8MM BLACKHAWK FILMS
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Blackhawk Films are famous for their devotion to making the best quality prints possible of silent screen classics. They were in the home movie business from the 1940's to 1984. All Blackhawk prints are the best quality available and in Like New to Mint condition unless noted. All films on this page are regular 8mm silent.

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Updated July 9, 2010

• HIS DARKER SELF - 1924 Lloyd Hamilton comedy. Hamilton plays a faintly prissy mama's boy who decides to make something of himself by capturing a gang of bootleggers by infiltrating their gang. As it happens, though, all the members of this particular gang are black, so Hamilton puts on blackface make-up and he impersonates one of them. Heavy with black stereotypes typical of many 1920's comedies. 300', Mint on a 400' reel - $49
• THE MAKING OF BRONCHO BILLY - From "The Great Train Robbery" through his years as a western star up to 1915. 200' in Movie Classic box - $20
• ME BREAKERS - 1915 Mack Sennett Keystone comedy with Chester Conklin, Slim Summerville and Mack Swain. Mint 1970 Eastman print in a white box. 400' - $39

• THE DESTRUCTION OF SAN FRANCISCO - Rare footage shows tragic scenes of the big earthquake of 1906 that struck San Francisco and the coast of northern California at 5:12 a.m. on Wednesday, April 18, 1906. 400', Near Mint in the OB - $49
• BLOOD AND SAND - 1922. Abridgement of the Rudolph Valentino feature. Mint on a 400' and a 200' reel in the OB - $39
• THE DENTIST - Silent Blackhawk version of the 1933 W.C. Fields comedy by Mack Sennett. 300', Mint in the OB - $29

• FLIRTING WITH FATE - 1916 Douglas Fairbanks adventure comedy. In the midst of an emotional depression, a man hires a murderer to kill him. But the despair soon passes, and the man must now escape the killer he's hired to end his life. About 900' on 3x400' reels - $79
• BECAUSE HE LOVED HER - 1916 Mack Sennett comedy starring Sam Bernard and Mae Busch. A zany Keystone comedy. Mint 1948 Kodak print, about 300' on 2x200' reels in the OB - $29
  Also a 1967 Eastman print, Mint on a 400' reel in a white box - $29
• THE CHILD OF BETHLEHEM - A Cathedral Film from the 1940's depicting Jesus' birth and early childhood, as recorded in Matthew and Luke. Mint Blackhawk print, 400' in a can - $29
• ABRAHAM'S SACRIFICE - A Cathedral Film from the 1940's. Mint, 400' in a can - $29
• HAUNTED SPOOKS - 1920 Hal Roach comedy classic starring Harold Lloyd. After numerous failed attempts to commit suicide, our hero (Lloyd) runs into a lawyer who is looking for a stooge to stand in as a groom in order to secure an inheritance for his client (Davis). The inheritance is a house, which her scheming uncle "haunts" so that he can scare them off and claim the property. Near Mint Blackhawk print in a metal can, 400' - $39
• GREAT MOMENTS FROM PHANTOM OF THE OPERA - Highlights from the 1925 Universal classic starring Lon Chaney. 250' on a 400' reel in the OB - $29

• THE MODEL T - RISE AND FALL OF THE TIN LIZZIE - Excellent Blackhawk Films documentary of the Ford Model T manufactured from 1909 to 1927. Ford used an assembly line techniaue to make affordable cars for everyone. 400', Mint in the OB - $49
• EARLY DAYS OF MOTORING - Great footage of cars and roads from the early 20th century. 225', Mint on a 400' reel in the OB - $39
• SUPER-HOOPER-DYNE-LIZZIES - 1925 Mack Sennett comedy starring Billy Bevan and Andy Clyde is one of the better examples of the loony style of the slapstick era. Mint, 400' in the OB - $39

• WEST OF HOT DOG - SYNOPSIS 1924 Joe Rock comedy starring Stan Laurel. Like New print on a soiled OB. 400' - $39
• THE HOLLYWOOD KID (2) - SYNOPSIS 1924 Mack Sennett comedy. With appearances by Mack Sennett, Andy Clyde, Vernon Dent, Ben Turpin, Marie Prevost, Billy Bevan, Charlie Murray, a dozen bathing beauties and a toothless lion! The most fun in this comedy was seeing all of the behind the scenes shots of the studio. Like New, 200' in OB - $29
• MICKEY THE DETECTIVE - 1928 Mickey McGuire comedy. Mint 1974 Eastman print. 400' in a white box - $39
• THE BATTLE - 1911 D.W. Griffith action drama starring Lionell Barrymore and Blanche Sweet. Mint 1958 Kodak print, 200' in the OB - $20

• WHY BEN BOLTED - 1917 Ben Turpin comedy. A box with Ben inside is sent as a gag gift, but the gag is on the sender when the contents get switched around. Mint on a full 400' reel in a white box - $39
• A HAREM KNIGHT (2) - 1926 Ben Turpin comedy features Ben as Rodney St. Clair, the playboy from the international set. Near Mint on a 400' reel in a can - $39
• YUKON JAKE - 1924 Ben Turpin comedy. Cyclone Bill is the popular sheriff of Mustang Gulch, where "a gun in the hand is worth two on the hip." Near Mint on a 400' reel in a white box - $39
• KINOGRAMS - Newsreels made from 1917 to 1927. Samples from that era. 200', Like New in OB - $24

• THE CURE - 1917. Charlie Chaplin goes to a spa to dry out, but he takes a trunk of liquor with him. He tangles with another's gouty foot in a revolving door. Excellent condition, 400' in a can - $29
• Laurel & Hardy Comedies - All Mint 400' in OB or white box - $29 each

  THAT'S MY WIFE BACON GRABBERS

  BERTH MARKS SUGAR DADDIES

• THE BATTLE AT ELDERBUSH GULCH - SYNOPSIS 1913 D.W. Griffith action western drama starring Mae Marsh and Lillian Gish. Drunken red Indians carouse in pagan revelry, whipping up their appetite for dog meat. Supurb quality Mint 1959 Kodak print, 2x200' in the OB - $29
• OUR DARE DEVIL CHIEF - 1915 Mack Sennett Keystone comedy starring Ford Sterling, Harry Bernard and Al St. John. Mint 1968 Eastman print on a 400' reel in a white box - $29
• LIFE IN THE 30'S, CHAPTER ONE - The customs, habits, lifestyles of people in the 1930's. Starting with the coming of the "New Deal". 400', Mint in the OB - $39
• LOST IN THE NIGHT - 1913 Pearl White drama. 200', Mint in the OB - $20
• VARIETY - 1926. Starring Emil Jannings, Lya De Putti, Warwick Ward and Werner Krauss. An aging trapeze artist leaves his wife for a dancer, who is then seduced by another man. Abridged Blackhawk version, about 450' on a full 400' reel in a white box. Mint - $39

• AN ARIZONA WOOING - 1915 Tom Mix western. Mint 1958 Kodak print in the OB, about 225' on a 200' reel - $24
• THE RUSE - SYNOPSIS 1915 William S. Hart western. Mint 1958 Kodak print on 2x200' reels in the OB - $39
• HIS BITTER PILL - 1916 Mack Sennett/Triangle parody of western movies starring Mack Swain. More plot than the usual Keystone comedy and one of Mack Swain's better efforts. Mint 1947 Kodak print. 2x200' in the OB - $39
• THE DESPERATE SCOUNDREL - 1916 Keystone Cops. Loaded with vintage autos, racing trollys and fast trains. A Mint 1958 Kodak print on 2x200' reels in the OB - $39
  Also 300' on a 400' reel in a white box. Like New - $29

• FEET OF MUD - SYNOPSIS 1924 comedy starring Harry Langdon. Mint 1973 print. 400' in a white box - $39
• BOOBS IN THE WOODS (2) - SYNOPSIS 1925 comedy starring Harry Langdon. Like New 1972 print. 400' in a white box - $29
• SOLDIER MAN - SYNOPSIS 1926 Harry Langdon 3-reel comedy. Mint 1957 Kodak print. 2x400' in white boxes - $39
• HIS MARRIAGE WOW - 1925 Mack Sennett comedy starring Harry Langdon. Like New 1972 print, 400' - $39
• ALL NIGHT LONG - SYNOPSIS 1924 Mack Sennett comedy starring Harry Langdon. Like New 1950's DUPONT print, 400' - $39
• RUN, GIRL, RUN - 1928 Mack Sennett comedy with Carol Lombard and Daphne Pollard. Mint, 400' in a white box - $29

• BARNEY OLDFIELD'S RACE FOR A LIFE - 1913 Mack Sennett comedy. Virtuous Mabel Normand rejects the improper advances of a villainous cad. The furious villain and his henchmen then seize Mabel and chain her to a railroad track. Mint 200' in white box - $24
• MOVIE NIGHT - SYNOPSIS 1929 Hal Roach comedy starring Charley Chase. One of his best and most popular comedies. Mint, 400' - $39
• A MOVIE STAR - SYNOPSIS 1916 Mack Swain comedy. Mint print in a white box. 400' - $29
  Also an Excellent print with some base lines. 400' in a can - $18

• STICK AROUND - SYNOPSIS 1925 comedy starring Bobby Ray and Oliver Hardy. Near Mint 1968 Eastman print. 400' in a white box - $39
• HUNGRY HEARTS - 1916 comedy starring Oliver Hardy and Billy Ruge. Mint print, 200' in OB - $29
• WOLVES OF KULTUR - An abridgement of this Pathe 1918 serial. Have the following chapters, each on a 400' reel: (5) THE HUN'S HELL TRAP, (6) THE CODE OF HATE - $20 each
• THE WAITERS BALL - 1916. Starring Fatty Arbuckle and Al St. John. The workers at a diner are looking forward to the waiters' ball in the evening, at which full dress is required. First, they must get through a busy day with many customers. Lots of wild slapstick and a rare title. Excellent condition, 250' on a 400' reel in the OB - $39

• A VERSATILE VILLAIN (2) - SYNOPSIS 1915 Keystone comedy starring Charley Chase and Louise Fazenda. Mint in the OB or Movie Classics box. 225' on a full 200' reel - $29
• CIRCUS TODAY - 1926 Mack Sennett comedy starring Billy Bevan and Andy Clyde. Gus and Slim are working at a circus that is owned by the domineering Steve Skinner. After Gus and Slim have botched up several routines, Gus takes off in a horse cart, in order to avoid Skinner's wrath. But the cart is pulling a large crate filled with lions, and soon the two circus hands find themselves in the middle of an uncontrollable situation. Mint, 400' - $39

• MYSTERY OF THE DOUBLE CROSS - 1917 serial starring Mollie King and Leon Bary. Each chapter on a 400' reel. Have the following chapters in Mint condition - $20 each

  Chapter 1 - THE LADY IN NUMBER SEVEN Chapter 12 -RIDDLE OF THE CROSS

  Chapter 14 - THE HIDDEN BRAND

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