What 8mm films did I watch last night?

[Osi Osgood]

Happy to have screened my two latest acquisitions, two Cineavision Tom and Jerry's, "Busy Buddies', and "Pups on a Picnic", both with not stellar color, but not faded. That is, I think that they, like most of the Animex Cineavision scope prints, the color was never stellar, just printed that way, but I had never seen "Busy Buddies'" before, which was better than the later "Tot Watchers'.

[Brian Fretwell]

They dies with their boots on, both Derann 400ft extracts and ther trailer for The Empire Strikes Back, Derann Moviola "Import" 'scope, great colour but bought cheap as "out of rack", but my projector gets it in OK at maximum adjustment.

[Douglas Meltzer]

Chip,

Cheeky!

[Chip Gelmini]

North by Northwest full feature.....

[Douglas Meltzer]

Mike,

There's enough slapstick & car chases in these to make it worthwhile, but I agree that it was Fields' timing and that drawling delivery of his that made for his funniest moments.

[Mike Newell]

I watched Universal 8's The Best of Horror Part II, a 400' silent compilation of 8 Castle Films headline editions. This grouping consists of The Mummy's Ghost, Doom of Dracula, Revenge of the Creature, The Deadly Mantis, One Million B.C., Bride of Frankenstein, War of the Planets and It Came from Outer Space.



I'll be striping this and adding sound to show at the upcoming CineSea at the end of September.

Can you imagine how well they would have sold in a sound edition. I came across a best of WC Field 400 in silent mode . All WC Field’s humour was verbal what’s the point 🤪

[Douglas Meltzer]

Brian,

Thanks. A 4x400' version would have been terrific!

[Brian Fretwell]

Sorry typo there, it should have been 2x400ft. My keyboad is currently in a less than optimum place and I can't see both it and the screen comfortably at the same time as I am using a secondary computer.

[Douglas Meltzer]

Brian,

4x400' Ken cutdowns of Empire? I thought there were just the two, along with the Ken 200' version.

[Brian Fretwell]

A mixture. First the Avengers episode "The Living Dead" 1x400ft Deran on Agfa, followed by The Empire Strikes Back 4x400ft Ken Films extracts now rather brown in the shadows (only edge-marking I could see was EKC31) , The Phantom of the Opera Universal 8 very pink. Then to cheer me up a Walton 1x400ft of The 39 steps (Robert Powell version) on late Fuji amd great colours.

[Brian Fretwell]

The last, and longest, purchase from CHC "The Ghost Train" an adaptaion of the stage play by Arnold Ridley (perhaps now better known as Godfrey from Dad's Army), 4x400ft Powell film release on 2 800ft spools. A typical B&W release quality of the time, with very little wear. As it stars Arthur Askey and Richard Murdoch, with Kathleen Harrison, it is more comedy than the play but still has some serious "fifth column" arms smuggling to balance that.

[Douglas Meltzer]

I watched Universal 8's The Best of Horror Part II, a 400' silent compilation of 8 Castle Films headline editions. This grouping consists of The Mummy's Ghost, Doom of Dracula, Revenge of the Creature, The Deadly Mantis, One Million B.C., Bride of Frankenstein, War of the Planets and It Came from Outer Space.



I'll be striping this and adding sound to show at the upcoming CineSea at the end of September.

[Osi Osgood]

Though it was just a few days back, I had the good pleasure of viewing Philip's "JAWS" 200ft, and despite Lee's protestations, this reel, made in Italy, really has outstanding color and image quality. In fact he has placed an extra copy of this on eBay! Definitely an excellent edit!

[Brian Fretwell]

I'm still catching up on my weekend purchases/prizes. Last night it was the film I won 200ft on Australian Aborigines faded and a little bowed at the start but no smell (I'll be keeping it separate) and The Coal Miners Daughter U8 2x400ft in typical U8 colour condition, bought at a bargain price.

[Douglas Meltzer]

John, What a great buy and what a great reel!

Lee, "Projected in our camping tent"? Now there's a picture that belongs in the screening room photo section!


I watched a Marketing Film 400' print of Die Rache des Dr. Fu Man Chu (The Vengeance of Fu Manchu).



The evil Doctor surgically creates a double of Scotland Yard's Nayland Smith and has him commit murder.