMS>>>>>Super 8mm 6-10 Min. (200’) – Colour Sound

17055 The Three Caballeros B+ £17 Nice print of this Disney extract that features Donald Duck and friends visiting Mexico, very colourful too!
17056 MASH NEW £15 OB Elliott Gould and Donald Sutherland star in this comedy set during the Korean War
17058 Danger is my Business – Lion Trainer NEW £20 OB New and sealed documentary, perhaps not very PC these days, but still very interesting how they faced these wild animals
17059 Monster from under the Sea B+ £20 OB Excellent colour on this Disney extract from ’20,000 Leagues under the Sea’, it stars Kirk Douglas & James Mason
17060 Dumbo the Flying Elephant B+ £17 OB Good colour on this Disney extract from the classic animated feature ‘Dumbo’colour
17061 Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway Jubilee B+ £25 OB Excellent colour on this Derann re-print looking at the celebrations and history of this narrow gauge railway
17062 The Boston Strangler NEW £15 OB Tony Curtis plays real life serial killer
17063 Escape from Astragard NEW £15 OB Disney extract from ‘Island at the Top of the World’
17064 Island of Mystery NEW £17 OB Disney extract from ‘Swiss Family Robinson’ starring John Mills
17065 Dancing in the Rain B+/B £15 OB Fletcher Films ‘The Hollywood Musicals’ reel, it stars June Allyson & Tony Martin
17066 Posse Cat B/B+ £15 OB Good colour on this Tom & Jerry cartoon, Tom is living out west where hiss job is to stop Jerry from snatching food, can he do it!
17067 The Sound of Music Credits B+ £20 (100’) SCOPE Derann release of the credit sequence from this classic musical starring Julie Andrews & Christopher Plummer

NEW STOCK ITEMS>>>>>Standard 8mm 6-10 Min. (200’) – Colour Sound

16997 Pigs is Pigs B+ £20 P/N: slight fade Extremely rare W.B.’s ‘Merrie Melodies’ cartoon from 1937, a greedy little pig eats 2 pies and all the other pigs spaghetti to himself, he then has a nightmare about being force fed!
17011 Free Fall Falcons B+ £20 OB Fine colour on this Walton documentary looking at free fall parachuting by the R.A.F. Flying Falcons display team
17020 Apollo 15 – Rover on the Moon B+/B £20 P/N: slight fade Rare Castle Films documentary looking at the Apollo 15 mission to the Moon, watch the Astronauts traverse the lunar surface in their Rover

NEW STOCK ITEMS>>>>>Super 8mm 6-10 Min. (200’) – B/W Sound
16972 Steam Engine B/B+ £20Walton print of this 1947 short that looks at making a new steam locomotive from start to finish
17025 British Movietone News Review of 1973 B+ £20 Rarer year to be found on 8mm, this highlights all the big stories from 1973
17042 Gaumont British News Review of 1942 B+ £20 OB The big stories are featured from this pivitol WW2 year in which America really joined the war
17043 Pathe News Gazette of 1943 B+ £20 News events from this WW2 year, this edition is pretty rare on 8mm now!
17045 Henry Aldrich gets Glamour – The Heat’s On Trl.s B+/B £25 (100’) First up is a comedy from 1943, about a man who becomes really popular when he wins a date with a movie star, the it’s onto the Mae West comedy from 1943, with some of the usual Mae West lines, 2 nice 1940’s trailers on one reel
17052 Mack Sennett’s Fun Factory B+ £25 Rare Blackhawk Films documentary that looks at some of the stars and movies that Mack Sennett was associated with, unusual find!
17057 Ukulele Man B+ £25 OB Derann release starring George Formby, where he sings 3 songs, ‘If you don’t want the Goods’ – ‘Home by 9 O’Clock’ & ‘Little Ukulele in my Hand’

NEW STOCK ITEMS>>>>>Standard 8mm 6-10 Min. (200’) – B/W Sound
16998 Jerry Wald’s Big Band Sound B+ £17 Fine B/W print of this 1940’s swing orchestra, one for lovers of this eras music
17000 Noveltoons – The Little Cut-Up B+/B £17 OB Walton print of this 1949 Noveltoons animated tale of a boy who cuts down a tree and realises that he’s left the animals homeless, and gives them a new home
17001 Rabbit Stew B+ £15 OB Early animated (I’m guessing the 1930’s) cartoon about a Rabbit who gets into all kinds of trouble
17002 Yesterday’s Transport B+/B £15 OB Walton documentary which tour the Monatagu Motor Museum to see many of the famous Motorcycles, Bicycles and Cars from the bygone days
17003 Blue of the NightB+ £17 OB Nice Walton short starring Bing Crosby (1933) where he sings “Silent Love” – “Every Time my Heart Beats” and of course “Blue of the Night”, nice musical reel
17004 Abbott & Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde B+/B £17 Bud & Lou get mixed up with messrs. ‘Jekyll & Hyde’ played by Boris Karloff with some relish, nice extract from the 1953 comedy
17006 Crashes to Order B+/B £20 OB Rare Walton documentary looking at the world of stuntmen and women, I’ve never seen this on Super 8, unusual!
17007 Chimp Antics B+ £15 OB Made in the early 1960’s, this type of film was very popular at the time, seeing Chimpanzees dressed up in childrens clothes acting out little scenarios, now more a curiosity!
17009 Scenes from the Early Cinema B £14 (100’) Clips from early cinema productions like ‘Birth of a Nation’, ‘The Great Train Robbery’ etc.
NEW STOCK ITEMS>>>>>Standard 8mm 6-10 Min. (200’) – B/W Sound
17010 London to Brighton at 500 m.p.h. B+ £20 (100’) OB Sped up journey by Railway from London to Brighton, as seen from the drivers’ cab
17012 Laurel & Hardy go to War B+/B £20 OB Walton L&H comedy, the boys find themselves in the Army, square bashing, not knowing there left from right, KP duty looks a certainty
17013 Noveltoons – Naughty but Mice B+/B £17 OB Walton print of this 1947 Noveltoons animated tale of a city slicker Mouse who visits his country cousins, but as usual a Cat gets in the way
17014 The Early Bird and the Worm B+ £15 (100’) OB Animated fun from 1936, this is a Harmen-Ising cartoon, a worm is chased by the Early Bird, then 2 Crows and a Snake join in, rare title!
17015 The life of Winston Churchill B+ £20 OB Walton documentary looking at the life of Winston Churchill, his early years, the war years, the victory parade, then him lying in state before his funeral, rare!
17017 Study in Steel B+/B £20 Walton print of this 1935 documentary looking at the building a steam locomotive of the Princess Royal class at Crewe
17018 World Cup Final 1966 B+ £20 OB Watch England beat West Germany 4-2 at the world cup final on July 30^th 1966, nice Walton release
17019 America on the Moon B+ £20 Castle Films release looking at how America reached the Moon, footage inc.s Apollo 11, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin etc.
17047 Robin Hoodwinked B+/B £17 Very rare 1958 Tom & Jerry cartoon, Tom is guarding Robin Hood’s prison cell, but Jerry and Nibbles intend to rescue him, can Tom stop them?
17048 Radio Rhythm B+ £25 OB Ultra rare here in the U.K., this Blackhawk Films release features singer Rudy Vallee and his band the Connecticut Yankees, made in 1929, he sings ‘Honey’ a hit of the day + 2 others
17049 The Dashing American – Douglas Fairbanks B+/B £17 Taken from Robert Youngson’s ‘Days of Thrills and Laughter’ this showcases the talents of Douglas Fairbanks (Sr.)
17051 Mother Riley runs Riot B+ £20 OB Rare Walton extract from the 1952 ‘Mother Riley meets the Vampire’ which starred Arthur Lucan and co-starred Bela Lugosi, British slapstick at its best!
NEW STOCK ITEMS>>>>>Standard 8mm 6-10 Min. (200’) – B/W Silent
16975 The Big Idea B+ £12 OB Harold Lloyd & Snub Pollard comedy from 1917, a clerk in a failing antiques store has what he thinks is a big idea to move more goods, can he save the store, and win a girl at the same time?
17005 All Aboard B+ £20 OB Blackhawk print of this 1917 Harold Lloyd comedy short, Harold stows away onboard a ship where his girlfriends Father is trying to get her away from male admirers, fun ensues!

NEW STOCK ITEMS>>>>>Standard 8mm 6-10 Min. (200’) – B/W Silent
16999 Charlie the Decorator B+ £14 OB Nice Walton print of this 1915 Charlie Chaplin comedy (a.k.a. Work), here he plays an over worked decorator’s assistant, who eventually gets even with his boss
17023 The Sheriff of Stone Gulch B+ £20 Rare 1913 Kalem Company western adventure, Black McCarty robs a Bank, the cashier runs to the local Sheriff for help, very rare early western story

NEW STOCK ITEMS>>>>>Super 8mm 2-5 Min. (Trailers Etc.) – Colour Sound
17028 Mini Advert Reel #1 B+/B £20 On this reel: Rank Screen Advertising – Heineken Animated Christmas Ad – Weetabix Animated Ad –John Smith Lager (Scrum) – Aero Chocolate
17035 Superman 3 Trl. B+ £20 Good colour to this 3^rd outing for Christopher Reeve’s Superman, here co-starring is Richard Pryor & Robert Vaughan, nice trailer too!
17053 Commando – Alien Trl.s B+ £30 Fine Derann trailer reel, first up is a tease trailer to the Arnold Schwarzenegger action movie, then the classic sci-fi horror starring Sigourney Weaver et al.

NEW STOCK ITEMS>>>>>Super 8mm 2-5 Min. (Trailers Etc.) – B/W Sound
17027 Casablanca Trl. B+ £20 Fine trailer to thia 1942 classic starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergmen & Paul Heinreid, set during WW2 in Casablanca, this trailer is a fine souvenir to this film


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[Barry Attwood]

Many thanks Doug for putting my lists up onto the Forum, it will be interesting to see the response.