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Post by Arthur Pringle on Jan 17, 2017 16:03:46 GMT
Bob Monkhouse was a big horror film fan, also a very good cartoonist, I've got a horror magazine from the 70s that has a photo of some artwork he did for the cover of a 'Gothique Film Society' magazine, he was a member of the society I think.
He got into similar trouble to me- "This film collection was the cause of a court case at the Old Bailey in 1979. Having loaned Terry Wogan's son a film, Monkhouse was charged with attempting to defraud film distributors of royalties, but after two years the judge decided that there was no case to answer. Many of the films in his collection were seized and not returned to Monkhouse"
As did Roddy McDowall- "In 1974, the FBI raided McDowall's home and seized his collection of films and television series in the course of an investigation into film piracy and copyright infringement. His collection consisted of 160 16-mm prints and more than 1,000 video cassettes, at a time before the era of commercial videotapes, when there was no legal aftermarket for films. McDowall had purchased Errol Flynn's home cinema films and transferred them all to tape for longer-lasting archival storage. No charges were filed"
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Post by Charles Bronson on Jan 17, 2017 22:57:06 GMT
I remember hearing once, that they brought a case against Bob. It's disgraceful that they never returned some of his valuable collection at the end of the trial. I remember a friend telling me years ago, that the Police showed confiscated Blue Movies in their own social club for their own entertainment, in our area. The guy was talking about the seventies.
I'm not saying of course that Bob's were that kind, otherwise he would have been done for that too. Bob was a big film fan. He had a big collection of silent films too.
Charles.
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Post by Arthur Pringle on Jan 17, 2017 23:57:02 GMT
If all he did was loan a tape to Terry Wogan's son it seems ridiculous that they went to those lengths, though having been through a similar experience it doesn't surprise me that they took 2 years over it & didn't return some of the tapes. When my tapes were seized they were bundled into black bags, I asked for them to be put in boxes to avoid damage but was told 'they'll be ok'.
The police were very reasonable with me, no complaints about them really, it was the trading standards & the magistrates who took a high handed attitude re the violent content of some of the films. The police returned some films to me & were even friendly about it, but the trading standards kept the lot despite the fact that 95% of it was tv recordings & not a threat to anyone. They also confiscated & did not return ( despite me asking ) personal items that had nothing to do with the tapes.
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