What 8mm films did I watch last night?

[Douglas Meltzer]

Before leaving for CineSea, I watched a 3x400' cutdown of a 1973 Paul Naschy film, Vengeance of the Zombies (La rebelión de las muertas). Naschy does triple duty in this one, playing twin mystics and also the devil in a bizarre dream sequence.

This release by Arco Film is in English with Dutch subtitles.

[Steve Klare]

Last night we watched two 400' Disney compilations: Goofy's Golden Gags and Pluto's Playful Pranks, which I bought at CineSea. They are both really nice prints and from the looks of things, it's possible "Goofy" has never been projected!

This gave us a chance to do the classical comparison between the two: "Wears clothing, Speaks English, Mickey Mouse's friend" and "Wears only a collar, Barks, Mickey Mouse's Pet", even though they are both dogs. (Let's not even discuss how grossly oversized Mickey is as a Mouse!)

I wonder: When Mickey Mouse goes on vacation, does Goofy stop by his house and take Pluto for a walk?

I saw these for sale and they just drew me in! I already have Mickey's Memorable Moments, Donald Duck's Dilemmas and A Walt Disney Christmas and even though I'm not either a big completist or a huge Disney fan (-more a Bugs Bunny kind'a guy!), somehow the idea of these five boxes lined up on the shelf just felt good!

[David Kilderry]

I watched Romancing the Stone in scope. Sorry for my slightly blurry screen shots, but the picture quality itself is really nice and so is the sound as were most prints from Derann. It was only the fifth run of this print and the last one for me, as it's going up for sale.

[Chip Gelmini]

Wednesday October 16, 2024

Begin in cinemascope:

The Flying Sorcerous Tom & Jerry
Pit & Pendulum trailer
West Side Story trailer
2001 A Space Odessy trailer

The Fog feature by John Carpenter 1970’s version

Switch to flat

Intermission reel:
Pearl & Dean Beer Fags & Women
Mick Jagger David Bowie Live Aid
Tex Avery The Cuckoo Clock
A Spark of Being released through Steve Osborne

Dark Star feature by John Carpenter

A nicely arranged tribute to the drive in double feature Halloween themed
Two great films from the same director
Dark Star alien also looked like a pumpkin in some ways.

Start 7:00pm
Finish 10:40pm

GS 1200 X 2

[Steve Klare]

Something very, very special tonight.

Three Days is literally just a home movie I shot on Columbus Day Weekend in 2004, exactly 20 years ago.

Something happened that year: my Dad died that May. For this reason I felt like somehow I needed to take stock in life and preserve it the best way I knew how: Kodachrome 40.

Columbus Day Weekend there is always a bunch of things going on: and Saturday, Sunday and Monday my wife and son and I went someplace with someone and did some-thing. I was there with a Minolta XL-401 and several cartridges and I got it all, and then edited and titled to tell the story.

My wife actually wasn't there on Monday and I had to think back on why I was there to shoot the film: I was unemployed!
(-rough year!)

We watched it tonight: our then two year old is twenty-two now and has a girlfriend, a car and a college to go to. Several people we knew and still love are there alive and well and happy, yet not with us today. It was great to see them again! (I can't help but love Kodachrome 40! Looks like it was shot a week ago!)

I told my son that I hope that this film and its story will be seen by our descendants in some form a hundred years from now! It succeeds in doing exactly what a home move is supposed to do: capture and preserve people, times and history!
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[Oliver Feld]

Not last night, but this afternoon and the room wasn’t completely dark, but it was STAR WARS, the one and only! I can only guess how often I watched this masterpiece since 1978 in the cinemas, on VHS, DVD or in TV, but nothing beats the Super-8-Scope presentation! Oh, how I miss Derann…

[Melvin England]

The last couple of weeks have been all singing.... all dancing.... in glorious colour in the Man Cave.

Tonight I continued the all singing... all dancing theme..... but this time in black and white. It ended up being an almost completely Busby Berkeley night.


1x 50' - Yankee Doodle Dandy - Trailer

2x 400' - 42nd Street

2x 400' - Footlight Parade

2x 400' - Gold Diggers of 1933

2x 400' - Gold Diggers of 1935

Most of them had almost the same team of stars in them, Namely Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler, Frank McHugh and others.

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[Dominique De Bast]

The new Double Bill release from Ultra 8. I enjoyed both cartoons. Once again, fantastic to have them in French!

[Melvin England]

Continuing on my theme of all singing.... all dancing....all colour (although maybe not quite perfect colour this time), tonight's offering in the Man Cave was as follows......


The King and I - 1x 50' Trailer - Deborah Kerr and Yul Brynner

Showboat - 1x 100' Trailer - Howard Keel, Kathryn Grayson and Ava Gardner. Lovely colour.

An American in Paris - 1x 400' - Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron in her first film. I still need to see my full length version of this with optical sound.... when I manage to repair the projector!!

Singin' in The Rain - 2x 400' - Mr. Kelly again, this time with Donald O'Connor and Debbie Reynolds. A bit faded but the colours are still there.

High Society - 2x 400' - Messrs. Sinatra and Crosby with a FEMALE Kelly this time! A very light shade of pink but still very watchable.

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[Dominique De Bast]

Just watched La goutte d'eau (The Drop of Water). Good film for Halloween (obviousely). The sound is great (and what a pleasure to have a new release in French! ). I can hardly comment on the colours, as it's an indoors film, set in the night. The print is, however sharp. I hope the two other parts of the feature will be released, as well (but this is a complete story).

[Brian Fretwell]

Some scope trailers from around WWII, The Longest Day, A Bridge too Far, Bridge Over the River Kwai and The Sound of Music plus Moveitone News in scope 1.

[Douglas Meltzer]

Chip, I'll respect your wishes. Please be well.


What did I watch last night? Walton's Saturn 3 400' cutdown. Farrah Fawcett, Kirk Douglas, Harvey Keitel and a dangerous robot named Hector.

Definite purple cast from this Fuji print.

[Chip Gelmini]

After a hectic busy summer I am now starting to run films again. June had 6 shows, July and August had 1 each. I was devastated by the passing of my sister Melinda - so I am slowly getting back to normal. Healing as they say takes time. I'm doing OK.

Last night August 15 I screened STAGE DOOR with Katherine Hepburn. This is a powerful film. A boarding house filled with many beautiful young women all who dream of hitting the spotlight of the stage. A scene of Miss. Hepburn on the floor at a producer's apartment shows why she was considered one of the most beautiful women in the world.........

Two Disney cartoons and three trailers everything was super 8.

PLEASE: No comments about Melinda as it remains a difficult time with thanks in advance.

Edit:

2018 July 23^rd. Dad’s 90^th birthday. We say good bye to Mom at approximately 4:30 in the morning.

August 15^th three weeks later we say good bye to Dad caused by a cancer.

Jump forward to 2024:

On July 23^rd – we are shocked at the loss of Melinda at age 71 due to cardiac arrest. Six years to the day of losing Mom.

Let those numbers sink in and you understand my pain…….

Thank you.


CG

[Melvin England]

Tonight's feast was all singing, all dancing.......and ALL in glorious colour ! Yes, not a faded print amongst them! Boy! What it would have been like to have the super 8 collection I have now, but back in say 1975, when colour fade was a future worry.

Anyway.... to the feast !......


1x 50' - Diamond Horseshoe - Trailer - Betty Grable

1x 50' - When My Baby Smiles At Me - Trailer - Betty Grable again.

1x 100' - Easter Parade - Trailer - Fred Astaire and Judy Garland.
- Bitter Sweet - Trailer - Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy

6x 400' - Seven Brides For Seven Brothers - Howard Keel and Jane Powell. A flat "pan and scan" from the scope feature, but was hardly noticeable.

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[David Kilderry]

I have been sorting through various double prints I have accumulated and trying to decide what to sell. Yesterday was the Empire Strikes Back. Part One and Two. The ones I'm selling are joined together on an 800ft reel. Unfortunately they all seem to have faded the same amount. Still great fun to watch.