VINTAGE SUPER-8 SOUND BLACKHAWK FILMS
Featuring
Laurel and Hardy -  Charley Chase
Little Rascals - Charlie Chaplin
And Many More Super 8mm Magnetic Sound Films

LAUREL and HARDY SHORT COMEDIES
(Many more listed in the next week)

• Laurel and Hardy Comedies - Classic 1930's Hal Roach sound shorts from the greatest comedy team. All are Excellent to Like New Blackhawk prints, 400' in the OB - $39 each unless noted:

  DIRTY WORK BUSY BODIES ANY OLD PORT - $49 THE LIVE GHOST

  GOING BYE BYE (2) THE FIXER UPPERS THEM THAR HILLS THE HOOSEGOW - $49

• Laurel and Hardy Comedies - Classic silent Hal Roach shorts with added sound tracks of music and sound effects. All are  Near Mint Blackhawk prints, 400' in the OB:
  TWO TARS. LIBERTY, BIG BUSINESS - $49 each

• ANOTHER FINE MESS - 1930 Laurel and Hardy comedy. Homeless, penniless and one step ahead of the police, Stanley and Oliver take refuge in the home of big-game hunter Colonel Buckshot while the owner is on safari. Also stars Thelma Todd and James Finlayson. Near Mint on a 600' Bonum reel in a plastic case - $59

• THE MUSIC BOX - 1932 Laurel and Hardy Academy Award winning comedy. The Laurel & Hardy Moving Co. have a challenging job on their hands (and backs): hauling a player piano up a monumental flight of stairs to Prof. von Schwarzenhoffen's house. Excellent+ condition in the OB. Three reeler on a 600' Bonum reel in a case - $59

LAUREL and HARDY FEATURES

• OUR RELATIONS - 1936 Laurel and Hardy comedy with James Finlayson, Alan Hale and Sidney Toler. Unbeknownst to Stanley and Oliver, their long-lost twin brothers, sailors Alfie and Bert are in town on shore leave carrying a valuable pearl ring entrusted to them by their ship's captain. All four get involved in multiple cases of mistaken identity as a gang of hoodlums try to steal the ring Stanley and Oliver wind up with their feet in cement, about to be dumped into the harbor. Mint Blackhawk print on 4x400' reels in the OB - $169

• SWISS MISS - 1938 Laurel and Hardy comedy. Stanley and Oliver are mousetrap salesmen hoping to strike it rich in Switzerland, but get swindled out of all their money by a cheesemaker. While working off their hotel debt, Oliver falls in love with a chambermaid, Anna, who in reality is a famous opera singer spying on her composer husband, Victor, while he works on his new opera. The boys are assigned to move Victor's piano to a secluded tree house, but become trapped on a rickety rope bridge high above an Alpine gorge when they're met halfway across by a gorilla. Mint Blackhawk print on 4x400' reels in the OB - $169

• SONS OF THE DESERT - 1934 Laurel and Hardy comedy with Charley Chase and Mae Busch. So that he and Stan can sneak away to Chicago and attend the annual "Sons of the Desert" lodge convention, Ollie pretends to be sick, and gets a doctor (who turns out to be a veterinarian) to prescribe a long ocean voyage to Hawaii. Considered to be their best feature. A Mint Blackhawk print on 4x400' reels in the OB - $169

• PARDON US - 1931 Laurel and Hardy comedy with James Finlayson and Walter Long. It's the midst of the Great Depression as well as Prohibition. Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy have decided to brew their own stuff, and what they can't drink, they'll sell. Well, they made the mistake of selling some beer to two undercover cops and the boys are incarcerated. They're taken to a brutal and unfriendly prison. Mint Blackhawk on 3x400' reels in the OB - $129

• PUBLIC GHOST NO. 1 - 1935 Charley Chase comedy with Joyce Compton and Edwin Maxwell . A classic favorite with Charley hired to haunt a house. One of his best films. Near Mint in the OB - $59
• YOU SAID A HATFUL - 1934 Charley Chase comedy. A stuffy blow-hard type wants to jump on some information about a railroad line soon to go on sale. Afraid his competitors would stop at nothing, including murder to keep him from buying the line he forces Charley to trade places with him before leaving to make the deal. Excellent to Like New condition in the OB - $49
• HASTY MARRIAGE - 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 - $59

THE LITTLE RASCALS (OUR GANG)

• Little Rascals (Our Gang) Comedies - Classic Hal Roach comedies from the early 1930's. All Excellent used to Like New condition prints, 400' in the OB - $59 each unless noted

  MAMA'S LITTLE PIRATE MOAN AND GROAN INC. FLY MY KITE HELPING GRANDMA

  DIVOT DIGGERS PUPS IS PUPS (Good used condition) - $39 BARNUM & RINGLING INC.

• Little Rascals (Our Gang) Comedies - Classic Hal Roach comedies from 1935 TO 1938. All Excellent+ to Like New prints, 225' on a 200' or 400' reel in OB - $29 each

  HIDE AND SHRIEK NIGHT 'N' GALES FISHY TALES

  THE PIGSKIN PALOOKA CANNED FISHING

CHARLIE CHAPLIN MUTUAL COMEDIES

With RKO Van Beuren music and effects sound track added in the 1930's.
All Excellent+ to Mint condition on 400' reels in the OB - $69 each

• EASY STREET - 1917. A reformed tramp becomes a police constable who must fight a huge thug who dominates an inner city street.

• 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.

• THE CURE (2) - 1917. Charlie goes to a spa to dry out, but he takes a trunk of liquor with him. He tangles with another's gouty foot in a revolving door.

• THE ADVENTURER - 1917. Charlie escapes from prison. After rescuing a girl and her mother from drowning, Charlie is invited to their home where a big party is held and he is treated like a hero.

• THE RINK - 1916. After amusements working in a restaurant, Charlie uses his lunch break to go roller skating.

• ONE A.M. - 1916. After a night on the town, Charlie comes home to the house where he is staying, drunk and unable to find his key. For the next twenty minutes he staggers into, out of, and through the house in an inebriated confrontation with the house itself.

Chaplin titles above are all $69 each

• Flip The Frog - Mint Blackhawk prints in the OB: FUNNY FACE, CUCKOO MURDER CASE (2), SODA SQUIRT, BULLONEY, THE NEW CAR - $49 each
  SPOOKS - Has some wear and lines - $24
• FOX MOVIETONE WORLD WAR II NEWS RELEASES - Hard to find Blackhawk prints in Like New to Mint condition in the OB's, 225': PEARL HARBOR,  FDR DECLARATION OF WAR, BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC - $39 each
• A CHANGE OF SPIRIT - 1912 D.W. Griffith romantic comedy starring Blanche Sweet. With synchronized musical sound track. Mint in the OB - $39

• Shirley Temple BABY BURLESK Comedies - GLAD RAGS TO RICHES, KIN N' HOLLYWOOD - $24 each
• THE JAZZ AGE (2) - Wonderful hour long documentary from 1949 produced by NBC and narrated by Fred Allen. Shortly before his death, comedian Fred Allen supplied the dry-witted narration for this Project 20 hour-long documentary special. Spanning the period from the 1919 Treaty of Versailles to the 1929 stock market crash, the special utilizes documentary footage and clips from dramatic films to recreate the era of "wonderful nonsense." Mint condition. Choice of one print on 2x600' reels and one print on 3x400' reels - $139
• THE SWORD OF VILLON - 1955 Screen Directors Playhouse Hal Roach production. Starring Errol Flynn playing one of the most wanted men in france in 1455. Like New on 2x400' reels in the OB - $59
• DANGEROUS FEMALES - 1929 Al Christie early sound comedy starring Marie Dressler and Polly Moran. Very funny and Marie is way ahead of Polly in her acting ability. Excellent condition in OB - $39
• PROHIBITION AND REPEAL - Excellent compilation of Fox Movietone News releases during the prohibition era up to it being ended by FDR in 1933. Full 400', Like New print in the OB - $49
• RED INGLE AND HIS GANG - One of the Fox "Movietone Melodies" from 1949. "Hollywood Square Dance" performed by Red Ingle (vocal) and the Natural Seven, "I Love You for Seventy Mental Reasons" (parody of "I Love You For Sentimental Reasons") performed by Red Ingle and Karen Tedder, "Sweet Sue" performed by the Snafu Brothers (puppets). Mint, about 225' in the OB - $29

• BEER IS HERE (2) - 1933 Weber and Fields comedy. Hilarious comedy team from Vaudeville in one of their few film comedies. Mint 30 minute comedy on a full 600' New Bonum reel & case - $79
• THE NON STOP KID - 1918 Harold Lloyd comedy. Classic comedy with music and effects track. 225' on a 400' reel - $39
• MOVIES THAT TALK & SING - Full 200' reel of scenes from Blackhawk Films sound cartoon, short and feature releases. A Blackhawk catalog on film, introduced by Kent Eastin shown running an Elmo projector. Excellent+ condition - $29
• FARO NELL - 1929 sound comedy starring Louise Fazenda. 400' - $29
• THE HINDENBURG (2) - The crash of the Hindenburg in Lakehurst, New Jersey in 1937. One of the most dramatic scenes ever filmed. 200' in excellent useed condition - $29

• THE BARBER SHOP - Classic W.C. Fields 1933 Mack Sennett comedy. Like New on 400' reel in OB - $39
• THE POOL SHARK - 1915 Casino Star Comedies. First screen appearance of W.C. Fields. With special Blackhawk music track. Like New in OB, 200' - $39
• THE DENTIST - Classic W.C. Fields 1933 Mack Sennett comedy. Excellent+ on 400' reel in OB - $39
• FOX MOVIETONE NEWS RELEASES - Hard to find Blackhawk prints in Excellent to Near Mint condition in the OB's, 225': FILMING THE CRASHES, BROADWAY BY DAY (2), FILMING THE FASHIONS (2), MONKIES IS THE CWAZIEST PEOPLES (3), WHEN DISASTER STRIKES, LAWRENCE WELK CHAMPAGNE MUSIC (2), SHIRLEY TEMPLE THE BIGGEST LITTLE STAR - $29 each

• MACK SENNETT'S FUN FACTORY (2) - 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. Mint, 600' on a Bonum reel in a case - $69
  Another print in excellent used condition on 2x400' reels in the OB - $49
• NOSFERATU (DRACULA) - 1922 F.W. Murnau gothic horror feature. Vampire Count Orlok expresses interest in a new residence and real estate agent Hutter's wife. Silent classic based on the story "Dracula". A Paul Killian abridged version with a narration and music sound track. Excellent to Like New on a 600' Bonum reel in a plastic case - $69

• THE SILENT PARTNER - 1955 "Screen Directors Playhouse" television show starring Buster Keaton, Joe E. Brown and Zasu Pitts. 30 minutes on 2x400' reels - $59
• BIG MOMENTS FROM LITTLE PICTURES - 1924 Hal Roach comedy starring Will Rogers. He takes on Rudolph Valentino's bull-fighting epic BLOOD AND SAND, Douglas Fairbanks' ROBIN HOOD, weepy melodramas, and the Keystone comedies. Very funny, with a music sound track.
  Excellent condition in a white box - $29
• LOWELL THOMAS REMEMBERS 1941 - Great series from the 60's as Lowell Thomas talks about the news of the past using scenes from Fox Movietone News. Excellent+ condition. 600' in a case - $39
• A WOMAN IN GREY - Complete 1920 serial feature of "Mystery and Adventure" in 15 chapters. Stars Arline Pretty and Henry G. Sell. This Blackhawk print is supurb quality from the 35mm master material. This fifteen-part serial, "the last of the adult serials", is a beautifully photographed and edited action melodrama, with surprisingly good acting in all roles. Each chapter about 250' on a 400' reel with a synchronized piano music sound track. Near Mint, 15x400' reels in the OB's. Averages less than $20 per chapter - $299

• FILM FIRSTS - Complete Paul Killiam "Hour of Silents" documentary covering revolutionary "firsts" in the history of movie making. Includes the first kiss; the first cartoon "Gertie the Dinosaur", the first science fiction film "Trip to the Moon", the first use of photography techniques, the first western, the first comedy star John Bunny and much more. Music, sound effects and narration. Mint condition mylar print on on 1200' reel - $179

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