What 8mm films did I watch last night?

[Melvin England]

I was back in the Man Cave tonight after a week or two away. I felt like watching something that wasn't too taxing on the brain, so I watched the following....


Royal Wedding 1x 50' Trailer

Diamond Horse-shoe 1x 50' Trailer

My Blue Heaven - 1x 50' Trailer

North By Northwest - 1x 400' - The Hitchcock classic. Basically wanted to watch it to see Cary Grant. This afternoon I binge watched the ITV series "Archie" on ITVX ( a UK catch up service for independent television) which was a biography of his life according to Dyan Cannon. (Archibald Leech = Cary Grant). Highly recommended if you can get to see it.

That's Entertainment - 8x 400' - The classic MGM compilation film. Reel quality varied from "ok" to "excellent." A bit of a mish mash for me as I built it up from various sources. A real (reel) compilation film in all senses of the word!

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[Douglas Meltzer]

Brian,

That's quite the double bill!

[Brian Fretwell]

Checked my 1x400ft os Smokie and the Bandit, fading, but still only noticable in dark shots then ran "Un Chien Andalou" silent on LPP. I'm not sure where I got that from.

[Brian Fretwell]

It must have been the print. Mutiny on the Bounty (400ft) sounded good and loud, though strangely at the end there were two more title sequences after the end credi with a voince saying ""Mutiny on the Bounty part one" and "Part Three" between them!!! I Bought the print S/H at Balckpool a few years ago, a bit pale but all colours present.

[Graham Ritchie]

Hi Brian

Hope your projector is fine and hope your print is still ok, although I used a blue filter and it does help a little bit. I feel once a print has gone totally red then its the end of the line, being to far gone in my book even for a filter, so hope your print is still in the ball park

[Brian Fretwell]

I'll have to check my 400ft of it tonight. After I have finished the 400ft of The Turning Point I gave up on part way through last night. For some reason the sound was getting lower and lower in volume. I suspect the main track head of the Eumig 926 is either dirty or wearing out.

[Graham Ritchie]

Yesterday giving my old ST1200 with "Mutiny on the Bounty". The film being 3/400 ft reels placed one one of my home made reels. Although the print has faded a bit, the blue filter placed in front of the Elmo 1.1 lens does take the edge of it. Screen shots are from yesterday.

In the past someone has added some extra scenes to the 3/400 footer. I think it might have come from the single 1/400ft version. Those short extra scenes are really badly faded and will remove them, so beware there are some very badly faded prints out there I would suggest to avoid.

[Brian Fretwell]

i had half an hour spare last night so watched the Mountain Films 400ft of Top Hat, just four dance numbers and something I forgot at Christmas the WDHM 200ft version of The Small One, Fuji good colours but starting to go purple in the shadows.

[Graham Ritchie]

Watching some Scope trailers today which included this one this past you-tube of it does not do it justice, as to the picture quality which is even better than shown. Over the weekend I must screen my flat 3/400 footer its on one reel and see how the print has held up. Without doubt the full length Scope feature would be even better, anyone got one?

PS Although I was blown away by the color photography when I first watched it at the cinema many moons ago, I think it would have to be later than its 1962 release, anyway its a film that has always stuck in my mind

[Brian Fretwell]

I could say I watched hundreds of lilms last night, but only bits of them so only two films.
That is Pieces of Silver (Reflections USA on the box) and Reflections, Derann LPP prestripe.

[Douglas Meltzer]

Piccolo Film's 400' Planet Der Vampire. Another candidate for re-recording.

[Osi Osgood]

We watched the very good Sherlock Holmes feature, " The Scarlet Claw", the best of that series, in our opinion.

[Graham Ritchie]

One Elmo 800 foot reel of

1...Tom and Jerry in Tee for Two
2....Motor Mania stunning color print bought new from Derann many moons ago.
3....Peace On Earth 1939 another stunning color print. PS The later 1955 Good Will to Men in Scope, is one of the best films I have on that format, its also a stunning sharp color/sound print.
4....Suzie The Little Coupe excellent color sound print.
5....and to finish Tom and Jerry in Smarty Cat from 1955

[Oliver Feld]

On Friday I screened the French masterpiece „Les Enfants du Paradis“ and yesterday „Romancing The Stone“ in all its glory.

[Lee Mannering]

Terminator III Crane chase. Arnie paid for that sequence to be produced and what a difference it made to the film.