ATLAS FILMS 8MM COLLECTING FOR THE FINANCIALLY IMPAIRED
Posted: Sat May 30, 2020 5:57 pm
Michael J. Hayde has put together a wonderful little history of this long-living fly-by-night little collector company:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhC4eKL ... e=youtu.be
Two things Michael: first, the Barney Google comedy with Slim Summerville is, in fact, A HORSE ON BARNEY (Standard-FBO released April 21, 1929), I have a beautiful 16mm original on it.
Second, that Atlas Films print of Roscoe Arbuckle's THE WAITERS BALL (1916) had another edge on the Blackhawk print of the same title, the Atlas Films print was actually complete. Blackhawk's derived from Paul Killiam's MOVIE MUSEUM version, which was trimmed by several minutes. I have one of these Atlas prints as well, and it was what we used as the road map to reassemble Killiam's trims to his original fine grain.
My memories of Atlas was that there was always a rack of their product for sale at Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park, CA, this was where I discovered them in the 1960's, and though I would then get their listings and purchase from mail order from them, I would find interesting things of theirs I didn't have on their lists when I went to Knotts.
And once more, another lab working both the porno and collector end of the home movie business (this was far from a seldom thing).
Well done Michael, bravo.
RICHARD M ROBERTS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhC4eKL ... e=youtu.be
Two things Michael: first, the Barney Google comedy with Slim Summerville is, in fact, A HORSE ON BARNEY (Standard-FBO released April 21, 1929), I have a beautiful 16mm original on it.
Second, that Atlas Films print of Roscoe Arbuckle's THE WAITERS BALL (1916) had another edge on the Blackhawk print of the same title, the Atlas Films print was actually complete. Blackhawk's derived from Paul Killiam's MOVIE MUSEUM version, which was trimmed by several minutes. I have one of these Atlas prints as well, and it was what we used as the road map to reassemble Killiam's trims to his original fine grain.
My memories of Atlas was that there was always a rack of their product for sale at Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park, CA, this was where I discovered them in the 1960's, and though I would then get their listings and purchase from mail order from them, I would find interesting things of theirs I didn't have on their lists when I went to Knotts.
And once more, another lab working both the porno and collector end of the home movie business (this was far from a seldom thing).
Well done Michael, bravo.
RICHARD M ROBERTS