hamradio

I don't like digital downloads for magazines, Heathkit manuals, books, etc. Maybe for diagrams and instruction manuals. Nothing beats the real thing. http://www-papermags-com.netsolads.com/photoplay.aspx?keywords=photoplay%20magazine&creative=4245372030&adGroup=36911&gclid=CIiN_pfP7aACFcOX2Aod9FsLNA

krieger69 wrote: << Letterboxing and digital sound on laserdiscs started back in the mid-80's (Star Trek III was, I believe, the first disc with digital audio as well as analog), and laserdiscs themselves were around for 20 years from the late 1970's ('78 or '79 or so) until the late 1990's. They hardly made a "short comeback" since they were the state-of-the-art video format for 20 years, until DVD came along.>> My assumption about Laserdisc was from my local 2 retailers that once sold them. Both had to stop selling both the players and the disc because they were becoming unpopular due to the price drop of video tapes and the advent of the RCA CED system which they start selling in place of the Laserdisc system. Even back in the mid 1980's the LD players were still quite expensive. My player only cost $499.95 from Radio Shack. I ask the retailers themselves and they said the Laserdisc were dropping in popularity and I never heard anything else about them and it was my surprise to see them again in 1991. Maybe its my area and where you live the sales were different. Far as letterboxing goes, I thought the very first movie that came out on Letterbox was "Spartacus" that TCM first premiered around 1993? Before that movie, I never seen any type of TV movie or video using that format. People really hated that format when TCM started showing them because they thought they were missing half the picture not realizing that they were seeing the entire movie in its original format. I really like seeing the first movie (or was it?) in Letterbox. By the way, what was the very first movie to video in Letterbox? My very first LD was the MCA DiscoVision label "Shogun Assassin" (1980). The reason I bought it was I wanted it as (at the time) a collectors item. This is when I thought they were being phased out. Lol, I never thought I will be playing it later.

GreatMoviesFan wrote: << I was born on Curly's birthday >> I bet your birthday parties are lots of fun.

Since we are on the subject of comedy, I like to get a little off topic. I've been following the news of a raid on a medical clinic called "The Wellness Center" and I like to know is the FBI using a new type of weapon? http://www.topix.com/album/detail/williamson-wv/AE2RHQIR1GRR740A Does that look like something one would see in an "Animal House", a Chevy Chase or Buster Keaton type movie. I can't stop laughing. LOL!

I watched "Caddyshack" when it first came out. This was the first movie I've seen Ted Knight in outside "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" that was on TV in the 1970's Getting the Ted Baxter charactor out of my mind while watching the movie was a bit tough. Ted always thought *he* was bigger then life. Lol, what news anchor would had a Hollywood star on his door. "Caddyshack" was shown during the same time period when "Modern Problems" was being shown.. (YE-ES!...... I -e-e-e- like it ) Chevy Chase's heyday. I got the "Caddyshack" soundtrack LP, the main title "I'm Alright" is one of Kenny Loggin's best. The back of the LP is a bit offensive, all I can say that a golf club and 2 golf balls are shown, I"ll leave it to your imagination.

Samuel Goldwyn being a glove salesman was a bit of trivia I didn't know. Did he every used that expertise to treat some of his actors / actresses with kid gloves?

I wonder if this movie "Over the Hill to the Poorhouse" is lost or simply not released. When I Googled it, the site teases one to think its out there somewhere. Why would Blockbuster tell us info on it? I thought they rented movies and not known (or cared) to be a film history site. I once thought "The Captain's Kid" was a lost movie because just only a couple of years ago, this movie lead anyone to a dead end. Even though its still not available on video, TCM *somehow* presented it last November. Cross your finger's TCM might present "Over the Hill" someday. If it is LOST, then it should be renamed aptly so "Over the Hill to the (nitrate) Graveyard".

That post got me to thinking about how funny if the 1989 "Batman" was made during the 1920's. Picture Harold Lloyd playing the Joker and while doing his own stunts on the bell tower, he offers to lend Batman a *hand.*

FredCDobbs wrote: << And when that very heavy building front fell down on him in ?Steamboat Bill Jr.?, while he survived by being just inside the gap provided by the open second-floor window frame, that was an amazing scene that could have killed him. >> Matter of fact that stunt was so dangerous, some of the film crew walked off the set, very much afraid that he would kill himself. I beleive the margin of error was about 1 inch all around. Buster must have been great at trigonometry! Another dangerous stunt is in "The General" where Buster sits on the drive arm of the locomotive. Talk about guts!! Not only he but other comedians like Harold Lloyd did there own very dangerous stunts. I *admire the courage* of these Hollywood greats that would risk their very lives to make us laugh.

I own a Realistic MD-1000 Laserdisc player. I got it in 1991 and it can also play CD-video and standard CD's. It plays the last generation laserdisc that were made during the 1990's that has a digital audio track to suppliment the standard analog and CX. Laserdisc made a short comeback during the 1990's thanks mostly to CD Digital Audio. One still have to take great care of the disc because any abuse will show up on the video. DVD's finally killed them out but one might can still find NIB discs on the internet. These last generation laserdisc had THX and many were letterbox. I bought "Annie" on laserdisc because at the time, letterbox was only available in that format. Glad TCM finally got around to show the letterbox version. I simply like them because of the neat foldout jackets that has nice photos of the movies. A spinoff from the LP era. My BEST jacketed laserdisc are "Jurassic Park", "Terminator 2 Judgement Day" and "Independence Day". My only objection to ID is the unrealistic ending in the movie (interface an alien computer to a laptop, give me a break).

JarrodMc wrote: << I think Jim Cameron's TITANIC will have a long life, especially now that he's doing the 3-D version >> Like you previous comment about using gimmicks, isn't it also a shame that Hollywood has to use the 3D gimmick to give the movie "Titianic" a longer shelf life? The movie should stand on its on merits. I noticed you didn't include any movies during the 1930's time period. Its glad to know that the blockbusters "Gone With the Wind" and "The Wizard of Oz" are NOT forgotten. Edited by: hamradio on Apr 1, 2010 1:07 PM

If its available in B&W then some production company goofed, it was shot *entirely* in 2 strip Technicolor not just have small color scenes like in earlier movies. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Black_Pirate

"The Black Pirate" (1926) starring Douglas Fairbanks Sr. was not only a blockbuster but the only total color film of the silent era. This would make a great Silent Sunday Night movie. In this day of young people liking pirate movies, maybe this is a great way of getting them interested in silent movies.

Wow, *only* $700.00? You must have got that VCR during a clearance sale. It was at Sears where I saw the very first VCR, I can clearly remembered that a basketball game was playing on it and the price was $1,795.95 which was in 1978. A couple of years later I saw the first videodisc player which was a Sylvania LaserDisc at a TV / Appliance store. It was also about $1,700.00 This is why the RCA Selectavision CED got to be such a hit because it was a great bargain, in 1981 it was about $350.00 and approx $470.00 for the stereo that was introduced a year later. The stereo player blew me away. Like to see something *old* look at this http://www.rewindmuseum.com/umatic.htm

I like to say at first Welcome to the Boards. Since you are new here, this site has a past history that has been pretty rough, the reasoning behind having an administrator that tries to keep order to the best of her ability. I myself have to learn to tread lightly. Besides deleted post you may come across entire threads that have been either locked (the little padlock icon) or a thread deleted due to misconduct in violation of forum rules. If you haven't read it, here is the Code of Conduct. I hope it helps you out. http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/ann.jspa?annID=16 Give this forum a little time. you will get use to how everything works. Enjoy.

Price tells me that buyer beware, besides shipping and handling will be what??

How's this for a wink? A tribute to Groucho

It was a very good copy. I haven't seen "The Giant Gila Monster" since the late 1960's Edited by: hamradio on Mar 31, 2010 10:10 PM fixed typo

I got the silent version of "The Lost World" with the old B flick "The Giant Gila Monster" on the same DVD at my local Family Dollar Store for $1.00 (duh). I had some spare DVD cases, so I carefully took apart the paper box (intented for cheap packaging) and made me a nice color copy of it, adjust the size using a guillotine paper cutter, inserted it into the DVD case and tada, had a very nice movie inside a properly labeled DVD case. ALL for a $1.00 I work at a place where they get promotional DVD's which comes inside the large black DVD boxes. I asked them not to throw the cases away, I can use them for movies. I use a Casio CD/DVD printer to label my CD's and DVD-R's. The very few movies I buy, I get on Ebay, my last one was $11.00 which included free shipping.

This thread reminds me of the old song "Lets Call the Whole Thing Off" (in more ways then one). http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/47/messages/878.html

I say Chico, peace.

I hope its just another fish story. But I am open to a horror version though *The Little Mermaid III, Ursula's Revenge* Edited by: hamradio on Mar 31, 2010 3:27 AM

This thread 3 covers subjects at the same time for me. Because VCR's were so expensive during this time period, the first device I ever bought for watching movies was the RCA Selectavision CED player back in 1982. I got 2 movies when I bought the player, "Star Trek II, The Wrath of Khan" and "Tron". Not only was these my first movies I have ever bought but this was the first time I heard *any* movie in STEREO! Plus the picture quality was much better then cable which fortunately got upgraded a short time later. The transistion from the drab mono cable to the videodisc could be compared to going from B&W to color during the 1960's. I no longer have the player or disc but upgraded to the widescreen DVD edition of both movies a few year back. My first VHS movies was back in 1988 when I bought my first VCR which is also stereo from Sears and I joined Columbia House and had to buy 6 VHS tapes to get my membership started. At this time the price was very reasonable considering individual tapes were still considered expensive. I can still remember the first generation movies on VHS were around $80.00 !! OUCH!! I still have the Sears VCR but I don't use it much, mostly for dubbing.

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