----------------------------Original message---------------------------- >>I've noticed a lot of where-to-find questions on this mailing list -- when I >>was in the Ann Arbor Film Cooperative we had a big blue hardcover book that >>lists all the movies available for rental in 16mm or 35mm and gives the name >>of >>the distributor (Swank, MGM, etc.) and the formats available. The author's >>name is Limbacher (or something close to that -- it's been a few years!). The >>guide is updated annually and is quite comprehensive. I think it also has >>(limited) directors and actors indexes. I hope this helps -- >> >>Molly Olsen >>[log in to unmask] > >James Limbacher is indeed the author you're thinking of, Molly. > >Can anyone tell me if, with the decline in 16mm rentals, Limbacher is still >updating his guide? The last edition of it I've got is 15 years old! > > ===================================================================== > Jeremy Butler [log in to unmask] ================= The following seems to be the latest edition (1985) of Limbacher: AUTHOR: Limbacher, James L. TITLE: Feature films : a directory of feature films on 16mm and videotape available for rental, sale, and lease / compiled and edited under the direction of James L. Limbacher. EDITION: 8th ed. PUBL.: New York ; London : Bowker, FORMAT: ix, 758 p. ; 29 cm. DATE: 1985 SUBJECT: Motion pictures--United States--Catalogs. ISBN: 0835219291 : LANGUAGE: ENGLISH CONTENTS: Bibliography: p. 749-750. NOTES: Previous ed.: 1982. Includes index. There used to be updates printed in one of the Library journals, but I don't recall which one or whether they still do that. Limbacher himself is retired, I believe. --Richard Leskosky Richard J. Leskosky office phone: (217) 244-2704 Assistant Director FAX: (217) 244-2223 Unit for Cinema Studies University of Illinois