Re: [Videolib] Feature Films and libraries
Lorraine, This is a service that I provide to our student groups and faculty members. I also serve on the Faculty Film and Lecture Committee, since I am the campus liaison for arranging licensing. While it can be a royal pain in the arse at times – particularly having to drop other things for those “well, we want to do this next week” requests – of course other times it’s a breeze and no trouble at all. The main reason I like having ONE person handle this for the campus is two-fold: 1) if there is education to be done regarding PPR and the legalities of screenings, it helps keep the message consistent; 2) if everyone under the sun is arranging his/her own screenings through Swank or etc., then chances are they’re NOT receiving the level of discount they could if all bookings happen through one person/one account. Even a little campus like ours managed to achieve a 15% discount last year by funneling all screening requests through me. One note. Like your situation, Lorraine, the library doesn’t typically fund the actual PPR license; but I am happy to do the legwork and make the arrangements. I just require the person/group to provide me with the account number to charge in advance. Susan Susan Albrecht Library Media Acquisitions Manager Graduate Fellowship Advisor Wabash College Lilly Library 765-361-6216 765-361-6295 fax albre...@wabash.edumailto:albre...@wabash.edu www.facebook.com/wabashcollegelibrary.filmshttp://www.facebook.com/wabashcollegelibrary.films http://pinterest.com/wabashcolllib/ *** If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice. --Neil Peart *** From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Wochna, Lorraine Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2014 5:54 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: [Videolib] Feature Films and libraries Hi everyone, I’m writing up a PPR/Feature Film blurb for our website. When faculty / grads / students want to show a feature film, do you direct them to Swank or Criterion, or does your library (librarian, media library) investigate? How many of you consider this a library service? For the most part, this will not come out of our budget, but folks ask how to get rights and I wanted to give them a decent answer. Right now my advice to them is to contact Swank Digital (on their own). I’m completely happy to help all of them, but it might be best if they know how to begin on their own. Thanks for your input, Best, Lorraine lorraine wochna Alden Library, Ohio U Instruction Coordinator Liaison to African America Studies, English, Film, Theatre Athens OH 45701 740.597.1238 http://libguides.library.ohiou.edu/profile/lorraine VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
Re: [Videolib] Feature Films and libraries
Sorry for the second post, but I forgot this… While in theory I would agree that it’s good to have students learn to do things for themselves, that also can lead to a lot of reinventing the wheel. If they’ve never done this before, they likely won’t know about Swank, Criterion and Sony Pictures Classics; they don’t have reps in place that they can contact. It feels like a real disservice to me to force them to go discover all of this when we have all of that info right at hand. Especially for student group leaders, who tend to rotate out of positions each year. Susan Albrecht Library Media Acquisitions Manager Graduate Fellowship Advisor Wabash College Lilly Library 765-361-6216 765-361-6295 fax albre...@wabash.edumailto:albre...@wabash.edu www.facebook.com/wabashcollegelibrary.filmshttp://www.facebook.com/wabashcollegelibrary.films http://pinterest.com/wabashcolllib/ *** If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice. --Neil Peart *** From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Wochna, Lorraine Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2014 5:54 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: [Videolib] Feature Films and libraries Hi everyone, I’m writing up a PPR/Feature Film blurb for our website. When faculty / grads / students want to show a feature film, do you direct them to Swank or Criterion, or does your library (librarian, media library) investigate? How many of you consider this a library service? For the most part, this will not come out of our budget, but folks ask how to get rights and I wanted to give them a decent answer. Right now my advice to them is to contact Swank Digital (on their own). I’m completely happy to help all of them, but it might be best if they know how to begin on their own. Thanks for your input, Best, Lorraine lorraine wochna Alden Library, Ohio U Instruction Coordinator Liaison to African America Studies, English, Film, Theatre Athens OH 45701 740.597.1238 http://libguides.library.ohiou.edu/profile/lorraine VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
[Videolib] TV version of Arsenic and Old Lace with Boris Karloff
?Hello, I am hoping that someone out there will know who I need to contact to get the Public Performance Rights to show the (1969?) TV version of Arsenic and Old Lace to a small group of patrons at our library. It has Boris Karloff playing Jonathan Brewster in it, and we're doing a short series of films starring Karloff. It would be wonderful to share this one with them. Thanks for any help you can offer. Patricia Patricia Ruocco, MALS Adult Services Librarian Lisle Library District 777 Front Street | Lisle, IL 60532 p: 630-971-1675 ext. 1503 lislelibrary.orghttp://www.lislelibrary.org facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/lislelibrarydistrict | twitterhttps://twitter.com/lislelibrary | pinteresthttp://www.pinterest.com/lislelibrary/ Love Mysteries Movies? - Check out the Murder Among Friendshttp://murderamongfriends.wordpress.com Just Between Frameshttp://justbetweenframes.wordpress.com blogs!http://frontstreetteens.wordpress.com/ VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
Re: [Videolib] TV version of Arsenic and Old Lace with Boris Karloff
Nearly impossible to get rights for TV productions from that era ( not too much easier for later ones) but has it even been legally released at all? Um wait I looked it up not only is it not released KARLOFF IS NOT IN IT. My guess is someone is confused because there is running joke in the play about Brewster LOOKING like Karloff who was in the original Broadway production. You might try THE OLD DARK HOUSE which you could license from Cohen Media ( not an easy one to figure) On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 10:45 AM, Patricia Ruocco ruoc...@lislelibrary.org wrote: Hello, I am hoping that someone out there will know who I need to contact to get the Public Performance Rights to show the (1969?) TV version of Arsenic and Old Lace to a small group of patrons at our library. It has Boris Karloff playing Jonathan Brewster in it, and we're doing a short series of films starring Karloff. It would be wonderful to share this one with them. Thanks for any help you can offer. Patricia *Patricia Ruocco, MALS * Adult Services Librarian Lisle Library District 777 Front Street | Lisle, IL 60532 p: 630-971-1675 ext. 1503 lislelibrary.org http://www.lislelibrary.org facebook https://www.facebook.com/lislelibrarydistrict | twitter https://twitter.com/lislelibrary | pinterest http://www.pinterest.com/lislelibrary/ Love Mysteries Movies? - Check out the *Murder Among Friends http://murderamongfriends.wordpress.com * *Just Between Frames http://justbetweenframes.wordpress.com* blogs! http://frontstreetteens.wordpress.com/ VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
[Videolib] Webadmin Bulk import to replace marc records in Voyager
Does anyone have experience in bulk importing streaming video marc records in Voyager using Webadmin? I've imported the file already. But I need to replace it with the same file edited version. Who knows how? Thanks. Farhad Moshiri, MLS Audiovisual Music Librarian University of the Incarnate Word 4301 Broadway - CPO 297 San Antonio, TX 78209 210-829-3842 This email and any files transmitted with it may be confidential or contain privileged information and are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, please be advised that you have received this email in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of this email and any attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please immediately delete the email and any attachments from your system and notify the sender. Any other use of this e-mail is prohibited. Thank you for your compliance. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
Re: [Videolib] TV version of Arsenic and Old Lace with Boris Karloff
That could explain the running joke that he looked like Boris Karloff, who played the Frankenstein monster in the 1931 movie. Fred Gwynne played Herman Munster, a character who looked like Frankenstein's monster. Cindy From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Anthony Anderson Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2014 11:34 AM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] TV version of Arsenic and Old Lace with Boris Karloff According IMDB (see below), Fred Gwynne played Jonathon Brewster in the 1969 television production. Cheers! Anthony *** Anthony E. Anderson Assistant Director, Doheny Memorial Library University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA 90089-0182 (213) 740-1190 antho...@usc.edu Wind, regen, zon, of kou, Albert Cuyp ik hou van jou. From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Jessica Rosner Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2014 8:13 AM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] TV version of Arsenic and Old Lace with Boris Karloff Nearly impossible to get rights for TV productions from that era ( not too much easier for later ones) but has it even been legally released at all? Um wait I looked it up not only is it not released KARLOFF IS NOT IN IT. My guess is someone is confused because there is running joke in the play about Brewster LOOKING like Karloff who was in the original Broadway production. You might try THE OLD DARK HOUSE which you could license from Cohen Media ( not an easy one to figure) On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 10:45 AM, Patricia Ruocco ruoc...@lislelibrary.org wrote: Hello, I am hoping that someone out there will know who I need to contact to get the Public Performance Rights to show the (1969?) TV version of Arsenic and Old Lace to a small group of patrons at our library. It has Boris Karloff playing Jonathan Brewster in it, and we're doing a short series of films starring Karloff. It would be wonderful to share this one with them. Thanks for any help you can offer. Patricia Patricia Ruocco, MALS Adult Services Librarian Lisle Library District 777 Front Street | Lisle, IL 60532 p: 630-971-1675 ext. 1503 lislelibrary.org facebook | twitter | pinterest Love Mysteries Movies? - Check out the Murder Among Friends Just Between Frames blogs! VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
Re: [Videolib] TV version of Arsenic and Old Lace with Boris Karloff
Hi again, I apologize - I had the year wrong. There was a TV version with Karloff playing Jonathan Brewster on NBC in 1962. (I think they were playing the joke about looking like Karloff the other way.) It is listed both on IMDb and Amazon. Here are the links: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0595267/ http://www.amazon.com/Arsenic-And-Old-Lace-Television/dp/B00JUH9FGO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8qid=1405526715sr=8-1keywords=karloff+arsenic+and+old+lace I tried contacting NBC, but they replied that they didn't have the permission, and didn't know who did. It was also shown as part of the Hallmark Hall of Fame series, but that didn't seem like the right source either. Again, any help would be greatly appreciated. Patricia Patricia Ruocco, MALS Adult Services Librarian Lisle Library District 777 Front Street | Lisle, IL 60532 p: 630-971-1675 ext. 1503 lislelibrary.org facebook | twitter | pinterest Love Mysteries Movies? - Check out the Murder Among Friends Just Between Frames blogs! From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu on behalf of videolib-requ...@lists.berkeley.edu videolib-requ...@lists.berkeley.edu Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2014 10:33 AM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: videolib Digest, Vol 80, Issue 20 Send videolib mailing list submissions to videolib@lists.berkeley.edu To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://calmail.berkeley.edu/manage/list/listinfo/videolib@lists.berkeley.edu or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to videolib-requ...@lists.berkeley.edu You can reach the person managing the list at videolib-ow...@lists.berkeley.edu When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than Re: Contents of videolib digest... Today's Topics: 1. TV version of Arsenic and Old Lace with Boris Karloff (Patricia Ruocco) 2. Re: TV version of Arsenic and Old Lace with Boris Karloff (Jessica Rosner) 3. Re: TV version of Arsenic and Old Lace with Boris Karloff (Anthony Anderson) -- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2014 14:45:38 + From: Patricia Ruocco ruoc...@lislelibrary.org Subject: [Videolib] TV version of Arsenic and Old Lace with Boris Karloff To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Message-ID: 1405521938055.71...@lislelibrary.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 ?Hello, I am hoping that someone out there will know who I need to contact to get the Public Performance Rights to show the (1969?) TV version of Arsenic and Old Lace to a small group of patrons at our library. It has Boris Karloff playing Jonathan Brewster in it, and we're doing a short series of films starring Karloff. It would be wonderful to share this one with them. Thanks for any help you can offer. Patricia Patricia Ruocco, MALS Adult Services Librarian Lisle Library District 777 Front Street | Lisle, IL 60532 p: 630-971-1675 ext. 1503 lislelibrary.orghttp://www.lislelibrary.org facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/lislelibrarydistrict | twitterhttps://twitter.com/lislelibrary | pinteresthttp://www.pinterest.com/lislelibrary/ Love Mysteries Movies? - Check out the Murder Among Friendshttp://murderamongfriends.wordpress.com Just Between Frameshttp://justbetweenframes.wordpress.com blogs!http://frontstreetteens.wordpress.com/ -- next part -- An HTML attachment scrubbed and removed. HTML attachments are only available in MIME digests. -- Message: 2 Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2014 11:12:49 -0400 From: Jessica Rosner maddux2...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Videolib] TV version of Arsenic and Old Lace with Boris Karloff To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Message-ID: CACRe6m_+f=y70szxbzfrjtjodarhdmxfovtn1xo61nopmxw...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Nearly impossible to get rights for TV productions from that era ( not too much easier for later ones) but has it even been legally released at all? Um wait I looked it up not only is it not released KARLOFF IS NOT IN IT. My guess is someone is confused because there is running joke in the play about Brewster LOOKING like Karloff who was in the original Broadway production. You might try THE OLD DARK HOUSE which you could license from Cohen Media ( not an easy one to figure) On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 10:45 AM, Patricia Ruocco ruoc...@lislelibrary.org wrote: ?Hello, I am hoping that someone out there will know who I need to contact to get the Public Performance Rights to show the (1969?) TV version of Arsenic and Old Lace to a small group of patrons at our library. It has Boris Karloff playing Jonathan Brewster in it, and we're doing a short series of films starring Karloff. It would be wonderful to share this one with them. Thanks for any help you can
Re: [Videolib] TV version of Arsenic and Old Lace with Boris Karloff
Well I am again suspicious of the DVD itself. I think it is bootleg copy.Just because Amazon sells it does not make it a legal copy for the most part they will sell anything unless/until a rights holder complains. If it was Hallmark I will dig out a contact I have for them but the general problem with most television especially from this period is that no one involved ( actors, writer ,director ) agreed to public shows. The contracts for broadcast were different from exhibition and it is a nightmare to go back and get clearances from what are now in many cases estates. I suspect the biggest problem in this case would be the underlying literary rights, that tends to screw up a LOT of movies ( after the initial period of the contract is over) let alone a TV production never contracted for exhibition. On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 12:12 PM, Patricia Ruocco ruoc...@lislelibrary.org wrote: Hi again, I apologize - I had the year wrong. There was a TV version with Karloff playing Jonathan Brewster on NBC in 1962. (I think they were playing the joke about looking like Karloff the other way.) It is listed both on IMDb and Amazon. Here are the links: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0595267/ http://www.amazon.com/Arsenic-And-Old-Lace-Television/dp/B00JUH9FGO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8qid=1405526715sr=8-1keywords=karloff+arsenic+and+old+lace I tried contacting NBC, but they replied that they didn't have the permission, and didn't know who did. It was also shown as part of the Hallmark Hall of Fame series, but that didn't seem like the right source either. Again, any help would be greatly appreciated. Patricia Patricia Ruocco, MALS Adult Services Librarian Lisle Library District 777 Front Street | Lisle, IL 60532 p: 630-971-1675 ext. 1503 lislelibrary.org facebook | twitter | pinterest Love Mysteries Movies? - Check out the Murder Among Friends Just Between Frames blogs! From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu on behalf of videolib-requ...@lists.berkeley.edu videolib-requ...@lists.berkeley.edu Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2014 10:33 AM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: videolib Digest, Vol 80, Issue 20 Send videolib mailing list submissions to videolib@lists.berkeley.edu To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://calmail.berkeley.edu/manage/list/listinfo/videolib@lists.berkeley.edu or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to videolib-requ...@lists.berkeley.edu You can reach the person managing the list at videolib-ow...@lists.berkeley.edu When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than Re: Contents of videolib digest... Today's Topics: 1. TV version of Arsenic and Old Lace with Boris Karloff (Patricia Ruocco) 2. Re: TV version of Arsenic and Old Lace with Boris Karloff (Jessica Rosner) 3. Re: TV version of Arsenic and Old Lace with Boris Karloff (Anthony Anderson) -- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2014 14:45:38 + From: Patricia Ruocco ruoc...@lislelibrary.org Subject: [Videolib] TV version of Arsenic and Old Lace with Boris Karloff To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Message-ID: 1405521938055.71...@lislelibrary.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 ?Hello, I am hoping that someone out there will know who I need to contact to get the Public Performance Rights to show the (1969?) TV version of Arsenic and Old Lace to a small group of patrons at our library. It has Boris Karloff playing Jonathan Brewster in it, and we're doing a short series of films starring Karloff. It would be wonderful to share this one with them. Thanks for any help you can offer. Patricia Patricia Ruocco, MALS Adult Services Librarian Lisle Library District 777 Front Street | Lisle, IL 60532 p: 630-971-1675 ext. 1503 lislelibrary.orghttp://www.lislelibrary.org facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/lislelibrarydistrict | twitter https://twitter.com/lislelibrary | pinterest http://www.pinterest.com/lislelibrary/ Love Mysteries Movies? - Check out the Murder Among Friends http://murderamongfriends.wordpress.com Just Between Frames http://justbetweenframes.wordpress.com blogs! http://frontstreetteens.wordpress.com/ -- next part -- An HTML attachment scrubbed and removed. HTML attachments are only available in MIME digests. -- Message: 2 Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2014 11:12:49 -0400 From: Jessica Rosner maddux2...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Videolib] TV version of Arsenic and Old Lace with Boris Karloff To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Message-ID: CACRe6m_+f= y70szxbzfrjtjodarhdmxfovtn1xo61nopmxw...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Nearly
Re: [Videolib] TV version of Arsenic and Old Lace with Boris Karloff
OK this contact info for Hallmark is 5 years old BUT I could find a more recent one if this does not work. Marty DeGrazia, Hallmark Entertainment mdegra...@hallmarkent.com On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 12:35 PM, Jessica Rosner maddux2...@gmail.com wrote: Well I am again suspicious of the DVD itself. I think it is bootleg copy.Just because Amazon sells it does not make it a legal copy for the most part they will sell anything unless/until a rights holder complains. If it was Hallmark I will dig out a contact I have for them but the general problem with most television especially from this period is that no one involved ( actors, writer ,director ) agreed to public shows. The contracts for broadcast were different from exhibition and it is a nightmare to go back and get clearances from what are now in many cases estates. I suspect the biggest problem in this case would be the underlying literary rights, that tends to screw up a LOT of movies ( after the initial period of the contract is over) let alone a TV production never contracted for exhibition. On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 12:12 PM, Patricia Ruocco ruoc...@lislelibrary.org wrote: Hi again, I apologize - I had the year wrong. There was a TV version with Karloff playing Jonathan Brewster on NBC in 1962. (I think they were playing the joke about looking like Karloff the other way.) It is listed both on IMDb and Amazon. Here are the links: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0595267/ http://www.amazon.com/Arsenic-And-Old-Lace-Television/dp/B00JUH9FGO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8qid=1405526715sr=8-1keywords=karloff+arsenic+and+old+lace I tried contacting NBC, but they replied that they didn't have the permission, and didn't know who did. It was also shown as part of the Hallmark Hall of Fame series, but that didn't seem like the right source either. Again, any help would be greatly appreciated. Patricia Patricia Ruocco, MALS Adult Services Librarian Lisle Library District 777 Front Street | Lisle, IL 60532 p: 630-971-1675 ext. 1503 lislelibrary.org facebook | twitter | pinterest Love Mysteries Movies? - Check out the Murder Among Friends Just Between Frames blogs! From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu on behalf of videolib-requ...@lists.berkeley.edu videolib-requ...@lists.berkeley.edu Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2014 10:33 AM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: videolib Digest, Vol 80, Issue 20 Send videolib mailing list submissions to videolib@lists.berkeley.edu To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://calmail.berkeley.edu/manage/list/listinfo/videolib@lists.berkeley.edu or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to videolib-requ...@lists.berkeley.edu You can reach the person managing the list at videolib-ow...@lists.berkeley.edu When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than Re: Contents of videolib digest... Today's Topics: 1. TV version of Arsenic and Old Lace with Boris Karloff (Patricia Ruocco) 2. Re: TV version of Arsenic and Old Lace with Boris Karloff (Jessica Rosner) 3. Re: TV version of Arsenic and Old Lace with Boris Karloff (Anthony Anderson) -- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2014 14:45:38 + From: Patricia Ruocco ruoc...@lislelibrary.org Subject: [Videolib] TV version of Arsenic and Old Lace with Boris Karloff To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Message-ID: 1405521938055.71...@lislelibrary.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 ?Hello, I am hoping that someone out there will know who I need to contact to get the Public Performance Rights to show the (1969?) TV version of Arsenic and Old Lace to a small group of patrons at our library. It has Boris Karloff playing Jonathan Brewster in it, and we're doing a short series of films starring Karloff. It would be wonderful to share this one with them. Thanks for any help you can offer. Patricia Patricia Ruocco, MALS Adult Services Librarian Lisle Library District 777 Front Street | Lisle, IL 60532 p: 630-971-1675 ext. 1503 lislelibrary.orghttp://www.lislelibrary.org facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/lislelibrarydistrict | twitter https://twitter.com/lislelibrary | pinterest http://www.pinterest.com/lislelibrary/ Love Mysteries Movies? - Check out the Murder Among Friends http://murderamongfriends.wordpress.com Just Between Frames http://justbetweenframes.wordpress.com blogs! http://frontstreetteens.wordpress.com/ -- next part -- An HTML attachment scrubbed and removed. HTML attachments are only available in MIME digests. -- Message: 2 Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2014 11:12:49 -0400 From: Jessica Rosner maddux2...@gmail.com
Re: [Videolib] videolib Digest, Vol 80, Issue 25
If that contact is no good I can get another. As it happens Hallmark owns the Hal Roach library with lots of classic silent shorts so I know people who deal with them. Again Made for TV films are often a nightmare for any public shows though sometimes companies are willing to help as there is no admission fee but again the lawyers get paid to worry so that does not help. Good Luck but FYI it probably does not look that good and I still think The Old Dark House or some other films where Karloff's great comic timing is shown off would be better options. Jessica On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 5:04 PM, Patricia Ruocco ruoc...@lislelibrary.org wrote: Thanks Jessica! I'm going to try your Hallmark contact and see what happens. This whole thing has made me curious about old TV movies and shows, and PPR. I'm learning it's yet another slippery slope... Patricia Ruocco, MALS Adult Services Librarian Lisle Library District 777 Front Street | Lisle, IL 60532 p: 630-971-1675 ext. 1503 lislelibrary.org facebook | twitter | pinterest Love Mysteries Movies? - Check out the Murder Among Friends Just Between Frames blogs! From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu on behalf of videolib-requ...@lists.berkeley.edu videolib-requ...@lists.berkeley.edu Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2014 11:39 AM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: videolib Digest, Vol 80, Issue 25 Send videolib mailing list submissions to videolib@lists.berkeley.edu To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://calmail.berkeley.edu/manage/list/listinfo/videolib@lists.berkeley.edu or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to videolib-requ...@lists.berkeley.edu You can reach the person managing the list at videolib-ow...@lists.berkeley.edu When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than Re: Contents of videolib digest... Today's Topics: 1. Re: TV version of Arsenic and Old Lace with Boris Karloff (Jessica Rosner) -- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2014 12:39:04 -0400 From: Jessica Rosner maddux2...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Videolib] TV version of Arsenic and Old Lace with Boris Karloff To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Message-ID: cacre6m_xg5tqsxakujsb6qvxfqhsmgd6bxqlrzpfwvczhaa...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 OK this contact info for Hallmark is 5 years old BUT I could find a more recent one if this does not work. Marty DeGrazia, Hallmark Entertainment mdegra...@hallmarkent.com On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 12:35 PM, Jessica Rosner maddux2...@gmail.com wrote: Well I am again suspicious of the DVD itself. I think it is bootleg copy.Just because Amazon sells it does not make it a legal copy for the most part they will sell anything unless/until a rights holder complains. If it was Hallmark I will dig out a contact I have for them but the general problem with most television especially from this period is that no one involved ( actors, writer ,director ) agreed to public shows. The contracts for broadcast were different from exhibition and it is a nightmare to go back and get clearances from what are now in many cases estates. I suspect the biggest problem in this case would be the underlying literary rights, that tends to screw up a LOT of movies ( after the initial period of the contract is over) let alone a TV production never contracted for exhibition. On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 12:12 PM, Patricia Ruocco ruoc...@lislelibrary.org wrote: Hi again, I apologize - I had the year wrong. There was a TV version with Karloff playing Jonathan Brewster on NBC in 1962. (I think they were playing the joke about looking like Karloff the other way.) It is listed both on IMDb and Amazon. Here are the links: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0595267/ http://www.amazon.com/Arsenic-And-Old-Lace-Television/dp/B00JUH9FGO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8qid=1405526715sr=8-1keywords=karloff+arsenic+and+old+lace I tried contacting NBC, but they replied that they didn't have the permission, and didn't know who did. It was also shown as part of the Hallmark Hall of Fame series, but that didn't seem like the right source either. Again, any help would be greatly appreciated. Patricia Patricia Ruocco, MALS Adult Services Librarian Lisle Library District 777 Front Street | Lisle, IL 60532 p: 630-971-1675 ext. 1503 lislelibrary.org facebook | twitter | pinterest Love Mysteries Movies? - Check out the Murder Among Friends Just Between Frames blogs! From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu on behalf of videolib-requ...@lists.berkeley.edu videolib-requ...@lists.berkeley.edu Sent:
