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Fountain Pens in Movies and TV
I've posted a bit in a thread by the same title on the FPN site and I thought it would be nice to have a similar thread here. The difference is that, besides saying "I saw X pen on this TV show or movie" (which you can still do) maybe we can spice things up a bit by adding a picture of your find. Doesn't have to be anything fancy really: I just take pictures right off the TV set with my iPhone.
So without further ado, I'd like to start off with ABC's new TV show "Forever". In this week's episode the good (and immortal) doctor writes up his notes with a FP. Can you identify it, because I can't.
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Ooooo very nice. I posted this in the Lounge but the show "Sleepy Hollow" featured a fountain pen in this week's episode and was part of a twist at the end of the episode. Can't find a pic, but one of the baddies on the show altered the pen in such a way that another character on the show inadvertently signed a document with his blood. The pen looked very modern, but I could not identify it.
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No pictures, but I do notice occasionally if fountain pens show up, particularly if it's a movie taking place in our ballpoint era. In The Gray, Liam Neeson's character writes a letter with what is almost certainly a Lamy Safari.
The Korean movie Old Boy (I couldn't get through Spike Lee's American remake), has its protagonist held captive for fifteen years, for mysterious reasons. While he's being held, he is provided with a fountain pen and notebooks to keep a journal. My best guess on the pen model was a Pilot Cavalier, someone else on another forum thought it was some kind of Waterman. We also see him giving himself a crude tattoo with a piece of wire and the bottle of ink. Okay, actually I can give a screenshot from this.
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In The King's Speech, we see an expensive looking fountain pen from the perspective of its holder, the ailing King George V. He is signing a decree which will allow his son Edward to act on his behalf. The signature is an illegible scrawl. Of course, in a short time, the king will die, and Edward will abdicate after a few months, making way for George VI. I wondered at the time, though, what the pen was. Some sort of Onoto, perhaps?
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Ooooo very nice. I posted this in the Lounge but the show "Sleepy Hollow" featured a fountain pen in this week's episode and was part of a twist at the end of the episode. Can't find a pic, but one of the baddies on the show altered the pen in such a way that another character on the show inadvertently signed a document with his blood. The pen looked very modern, but I could not identify it.
I couldn't identify the pen either. This is the scene where the John Noble character (Henry Parrish) engages in some devilish nibmeistering so that it will nick the Orlando Jones character's finger and a contract will be signed in blood:
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Sometimes the FP is not seen, but its effects are. I remember when I first saw the train station scene from "Casablanca" where the rain washes away the words on a letter. Powerful stuff!
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In The Muppet Movie, when Kermit was sitting down to call everyone in his Rolodex to save the Muppet studio.
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In Twin Peaks, the character Harold Smith uses a Pelikan M800 or M600 to transcribe Donna's story, the same pen makes an appearance in a few other characters hands throughout the series, but it's only in Harolds hand that I could tell what it was.
In the movie Needful Things, Leland Gaunt uses a slim silver pen, it looks like a fountain but could also have been an ornate point holder I suppose.
In What Dreams May Come the character Annie uses a Parker 61 to write in her journal and pen her suicide note. She's really hard on the nib too in one particular scene, I was cringing the whole time.
And of course, Col. Hans Landa not only uses a but also fills a fountain pen in the first scene of Inglorious Basterds, but I can't tell what kind it is, seems to be a button filler or something equally interesting though.
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From the 1973 movie classic "The Exorcist" a pen that seems to be a Parker 45:
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During the 1964 political thriller "Seven Days in May" a senate committee has FP desk sets available for use:
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In another scene, an Esterbrook desk set is clearly seen at a Pentagon office.
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In the BBC series "Sherlock" there is an episode ("The blind banker") where a check is made to Sherlock using a golden FP. This is taken from a very brief scene that shows the nib:
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I saw Radar use a fountain pen this week on M*A*S*H and a set on a desk in Different Strokes.
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I noticed two one fountain pens in the movie Radio Free Albemuth but couldn't tell what kind.
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Some people do hold their pens fairly high up, but this did seem rather extreme. Still, although I don't know Korean script, and can't judge his handwriting, the actor did seem to be writing quite easily this way. I wondered if it was because Asian forms of writing had traditionally used brushes rather than pens, and you would tend to hold those fairly high. That's just wondering, though; it could just be a quirk of this actor. Someone who actually lives in Korea, or has been there, might be able to comment.
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Marvel's Agents of SHIELD
Episode: The things we bury
1945: After the end of WW II, SHIELD Agent Carter interrogates the evil Nazi/Hydra Dr. Werner Reinhardt, while a pen lies on the table between them:
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But the best part of the scene is the dialog about the pen:
Reinhardt: "That was a neat trick."
Carter: "I'm sorry, I don't follow doctor"
Reinhardt: "It's a pen. You wanted to see what I would do with it. After all, there are so many uses. No? Escape, confession, homicide... suicide."
Carter: "It's true. I wanted to find out what kind of man you were. You didn't use the pen so now I know."
Reinhardt: "Pens are also used for signatures."
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BBC's "Sherlock", episode: The Great Game
Sherlock Holmes examines an envelope addressed to him:
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Sherlock: "She used a fountain pen. Parker Duofold. Iridium nib."
Watson: "She?"
Sherlock: "Obviously."
Watson: "Obviously."
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BBC's "Sherlock", episode: The Great Game
Sherlock Holmes examines an envelope addressed to him:
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Sherlock:
"She used a fountain pen. Parker Duofold. Iridium nib."
Watson:
"She?"
Sherlock:
"Obviously."
Watson:
"Obviously."
OK,I realize that I haven't seen that episode(the series is excellent),and that perhaps some poetic license is used in the script
writing--it may be possible that a woman wrote that(women tend to make their handwriting intentionally legible). But(unless it has been shown) there
is NO WAY in the world that Holmes could know that it was a Duofold.
John
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OK,I realize that I haven't seen that episode(the series is excellent),and that perhaps some poetic license is used in the script
writing--it may be possible that a woman wrote that(women tend to make their handwriting intentionally legible). But(unless it has been shown) there
is NO WAY in the world that Holmes could know that it was a Duofold.
John
I love that series, which I've watched on Netflix. I remember, however, thinking the same thing about the Duofold remark. And "iridium nib"? Sounds as if the writers just picked up some fountain pen buzzwords.
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sumgaikid
OK,I realize that I haven't seen that episode(the series is excellent),and that perhaps some poetic license is used in the script
writing--it may be possible that a woman wrote that(women tend to make their handwriting intentionally legible). But(unless it has been shown) there
is NO WAY in the world that Holmes could know that it was a Duofold.
John
I love that series, which I've watched on Netflix. I remember, however, thinking the same thing about the Duofold remark. And "iridium nib"? Sounds as if the writers just picked up some fountain pen buzzwords.
Agreed. If the writers had done their homework,they would've found that every fountain pen had iridium;making Sherlock
look foolish. Mr Cumberbatch should be giving all the writers a dope slap to the back of the head. :)
John
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sumgaikid
OK,I realize that I haven't seen that episode(the series is excellent),and that perhaps some poetic license is used in the script
writing--it may be possible that a woman wrote that(women tend to make their handwriting intentionally legible). But(unless it has been shown) there
is NO WAY in the world that Holmes could know that it was a Duofold.
John
I love that series, which I've watched on Netflix. I remember, however, thinking the same thing about the Duofold remark. And "iridium nib"? Sounds as if the writers just picked up some fountain pen buzzwords.
Agreed. If the writers had done their homework,they would've found that every fountain pen had iridium;making Sherlock
look foolish. Mr Cumberbatch should be giving all the writers a dope slap to the back of the head. :)
John
I also found the "iridium point" comment a bit odd.
Then I figured that this dialog may have been taken from one of Conan Doyles sixty works (fifty-six short stories and four novels) about Sherlock Holmes. After all, Conan Doyle wrote these stories up to 1927 and the Parker Duofold was introduced in 1921. I could then properly imagine Sherlock examining the writing on an envelope and concluding that it was different from the usual dip pen of the time, but more of a new fangled "iridium point" pen.
"Elementary!", I said to myself.
However, the events in Conan Doyle's works occur up to the year 1907. So it does not seem plausible that the dialog was taken from one of his stories. The only logical conclusion is that the writers for the TV series did not do their homework.
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A very effective use of a fountain pen. Tom Cruise (as Colonel Stauffenberg) writes about his disappointment with Hitler and his policies in the movie Valkyrie:
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Forever episode that aired December 2nd, at 32 minutes they figured out from looking at a pen catalogue that the murder weapon was a gold nibbed fountain pen.
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What about Tippi Hedren in "The birds when she was writing the note about the birds to Rod Taylors character Mitch in "The Birds " . Everytime I see a crow I cringe thinking of that movie ....LOL and we have a lot of crows in the town I live in .
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Henry is very British British, maybe the pen is 200yrs ago already
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In the 1947 version of "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty", the character played by Danny Kaye constantly daydreams about being some kind of hero. In this scene he dreams he is a world known surgeon who tells a nurse "Give me a fountain pen" and proceeds to fix a new fangled anesthetizer:
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It looks like a Parker "51".
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I recently watched Cool World on Netflix streaming. It was, let's say, not as bad as you might think.
There's this business about the fountain pen that the cartoonist uses to draw his characters. I would have thought a dip pen or three would be more likely, but what the heck do I know? Anyway, there is a point to it being a fountain pen, as the living cartoon characters can be sucked back inside it.
Unfortunately, I can't seem to get a decent screen grab, but I wonder if someone else who has seen it can identify the pen. At one point I was thinking it might be an older model of Pelikan, with one of those tortoiseshell patterns, but then again I wasn't sure.
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I know that the Lamy Safari/Al-Star appear in Justin Timberlake's "My Love" music video. I think that is where my brain really got ninja'd into my search for fountain pens later on in life. Haha! I shall follow up with a screen shot later on today.
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At least you see the pens—in general—being held at a normal angle and in a normal position (nib not held upside down).
Have pity on chess players! They are writhing in agony every time a chess scene appears in a movie or tv series. Usually the board is laid out wrong (dark square on the right instead of on the left as it should), and in tournaments players are regularly checkmated (in ridiculous positions) or resign with overly dramatic gestures.
Fountain pens get a lot better treatment. :)
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From the 2010 movie "The King's Speech", a shot of George V signing a document to abdicate his throne. An Onoto perhaps?
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From the 2010 movie "The King's Speech", a shot of George V signing a document to abdicate his throne. An Onoto perhaps?
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I remember that scene, and also wondered what the pen was. The signature, when we see it, is so illegible that it doesn't even look like letters.
George V is not abdicating, though, unless I badly misunderstand. He is signing a decree that permits his son Edward to act on his behalf, but his is not giving up the title of king. Later, of course, after the old king dies and Edward becomes king in fact, it is Edward who has to abdicate.
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carlos.q
From the 2010 movie "The King's Speech", a shot of George V signing a document to abdicate his throne. An Onoto perhaps?
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I remember that scene, and also wondered what the pen was. The signature, when we see it, is so illegible that it doesn't even look like letters.
George V is not abdicating, though, unless I badly misunderstand. He is signing a decree that permits his son Edward to act on his behalf, but his is not giving up the title of king. Later, of course, after the old king dies and Edward becomes king in fact, it is Edward who has to abdicate.
The more I look at it,it looks like a Sheaffer/Levenger Connaisseur in gold overlay;maybe even a Sheaffer Targa.
John
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Does anyone have an idea what kind of fountain pen Tom Cruise was using in "Valkyrie" and John Hurt in "Nineteen Eighty-Four"? Thank you for your time.
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This is what really got me thinking about getting a fountain pen to write in my journal and letters. What kind of pen is that?
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carlos.q
From the 2010 movie "The King's Speech", a shot of George V signing a document to abdicate his throne. An Onoto perhaps?
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I remember that scene, and also wondered what the pen was. The signature, when we see it, is so illegible that it doesn't even look like letters.
George V is not abdicating, though, unless I badly misunderstand. He is signing a decree that permits his son Edward to act on his behalf, but his is not giving up the title of king. Later, of course, after the old king dies and Edward becomes king in fact, it is Edward who has to abdicate.
The more I look at it,it looks like a Sheaffer/Levenger Connaisseur in gold overlay;maybe even a Sheaffer Targa.
John
The nib looks to be the wrong shape for the period; it is certainly not an Onoto nor a Swan, the most likely candidates I would have thought, for His Late Majesty.
Cob
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Saw a LAMY 2000 in Mockingjay Part one. Couldn't find a picture.
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This episode of The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet revolves around a "stolen" fountain pen. Too bad we can't tell what brand/model the pen is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vvh0r1PuK5M
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During last week's episode of "Marvel's Agent Carter" ("The Blitzkrieg Button") the stern lady at The Griffith Hotel for Young Ladies used a red fountain pen:
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Here's another look. An Eversharp maybe?
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This one is from last week's "Agent Carter". It seems that Dottie, as the russian spy/assassin uses the same pen as the lady from The Griffith hotel:
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101 Dalmatians, when Cruella De Vil tried to buy the puppies and was writing a check. She ended up covering Roger in ink because she shook the pen.
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Been watching the first season of The Twilight Zone, many episodes have a pen shown in them. A dual pen Sheaffer desk set appears several times in different episodes, likely the same one.
One alternate future episode had what appeared to be a Eversharp Skyline pencil in the background ("Third from the Sun" @ 23:00 or so).