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Author Topic: Griswold Splicer Story Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 11-19-2018 11:29 AM                     I think you will all be floored by this film about Griswold Splicers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AFs2JXRQWM&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR0vas2VDyMO5s6llB-eIY6J96am-xd70y4q4z5GxOLS4mAb094oGJ5MsI4  |  IP: Logged Gordon Bachlund Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 696 From: Monrovia, CA, USA Registered: Aug 1999 posted 11-19-2018 01:10 PM                        Ah yes, I remember them well.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 11-19-2018 01:29 PM                        I worked with two of those machines, the first one at the drive-in where I started projecting -- it had a broken handle from being dropped. The other thing I remember about the drive-in splicer was, the scraper had been misplaced so we had to use razor blades to scrape the film. Then one day there were no razor blades, so we had to use the sharp edge of a pull-tab from a pop can. The second and last Griswold splicer I used was at the Roxy. I'm sure we heaved it into the trash unceremoniously when we got our tape splicer. I wish we'd kept it now, considering it probably was one of the originals out of that factory.  |  IP: Logged Phillip Grace Expert Film Handler Posts: 164 From: ACMI. Melbourne. Australia. Registered: Mar 2004 posted 11-19-2018 06:11 PM                     Brilliant, Mark. Thanks!  |  IP: Logged Simon Wyss Film Handler Posts: 80 From: Basel, BS, Switzerland Registered: Apr 2011 posted 11-22-2018 01:36 AM                     Chuffed to bits by the well-made film. Most interesting story and a very fast made splice with 16-mm. stock. Methylene chloride in the cements then I have a Premier joiner, somewhat similar to the Griswold, which is no surprise because the Griswold patent expired in 1937. Yeah, sad facts about the mechanical industry behind motion pictures. Will there be something fresh again?  |  IP: Logged Rick Raskin Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1100 From: Manassas Virginia Registered: Jan 2003 posted 11-22-2018 06:44 AM                     I always used a razor blade instead of the scraper. A little spit to help loosen the emulsion made for a thoroughly clean scrape. Dry it off, apply cement (Harwald was the best) and bingo, a perfect splice. Tape splicers became popular after I left the business. I still two, have a 35mm and a 16mm splicer.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 11-22-2018 01:53 PM                        quote: Rick Raskin I always used a razor blade instead of the scraper. I worked at the drive-in first, and that was a slap-dash booth operation at best...we were all pretty young and stupid. I never even knew there WAS a scraper until I moved over to the Roxy (when I was 19)!  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 11-22-2018 08:47 PM                        Nice short film. I have one of the black Griswold splicers (the deluxe model with a little light bulb inside it) and also a grey "Neuscope" splicer intended for splicing film with CS perfs. Other than the pins, the Neuscope looks exactly like the regular Griswold model. Were they made by Neumade somewhere else, or were they made by Griswold, but with Neumade labels?  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 11-24-2018 11:09 AM                     I believe Griswold made them for Neumade. Didn't they mention that in the movie.  |  IP: Logged Bill Brandenstein Master Film Handler Posts: 413 From: Santa Clarita, CA Registered: Jul 2013 posted 11-27-2018 01:51 PM                     Yep. At 13'02": "On January 17, 1976, the Griswold Machine Works received their last order from their distributor, the Neumade Corporation, for 2,000 R-3 and R-2 splicers. The order was completed and shipped in April of the following year. On May 8th [1977] an auction was held..." The good news is that the Port Jefferson theater (aka Art Cinema), still exists as "Theatre Three." See the Cinema Treasures listing.  |  IP: Logged

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