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Posted by Bill Vermillion on 11/15/05 17:45
In article <d91jn15an850c1h8088jvv4onb3ntrdnbo@4ax.com>,
<FM98.3@WKLLradio.com> wrote:
>On Wed, 09 Nov 2005 21:23:12 GMT, "DVD" <dvd@dvd.nu> wrote:
>
>>Is there anywhere to download old films?
>Why bother. Walmart has been selling old films on DVD for $1 each.
Places like archive.org have old films that aren't available
anywhere else. Not DVD and not VHS.
For an example I got an old comedy "I'm From Arkansas" from
archive.org. It's a comdey - not great - but has old line
start Slim Summervile and El Brendel.
It's from PRC - Producers Releasing Corporation - who made a lot
of B-Budget films - a lot of them westerns for the double-feature
Saturday matinee crowd. $50,000 was a big budget for them.
TCM has shown three or four films from them spotlighting directed
by Edward G. Ulmer. But almost all of their output [IMDB shows
they distributed 286 films and produced 222 before they went out
of business in 1948] arent' available anywhere, and there are
several on archive.org
I recognized several of the films as the second 'cowboy' film
they'd show on Saturday's when I was kid. Usually starring
"Lash LaRue".
Some of the Ulmer films, and one of the most popular films they
released - the Enchanget Forest - reputed to be the first
film blown up from 16MM to 35MM for theatrical release - are on DVD
and/or VHS. But most are just missing in action - except for
transfered old prints that look like they were used in TV sations
in the 1950s that are on these sites.
Bill
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Bill Vermillion - bv @ wjv . com
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