vilenciaproductions Review of Mister Roberts

Mister Roberts (1955)

The best picture you will ever see! fulminated mercury!!!!!!!!!!

[10/10 · 6 January 2021]

I first saw Mister Roberts in high school back in the 1970's when a drama teacher started a film appreciation class, it was there in beautiful 16mm motion picture film prints that we say "Mister Roberts" 1955 "The African Queen" 1951 "High Noon" 1952 "Dial M For Murder" 1954 "The Bridge on the River Kwai" 1957 "Shane" 1953 and more! We watched these film prints projected in the cafeteria which was a large room with a stage and a huge movie screen that came down from the rafters. This is where I fell in love with the classic 1950's motion pictures! Since I was an oddball child, I had a 16mm sound projector at home, a Kalart Victor 70-15 model which the local schools used, and which a school maintenance guy taught me how to tear down and repair these machines! I was probably the only 14 year old kid who could service a 16mm sound machine! The teacher would run one reel per day, until we got through the entire feature picture. For example "High Noon" came in on two 45 minute 1600 foot reels, so we say that picture in two days! "Mister Roberts" came in on four 1600 foot reels so we say that picture in four days! These were 34 minute reels, and the class was 45 minutes or longer? During the showing of one of the reels / days of "Mister Roberts" the 16mm projector started to act up, and slow down? Having been instructed on how to trouble shoot the machine, I had the teacher stop the film, take down the reels, I took the machine into the kitchen area, and turned the motor brush over! It was a two minute job, and we were back on the screen! I have had the privilege of owning my own 16mm IB-Technicolor prints of "Mister Roberts" over the years and I love this picture! I know the lines by heart and when I was a teenager I wrote to Jack Lemmon, got to talk to him and he gave me an 8x10 autograph which I still have! I can't say enough about this picture! It's more than ten stars with me! Before I die I would love to own an IB-TECHNICOLOR 35mm scope print of "Mister Roberts" just for the hell of it! It's one of the best movies ever made! See it on film if you can! See it in 2021!