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VINTAGE
SUPER-8 SOUND BLACKHAWK FILMS SHORT SUBJECTS
Featuring
Laurel and Hardy - Charley Chase
Little Rascals - Charlie Chaplin
And Many More Super 8mm Magnetic Sound Films
Updated April 6, 2018
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The following Blackhawk
Films  are
generally Excellent+ to Near Mint condition and in the original boxes (OB) unless noted. A
number in brackets ( ) indicates the number of prints I have of that title.
LAUREL & HARDY COMEDIES
- THE STOLEN JOOLS
(2) - 1931.
Star-packed, including Laurel & Hardy, promotional short subject intended to raise
funds for the National Variety Artists tuberculosis sanatorium, produced in association
with Chesterfield cigarettes. Plot involves the investigation of the reported theft of
Norma Shearer's jewelry. Made by the National Vaudeville Artists (NVA) as part of a
charity campaign and distributed free to theatres in 1931. After the showing a live
speaker would come out and request donations. The film was rediscovered in 1972 in
Britain, where it had been released in 1932 as "The Slippery Pearls," one of the
Masquers Club comedy series for RKO. Subsequently a U.S. print was discovered and the
film's true title, origin and purpose were at last known. Near Mint in the OB - $39
- Laurel and Hardy "2-Reel"
Comedies - (1929-1935) Classic Hal Roach sound shorts from the greatest comedy team.
Too many titles to list descriptions of each one. Call me or email if you need to ask
anything about a title. Price reflects the general quality of print and condition: Very
Good condition being $20; Excellent to Excellent+ being $29; Like New to Mint being $39,
scarce hard to find titles as shown. Blackhawk prints, 400' in the OB or plastic
cases:
BUSY BODIES (2) - $39
PERFECT DAY - $39
THE
MIDNIGHT PATROL (2) - $39
MEN 'O WAR - $29 |
THEIR
FIRST MISTAKE - $39
THEY GO BOOM
(2) - $39
THE
LIVE GHOST - $29
THE LIVE GHOST (Light) - $20 |
DIRTY WORK (2) - $29
DIRTY
WORK (some wear) - $20
BELOW ZERO
(2) - $39
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- Laurel and Hardy "2-Reel"
Silent Comedies - Classic silent Hal Roach shorts with added sound tracks of music and
sound effects. Excellent+ to Near Mint 400'
in the OB: YOU'RE DARN TOOTIN' (2), LIBERTY - $39 each
TWO TARS (Some wear) - $20
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CHARLEY
CHASE COMEDIES
2-REEL COMEDIES |
- HASTY MARRIAGE
(2) - 1934 Charley
Chase comedy with James Finlayson, Eddie Dunn and Billy Gilbert. Unemployed Charlie Chase
is in love with a streetcar conductor's daughter, but her mother prefers a security
officer with the streetcar line for son-in-law material. Hilarious goings-on on the
streetcar follow and the couple commit a `Hasty Marriage' when Charlie finds out that the
job he is applying for is only open to married men. Near Mint in the OB - $39
- SOUTHERN EXPOSURE - 1935 Charley
Chase comedy also starring Constance Bergen. Connie Chase receives a letter from
Chaseville in Chase County, Kentucky, informing her that her lawyer husband, Jimmie, is a
descendant of the Blue Grass State Chases. Mint in a case - $39
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THE LITTLE
RASCALS (OUR GANG) 2-REEL COMEDIES
- Little Rascals (Our Gang) Comedies - Classic Hal Roach "2-reel" comedies
(unless noted) from 1929 to 1936. All Excellent used
($29) to Mint ($39) condition prints, and rare titles in Mint condition ($49). On
400' reels in the OB:
MAMA'S LITTLE PIRATE - $39
MOAN AND GROAN INC. (2) - $39
TEACHERS PET - $39
CHOO CHOO - $39 |
OUR GANG FOLLIES 1936 (2) - $39
BARNUM & RINGLING INC. - $29
BEDTIME WORRIES - $39
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HOOK AND LADDER - $39
WILD POSES - $39
BORED OF EDUCATION
(200') - $25
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CHARLIE CHAPLIN COMEDIES
With original RKO Van Beuren music
and effects sound track added in the 1930's.
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THE COUNT -
1916. Charlie burns a count's trousers while ironing them and is fired. The tailor finds
an invitation to dinner at Miss Moneybags and goes in place of the count.
With RKO Van Beuren music and
effects sound track added in the 1930's. Like New on a 400' reel in the OB - $59
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ONE A.M. - 1916. Charlie comes home drunk. Forgetting his
key, he climbs in through the window, climbs back out with the key, and goes through the
door. The rest are equilibrium gags, the central one being with his collapsible wall-bed. With RKO Van Beuren music and
effects sound track added in the 1930's. Like New on a 400' reel in the OB - $59
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RUNAWAY TRUCK - An action
packed episode from the 1959 TV series "Sky King" starring Kirby Grant. Sky learns that a neighbor, driving a truck full of children back from
a picnic has accidentally taken an overdose of sleeping pills. Sky
uses his plane "The Songbird" to locate the truck and stop it. Directed
by legendary Republic western and serial director William Witney. Mint print on 2x400'
reels in the OB - $49
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- FILM FIRSTS - Paul
Killiam's 50 minute compilation; with music, sound effects and narration; of
historic "firsts" in motion picture techniques from 1895 to 1920 such
as the first close-up, the first kiss, the first cartoon, the first
western, the first use of lighting for effect, etc. Near Mint on
2x600' reels - $119
- FARO NELL - 1929 Al Christie
sound comedy starring Louise Fazenda. Near Mint 400' - $29
- THE DENTIST
(2) - Classic W.C.
Fields 1933 Mack Sennett comedy. Mint in the OB - $39
Also
ONE print,
Excellent+ condition on
a 400' reel in
OB - $24
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- Shirley Temple BABY BURLESK Comedies - GLAD RAGS TO RICHES (3), KIN N' HOLLYWOOD (2), KID N' AFRICA - $29 each
- Flip The Frog - Created by Ub
Iwerks. Mint Blackhawk prints in the OB: FUNNY FACE, THE NEW CAR - $39 each
- BARNEY OLDFIELD'S RACE FOR A LIFE - 1913 Mack Sennett comedy. Virtuous Mabel Normand rejects
the improper advances of a villainous cad. The furious villain and his henchmen then seize
Mabel and chain her to a railroad track. With music and effects track. Like New, 250' on a
200' reel in white box - $39
Also a Near Mint print, 250' on a 400' reel in a worn OB - $39
- BLACKHAWK FILMS PREVUE 8 - A
film of selected scenes of the silent film classics offered by Blackhawk. 200', Mint in
the OB - $24
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- BEER IS HERE - 1933 Weber and
Fields comedy. Hilarious comedy team from Vaudeville in one of their few film comedies.
Like New condition 30 minute comedy on 2x400' reels in a worn OB - $59
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BARNEY OLDFIELDS RACE FOR A LIFE - 1913 Mack Sennett comedy with Ford Sterling, Mable Normand, mack Sennett and Barney
Oldfield. Virtuous Mabel rejects the improper advances of a villainous cad. The furious
villain and his henchmen then seize Mabel and chain her to a railroad track. Mabel's
anxious boyfriend turns for help to the great Barney Oldfield, who jumps in his racing car
and speeds to the rescue. With music and effects track. Near Mint, 400' in the OB - $39
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FOX MOVIETONE
NEWS RELEASES
- Hard to find
Blackhawk prints in
Excellent to Near
Mint condition in
the OB's, 225' on
200' or 400' reels:
FILMING THE FASHIONS
(2), MONKIES IS THE
CWAZIEST PEOPLES
(3), WHEN DISASTER
STRIKES, FILMING THE
BIG THRILLS (2),
LAWRENCE WELK
CHAMPAGNE MUSIC (2),
SCOURING THE SEVEN
SEAS, MOVIETONE NEWS
1/25/1930, MOVIETONE
NEWS 11/19/1930 -
$29 each
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COWBOY HUMORIST WILL
ROGERS - Produced
by Fox Movietone News
after his death in 1934.
Mint, about 250' on a
400' reel in the OB -
$29
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- THE SILENT PARTNER - 1955
"Screen Directors Playhouse" television show starring Buster Keaton, Joe E.
Brown and Zasu Pitts. 30 minutes on 2x400' reels - $39
- MACK SENNETT'S FUN FACTORY - The
wild comedy of Mack Sennett is shown is this great THE HISTORY OF THE MOTION PICTURE series Produced by Paul Killam and Saul Turrell in the 60's with
music and narration. Excellent used condition on 2x400' reels in the OB - $39
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