<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Hi, Don,</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks for the update.</div><div><br></div><div>Do the low band and high band segments contain the same content?</div><div><br></div><div>Maybe you have the only videotape copy surviving? (See <b>bold text</b> below.)</div><div><br></div><div>Is there a Copyright date and owner on paper or in the credits?</div><div><br></div><div>Here's what I can find about the program:</div><div><br></div><div>A google for "Meet Marcel Marceau" reveals this on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Meet-Marcel-Marceau-MARCEL-MARCEAU/dp/B00009APCL">Amazon.com</a>:</div><div><br></div><div>Product Description<br>1965-USA A one-man show in 9 parts by the most famous contemporary pantomimist. MARCEL MARCEAU himself does voice-over introductions of his various skits. A Paris street-tough finds a wallet; at the circus; the magician; the kite; the matador; at a society party; "The Passage Of Time;" Don Juan and a special tribute to Harpo Marx, Buster Keaton, Stan Laurel and Charlie Chaplin. "Bip," the famous Marceau character, goes through his paces - a modern tradition. <b>TV kinescope performed before a live audience.</b>..video quality lacks definition in places, but its well worth the opportunity to "Meet Marcel Marceau." 52 minutes.</div><div><br></div><div>Further poking around turned up "an RKO General production in association with Ronald A. Wilford Associates ; produced and written by Wally Sherwin ; director, Bob Searles" on this site: <a href="http://udm.dalnet.lib.mi.us/">http://udm.dalnet.lib.mi.us/</a></div><div><br></div><div>Wilford is engaged in artist management. He currently heads <a href="http://www.camihall.com/?topic=history">CAMI, Columbia Artists Managment, Inc</a>., in NYC, and turns up in connection with Marceau's shows. A <a href="http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE7DD1339F930A15756C0A963958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=2">NY Times item about Wilford</a> reports: "<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; ">In 1955, he staked his savings on the first American tour of the French mime Marcel Marceau. Mr. Marceau was a smash, and Mr. Wilford, building on that success, mastered the business of touring attractions.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; ">"</span></span></div><div><br></div><div>Sherwin passed away last year, according to an LA Times obituary:<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; "></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; ">SHERWIN, Walter J. Wally Sherwin, born August 26, 1918, passed away peacefully on August 6, 2008 in Van Nuys, CA. Wally was a noted TV/Radio executive who served as Program Director and then General Manager at KHJ Channel 9 television from 1961-1969. </span></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>The <a href="http://issuu.com/boxoffice/docs/boxoffice_020964/55">March 9, 1964 edition of Box Office</a> reports that:</div><div><br></div><div><img height="613" width="380" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:E139F0B3-AC14-4490-B1BD-4F3CDB3CA0D9"></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>On Feb 5, 2009, at 7:08 AM, Don Norwood wrote:</div><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>----- Original Message ----- From: "Ted Langdell"<br>Subject: Re: [QuadList] Don's tape from Mark Amistead Productions...<br><br><br><blockquote type="cite">Hey Don...<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">What did you find?<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><br>The tape is non-backcoated, brown oxide. It was recorded by Mark Armistead Studios and the label indicates that the first section is a low-band color master recorded on RCA followed by a hi-band master. It doesn't say what the hi-band segment was recorded on and there's no date on the label. It also is labeled "Marcel Marceau". Well, that's exactly what it is.<br><br>For something this old, and the condition of the tape (another story!), the quality is pretty good. It was recorded in a studio with a live audience. There are multiple takes and several different routines. There's at least one segment with some credits which unfortunately don't include the date. The title is "Meet Marcel Marceau" and it was an RKO Production recorded at Armistead Studios.<br><br>The tape was shipped to someone at Ampex named Bob Duden. I'd love to know what they were doing with it. Since it had the specific info about the low-band RCA recording, I wonder if they were doing some sort of comparrison. Obviously, the HBC section is MUCH better than the LBC, mainly as far as S/N is conerned.<br><br>Don<br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Please trim posts to relevant info when replying!<br>Send QuadList list posts to <a href="mailto:QuadList@quadvideotapegroup.com">QuadList@quadvideotapegroup.com</a><br>Your subscribe, unsubscribe and digest options are here:<br><a href="http://mail.quadvideotapegroup.com/mailman/listinfo/quadlist_quadvideotapegroup.com">http://mail.quadvideotapegroup.com/mailman/listinfo/quadlist_quadvideotapegroup.com</a><br></div></blockquote></div><br><div> <div><br>Ted Langdell</div><div>flashscan8.us</div><div>Secretary</div> </div><br></body></html>