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Early Stooges Stuff, can it be found?
ShempThePimp:
I mean , if it were shown in theaters , might they have a copy ???
girlovestooges:
Hi everyone,
Does anyone know how I can get a dvd or vhs copy of "Spooks".
girlovestooges:
Im trying like crazy to think of the name of a certain episode, all I can think of is the very end of it. They are all 2 standing together and moe starts saying something and one of the others say "BOO" and moe starts crying, then its over. Does anyone have any idea which episode it might be? If so how can I get a copy of that episode on dvd or vhs? Hope someone knows what Im talking about. Thanks
Melanie(girlovestooges)
Bruckman:
--- Quote from: ShempThePimp on July 18, 2005, 09:26:23 PM ---I mean , if it were shown in theaters , might they have a copy ???
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I'm going to slap my forehead in frustration if this keeps up..............
Look bud, what part of "lost" do you not understand? Theatres do not, and did not in 1933, keep copies of films. A print of a film would circulate to many different theatres before being returned to the exchange or distributor.
HELLO, POP does not exist in any known form: neither as a negative, a positive, a dupe print, anything. It was filmed in 2-strip Technicolor, which was very unstable chemically; it deteriorated even faster than regular nitrate if not preserved, or the colors would "hypo" out of existence. Since, in the 1930s, studios did not have the money to conserve films, nor any real reason to do so opnce they'd finished their initial runs, nothing was done to keep HELLO POP from falling apart. Sure, it would be nice if a copy turned up in private ownership but the odds are very long against that happening, and finding a print that would still be projectable, let alone in good enough condition to be transferred to video.
I find the idea that there's an unlabeled can of film sitting in the back of an ancient theatre somewhere with a print of HELLO POP inside pretty laughable, given that most of the theatres that existed in 1933 aren't even around anymore.
Bruckman:
--- Quote from: girlovestooges on August 11, 2005, 03:45:31 PM ---Im trying like crazy to think of the name of a certain episode, all I can think of is the very end of it. They are all 2 standing together and moe starts saying something and one of the others say "BOO" and moe starts crying, then its over. Does anyone have any idea which episode it might be? If so how can I get a copy of that episode on dvd or vhs? Hope someone knows what Im talking about. Thanks
Melanie(girlovestooges)
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That's from IN THE SWEET PIE AND PIE (1941). It's at the end of the first scene in the film, not the end of the film. Moe's asked to say a few words about his pending release from jail on a radio microphone and instead starts intoning "I am the Shadow.....," and Larry says "Boo!" Then the scene fades to the next one...
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