HISTORY:
My "world" is 'the arts' and more specifically, music, artwork and hand crafted/decorated chinaware's.
I am not a film enthusiast but an associate has asked me to find new owners for THEIR large collection of photographic and film items ... this is one of those items.
While the world of 8mm/Super 8mm is not my area of expertise, I am doing my best to establish the condition of each item that I am listing.
I tend to be quite detailed in my item descriptions, please READ all the details to decide if this item may interest you.
This film is "dodgy", thus the lower asking price, please read the testing description below to determine if this film may interest you or even just the reel!
Now, on with the description ...
HONEYMOON BRIDGE
COLUMBIA HOME MOVIES
Title: Honeymoon Bridge (1935)
Catalogue # AC 4027
Classic Comedy Series
400 Feet
Black & White
Sound (Mono)
Run time: approximately 17 minutes
The wife is driving him crazy with her bridge playing (card game), husband played by Leon Errol and his wife by Geneva Mitchell
I cannot locate any video content for this particular movie ... just the screen photos I have taken are provided
COSMETIC CONDITION:
USED
CLEAN
Very good
Film stock and the Light Grey reel (PLiO MAGIC made in USA) is physically undamaged, there is a White leader film.
Outer all cardboard two part case is in fair condition, clean but quite "well used" looking, possibly suffered some dampness in the past. No substantial structural damage or graphic damage and no personal writing on the box or reel.
NO writing on the reel and just the front cover mono colour graphics (Blue) which looks pretty generic with a small rectangular metallic label identifying the title and catalogue number. There is also a side label which looks to have been added by the owner.
TESTING:
Test projector is the ELMO 1200 that I have on hand at the moment.
Film looks to be clean and in good condition, sprocket holes are not damaged.
I only ran the film for the first five minutes or so to observe the picture and sound.
The picture is pretty typical, a slight Yellowish tinge and the contrast is fine.
HOWEVER ...
The sound is "dodgy", quite muffled at times and then suddenly NOTHING - no audio at all. It doesn't just drop in level but completely disappears, as though someone has erased sections of the soundtrack. This sound problem begins a short time into the film and continues on & off for the five minutes that I viewed it - sound then no sound, sound then no sound... Disappointing.
In my opinion, after this very brief test, I am happy that the film is as stated on the box and that the film stock appears to be in pretty good shape although I have strong suspicions that the previous owner meddled with the sound track at some time, the picture was fine during the short periods of silence.
Anyway, I am very fastidious and careful with these films (I am afterall doing this on behalf of another person) and I have now packed it back into the original cardboard outer box AND sealed the film within clear plastic - waiting for a Super 8 film enthusiast to "enjoy"!
