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.
Now, on with the description ...
LOVE IS A MANY-SPLENDORED THING (William Holden & Jennifer Jones)
20th Century Fox
Title: Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing (1955)
Catalogue # F45
400 Feet
Colour
Sound (Mono)
Run time: approximately 17 minutes
Explores an interracial relationship between an American (played by William Holden) and an Asian lady (Jennifer Jones believe it or not) in the late 1940's and the disapproval of such relationships
COSMETIC CONDITION:
USED
CLEAN
Very good
Film stock and the Black reel (unbranded but made in USA) are undamaged, there is a White leader film. This is one of the few reels I have found that actually has had the title of the film attached to the reel.
Outer all cardboard two part case is in good condition, clean, no substantial structural damage and no personal writing however there is an area on the front (top right) where a label used to be at some time and it has either fallen off or been removed, causing slight graphic damage in that area.
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 couple of minutes or so to observe the picture and sound.
The colour has definitely shifted towards the Red 'end of town' very significantly, with barely any sign of Greens & Blues.
Sound is good and clean and it is easy to understand the dialogue.
SPECIAL NOTE:
I always include a couple of "off screen" snapshots of each reel as it is played ... now my digital camera is antiquated (colour balance? what's that - like I said, this is one OLD camera) and it's limitations are definitely showing up in these sample photographs.
I take the screen shot in very low light levels, the camera flash is turned off (otherwise the picture is flooded with White) and the camera shutter speed is very slow.
This means I have trouble getting sharp photographs, especially when there is movement on the screen and I have noticed that after viewing quite a few films now, that my poor OLD digital camera is tending to emphasise the Red's in the photographs anyway - in real life the on-screen picture is not as Red as recorded in the photographs.
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 fair ~ reasonable technical condition considering it is 50 years old.
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 box AND sealed the film within clear plastic - waiting for a Super 8 film enthusiast to "enjoy"!
