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Need 16mm I.B. Technicolor Reel One Of 'Bon Voyage!'


I need a loose 16mm reel one of this feature film for replacement footage. I am currently restoring an I.B. Technicolor print of this title. I am trying to end up with a print that is complete and with the most dye transfer footage as possible.
Thanks!

Tom A. Pennock
6415 Purdy Drive
Battle Creek, Michigan 49017-3138
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P.S. If you have other Technicolor loose reels from this title please let me know. I can always use more replacement footage.

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Still am working on restoring this feature film in 16mm IB Technicolor. Many of these 16mm Three Strip Technicolor dye transfer prints are lost. Currently have an abridged IB Technicolor print, older rejuvenated library print, eastman stock reversal print and a very abridged Technicolor print which is missing the cargo net sequence among others and very choppy!!! Loose reels are needed of this title for missing scenes in IB Technicolor. This has been an on going project for me for many years. I actually was beginning work on this print in November of 1992 when I heard that Mr. MacMurray had passed away. As a Fred MacMurray fan I got up from the film editing table and took a break out of respect for awhile before resuming work again!!! Anyway I have not given up yet unless the dreaded vinegar syndrome happens to my prints. Any ideas and help welcomed! Any loose reels welcomed!

--Tom A. Pennock

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I have located a 16mm "MINT" single rank IB Technicolor print of this title. I assume it's an "archive" print. It's so perfect and printed using 1962 "brand new" matrices. Very pleased! Still would consider loose 16mm reels in IB Technicolor for future replacement footage for other prints on this title I have. Thank's to those that showed interest in this project and offered support!

Sincerely,

--Tom Pennock
Battle Creek, Michigan USA

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Extremely pleased to locate a British 16mm IB Technicolor print at a very good price. Will see the condition of this print and then decide what I will do. I could use it as replacement footage for another one of my IB Technicolor prints. I have this title in various video formats too. But nothing can beat seeing a dye transfer IB Technicolor print of this title. It was forty years ago in August that I rented this title to show to our neighborhood. I enjoyed projecting the print on a Bolex S221 16mm projector with an extension speaker. I had the unit in my darkroom and used the darkroom as my projection booth. The extension speaker worked out so very well in the other part of the basement. One showing on August 24, 1975 I had an entire family of 30 people for a 3:30 pm sunday afternoon showing. It was incredible and it was like seeing the movie again with our family in 1962 when I was seven. I have never met anyone who did not like Fred MacMurray. He was an underrated talented actor and he was so natural of an actor that I think he was taken for granted. He was a very kind man and I treasure my autographed still I got from him through Disney Studios. A real gentleman. Thinking back to 1975 I do wish our society was like that now. I wish I could go back in a time machine to that showing now. It seems in retrospect that back then it was a more innocent time. A better time for all. I had my film society from 1975 to 1977. I really enjoyed having the film showings.

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