Catalog Supplement of 16Mm Films Autumn 1993
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FILM =-=PRESERVATION -- _ - ASSOCIATES 8307 San Fernando Road = - -=- - Sun Valley, CA 91352 Library Voice & fax, 818 768-5376 Catalog Supplement of 16mm Films Autumn 1993 ORDERING INFORMATION l. Alt copie, are printed to order. Nocma.lly, we use Eastman stock and can ship within three weeks. Estar prinu are avaflable at a HAL ROACH COMEDY CLASSICS S" ,urtharge. *Shipment restricted to destinations in the U.S.A. and Canada 2. Terms: Institutional purchase ordm or pa)'lllent with order, pleue. Please add sales tax if iequired, and add for ihipping: $4 !or orders up to $200; $7 for orden "Lost" Our Sang FIim Fomdl totalling between $200 and $400; free ship- ping for each order over $400 to d1!$1ina tions in lhe USA. We "1ip UPS unleu Par~! Post Is requested. ... ~~ l"' THE SMILE WINS* 3. Returns will .be accepted only fordefecb in the printing process (although we try for 1928 $160 perfection!). Available for the first time in 16mm, this was regarded as a lost film until 1991 when the 4. Use or these tlllll$ ls Umi.t£l! to non-4heatri cal and. ho!M emlbitlon by direct pro)eo nitrate print from which our negative is taken was rediscovered in France. We have been tion only; all oUm uses. including stock unable to locate H. H. Walker's original title texts and find his inimitable style to be exactly $/Jot, horo.e video, telcvuion and lheatrlaf that, so our prints are supplied with the French intertiUes and a written sheet of English exhibition, are reserved. Most of these filin> are copyrighted in their entlrecy or to the translations. extent of special contenu or contain~ tered characters or trademarl<:s..' Blackhawk The story is of unusual interest, for it centers around Farina, who lives with his mom and Films• i, a registered tradcmari< of Playboy sister in a shack among L.A.'s oil fields. The family holds together because mom takes in PubUshlng Croup. laundry, but she is now sick, weak, and unable to provide even food or medicine. The Gang 5. Hal Roach productlons m.arl<ed with an (Joe Cobb, Jean Darling, Harry Spear, Wheezer and others) find out the true conditions, save asteri$k may ~ shipped only to d.estlna· the day, and even wreak revenge on a grasping landlord "A film of heart and warmth, The tions in the Uoib:4 States,i~ territories and Smile Wins weaves comedy and pathos with a positive but subliminal message about race posseMiow, to U.S.Govemmentpersonncl at APO and FPO addrc=, and to the relations ...This touching ft!m ... l isl funny, technically inventive, and altogether remarkable." Domlnlon o( Canada. East!m Hemisphere (Leonard Maltin and Richard W. Bann, The Little Rascals: The Life and Times ofOur Gang, righu in Hal Roach productions arc. con 1992) 19 minutes, silent trolled e,cduSMiy by Cinematografische Comcrz.Amt:a!t and are reserved. 1fM llildbaukl'iast:rlldai is -,d-~a.Jals atem,,n;MemJ bf ma~Asseams A TOUGH WINTER* 1930 $160 CONTENTS Category Page The centerpiece of this comedy is "Ste pin' Fetchit" (Lincoln Perry) presenting his unique, lethargic, shuffling. lazy black man who is always thinking hard about new ways to avoid Animatloo ----·-·----·-·---MM. Before Hollywood, There Was .•..•••••, •. PP any sort of work. Stepin' Fetchit was the "best known and most successful black actor Charley Chase - ..... _ .. _ ...._, __..... - ... KK working in Hollywood" in the 1930s (Donald Bogle), and this film was int.ended as a pilot Comlni of Sound ----~---·-·--·-· NN for an entire series which somehow remained unproduced. He's supported by the Gang. of Ea.rly Cinema Classics -·----·--· OOPP Index by Cateto,y _________ RR·UlJ course, here including Farina, Mary Ann Jackson, Wheezer, Jackie Cooper and "Chubby" Inda (Supplement) ···----·--·~·QQ Chaney, although the film (being politically incorrect in the extreme) is less valuable as Laurel &nd Rardy-------·---KK general auilience fare than as a record of the negro comic who absolutely made the mold •our Gang_· --··---------.Cover-Kl{ 21 minutes Politkal Fllnu ----------MM-NN Robert Young,on Shortl ..._ ......., .... ... PP Short Film Ma$1Erpleett ···-----·QQ Silent Clowns ··---·-·-··-----LL More Our Gang and Hal Roach comedies on the following page! JJ HAL ROACH COMEDY CLASSICS *Shipment restricted to destinations in the U.S.A. and Canada More Otr Sangi MOAN AND GROAN, INC.* 1929 S160 ,,,¢ An e,1riy talkie with Farina again the comic centerpiece among the Our Gang fl DOG SHY kids, but like A TOUGH WIITTER it's more a vehicle for fine grown-up comics~ 1926 $160 Officer Edgar "slow burn" Kennedy in his patented cop role, and the wonderful if now-nearly-forgotten ethnic, Max Davidson, stepping away from his ty pical Fans and critics agree: Charley Chase's silent two-reelers made in collaboration Jewish stereotype to play a genial maniac living in a spooky "haunted" house. with director Leo McCarey represents his finest work. Not all of them exist, but 21 minutes. we are happy to announce that DOG SHY does. What's more, we have beautiful prints of this delightful and even sophisticated comedy, which has never been Starmg Charley Chase previously available from Blackhawk Films. NATURE IN THE WRONG* DOG SHY offers a favored Charley Chase theme: the pretty girl is trapped in an 1933 $160 engagement to a rich pinhead, and Charley battles the odds to rescue her. By whimsy and coincidence, Charley is employed as butler in the girl's household. Just as the Tarzan craze was sweeping the country in 1933, Charley falls in love His mission is clear: save the lovely heroine from her betrothed. Charley's task with Muriel Evans and wants to marry her. Ronnie is also a real contender and is complicated by his lifelong fear of dogs, however, and the family has one (played has the inside track with Muriel's mother because of his "blue blood". Charley by Buddy, mid-1920's also-ran to Rin-Tin-Tin, whose yelping can be seen and thus sets out to reconstruct his family tree - but Ronnie gets in the act and heard in Laurel & Hardy's later PERFECT DAY). Three parallel plots require a causes a document to reach Charley stating that he is a direct descendant of rendezvous at midnight, all using the same signal for action: everyone is Tarzan, the Ape Man. Muriel thinks this is great - and Charley sets out to supposed to howl like a dog, confusing real dogs, cats, and all the conspirators practice up on his inherited powers, dressed in a leopard skin. 19 minutes, with throughout the ingenious conclusion. (Richard W. Bann) (21 minutes at 24 fps, Film Classics main titles. silent) LAUREL & HARDY TITLES IN PRINT (Restricted to destinations in the U.S.A and Canada ..Denotes silent with added music; tlndicates original main title is restored) Now Is Iha time to add new beautiful 1Bnn prints to your collec:Uon from Iha Blackhawk FIims Llwary! ORIGINAL SR.ENT SHOffl TWO.HEB. TAI.IJNG COMB>IES Two-reel comedies S160 each except as noted $160 each Angora Love .. Any Old Port t Bacon Grabbers•• Below Zero t Battle of the Century Pie Fight ($45)** Berth Marks t (talking version) Big Business•• (improved edition) Blotto Call of the Cuckoos, The (Max Davidson series) Brats t Do Detectives Think? t(improved edition) Busy Bodies Double Whoopee•• Come Clean lHREE AIID FOUR-REEL COMEDES Early to Bed County Hospital $230 each except as noted Finishing Touch, The Dirty Work Flying Elephants Fixer Uppers, The Another Flne Mess Forty-Five Minutes from Hollywood (A!J.Star series) Going Bye.Bye! Be Big From Soup to Nuts Helpmates Beau Hunks ($295) .~beas Corpust Hog Wildt Chickens Come Home Leave 'Em Laughing lloose-<:ow, The t Chimp, The t Llberty** Laughing Gravy Laurel & Hardy Murder Case, The t Love 'Em and Weept (improved edition) Laughing Gravy Reel 3 in phonetic Spanish ($85) Music Box. The t Putting Pants on Philipt ftmproved edition) Live Ghost, The Oliver the Eighth ($ 160) Second Hundred Years, The Man O'War Wacky West (Way Out West abridgment) Should Married Men Go llome? Me and My Pal FB1URE-UIIG1H L&H RMS Slipping Wives Midnight Patrol, The $395 each except as noted Sugar Daddies One Good Turn t That's My Wife•• Our Wife Block-Heads t Their Purple Moment Perfect Day Bohemian Girl, The t Two Tars•• Their First Mistake Chump at Oxford, A t (long version) We Faw Down Them Tar Hills t Our Relations t ($460) With Love and Hisses They Go Boom Pack Up Your Troubles t i,.. iored oriQlrw version) Wrong Again•• Thicker Than Water Pardon Us You're Dam Tootin'** Tit for Tat t Saps at Seat Towed in a Hole t Sons of the Desert t Twice Two Swiss Miss ($460) Unaccustomed As We Are t Way Out West t KK A U TUMN 1993 SUPPLEMENT CHARLIE CHAPLII FILMS IN RELEASE ··Has added musical sound track A,_..,..,. - KeystoneShms Esaanay Shorts $85 each except as noted S160 each ~ - Between Showers Bank, The Night Out, A Caught In A Cabaret By The Sea Police Champion, The .. Dough And Dynamite ($160) Shanghaied Fatal Mallet, The .. His New Job Tramp, The** Getting Acquainted In The Park Triple Trouble His Music.al Career Jitney Elopement, A Woman, A His Trysting Places Night At The Show, A Work Kid's Auto Races & A Busy Day"* Laughing Gas Mutual Shorts Mabel's Married Life•• $160 each Adventurer, The .. Making A Living Behind The Screen•• Immigrant, The** Masquerader, The Count, The .. One A.M.•• New Janitor, The Cure, The•• Pawnshop, The** Property Man, The Easy Street•• Rink, The** Rounders, The Fireman, The** Vagabond, The** Star Boarder, The Floorwalker, The.