Standard 8mm 7 Inch Reel 1926 FOR SADIE'S SAKE 1928 HOLD ER COWBOY Al Christie

Description: I WATCHED THE ENTIRE FILM AND IT RAN WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE FILMS ARE OLD AND THERE WAS A LIGHT MUSTINESS UPON OPENING THE FILM CANNISTER, WHICH HAD LIKELY BEEN CLOSED FOR 60 YEARS. CANNISTER HAS LIGHT SURFACE SPOTTING. THE FILM APPEARS TO BE IN GOOD CONDITION, FLEXIBLE AND FUNCTIONAL. A BIT OF RESEARCH SUGGESTS THAT "FOR SADIE'S SAKE" IS LIKELY A PRINT FROM 1945 AND THERE ARE THE CONSTANT SPECKLES THAT YOU SEE ON OLD FILMS. "HOLD 'ER COWBOY" IS IN BETTER SHAPE AND IS A MUCH BETTER FILM. I WAS UNABLE TO FIND A COPY OF THIS FILM ON 8MM.. Prior owner died at 90 in 1990 and he was likely not watching these in his eighties, meaning the film had previously sat for at least 40 years unwatched. It probably sat much longer. As these two Al Christie films were spliced end to end on one reel, I have left them that way. No original boxes included. Cannister has some exterior surface rust, suggesting that it spent some of its 60 plus years in a moist location. My photos were taken while watching the film, during the day, so you may get better contrast. In addition, I had the shutter mistakenly set at 1/125, which resulted in darker images given the lack of available light. 1- FOR SADIE'S SAKE (1926). Jimmie Adams, Molly Malone, Eddie Baker: Wilbur, a young farmer, contracts to furnish his farm animals for a show. On his way to the city they all get away except his mule. At the Opera House he sees the manager making advances to Sadie, the leading lady. He knocks the manager down and tells Sadie that he'll keep him from bullying her again. The manager tells one of his prop men to throw Wilbur out. But he escapes, dressed in one of the Russian costumes. The show is going on. It is a Russian scene and the chorus is doing a Russian dance when the Czar and Czarina arrive. Wilbur is the Czar and Sadie is the Czarina. In the meantime, the manager instructs his prop men to examine every man with a beard until they find Wilbur. While they are looking for Wilbur, the real Czar comes out of his dressing room and says someone has stolen his costume. They discover Wilbur dressed as the Czar and throw him out. The second act is a country scene with the chorus girls dancing as dairy maids. The property men dress Wilbur's mule in a cow hide. Wilbur sees this, and when no one is looking and changes the hide to his own back. Sadie is carried in on his back and as she starts to alight, he falls and is unable to arise. In his efforts he loses his head and his disguise is penetrated. And once again he is thrown out. When the show is over he is waiting for Sadie at the stage door and they both drive off in the sleigh drawn by the mule. They are stopped by the traffic officer who asks them where they are going. Sadie tells him they are going back to the farm. 2- HOLD 'ER COWBOY: (1928) Bobby Vernon, Frances Lee, William Blaisdell. No synopsis available. There is a wedding, a cheating husband, an outlaw, etcetera. bsbowl10

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