CASTLE FILMS UNIVERSAL-8 FILMS
SUPER 8MM MAGNETIC SOUND
Updated April 3, 2012

Universal Horror and Science Fiction, Comedy, Adventure, Sports and Historic films.
All Castle Films are black & white 200' (approx. 9 minutes) professionally edited excerpts in Super 8mm magnetic sound, in the original boxes and in Mint condition unless noted.  Many are still sealed in shrinkwrap. The number in brackets ( ) after a title indicates if I have more than one print of that title.

Click HERE for a brief history of Castle Films by Mark Clark.

• FRANKENSTEIN - 1931 classic starring Boris Karloff and Colin Clive.
  Very good used print in the OB - $49
• SON OF FRANKENSTEIN - 1939. Third in the Frankenstein series. Starring Boris Karloff, Basil Rathbone and Bela Lugosi. Excellent used condition in the OB - $59
  Another print in a Universal-8 OB, Mint - $59
• THE MUMMY'S GHOST - Starring Lon Chaney and John Carradine. Excellent+ in the OB - $59

• ABBOTT & COSTELLO MEET THE MUMMY - A riot as Bud & Lou romp with 3 mummy's. Mint in the OB - $49
• PARDON MY SARONG - Abbott and Costello in wildest Africa. Mint in the OB - $39
• DOUBLE CROSS AT CRISS CROSS - Abbott and Costello with Marjorie Main in the old west. Near Mint in the OB - $39
• A WEAK-END DRIVER - Classic comedy with Larry Seamon. Near Mint in OB - $39
• LOUIS VS SCHMELING - Famous Fights series. Mint in the OB - $29

• KENNEDY - MAN AND PRESIDENT - His life up to the assasination. Also shows Lee Harvey Oswald being shot. Mint in shrinkwrap - $39
• WASHINGTON, THE NATIONS CAPITOL (2) - 1960's tour of Washington D.C.. Mint in shrinkwrap - $29
• YESTERDAY LIVES AGAIN - Old historic footage from 1895 to the early 1900's.
  Excellent+ in the OB - $39
• FAMOUS FIGHTS - Highlights from the Gavilan vs. Cartier, Pep vs. Perez, Demarco vs. Basilio, and Robinson vs. Olson fights. Mint in OB - $29

• GAY 90'S LIVE AGAIN - Another classic Castle release of 1890's rare footage. shows Easter parade in New York, Sarah Bernhardt, Alexander Graham Bell, Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders, Bathing Beauties, old San Francisco, much more. Mint in shrinkwrap - $39
  Excellent+ used in OB - $29
• PALEFACE - Bob Hope and Jane Russell. Mint in OB, two in shrinkwrap - $39
• DR. PAINLESS - Bob Hope and Jane Russell. From "Paleface". Mint in shrinkwrap - $39

• THE GREAT CHASE - W.C. Fields. Fun filled scenes from "The Bank Dick". Mint in special art OB in shrinkwrap - $39
• CALIFORNIA BOUND- W.C. Fields comedy excerpt from "It's A Gift". Near Mint - $29
• WHO'S ON FIRST - Abbott and Costello classic comedy from "Naughty Nineties". 100' on a 200' reel in Universal-8 box - $29
• CIRCUS THRILLS - Like New in the OB - $29

• GERONIMO - 1939 Paramount action western with Preston Foster and Andy Devine. Mint in the OB - $39
• OVERTURE TO WILLIAM TELL - Walter Lantz Musical Miniature cartoon. Mint in OB - $29
• CASE OF THE RED-EYED RUBY - Inspector Willoughby cartoon. Mint in shrinkwrap - $39
• FRANKENSTYMIED - Woody Woodpecker. Mint in shrinkwrap - $39

• CLASH AND CARRY - Chilly Willy cartoon. Mint in shrinkwrap - $39
• THIS IS WAR (2) - The Marx Brothers comedy. Excerpt from DUCK SOUP. Mint in excellent condition OB - $29
• PIGSKIN CAPER - The Marx Brothers comedy. Excerpt from MONKEY BUSINESS. Mint in excellent condition OB - $29
• THE INCREDIBLE JEWEL ROBBERY - The Marx Brothers comedy. Excerpt from their last appearance together on TV. Mint in excellent condition OB - $29

• NEWS PARADE OF THE YEAR - Castle Films released one of these every year from 1937 to 1972. These are very hard to find in super-8 sound. All Near Mint to Mint, some in shrinkwrap: 1938 (2), 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1964, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1973, MOVIES GREATEST HEADLINES, CAMERA THRILLS OF WORLD WAR II - $39 each

UNIVERSAL-8   400' DIGESTS

Castle Films changed into Universal-8 Films in the early 70's. They finally responded to collectors demands by releasing films in these longer 400' digest versions. All are Black and White unless noted as Color.

• Universal-8 2x400' Color Digest Prints - All Mint mylar prints mounted on 600' reels in cases (some will have OB's included or be in OB's):
  SUGARLAND EXPRESS with Goldie Hawn, THE ISLAND, NORTH SEA HIJACK, ANIMAL HOUSE - $69 each
• PIRATE TREASURE - CAPTURED - Chapter 12 of a 1934 Universal serial starring Richard Talmadge. Like New, 400' in the OB - $29
• IF I HAD A MILLION - Classic W.C. Fields comedy. Fields and his wife are given a million dollars and they use it to buy old cars to seek revenge on hostile motorists. 400' Universal-8 print, Like New in the OB - $99
• ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN - From 1947 this is Abbott and Costello's beat film. Also stars Bela Lugosi, Lon Chaney and Glenn Strange. Great 400' digest by Universal. Near Mint in the OB - $119

All Films On This Page Are Super 8mm ( Super 8 ) Magnetic Sound And In Original Boxes Unless Noted !

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