What 8mm films did I watch last night?

[Brad Kimball]

Moderator's note: This is a continuation of the Grand Old Forum's What Films Did You Show Last Night?. That topic had the distinction of having the most replies (5754) of any thread. Fittingly, both the first and last posts were by Lee Mannering.

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Last night I watched a Columbia Classic Digest Print of "Holiday" with Cary Grant and Katheryn Hepburn. I bought this a couple of weeks ago, but just getting around to seriously watching it. I had never seen the full-length movie so wasn't familiar with the story at all. The digest version editing is pretty choppy...by that I mean clips here and there that I found hard to connect. I liked the individual scenes...I always love Cary Grant and Katheryn Hepburn...but I think I would have gotten more out of the digest if I had seen the complete movie first. I guess this might be true of most digests.

Does it have the typical narration that Columbia and Ken often inserted to ensure their digests were used in homes only

[Graham Ritchie]

Brad....regarding the 3/400 footer of "The Towering Inferno" there is no narration in the film at all.

[Chip Gelmini]

Here is a complete list of my screenings for the entire year! WOW: I have shattered records of all previous years!

88 total screenings

69 were super 8

1 was 16mm

18 were DVD

I am so proud to be able to write this. An amazing year in my newest and best theater I've ever built!

The format is " DATE / TITLE / FORMAT / DAY OF THE WEEK

begin movie list:

	CGC SCREENINGS 2019	PAGE 2
DATE:	TITLE:	MEDIA:	DAY:
JAN 18	SNOW WHITE & THE 7 DWARFS	SUPER 8	FRI
JAN 20	VISITORS	DVD	SUN
JAN 23	SEVENTH HEAVEN	SUPER 8	WED
JAN 27	ROGUE ONE STAR WARS	DVD	SUN
FEB 1	I MARRIED A WOMAN	SUPER 8	FRI
FEB 2	KOYANNISQUATSI	DVD	SAT
FEB 4	AFRICAN QUEEN	SUPER 8	MON
FEB 7	OUR RELATIONS LAUREL & HARDY	SUPER 8	THUR
FEB 15	THE SWIMMING POOL	DVD	FRI
FEB 16	SHORTS FILM PROGRAM 1	SUPER 8	SAT
FEB 23	FANTASIA 1940	SUPER 8	SAT
FEB 27	THE BLUE LAGOON	DVD	WED
NARCH 3	THE SOUND OF MUSIC	SUPER 8	SUN
MARCH 8	POWAQQATSI	DVD	FRI
MARCH 10	WEST SIDE STORY	SUPER 8	SUN
MARCH 20	CAROUSEL	SUPER 8	WED
MARCH 29	GIGI	SUPER 8	FRI
APRIL 6	TALES OF BEATRICE POTTER	SUPER 8	SAT
APRIL 12	SHORTS FILM PROGRAM 2	SUPER 8	FRI
APRIL 16	LORD OF THE RINGS III	DVD	TUE
APRIL 17	THE BLACK STALLION	SUPER 8	WED
APRIL 23	ESCAPE PLAN	DVD	TUE
APRIL 27	A&C MEET CAPTAIN KIDD	SUPER 8	SAT
APRIL 27	EASTER PARADE	SUPER 8	SAT
MAY 7	THEY MADE ME A CRIMINAL	SUPER 8	TUE
MAY 11	NAQOYQATSI	DVD	SAT
MAY 15	HEDDA	SUPER 8	WED
MAY 19	A&c AFRICA SCREAMS	SUPER 8	SUN
MAY 19	AIRPLANE	SUPER 8	SUN
MAY 24	ANASTASIA	DVD	FRI
MAY 26	ON THE WATER FRONT	SUPER 8	SUN
MAY 26	GOD'S LITTLE ACRE	SUPER 8	SUN
MAY 27	SHORT FILMS PROGRAM 3	SUPER 8	MON
JUNE 5	HELLO DOLLY	SUPER 8	WED
JUNE 13	STAGECOACH	SUPER 8	THUR
JUNE 29	NO BUSINESS LIKE SHOW BUISNESS	SUPER 8	SAT
JULY 4	BIRTH OF A NATION	SUPER 8	THUR
JULY 11	LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRARIE	DVD	THUR
JULY 13	FROZEN (DISNEY)	DVD	SAT
JULY 14	GULLIVER'S TRAVELS	SUPER 8	SUN
JULY 19	DR. STRANGELOVE	SUPER 8	FRI
JULY 24	HUNCHBACK OF NOTREDAME (DISNEY)	SUPER 8	WED
JULY 29	THE OUTLAW	SUPER 8	MON
AUGUST 4	THE BOHEMIAN GIRL (LAUREL & HARDY)	SUPER 8	SUN
AUGUST 10	RUN, LOLA, RUN	DVD	SAT
AUGUST 12	THE WAY WE WERE	SUPER 8	MON
AUGUST 15	PIRATE TREASURE REELS 6 THRU 12	SUPER 8	THUR
AUGUST 18	SHORT FILM PROGRAM 4	SUPER 8	SUN
AUGUST 22	SUPER 8	DVD	THUR
AUGUST 23	BLOCKHEADS (LAUREL & HARDY)	16mm	FRI
AUGUST 25	HEAVY METAL	DVD	SUN
AUGUST 28	PIRATE TREASURE 1-6 NOW ON BIG REELS	SUPER 8	WED
SEPT 5	FANTASIC VOYAGE	SUPER 8	THUR
SEPT 8	ALL THAT JAZZ	DVD	SUN
SEPT 14	CAPRICORN ONE	SUPER 8	SAT
SEPT 19	ROCKY	SUPER 8	THUR
SEPT 27	UTOPIA ( LAUREL & HARDY)	SUPER 8	FRI
SEPT 27	BLOCKHEADS (LAUREL & HARDY)	SUPER 8	FRI
OCT 20	LOGAN'S RUN	SUPER 8	SUN
OCT 21	THE GOLD RUSH	SUPER 8	MON
OCT 22	BODY & SOUL	SUPER 8	TUE
OCT 24	SHORT FILMS PROGRAM 4	SUPER 8	THUR
OCT 27	ALMA NERA	SUPER 8	SUN
NOV 1	STATION WEST	SUPER 8	FRI
NOV 3	THE CONQUERER	DVD	SUN
NOV 4	WAR OF THE WORLDS	SUPER 8	MON
NOV 4	ROYAL WEDDING	SUPER 8	MON
NOV 7	THE LONE RANGER	SUPER 8	THUR
NOV 8	G.I. BLUES	SUPER 8	FRI
NOV 10	GORKY PARK	SUPER 8	SUN
NOV 13	OF THINGS TO COME (H.G. WELLS)	SUPER 8	WED
NOV 15	THE GOOSE WOMAN	SUPER 8	FRI
NOV 17	PRISON TRAIN	SUPER 8	SUN
NOV 19	RICHARD PRYOR LIVE IN CONCERT	SUPER 8	TUE
NOV 25	AKIENS	SUPER 8	MON
NOV 27	CATHERINE, THE GREAT	SUPER 8	WED
NOV 28	FANTASIA 2000 (DISNEY)	SUPER 8	THUR
DEC 4	FLYING DEUCES (LAUREL & HARDY)	SUPER 8	WED
DEC 10	INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS	SUPER 8	TUE
DEC 10	THREE NUTS IN SEARCH OF A BOLT	SUPER 8	TUE
DEC 14	CRIMSON WING (DISNEY)	DVD	SAT
DEC 16	NO LIMIT (GEORGE FORMBY)	SUPER 8	MON
DEC 18	IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE	SUPER 8	WED
DEC 22	DISNEY JUNGLE BOOK	SUPER 8	SUN
DEC 27	A NIGHT TO REMEMBER	SUPER 8	FRI
DEC 31	SECRET OF NIHM	SUPER 8	TUE
TOTALS:	SUPER 8: 69
	16MM: 1
	DVD: 18
	EVERYTHING: 88		end movie list :-)

[Oliver Feld]

The last screening this year: the Super-8-full feature of Mel Brook’s YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN...! An outstanding print of an outstanding comedy from the golden years of Hollywood. In my opinion Mel Brook‘s best feature!
Happy New Year everyone!

[Lee Mannering]

Impressive Chip!

Spent the odd quiet day at work scanning my own home movies throughout 2019 so we had a nostalgic trip thru our family lives watching everything from filming at Pinewood Studios on set to our regular trips back to the Derann Films building as it was being redeveloped. Also the switching off of several 35mm Cinema projectors to be replaced by Digital ones.
Amazing the way Kodachrome has held up the quality over the decades and looks great projected on the DLP. Nice to see mum cooking Christmas dinner and my gran giggling away once more on STD 8 as well. Ended the afternoon show with Dads 9.5 film of me in my Silver Cross pram complete with blue bonnet.

[Steve Klare]

Reels 1 and 2 of When the North Wind Blows: Sunn Classic's story of a Trapper's life among Siberian tigers. It's a close cousin to Osi's favorite Life and Times of Grizzly Adams. Both films follow Sunn's common theme of people finding themselves by leaving civilization for a life in the wilderness. North Wind first put Dan Haggerty on screen, Grizzly Adams made him a star.

I always play this one during the holiday week. I'm still doing it, just a little late this year!

I really like this film. Once I became that way, I started to look for information about it and was lucky enough to get in contact with Jack Ong, one of the actors. Jack was mighty pleased about it: this was his first on-screen role and being kind of an obscure film, he was happy to have a "fan" to discuss it with! Until Jack became ill and died a couple of years later, I usually e-mailed him to let him know he would be on screen here. He said if he ever came East he'd love to attend a show, doubly so since he didn't have his own print.

Jack often kidded me about my "ancient" projection set-up, but the fact of the matter is at least at that point 8 and 16 were basically the only way to see this movie here in North America!

My print is well matured! It was at least warm when I got it 15 years ago and it sure hasn't improved color-wise since then. I resorted to a cyan filter tonight. -not a miracle, but certainly an improvement.

When I do these multi-night shows, I often start every night with a cartoon. Tonight's was Gone Nutty. This was one of my very first new Derann prints, back in 2002. Color and sound are still beautiful and after over 17 years there is still not a mark on it!

-Reels 3 and 4 tomorrow
-Reels 5 and 6 Friday

[Steve Klare]

Last Night: Reels 3 and 4 as expected.

I didn't begin with a cartoon, but "The Beatles Come to Town". My wife was working at the PC in the same room at the beginning. She said "Can you turn it down?" I said "It's an early Beatles concert: it's not supposed to be quiet!".

Seriously: I count about 5 people in this film covering their ears!

I was watching these two reels and noticed that with the cyan filter the skies are actually blue. Of course, this shouldn't be too much of a surprise, but it makes so much difference in the way he film looks on screen. From the time I bought this film, they've never been anything but gray!

[Steve Klare]

Tonight: Reels 5 and 6 and the Conclusion

I really enjoy watching a feature this way: I get a couple of days enjoyment out of one film, maybe get to savor it a little! What's interesting about it is it makes a strength out of what many people might consider a weakness of features on 8 and 16mm film: it uses the reel changes as natural breaks. Of course you can do this with a DVD or blu-ray too, it's just when it's broken up like this, it's obvious when to stop and easy to start up again.

Two reels and a short are kind of a natural consequence of me running two machines side by side. I might run a short and a reel, but just one reel feels like I'm not even making an effort!

The short was the Derann cartoon Early Bloomer, a fairly late Derann release. This one just may have some history behind it. When Derann announced Early Bloomer, they said they'd showed it it at one of the British film conventions. Almost immediately this print appeared on the used list and I bought it. It's very likely either a test print or the one screened at the convention.

It's a great little CGI short. I love showing these to unsuspecting audiences: such a modern film is a surprise to people who think they stopped printing Super-8 in the 1970s!

[Melvin England]

Fortunately for me, the New Year Saturday night TV schedule in the UK has (IMHO) reached an all time low, so it is going to be a l o n g e r session in the Man Cave . Yippee !

Tonight, I decided to screen a host of 400' condensed films.

They were, in no particular order..

The Making of The Towering Inferno
Tora ! Tora ! Tora !
Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid
The St.Valentines Day Massacre
The Eiger Sanction
The Creature From The Black Lagoon
The Day of The Jackal
Taxi Driver

Quite a variety don't you think?

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[Oliver Feld]

ROCKY, the Derann full feature and an all-time classic.
Great acting, great music and a flawless print.
Happy new screening year to everyone!

[Brian Fretwell]

I only watched the Mickey Mouse B&W cartoon "The Mad Doctor", Derann release, I think on genuine B&W Agfa stock.

[Brian Fretwell]

Reflections (UK), The Dwarf's Dilemma(Disney Home Movies silent with Spanish subtitles but great colour, possibly on Agfa) and Double or Mutton (Wolf and Sheepdog cartoon, Techno on SP and turning a little pink)

[John Armer]

I watched the feature GENEVIEVE - a beautiful, mint print released by Derann that I bought on my visit to CHC on Saturday. I've not seen the complete film before - only the 600ft cut-down and a black and white edited feature on standard 8mm from Walton - so it was nice to see the whole thing.

[Brian Fretwell]

Carrie (Derann 2X 400ft edited into correct order SP going brown on shadows but all colours still there though one half is lighter than the other) and reel 2 of Swallows and Amazons (Odd reel of the feature bought at a BFCC for abut £2, Buck Labs on unmarked stock but looks like Carrie does so suspect SP).

[Lee Mannering]

One reel of Terminator and Betty Boop's Rise to Fame on Super 8. Termy is always good of course and Betty looked great as ever on this Collectors Club release re recorded from my Laser Disc back somewhat.