The Cinerama Adventure at New Neon Cinema Dayton Ohio MisterScott99 2007-08-29 | This 1996 unedited video is of The New Neon Cinema in Dayton, Ohio visited by the crew of the documentary "The Cinerama Adventure." A local television news crew was also taping a segment for that night's news about the documentary's visit. Cinerama Adventure director David Strohmaier is the tall man with the beard wearing a white sweat shirt in early shots and a gray T shirt in later shots. Projectionist John Harvey is seen rewinding one reel of his 3-screen print of Cinerama Holiday while keeping his fingers on the film to feel damage he may need to repair before the next screening. The final segment is in John Harvey's home during his interview for the documentary. His home is a virtual museum of historic movie equipment. The final shots show a mockup model of the 3-lens Cinerama camera.
Mouses Bride Farmer Gray Silent Cartoon by Paul Terry 1928 MisterScott99 2012-04-07 | Original studio: Aesop's Fables Studio.Original distributor: Pathé Exchange.Rereleased for television in the 1950s and 1960s by Commonwealth Films.Stock music soundtrack was recreated from recordings of the television broadcasts.Starring: Farmer Al Falfa aka Farmer Gray, Farmer Alfafha.
Ghoul School NES Original Synthesizer Music Tracks MisterScott99 2010-06-20 | I created and composed the music for this game. Here, for the first time, are my original synthesizer tracks for the opening and closing music. Thanks Tailz64 and blowfactory for video of their play through.
Cole Porters What Is This Thing Called Love? MisterScott99 2010-04-18 | Experiment with new video editing software
TWO HANKS - Performance Art - with Theremin MisterScott99 2007-12-12 | David Askevold found me on the Internet and hired me to play on the theremin for his performance art / video production in New York. Unrehearsed, the show lasted about an hour and was edited into a 25 minute video, a short clip of which is shown here. A couple of nets of dry ice and a plywood audio delay tube were included. Creator Askevold can be seen playing the guitar and speaking into the microphone. "Two Hanks: A Conjuring / Invocation" (Performance Art / Video Production) Performance at CANADA gallery, 55 Chrystie St., New York. April 26, 2003. Produced and Directed by David Askevold Theremin: Scott Marshall Editor: Ben Coonley Night Vision Camera: Phil Grauer Static Camera: Aaron Brewer Strobe & Projection: Wallace Whitney Copyright 2003 David Askevold Ramblin Man: Hank Williams I've Been Everywhere: Hank Snow
Danny Kaye Salud from Merry Andrew (1958) MisterScott99 2007-11-06 | Exhilarating musical number from the obscure but wonderful film, based on the Paul Gallico story "The Romance of Henry Menafee." Danny Kaye is accompanied by the beautiful Pier Angeli and the legitimate opera star Salvatore Baccaloni. Music by Saul Chaplin, arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle. Lyrics by Johnny Mercer. Choreography by Michael Kidd. Filmed in CinemaScope by Robert Surtees. Film is copyright by MGM and is excerpted here under the Fair Use section of US copyright law. View the original trailer on TCM here: http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/index.jsp?cid=155303
Farmer Gray A Day at the Park Terrytoon MisterScott99 2007-09-10 | Silent cartoon (originally "Farmer Al Falfa") from the 1920s with a simulation of the stock music soundtracks added in the 1950s for television.
Farmer Gray Cartoon Wonders of the Deep MisterScott99 2007-09-07 | Silent cartoon from the 1920's by Paul Terry of Terrytoons. Farmer Gray was originally known as "Farmer Al Falfa." The television stock music soundtrack was lost and this is an attempt to restore it.
Cinerama Flimmakers Reunion Oyster Bay MisterScott99 2007-09-05 | Taped in the green room at the old Oyster Bay Cinerama studio during filming of the documentary The Cinerama Adventure. The man in the raincoat doing most of the talking is Wentworth Fling, main technical supervisor after Fred Waller passed away. Dick Babish is the shorter man doing most of the listening. He designed the 3-strip Cinerama cameras. Bob Bendick, who produced This is Cinerama and directed Cinerama Holiday, is the man listening near the end in the dark jacket. The gentleman in the hat listening is John Primi, Fred Waller's co-worker and friend. The web site for The Cinerama Adventure is here: http://www.cineramaadventure.com
Cinerama Warehouse in LA c. 1996 MisterScott99 2007-09-05 | A visit by the makers of the documentary The Cinerama Adventure to the storage warehouse of the former Cinerama corporation, now Pacific Theatres. The remaining Cinerama cameras and projectors are there, as well as the sound dubbers and many reels of film.
Cinerama Inventor Fred Wallers Workshop c 1996 MisterScott99 2007-09-05 | Unedited Hi-8 video while scouting locations for the documentary "The Cinerama Adventure"
Cinerama Projection Booth Uptown Theater Washington DC MisterScott99 2007-08-28 | Taped around 1996 during the revival of Return of the Jedi, this is in the projection booth of the Uptown Theater in Washington DC, a former Todd-AO and Cinerama house with a giant curved screen. The projectionist was Steve Guttag, who in 2003 described, online, the theater and his tenure there: Well it has now been over a year since I worked the Uptown...I was one of the projectionists at the Uptown from 1988 until 2005. After college, I only worked Saturdays though. I can honestly say, we had the best show in town. What some projectionists think as a clean/sharp print woudn't cut it at the Uptown. The screen is so big and curved, any damage just shows up more and scratches take on a curved appearance. Focus was another issue. 35mm is too small a gauge for the Uptown's screen. The relatively poorly made prints of today really don't have a great focus to begin with..combine that with the small gauge and the deep curve screen, which taxes the depth of focus of the lens, and you have a very tricky arrangement. While I was there, focus was checked at least every 5-minutes to ensure it is at its best. Some films were just a demonstration of futility. CinemaScope films being the worst for the Uptown due to lenses adding the most to the image challenges. 70mm is the only format the Uptown should run. It is the only format that has the resolution, light throughput and the projection lens at the Uptown is designed for the curved screen. Yes, even 35mm blow-ups to 70mm would make (and have made) HUGE differences. As for the Uptown's sound...it suffers from lack of attention combined with being played with by the latest special show that comes to town. The equipment within the place is quite good and you won't do much better just by replacing it (in fact you will most likely do worse). The Uptown's sound system is quite similar to the Senator's in Baltimore, MD. Altec A-4 stage speakers, JBL subwoofers, Altec A-7 surrounds (12 of them), QSC amps, and the Dolby CP200 (upgraded). Probably the best the Uptown sounded was back when three of us tuned the room for a Paramount film with Al Matano...we had three analyzers going for the various zones throughout the room...one could really balance it out better than even with just a multiplexed mic system...and then critical listening was done by several people rather than taking just one person's opinion. As some have discovered...the sound in a room that large can vary quite a bit...a bit tinny downstairs towards the screen (in the middle, particularly), and notably subdued in the balcony. Then again, many techs don't realize there are two HF horn systems for each speaker to properly cover the Balcony and main section separately. The potential to have good sound there is indeed doable...just not every tech is up to the task nor has the time available (nor prior experience) to do it. As to the projection at the Uptown...I left shortly after the platter went in. However, once the non-projectionists started to operate, the equipment damage as well as print damage had started. Shutters were damaged, among other things. They went through several prints of THE AVIATOR in the weeks after I departed. I still hear of continual print damage to this day (March 2006) though I do not have first hand knowledge of it anymore. Given the operating policy there...I can't see how it could be any other way though. However, the sad thing that is also true for movies at the moment...they need to make something worth watching. Movies that have a number after the name or have the same name as a TV show just is not original thinking. Hollywood needs to start making good movies again and shooting them in 65mm as if they actually cared about the movie at the start. Steve
Kenneth Branagh Hamlet 70mm Paris Theater NY MisterScott99 2007-08-28 | A 1996 visit to the projection booth of the Paris Theater in New York while it was running the 70mm print of "Hamlet", filmed in Super Panavision 70. The film frame and thus the sharpness and definition is at least four times that of a normal 35mm film. This video is unedited.
Elvis on Theremin MisterScott99 2007-08-22 | Scott Marshall performs the Elvis standard on Theremin to his own piano back track from a sequencer.
Ghost Sonata Original Theremin Composition Scott Marshall MisterScott99 2007-08-22 | Original theremin composition Copyright 2003 by Scott Marshall, All Rights Reserved. Downloadable recording of this song can be accessed here: http://thereminvox.com/filemanager/list/6/index.html
A Slap In The Face For Music MONDO CANE 2 MisterScott99 2007-08-20 | Recently released on DVD, this 1963 sequel to the wildly successful original shockumentary MONDO CANE (1962) is good but not as profound. A funny sequence is excerped here. The original film is noted for its irony, shock, odd views of the world, disgust, tragedy, social commentary, hilarious absurdity, and a beautiful musical score. This sequel has unremarkable music but beautiful cinematography. This video excerpt is posted here legally under the "Fair Use" section of US copyright law.
Dog Goes Crazy Watching NJ Devils Stanley Cup Win MisterScott99 2007-08-16 | Sports fan dog, a cairn terrier "Scratchy," (same breed as Toto) goes bonkers when a sports program gets exciting. In this video, she is celebrating the New Jersey Devils ice hockey Stanley Cup win (replayed on tape).
The Window Washers Terrytoon with Farmer Gray MisterScott99 2007-08-14 | Another Farmer Gray (AKA Farmer Al Falfa) from the 1920s, with stock music added in the 1950s for television.
Closer than a Brother Terrytoon with Farmer Gray MisterScott99 2007-08-09 | From the 1920s by Paul Terry Farmer Al Falfa AKA Farmer Grey Series, with stock music added in the 1950s
Chemistry Lesson Terrytoon with Farmer Gray MisterScott99 2007-08-06 | Another silent Paul Terry Farmer Al Falfa (Gray) cartoon of the 1920s with music added for television in the 1950s.
Magic Boots Terrytoon with Farmer Gray MisterScott99 2007-08-02 | Another Terrytoon with Farmer Gray AKA Farmer Al Falfa, silent cartoon from the 1920s with stock music added in the 1950s for television. In the 1960s these could be seen for a whole hour every weekday early morning from around 6:00 to 7:00 AM.
Incredible Sonovox - Kay Kyser - 1940 film Youll Find Out MisterScott99 2007-07-30 | Amazing device that gives voice to musical instruments. The Sonovox consists of one or two louspeakers placed on the throat that play the source sound. The performer whispers the words while the speakers stand in for the voice box. Used for the talking train in Disney's Dumbo, uncountable radio promos, a tube-in-the-mouth version "Talk Box" was used by Frampton to make his guitar sing, and all-electronic "Vocoder" versions are still used in current pop music.
A Cats Life Terrytoon with Farmer Gray MisterScott99 2007-07-27 | 1920's silent cartoon by Paul Terry, starring Farmer Al Falfa (also known as Farmer Grey). A stock music soundtrack was added in the 1950s for television. I'm sure the person who picked the needle drops for these cartoons' stock music had no idea how powerfully his work would affect so many children, now grown up. In 1971 I wrote to WABC TV channel 7 in New York to inquire about these cartoons. This was their answer: "The silent cartoons which were shown on WABC-TV some years ago were obtained at the time from a company known as Common Wealth Film and Television. Unfortunately, this company no longer exists and I have no idea who might now have the rights to those films. The films were basically Paul Terry Cartoons and were handled by a number of different distributors in the early days of television. I expect that you might be able to get some by dealing with the camera stores which sell prints for home use such as the Peerless and Willouby Stores in New York. Yours Truly, Tak Kako Assistant Director of Programming"
MEMORY from CATS played on Theremin MisterScott99 2007-07-26 | Circa 2003, a fellow who missed a previous performance came to Peddler's Village near New Hope, PA to hear me play outside an antique shop. Piano backtrack is played from a sequencer, performed by another musician. Temperature over 90 degrees and humidity threw the instrument out of tune and altered its linearity, as well as listeners walking up close to toss money in my case. It was fun to try and handle musically the pitch bumps they caused. Instrument is a Moog EtherWave.
Attack of the Friendly Ghost MisterScott99 2007-07-25 | The "true" story of a ghost haunting filmed in silent movie style. Aside from a brief cameo, I did everything -- story, starring, filming, editing, and music. Made in 1973, filmed in 16mm on reversal BW stock. The dark early scenes were caused by a problem at the chemist (film developing firm). Spring powered camera. For each scene, after lighting and camera setup on tripod, I wound up the camera, started it running at 12 fps, ran into position, performed the scene, ran back to the camera, and switched it off. For years I ran this film from a movie projector while playing live on piano. Around 1988 it was transferred to video. The piano score you hear on this version was recorded onto that video around 1992.
State of the Arts Interviews Thereminist Scott Marshall MisterScott99 2007-07-25 | On the NJ Network "State of the Arts" a thereminist demonstrates and talks about the oddest and most difficult musical instrument, the first electronic instrument, the Theremin. Interview by Amber Edwards.
