Grahame Newnham's Collection

[Osi Osgood]

Dino, have you ever ran into any 9.5mm features or shorts that are either lost films, or films with footage that has previously been lost?

[Brian Fretwell]

Ken, I have some reperfored films bought in the UK, so probably made by Larry Pierce, as well.

They could also be Walton prints as I believe (from Larry's Walton film booklet) they did them too. Possibly Larry bought the reperforator from them when they closed.

[Ken Finch]

You may well be right about Walton Brian. I cannot remember if Walton were still going when Larry was reperforating but I always understood that the Walton prints were done on 9.5mm positive film stock as they did with the other gauges. Ken Finch.

[Brian Fretwell]

Maybe the sample in the pack was one of Larry's to illustrate the point. There was a section of triple rank printed 9.5 there too.

[Dominique De Bast]

They could also be Walton prints as I believe (from Larry's Walton film booklet) they did them too. Possibly Larry bought the reperforator from them when they closed.

I remember the seller told me the films were reperfored by (I don't recall the name he said) in the '60s. I assume it's Larry but I'm not 100% sûre. Do you know which sound titles Walton reperfored ?

[Maurice Leakey]

....have you ever ran into any 9.5mm features or shorts that are either lost films, or films with footage that has previouslyHbeen lost?

Before the war Pathescope relied on British Lion for their 9.5mm sound releases.
Unfortunately, the British Lion storage facilities were destroyed during the Blitz, thus all masters and some release prints went up in smoke.
I have many pre-war 9.5mm sound feature films. When I've got time, I will examines my collection and see if any are British Lion releases.
I know I have some entertainment shorts which carry the British Lion logo opening. Here is one such short from Grahame Newnham's collection.
9.5mm Pathescope sound film - T.9314 "VARIETY NO. 2" (Joe Loss/Chick Henderson etc) - YouTube

[Dominique De Bast]

Looking for something else (I didn't find) on Grahame's site ( NINE-FIVE PAGE (pathefilm.uk)), I saw that link to an interview of Larry Pearce, many members probably already saw : 9.5mm film - LARRY PEARCE INTERVIEW - GB CIRCA 2000 - YouTube

[Rodney Bourke]

A short Video of Grahame Newnhan, beside his table selling at Pimlico Film Fair, maybe someone here was there.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77x7xqSSOOI

[Melvin England]

For those of us who never made Grahame's acquaintance this is a lovely video to show who he was. Thanks Rodney.

[Ken Finch]

I was there but not in that video. Some of the faces were familiar ‘regulars’ but do not remember their names. Ken Finch.😊