Blu-ray Review A Few Words About While we wait for A few words about…™ The Johnstown Flood - in Blu-ray (2 Viewers)

[Angelo Colombus]

The film will be broadcast on TCM tonight and i will be watching it.

 

[jim_falconer]

I happen to catch it on TCM tonight. What a fabulous restoration of an almost 100 year old film!

 

[Charles Smith]

Did they make any illuminating comments or observations before or after?

 

[Angelo Colombus]

I happen to catch it on TCM tonight. What a fabulous restoration of an almost 100 year old film!

Viewed the first 25 minutes and it looks great and a excellent job on the restoration. Liked the film and the locations and will finish watching the rest of it tomorrow night.

 

[PMF]

Viewed the first 25 minutes and it looks great and an excellent job on the restoration. Liked the film and the locations and will finish watching the rest of it tomorrow night.

Please purchase the BD of The Johnstown Flood to support future RAH restorations. I have bought two. One for me and the second as a gift, for someone who is now being introduced to silent films.

 

[jim_falconer]

Did they make any illuminating comments or observations before or after?

Nothing really that hasn’t been discussed in this thread. The one thing I found interesting was the special effects team that created the flood scenes, would work on Hells Angels four years later.

 

[Angelo Colombus]

Please purchase the BD to support future RAH restorations. I have bought two. One for me and one as a gift to someone I’m introducing to silent films.

I will make the purchase and watch the extras on it.

 

[Robert Harris]

I will make the purchase and watch the extras on it.

Greatly appreciated.

Every sale is important as we move toward break-even. We do not believe in crowd-funding to cover the costs of releasing a product for which we will have a portion of future passive income. We enter a project at full risk.

The support, both moral and financial that we’ve received here, and elsewhere, allows us to bring more silents to modern audiences. We recently had someone spend a day at the LoC copying over four hundred pages of the original score parts for Beau Geste, which is our current project, as we peruse others we consider important and worthy.

We’re certain that sales from Johnstown will help toward bringing future projects to fruition.

 

[richbarrac1]

Greatly appreciated.

Every sale is important as we move toward break-even. We do not believe in crowd-funding to cover the costs of releasing a product for which we will have a portion of future passive income. We enter a project at full risk.

The support, both moral and financial that we’ve received here, and elsewhere, allows us to bring more silents to modern audiences. We recently had someone spend a day at the LoC copying over four hundred pages of the original score parts for Beau Geste, which is our current project, as we peruse others we consider important and worthy.

We’re certain that sales from Johnstown will help toward bringing future projects to fruition.

Your posts convinced me to buy this release which i might have otherwise passed up. I dont regret my purchase at all! Thanks for the heads up!

 

[Robert Harris]

Received a personal message re: crowd-funding, and especially Kickstarter, wondering why and if I'm against it/them.

I'm not.

But I do have a problem with people who misuse them to line their pockets with gold, and are blatantly dishonest with the public.

Kickstarter can be very helpful, especially in the silent arena, with passionate collectors desiring to make a certain film available, on a tiny budget. It works for all involved.

 

[RichMurphy]

If you ever did decide to use a crowd funder, and a copy of a resulting disc was offered as an incentive to contribute, I would just see it as a way to buy an advance copy of your work as well as helping to support its existence.

(P.S. I hope TCM paid a generous rights fee for last night's broadcast and subsequent availability on TCM.com)

 

[stevenHa]

Could someone tell me where was Gary Cooper and Carole Lombard as extras ?

 

[Angelo Colombus]

Could someone tell me where was Gary Cooper and Carole Lombard as extras ?

Will watch the rest of it tonight and will try to look for them. I will say Janet Gaynor looks very beautiful in her performance.

 

[jayembee]

Could someone tell me where was Gary Cooper and Carole Lombard as extras ?

Carole Lombard was one of Gloria's bridesmaids. Don't remember where Gary Cooper appears. Both of them -- and Clark Gable -- were blink-and-you'll-miss-it appearances. I wouldn't have ever noticed Gable if RAH hadn't posted a frame here (he's the customer at the "stage right" end of the bar).

 

[ajabrams]

I couldn't find Gable and Cooper, but I believe Lombard is one ot the friends/bridesmaids of Florence Gilbert. Pretty easy to pick her out.

 

[stevenHa]

Could Cooper have been the conductor on the train ?

 

[PMF]

If you ever did decide to use a crowd funder, and a copy of a resulting disc was offered as an incentive to contribute, I would just see it as a way to buy an advance copy of your work as well as helping to support its existence.

(P.S. I hope TCM paid a generous rights fee for last night's broadcast and subsequent availability on TCM.com)

With respect, I put forth the following:

Wouldn’t the satisfactions of having saved another silent film be incentive, enough, without seeking a complimentary copy of the final disc, as well? To my mind, what with the difficulties already faced in raising monies to save important silent films, I prefer to donate twice. Once in the early stages to ensure that the green light of a project stays on, then twice through the full-price purchasing of a disc; to increase the hopes that no monies are lost. The restoration teams need every financial edge that they can attain; otherwise all forward actions might cease to exist.

 

[Robert Harris]

If you ever did decide to use a crowd funder, and a copy of a resulting disc was offered as an incentive to contribute, I would just see it as a way to buy an advance copy of your work as well as helping to support its existence.

(P.S. I hope TCM paid a generous rights fee for last night's broadcast and subsequent availability on TCM.com)

TCM is very helpful and respectful. They very much want to see more films saved.

 

[Mark-P]

With respect, I put forth the following:

Wouldn’t the satisfactions of having saved another silent film be incentive, enough, without seeking a complimentary copy of the final disc, as well? To my mind, what with the difficulties already faced in raising monies to save important silent films, I prefer to donate twice. Once in the early stages to ensure that the green light of a project stays on, then twice through the full-price purchasing of a disc; to increase the hopes that no monies are lost. The restoration teams need every financial edge that they can attain; otherwise all forward actions might cease to exist.

There is nothing preventing you from donating more than the minimum level that includes the reward of a free copy.
Like it or not the rewards are what drive the donations, and if the goal is calculated properly the cost of the rewards is in the tally.

 

[PMF]

There is nothing preventing you from donating more than the minimum level that includes the reward of a free copy.
Like it or not the rewards are what drive the donations, and if the goal is calculated properly the cost of the rewards is in the tally.

I see your point. Hey, whatever works out well for both sides is always the goal; just as long as the final tallies are without their folly.