Folks, Here is some very sad news regarding Forry Ackerman... ... From: Dave Rawlins <davedraver@...> Subject: [stanleeera] Re: Forry Ackerman To:...
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Phil Latter
chromium_foil
Nov 2, 2008 10:58 pm
... From: mikechomko <michaelchomko@...> Subject: [Cover_Ups] Pulpcon 2009 To: Cover_Ups@yahoogroups.com Received: Sunday, November 2, 2008, 6:51 PM ...
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starpirate2001
Nov 6, 2008 5:58 pm
Blundering around looking for something else yesterday, I found the website for DVDAvenue, which claims to have complete runs of old series on DVD--including...
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Linda Cameron
mcmugged
Nov 6, 2008 6:26 pm
If you do a google search, you can find a lot of complaints and scam alerts about that site. Linda...
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Phil Latter
chromium_foil
Nov 11, 2008 11:38 pm
... From: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment <DisneyDVD@...> Subject: Get Walt Disney Treasures + Zorro Lithograph Offer To:...
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Gerald W Page
pasquintain
Nov 30, 2008 7:52 pm
Hi, My name is Jerry Page, and I've just joined the Johnston McCulley Zorro Group. If you belong to PulpMags, you probably recognize my name. I've posted there...
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Linda Cameron
mcmugged
Nov 30, 2008 8:57 pm
Hi Jerry, I share your enthusiasm for The Curse of Capistrano. I am trying to get all the McCulley Zorro stories, but it isn't easy because most are out of...
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Monte Herridge
monteherridge
Dec 1, 2008 2:48 am
Welcome, Jerry. I am also a member of the Pulpmags group, so I know you from there. If you want to read other McCulley stories, including some Zorro stories,...
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Gerald W Page
pasquintain
Dec 1, 2008 5:04 am
It's difficult to say definitively how good something you saw as a child, more than fifty years ago, was. But "Zorro's Fighting Legion" has a good reputation...
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Gerald W Page
pasquintain
Dec 1, 2008 5:12 am
Thanks, Monte. It's good to see a familiar face. That's good information to have about the files page. I was just thinking of several McCulley stories I've...
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Linda Cameron
mcmugged
Dec 1, 2008 2:50 pm
Jerry, A friend recently went to a showing of the silent movie with Douglas Fairbanks playing Zorro and said it was good. I haven't seen it, but I guess I...
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Gerald W Page
pasquintain
Dec 1, 2008 4:05 pm
I suspect that the same technology that makes high definition possible in television will produce the finest copies of older movies on DVD yet. Still, there...
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Phil Latter
chromium_foil
Dec 1, 2008 4:11 pm
Folks, Â "The Mark Of Zorro" title has been made into no less than four motion picture movies over the decades; I have four DVD and VHS different 'Mark Of...
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Linda Cameron
mcmugged
Dec 1, 2008 4:49 pm
Jerry, I hope you are right that technology will make it possible to get better copies of older films. I joined the Disney Movie Club just to get the Zorro ...
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Gerald W Page
pasquintain
Dec 1, 2008 5:27 pm
Some improvement in the quality of DVDs seems inevitable to me. If broadcast TV is mandated to go to HD in February, a lot of the major customers for the old...
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Linda Cameron
mcmugged
Dec 1, 2008 6:33 pm
Phil, Thanks for that information. I am going to save it since I haven't seen all these movies. Something to look forward to. Linda...
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Linda Cameron
mcmugged
Dec 1, 2008 6:43 pm
Jerry, I find that watching regular DVDs in an upconverting DVD player on a HD TV looks pretty darn good. The high def broadcasting I also receive is better ...
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Duane Spurlock
duane1spur
Dec 1, 2008 8:04 pm
It's getting to be a busy world for Westerns in the blogosphere. I've just created a new blog, Spur & Lock, which you can find at this URL: ...
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Phil Latter
chromium_foil
Dec 1, 2008 8:18 pm
Duane, I'm curious as to why that isn't a clickable link, in your email. Sure, I could retype it into a browser, and I may even do that, but I was just...
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Phil Latter
chromium_foil
Dec 1, 2008 8:30 pm
I actually have the best of both worlds. Â In a second hand book and video store locally in Halifax, I bought last year or the year before, DVDs of the...
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Ufikus
ufikus1965
Dec 1, 2008 8:41 pm
Hi Linda Of course better quality than original not. But movie reels are all analog just like photography. DVD masters were taken in simply less digital...
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Linda Cameron
mcmugged
Dec 1, 2008 8:47 pm
Phil, I also have a bootleg set of 11 DVDs of Disney's Zorro recorded from the Disney channel. The Disney logo is on the screen. The quality is pretty good and...
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Phil Latter
chromium_foil
Dec 1, 2008 8:50 pm
You are very, very welcome, Linda! Â As a lifetime collector of 'everything Zorro' (and I DO mean everything, from books including novels to pulps to toys to...
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Linda Cameron
mcmugged
Dec 1, 2008 8:53 pm
Phil, I never heard anything about the number 9 and Zorro. Sounds intriguing! Maybe you can tell us a little bit? Linda...
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Phil Latter
chromium_foil
Dec 1, 2008 8:55 pm
Hi Linda, Â My DVD complete bootleg set of the 1950's Disney Zorro TV series is not the same set as you found, and cannot be, for two reasons: on my discs,...
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Linda Cameron
mcmugged
Dec 1, 2008 9:08 pm
Phil, Now I am envious :) You didn't mention if you have the Disney logo o n the screen when you watch. I assume you do if it was recorded from TV originally. ...
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Linda Cameron
mcmugged
Dec 1, 2008 9:21 pm
Ufikus, I still don't understand how it can be done, but if it can be--I am all for it! I would love to see the old Zorro shows in high def. I recently watched...
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Ufikus
ufikus1965
Dec 1, 2008 9:50 pm
Hmmm, How to explain it? Probably best to do example with photography because movie reels are simple long runs of photographic images. Photography is chemical...
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Linda Cameron
mcmugged
Dec 1, 2008 10:08 pm
Ufikus, That actually makes sense to me. I have done some scanning. So it appears Disney has been pretty sloppy with their Zorro DVDs. They could have given us...
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Phil Latter
chromium_foil
Dec 1, 2008 10:10 pm
No Linda, Â My second hand store bought complete Disney Zorro 1950's colourized TV series bootlegs are DVDs, not VHS. Â My black and white complete VHS...
