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Hello, I dont have any issue with you do that....

@@stevethe95collector33 Thank you very much for your reply, God bless.

Well spotted, the original 1923 35mm film ran for about 70 minutes, most silent home projectors ran using 300ft 9.5mm reels each capable of running 12-14 minutes of film, nearly all of the Pathe 9.5mm feature releases were condensed in to 2-3 reels I guess to make them more affordable in what would have been the 1930s era. Pathe first released this film in 1930 and again in 1937. The would often edit/condense films in different ways and re release with changed titles, gave them a second bite if the cherry...I still have no idea who released this version as I have not been able to find the title in any of the catalogues, this could have been something one of the cine clubs did back in the day or as I suspect this is a re-perforation of a 16mm film into 9.5....film lending library's would do this if 16mm films became damaged...Thanks for taking to the to watch 😀

Thank you! Really useful to know! And thank you for the upload!

😁Yep seems he did 😁

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Nice shout I think you are correct ;0)

Thanks for the kind comment....There are some weird ole projectors out there but this one in 4.75mm is arguably is one of the strangest made, also very rare and the films are hard to find...

I am not sure where Hal Roach was going with the Taxi boys series, of the 10 shorts that were made this one never seems to get off the ground, you cant help but think there was an attempt to mirror the Laurel and Hardy success as I guess that was the standard of the day, but Ben and Billy dont get even close

Ben blue actually went on. They have a pretty prolific movie career after this he appeared in it’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad world and the Russians are coming. The Russians are coming. Later in his career.

I am glad films like this remain, so many great artists from this time period are remembered on these musical shorts...a very talented family...

That very very kind of you to say.....we live in an age that if you walk into a room and ask people to put their hands up if they know who John Wayne is very few folk move! Saddens me, in the world of 9.5mm and 17.5mm especially keeping the kit going to be able to project films is becoming harder plus your not going to get the kids interested....at least if I scan and upload what I can it puts it out there in the hope good people like yourself come across these little time capsules....just had to answer a question.....Why is the film Silent and in Black & White.....I always have been a fan of Anna May Wong, she was ahead of her time, you have now also set me on a mission....I have never head of The Honorable Mr. Buggs.....Thanks Steve

Thats how it was back in the day, Pathe release the first for use at home 9.5mm film in 1922, the 9.5mm projectors used were all silent up to around 1937 when Pathe released the Vox which had an optical sound head, sound projectors even at that point were beyond the reach of most working men, the Vox was £ 60.00 when first released which would have been 6-8 months wages for most folk, people would also hire the films from library's rather than purchase them and nearly all at that point carried silent films only, this film was released on the 1st of March 1935 when silent projector/film were all the go...

@@stevethe95collector33 I didn’t know. Also surely it is a shortened version of the film? Was this common?

@@littleshoemaker Yep cutting up films happened all the time, in the world of 9.5mm film 100 feet and 300 feet reels were the most common, this film was released on 3 x 300 foot spools, each one ran for about 12 minutes before you had switch, the original 35mm cinema release was 63 minutes in total, I think condensing films made it cheaper and easier to produce for home use and also avoided Pathe having to pay fees to the film producer/stars....as time went on you could get projectors that used 900 feet spools (36 mins) which gave us films less cut up, A lot of the comedy shorts and cartoons are on home movie film as typically these were able to go onto 1 or 2 x 300 feet spools without editing, also this would have been an expensive hobby during the 1930 - 1960 period and out of the reach of most working class folk, keeping films short and sweet would of help keep the cost down...

There are some wonderful old sound movies on 9.5 and for many years domestically it was pretty much all there was, many long forgotten names from the musical world that have been preserved in this format - www.pathefilm.uk/95flmcat/95flmcatpsnda.htm is a great list of them all

Agreed, the Baby Pathe cameras & projector's would have been expensive back in the day, these little snap shots or how it was are rare treasures...

You simply take off the drive belt from the lower take up spool and connect to the top spool arm

The first 9.5mm sound home projector was released in 1937, prior to this all projectors and films are silent versions, this film was released by Pathe in 1934 and as such only needed to be silent. There may be 16mm or 35mm versions with sound but no sound on the 9.5mm home movie format

Errr nope no damage, being on 9.5 it would have been copied down to this film size from probably 35mm and then each clip joined to make up the 1 x 9.5 master dupe...the film was released in 1938 so all things considered its held up well...Thanks for enjoying!!

​@@stevethe95collector33I thought in 1935, because love is like Sigaret was recorded by Vera Lynn, accompanied by Joe Loss. Perhaps , you are aware there is another song Vera Lynn sang with Joe Loss around that date, of which also camera footage exists, do you have that by chance? Thank you for the additional information!

@@kelvinsurname7051 Yes you are right the original film is 1935, this 9.5mm version was 1938, if you have not seen it already do a search on Tin Pan Alley 1951 - This is the only other 9.5mm film that I know of in which Vera appears giving you a short burst with I think Les Paul on piano, the version online is from 35mm and is Pathes own copy...well worth a watch...Steve

@stevethe95collector33 Thank you I will check that clip out. Apart from the three movies she played a major role in, not much film footage exists.

One of the earliest film gauges was 9.5mm which was mostly a Pathe format, by the mid 60s the 8mm and 16mm film types had been become more predominant, Pathe had lost momentum because of WW2 and being a French company they were subject to the Nazi ban on the 9.5 and 17,5mm film gauges, only 8 and 16mm were permitted. As a last ditch attempt to gain ground in the market Pathe decided to Release the Pathe Monaco Duplex 4.75mm Monoplex Projector, it was supposed and to some degree it was the first wide image format, the film was produced by splitting the existing 9.5 film in half....As a product it failed abysmally, it was expensive and due to the size very difficult to handle...only a handful of the cameras were sold and even less of the projectors.... I am lucky to have the only examples in colour that I have seen and I have been collecting for a very long time and is possibly the rarest of films produced for the home market...

Yes !

I guess because they were short lived I always though that the Taxi Boys have been over looked, but your right good clean honest fun!

Considering this was made when the Hays Code was drawn up (but before it was enforced), that's not exactly a big feat. This was pre-Hays Code, where some movies abided by the rules and some didn't.

Well spotted...thanks

Agreed and to find it on UA-cam is awesome 💀

In full flight she must have been a sight to behold

Thank you so much for taking the time to drop me a line with the additional information you provided, often all I can do is take whats written on the film tin