I have an original copy of Steamboat Willie and I was wondering if anyone here could direct me to a site that I could use to research the present value $$ of the movie
shareHi. Have you gotten a reply as to the present value of an original copy of Steamboat Willie? I too have one. It was my fathers. Also have a projector he got with the movie. Let me know. I'm interested too. My e-mail is
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Thanks
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Have you found anything out? My brother and I have one that was my great grandparents and we have the projector as well.
My e-mail is [email protected]
I recently came in possession of belongings from a family estate. Included amongst items is camera gear: 8mm projector and 8mm films including an original copy of Steamboat Willie.. If anyone is interested in the movie, I intend to sell.. Can be contacted: [email protected]
shareWhy don't you guys videotape the film playing on a projector?
I'm with the monkey that's using the force!
Actually the 8mm prints can't be worth a tremendous amount because they are still being printed in England by Derann Film Services.
http://www.derann.co.uk/
Taping the image projected on the screen will give you a flickery mess. There's no sin in watching it projected, after all it was meant to be watched that way all along.
Did you miss the part where they said it was an ORIGINAL COPY?
Or are you retarded?
Ill place my bet on the latter.
There can't be an Original print of Steamboat Willie on 8mm since the earliest 8mm film gauge was produced in the mid 1930's, and Steamboat Willie came out in 1928. An original print would have to be 35mm. That was the theatrical Standard in those days and Disney didn't release their films for home use (16mm or 8mm) until years later.
Unless the 8mm print was newer than the earlier 1970s it's probably silent anyway. 8mm sound was unusual earlier than that .Nobody cares about Steamboat Willie without Sound. If it is a sound print you can still buy them brand new, so once again it's not really a collectable.
BTW, a real Original Steamboat Willie would probably be dangerous as Hell because a print from that long ago would be on nitrate based stock and would burn like a blowtorch. Let's hope the OP really has a nice later 16mm or 8mm print on safety stock or it may eventually burn their house down.
Lets be clear here....you do NOT have an original print of it. It was originally on 16 mm film. the 8mm was for home use, sold greatly in the US during the 50s and 60s. In mint condition......50 - 75 dollars.
shareI think original prints would have to be on 35mm. Back that long ago 16mm was considered an amateur gauge.
You can buy a brand new Super-8 Sound print for under 50 bucks. Any 8mm print out there is therefore not "vintage" but "used". It wouldn't get more than 30 if it's mint. Throw in a couple of scratches and splices and it goes into the teens. Make it a silent print of a movie famous for sound and you can tie up your newspapers with it on recycling day.
BUT...there are film collectors out there who will give you major change for a box with interesting cover art in mint shape. Doubly so if the film is inside and still sealed from the lab.
It's a little like that thing about old comic books still sealed in the plastic...
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