I want to dedicate this theard to old tv sets (black & white and also colour) that are apearing in different movies.
I'm curios about the next tvs
- The black & white one that the Pryor family is owning in the series "American dreams"
- The set that in the movie "La bamba" Donna (Danielle von Zerneck) watches Ritchie Valens (Lou Daimond Phillips) singing "Donna" at "American Banstand"
- The color set from the saloon of the sanatorium form the movie "Girl, interrupted" with Winona Ryder, Angelina Jolie and Whoopy Goldberg.

The set in "Girl, Interrupted" was not correct for the time period of the movie as it is a Zenith Chromacolor 2

You mean is newer than 1968?

i want to say on the ritchie valens movie it was a admiral,only reason is that they seem to have a narrow appearance

charlie

yes.... Altho I can remember for sure which year the Chromacolor 2 came out, I know it was after 1973. IIRC Chromacolors were from 1970 to 1974 or 5. Chromacolor 2's were from 1974 or 5 thru 1979 when the System 3 came out.

one day my girls were watching the movie corina, corina, with woopy goldberg and ray liota, during the movie they use a working ctc 5, although none of the shows were in color in the movie it was obvious that the set was in working condition

Posterized with a 24 fps monitor.

Yup, Harry has hacked up a lot of nice original sets that way...

I asked about the Pryor's family tv?

talking TV ....in "Bewitched" the tv set in the living room changes over time ...I have always wondered what the sets were? Certainly in the first couple of series they appear to B?W sets but later one are colour....

I think a Zenith rectangular color set is used in "Bewitched".

Here are some other movies where TV's seem to be prominent:

Forrest Gump: RCA CTC-25 or so w/Moon landing, Motorola rectangular with fireworks, RCA CTC-36 or 53 with New Years Eve at bar, RCA 1970's set when girl is walking on railing, B/W set (RCA?) with Elvis.

Valley of the Dolls...many shots of Zenith 23" rectangular set with remote being used. This film is from 1967 and appears to take place in that year.

Coal Miner's Daughter...RCA CTC-38 in Patsy Cline's living room, 1970's Zenith 23" Chromacolor 2 with Loretta Lynn on TV. May be another one too.

Road Trip: 23" Zenith solid state Chromacolor 2 at someone's Granddad's house.

Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970) there is a Zenith 19 or 22" rectangular color set actually playing but the vert. hold is flipping. This movie is just plain freaky!

[QUOTE=Telecolor 3007]I want to dedicate this thread to old tv sets (black & white and also colour) that are apearing in different movies.

OK, does anyone recall the name of a Technicolor film from the late 1940s - early 50s with a scene showing a large cabinet style 'COLOR' TV operating in a film studio office? It looks like a CBS Color set of the era, and the action on the screen plays prominently in the scene.

The set has a round tube with the top and bottom cut off. It is, of course, a simulation but it's a great scene foreshadowing the coming of color.

It's not "There's No Business Like Show Business" or "Singing in the Rain"
but I think it is a film about Hollywood musicals.

Thanks for any information you might have on this. I'd like to find it to make a demo disk for my Col-R-Tel.

Regards,
Cliff

[QUOTE=Telecolor 3007]I want to dedicate this thread to old tv sets (black & white and also colour) that are apearing in different movies.

OK, does anyone recall the name of a Technicolor film from the late 1940s - early 50s with a scene showing a large cabinet style 'COLOR' TV operating in a film studio office? It looks like a CBS Color set of the era, and the action on the screen plays prominently in the scene.

The set has a round tube with the top and bottom cut off. It is, of course, a simulation but it's a great scene foreshadowing the coming of color.

It's not "There's No Business Like Show Business" or "Singing in the Rain"
but I think it is a film about Hollywood musicals.

Thanks for any information you might have on this. I'd like to find it to make a demo disk for my Col-R-Tel.

Regards,
Cliff

Cliff,

It might have been the 1950 Technicolor film "My Blue Heaven." Many of the scenes, especially the music numbers, take place in a tv studio. I recall all the control room monitors and a home tv receiver in a living room scene had color pictures on their screens. All inserted via post production special effects of course. Here's the IMDb site info on this film:


My Blue Heaven (1950)
Address:http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0042767/

-Steve D.

I caught the ending of Apollo 13 on TV last night; the TV at home is a CTC-40, I am pretty sure. A good pick both datewise and because it was a fairly top of the line and technologically advanced set, fitting for an astronaut.

[QUOTE=Steve D.][QUOTE=cbenham] "Cliff, It might have been the 1950 Technicolor film "My Blue Heaven." Many of the scenes, especially the music numbers, take place in a tv studio. I recall all the control room monitors and a home tv receiver in a living room scene had color pictures on their screens. All inserted via post production special effects of course."

Thanks very much! I got the DVD and there certainly are A LOT of great shots of old vintage B&W sets and B&W studio equipment making glorious color 'video' in this film.

My favorite is the shot of the RCA projection set with the screen that 'flips-up' out of the top. I would like to add a color wheel to one of those sets and make reality out of what is seen in the film.

I wonder if there are other movies of this era with color TV images matted into recognizable B&W TVs?

Regards,
Cliff

For the Oliver Stone movie, JFK, I rented a 21" Rd. Screen RCA color-supposedly like Oswald had in his rooming house apt. Also, a 23" Zenith B/W metal table model set used in New Orleans filming. They paid me well and I still have the sets!

larry

now..did any of you see "mars attacks" the newer version?.(jack nicholsn,the lady from sex and the cities...and other all stars)
they had what looks like a ctc-9 next to the pool when the
alcoholic lady was swimming in the pool watching the news about the
space creatures invading the world..but odd.. it was painted white and gold,
but it was working..!!
now you all have to watch the movie again to see it..it was in the around first 20-40 mins of the movie.. hehe
terry

The name of the movie slips me now. But, there was a true story told of an immigrant family to the US. In one segment, the two older brothers tried going into the appliance business, then into selling new tv sets.The business burned down. There were some great shots of actual working Tv's by GE, including the famous "locomotive" set, Bendix, The RCA "Aniversery"set, Some 10" Admirals, and more, The dummy set they used by the family, obviously not really working, is a 10" console Admiral.

Also, on one program of the Andy Griffith show where Andy gets bed ridden sick, they take a 1950 16" round Admiral to his room.

In a scarce farce starring Hans Conreid, in the movie "The Twonkie", they used a 21" rectangular bakelite cased Admiral on a metal stand. Love these od movies...... Bill Cahill :banana: :yes:

[QUOTE=Bill Cahill]The name of the movie slips me now. But, there was a true story told of an immigrant family to the US. In one segment, the two older brothers tried going into the appliance business, then into selling new tv sets.The business burned down. There were some great shots of actual working Tv's by GE, including the famous "locomotive" set, Bendix, The RCA "Aniversery"set, Some 10" Admirals, and more, The dummy set they used by the family, obviously not really working, is a 10" console Admiral." QUOTE.

Bill,

The name of the film is "Avalon." I believe Harry Poster supplied several of the sets.
Here's the IMDb info on this film:
Avalon (1990)
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0099073/?fr=c2l0ZT1kZnx0dD0xfGZiPXV8cG49MHxxPUF2YWxvbnxteD 0yMHxsbT01MDB8aHRtbD0x;fc=2;ft=20;fm=1

-Steve D.

Thanks. I appreciate it. Apparently, Harry old boy had several working, because I even recognized how lousy the picture looked on the 10"Bendix. I had that model with a good picture tube, and after re building, showed just as lousy a picture. It was a cheap set. The horiz. out. doubled as a damper. they used a 5V4 for the low voltage rectifier. Real cheap set. 3 video I Fls. low grade set. 4" x6" speaker in a console cabinet that was paper thin, though real wood.

Thanks for the reminder. :tresbon: Bill

In a scarce farce starring Hans Conreid, in the movie "The Twonkie", they used a 21" rectangular bakelite cased Admiral on a metal stand.

I have attached three images from "The Twonky," for all you trivia fans.

Also, in "That Thing You Do," one of the characters' family owns an appliance store. When their first song is on the radio, the kids run around the store and turn on all the radios. I'll bet there are some old TVs to be seen, too. The fourth photo shows part of the appliance showroom; no TVs, but I happen to own one of those RCA chairs.

Phil Nelson
http://antiqueradio.org/index.html

I caught the ending of Apollo 13 on TV last night; the TV at home is a CTC-40, I am pretty sure. A good pick both datewise and because it was a fairly top of the line and technologically advanced set, fitting for an astronaut.

If you are referring to the color console in Jim Lovell's house, it lookes to me to be a Magnavox. It has their trademark crt bezel. In the nursing home scene there is a roundie showing nothing but snow. It is a great movie and the vintage tv sets are a real bonus.

Quiz Show is another great movie to see working vintage sets.

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The movie FREQUENCY with Dennis Quaid from 1999 had a 64 or 65 Zenith roundie in it. There were several good shots of it operating. There were also a lot of other vintage sets in the movie. And for the HAM operators, there's an old radio that they talk on... showing the tubes glowing nice and bright.

The story line is great, passing back and forth between 1969 and 1999 via the ham radio.

If you haven't seen this one, pick it up next time you're at the rental place. It's certainly worth watching. :yes: