Super 8 Theater Presents : Batman

Super 8 Theater makes a comeback on the World of Wonder with this classic Castle Films short, "Batman - Flying Spies". It's from 1943. Enjoy!

Dartman's Advent Calendar 2011: Day 17

Here comes some classic memories of a great family Christmas. To find out what they are, pop open the flap for day 17. Enjoy!

Advent Calendar 2011 Day 17

Super 8 Theater Presents: W.C. Fields

Here's a short Castle soundie from "The Bank Dick" entitled "The Great Chase". Enjoy!

Super 8 Theater Presents: Howdy Doody

Here's the lovable marionette along with Buffalo Bob and Clarabell in "A Trip To Finland". Enjoy!

ELVIS MONTH 2010: Super 8 Theater Presents ELVIS Live In Chicago

When Children's Heros Go Disco Part 5

Here's a Super 8 film for "Mickey Mouse Disco". It was released in 1980 and was occasionally shown on television during the early days of the Disney Channel (back when you had to pay for it). Shortly after that it disappeared into obscurity and has yet to be released on DVD.

Super 8 Theater Presents: Abbott & Costello in No Bulls Please

This is the Castle FIlms digest version of Mexican Hayride. My grandfather had this one and he used to show it a lot! His was the silent version. This one has the sound! Enjoy!

Rockin' In The New Year

I had originally wanted to post this on New Year's Eve but time kind of got away from me and I didn't have it ready. So, I thought that it would make a great addition to the Elvis Birthday Celebration instead! Here is what many consider to be one of the best shows that Elvis ever put on. It's from December 31, 1976. The place was the Pittsburgh Civic Center in Pittsburgh, PA. It was the final show of Elvis' 27th tour. This tour has gone down in history as being probably the best tour he did. It featured such great shows as "A Hot Winter Night In Dallas" and "Burning In Birmingham". I posted the Dallas show in December of 2008 (you can check that out here) Nobody can really know what happened to Elvis in this particular moment of his career, but whatever it was, was strong enough to make him wish to please everyone in the crowd and prove to everybody that he was the truly greatest singer of all time. This particular recording holds a special place in my heart. It is an audience recording and as most of you know, I am not a huge fan of audience recordings as there are so many great sounding sound board recordings from Elvis' shows. This one, though far from a great sounding recording, is special to me because I inherited the album from my father. I remember when my dad came home with this record and I will always remember how great it looked. I always found the art work to be really cool for some reason. It was the first time that I had ever encountered a bootleg recording and my father was very good at explaining what it was. Over the years, I have amassed quite the collection of Elvis concert recordings and I always turn away the audience recordings. This one, however, will be in my collection forever. Here is that classic recording of that classic concert! Here is "Rocking With Elvis New Year's Eve". Enjoy!

Rocking With Elvis New Year's Eve Part 1
Rocking With Elvis New Year's Eve Part 2

BONUS:
Here is some amateur film footage from that very concert! Enjoy!

Super 8 Theater Presents: Don Knotts in The Reluctant Astronaut

Super 8 Theater Presents: W. C. Fields

Here's the Castle Films digest version of "It's A Gift" entitled, "California Bound". Enjoy!

Super 8 Theater Presents: The Marx Brothers in The Pigskin Caper

In honor of football season, here's the Castle Films digest version of the classic "Horsefeathers". Enjoy!

Tricks & Treats 09: Super 8 Theater Presents: Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Tricks & Treats 09: Super 8 Theater Presents: The Doom of Dracula

Tricks & Treats 09: Super 8 Theater Presents: DRACULA

Here is the Castle Films 8 millimeter digest version of the original Dracula starring the one and only Bela Lugosi! Enjoy!

Super 8 Theater Presents: The Marx Brothers

Here is the Castle Films' Digest Version of The Marx Brothers' classic, "Duck Soup" entitled, "This Is War...?" Enjoy!

Super 8 Theater Presents Donald Duck's Vacation

Since most of the school going public here in this part of the world are enjoying their first full week of summer vacation, I thought it would be nice to post a classic home movie reel from the 60s. Enjoy!

New Year's Eve Through The Ages of Home Movies

Super 8 Theater Presents: Keystone Hotel

A silent super 8 reel featuring the Keystone Kops!

Super 8 Theater Presents: Abbot and Costello

Here's a great silent 8mm castle films reel of Abbot and Costello in "Have Badge Will Chase". Though not from my collection it is still pretty cool! Enjoy!

Super 8 Theater Presents: Top Cat

A great super 8 home movie reel featuring Top Cat in "Goofy Golf". Beautifully digitised by my good friend, Mark "Dangerboy" Nelson who added the delectable soundtrack (can anyone guess where the music is from originally?!) as well! Enjoy!