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Filmed mostly in a devastated 1947 Berlin, the movie "A Foreign Affair" has many scenes depicting fountain pens. In one of the first scenes, Congresswoman Phoebe Frost (Jean Arthur) uses what appears to be a Conway Stewart 100:
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While driving through the ruins in Berlin (this was not a movie set) you can see an ad for Pelikan fountain pens on the upper right side of the screen:
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While waiting at the airport for the plane to leave another Congressman uses a Wall-Eversharp Skyline to write something down:
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The Adolf Eichmann Show, at 12:59 into the film on Netflix. It is supposed to be the year 1961, depicting a hotel desk clerk in Jerusalem.
Is that glare, or is the section shaped a bit at the nib end? So what is it?
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And then in the Netflix film Anne with an E, which is based on the 1908 novel Anne of Green Gables, this pen is featured in a few episodes, but I suspect whatever the pen is, it's about 15 years early. It wasn't easy getting a sharp still, but it may be identifable in the moving images of the video.
It's a mottled red and black hard rubber fountain pen, and the cap may have a gold accommodation clip because the gold bands at the top don't appear to go all the way 'round the cap. So what is it?
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We watched "Enemy of the State" a couple of nights ago. A Montblanc Meisterstück pen features in that as a pen that is swapped over for one that is bugged.
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The Adolf Eichmann Show, at 12:59 into the film on Netflix. It is supposed to be the year 1961, depicting a hotel desk clerk in Jerusalem.
So what is it?
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This is from the movie "Miss Potter," about the life of Beatrix Potter. I did a search of this website for the movie title and didn't get a hit, so I hope that means nobody has posted this image already. Rene Zellweger is using a gorgeous pen, but I don't know enough about pens of that era to identify it, assuming it's era-correct. Actually, I can't identify it no matter what era it turns out to be from. Anyway, I believe the scene with the pen is set in 1905.
https://i.imgur.com/zfz5XCd.jpg
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...I can't identify it no matter what era it turns out to be from. Anyway, I believe the scene with the pen is set in 1905.
Like my post above from Anne, I think yours is 10-15 years later than depicted.
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I was thinking 15-20 years later, or more, but that's a pretty uneddicated guess. I'm basing it almost entirely on what I've seen on eBay. Wouldn't have come close if I'd had to take a stab at the make by looking at the section, although it is distinctive. The silverwork is gorgeous, and reminded me of a couple of English pens I've seen listed. Anyway, thank you!
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And then in the Netflix film Anne with an E, which is based on the 1908 novel Anne of Green Gables, this pen is featured in a few episodes, but I suspect whatever the pen is, it's about 15 years early. It wasn't easy getting a sharp still, but it may be identifable in the moving images of the video.
It's a mottled red and black hard rubber fountain pen, and the cap may have a gold accommodation clip because the gold bands at the top don't appear to go all the way 'round the cap. So what is it?
I haven't followed this thread but we started watching Anne the other night and came upon this as well. It would be interesting if someone could ID it with such scant screen time.
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...It would be interesting if someone could ID it with such scant screen time.
It appears in two episodes (at least), and the foregoing photo is in the second of the two, but I was unable to find the pen's first appearance when it is given to Anne. I cannot recall if it is more identifiable then.
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...It would be interesting if someone could ID it with such scant screen time.
It appears in two episodes (at least), and the foregoing photo is in the second of the two, but I was unable to find the pen's first appearance when it is given to Anne. I cannot recall if it is more identifiable then.
This was seen (by us) in the last couple days. I don't recall the earlier episode showing more, perhaps the opposite.
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Although it's a Parker rollerball, John le Carre writes out his books by hand.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/john-le...mous-author-1/
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Around 41 minutes into An Education, where the book is signed with a fake C.S. Lewis signature:
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A Sheaffer in Oxford, but which? I do like sterling pens!
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During the 2015 movie "Mr. Holmes" Ian McKellen plays the character of Sherlock Holmes in 1947 England. During one of the scenes he uses a 1980's Waterman Laureat:
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Double nerd points if you checked the IMDB under "Goofs" and noticed this error: "The fountain pen with which McKellen's Holmes is writing his memoire is a Parker first made in the early 1980's. Though Parker had a major presence in England from the period of World War I that particular pen did not exist in 1947."
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This is a British Pathe documentary. Anyone care to identify the pickle expert's pen at 1:46. Later they refer to the nurse's pen leaking in the low pressure chamber, though you can not see any detail when she hands it over before entering.
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The obvious answer would be a Parker 51,from what looks to be a clutch ring matching the cap.
John
The pen body does look like a Parker 51, but I have not previously seen a P51 with a cap and clip like that.
When the pen is lying on its side on the notebook it looks pretty obviously like a P51. When he picks it up it looks different. I would still say it is a 51.
P51 was my first guess too. Definitely a hooded Parker. And not a 45. Here are screen grabs if anyone was curious.
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During the 2015 movie
"Mr. Holmes" Ian McKellen plays the character of Sherlock Holmes in 1947 England. During one of the scenes he uses a 1980's Waterman Laureat:
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Double nerd points if you checked the IMDB under "Goofs" and noticed this error:
"The fountain pen with which McKellen's Holmes is writing his memoire is a Parker first made in the early 1980's. Though Parker had a major presence in England from the period of World War I that particular pen did not exist in 1947."
Any idea what the model is? I've never seen a Parker with that ribbed section and those double cap rings, or maybe one is on the cap and one on the body.
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The pen is a Waterman Laureat. IMDB has it wrong when it says it's a Parker.
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The pen is a Waterman Laureat. IMDB has it wrong when it says it's a Parker.
Ah, got it. I was reading it the other way around. Makes sense now. Thanks.
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Okay, here's an easy one. What is wrong here? This is from the beginning of the American PBS program on Mark Twain, narrating about his prolific writing. He lived from 1835 to 1910.
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Sorry about the quality. I grabbed my iPhone and snapped the TV screen.
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Okay, here's an easy one. What is wrong here? This is from the beginning of the American PBS program on Mark Twain, narrating about his prolific writing. He lived from 1835 to 1910.
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Sorry about the quality. I grabbed my iPhone and snapped the TV screen.
An easy one for the people here, certainly. He actually endorsed the early Conklin Crescents around the turn of the century, but would have used dip pens most of his life. And I don't know when Sheaffer introduced that style of nib exactly (1950s? 60s?), but certainly well after his time.
As always, though, with this sort of glaring anomaly, I have to wonder what other things I'm not spotting because they don't involve one of my hobbies or interests.
By the way, for a snap of a TV screen, that came out pretty well. Certainly enough to make your point.