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Posted by Sean Weitzel (Member # 244) on 05-21-2003, 11:46 AM:

On www.archive.org there are a lot of public domain industrials (Jam Handy, etc) that are available for free download. This one caught my eye, and it's so awesome! It should be shown to every projectionist. [Big Grin]

"Murder on the Screen" 1958 by the Eastman Kodak Company
If you download the AVI, you will need the DivX codec installed (www.divX.com - free)
the MPG files are DVD compliant MPEG-2

http://archive.org/movies/details-db.php?collection=prelinger&collectionid=13704

Posted by John Pytlak (Member # 331) on 05-21-2003, 11:50 AM:

Kodak has been emphasizing "Film Done Right" since the early days of the movies. [Smile]

I have a film about proper film handling in theatres that Kodak produced in 1928. [Cool]

Posted by Bob Maar (Member # 763) on 05-21-2003, 12:14 PM:

John, Is that 1928 film with or without sound? [Wink]

Posted by John Pytlak (Member # 331) on 05-21-2003, 02:04 PM:

35mm, no sound, interscene title cards. It's a more recent print on safety film (not nitrate).

Posted by Randy Stankey (Member # 64) on 05-21-2003, 03:24 PM:

I'm in the middle of downloading the MPEG right now. I've only had a chance to see about the first 30 seconds of the film.

OK, so Eastman Kodak is where they MAKE the film but this is a little 'ol instructional film that's only a few minutes long. The opening credits and the first scene of the movie (the only parts I've been able to see so far) look as good as any wide release film of the day!

Talk about "Film Done Right"... This is "Film MADE Right!"
In more ways than one! [Smile]

Posted by Joe Beres (Member # 678) on 05-21-2003, 06:53 PM:

Thanks, Sean! If that film wasn't 45 years old, I would have thought that they guy from the "film distribution outfit" was Mr. Pytlak. [Smile]

Speaking of Mr. Pytlak... John, can you tell us more about how this film was "distributed" and who it's intended audience was? The 16mm focus makes me wonder if it was shown to A/V people in schools and libraries. I assume it was shown to people at television stations as well. It's a great little movie. Nice production value. Are any other Kodak productions of this type available?

Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 05-21-2003, 06:56 PM:

No teaser subject titles permitted. Please correct.

Posted by Sean Weitzel (Member # 244) on 05-21-2003, 07:05 PM:

Roger that Brad. Sorry.

Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 05-21-2003, 11:27 PM:

It's incomplete! We don't get to find out "who done it"! I think they were leading up to the projectionist, though.

Posted by Carl Martin (Member # 1146) on 05-21-2003, 11:46 PM:

that smith character is a dead ringer for elisha cook, jr. i think he did it.

Posted by John Pytlak (Member # 331) on 05-22-2003, 10:58 AM:

Don't know much background about the Kodak production "Murder on the Screen", as it predated my career with Kodak by over a decade. Here is what I found on the web:

http://www.jasongray.net/cinejournalar2.html

Murder on the Screen (1958)

This 22 minute short produced by Eastman Kodak plays out as a hardboiled dectective drama. A gruff cop grills suspects about the brutal murder of a young girl, except in this case, the "girl" is a mangled film print. Dig the double entendres as the bull poses a question to the lab-tech -- "You oiled her?" -- and lingers on technical film terms like lubricant. The writing is awesome and the actor's voices are all from a bygone era (you'll know what I mean when you hear them).

Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 05-22-2003, 12:55 PM:

Thanks, John. There's at least 4 minutes missing from the archive link.

Posted by Randy Stankey (Member # 64) on 05-22-2003, 01:38 PM:

[Confused]

Mine came in at exactly 22:00:16. 219.2 MB. [Confused]

Posted by Mike Olpin (Member # 1115) on 05-22-2003, 09:51 PM:

Mine came in compleate.
Try downloading it again.

Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 05-23-2003, 06:53 PM:

Humm... okay, thanks for the info, guys. [Smile]

Posted by Scott Norwood (Member # 30) on 05-23-2003, 09:26 PM:

So, John (or anyone else at Kodak)--what would it take to get new prints made of this (16mm or 35mm)? I'd buy one!

Posted by Leo Enticknap (Member # 534) on 05-24-2003, 06:39 AM:

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Dig the double entendres as the bull poses a question to the lab-tech -- "You oiled her?" -- and lingers on technical film terms like lubricant.

I don't know - first it was the OrgaBlo and now dodgy goings on with oil and lubricant... if you ask me, Film Tech is going to the dogs! [Wink]

Posted by Matthew Nock (Member # 1575) on 05-24-2003, 09:47 AM:

I have to say "I Love It!"

I will be burning this to CD for my Theatre managers to look at - then maybe i can show it to, and drum some facts into, our resident scratcher.