Fountain Pens in Movies and TV

[Kaputnik]

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.

[pengeezer]

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

[carlos.q]

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.

"Obviously."

[Cool Fool]

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

[TropicalPenGal]

Sadly, I don't have a screenshot to show you, but on the latest "Inspector Lewis" episode "One For Sorrow", (available to watch on the Masterpiece website now) I saw the murder victim signing with a Lamy Safari, complete with ink-stained fingers!

[Scrawler]

Sadly, I don't have a screenshot to show you, but on the latest "Inspector Lewis" episode "One For Sorrow", (available to watch on the Masterpiece website now) I saw the murder victim signing with a Lamy Safari, complete with ink-stained fingers!

As a result of this comment I have been watching Inspector Morse to get the full background before watching Inspector Lewis. In Inspector Morse S6E2 "Family Matters" a fountain pen is a clue. It was owned by the murderer. It was identified as an expensive pen that was made in Montreal in 1971. We only get a brief shot of the pen which has the appearance of a heavy silver body. So now I need the detectives on this forum to help me decide if the author drew that out of their imagination or if there was a maker of expensive silver pens in Montreal at that time.

[Cocobird]

Just finished watching the last episode of The Crown. It was very good. And everyone used fountain pens all the time. Couldn't get a good look, though.

[Laurie]

Seems this thread hasnt been used for a long time. I watched a movie the other day on television. It was called "ike - Countdown to D-Day" It starred Tom Selleck as General Eisenhower. At the very end of the movie he picks up a pen and writes something on a piece of paper. I am sure it is a Parker 51. Seems the producers went to the trouble of using a pen that was in production at that time of history. Unfortunately I could do a screen shot and I looked to see if it was on Netflix but it wasnt. Maybe someone has a DVD and can post a screen shot of the scene

[stub]

Seems this thread hasnt been used for a long time.

huh?

This thread is continually active, including several times this month and last.

Right above the poster's names are the dates of the post.

[catbert]

Seems this thread hasnt been used for a long time. I watched a movie the other day on television. It was called "ike - Countdown to D-Day" It starred Tom Selleck as General Eisenhower. At the very end of the movie he picks up a pen and writes something on a piece of paper. I am sure it is a Parker 51. Seems the producers went to the trouble of using a pen that was in production at that time of history. Unfortunately I could do a screen shot and I looked to see if it was on Netflix but it wasnt. Maybe someone has a DVD and can post a screen shot of the scene

Is this it, Laurie?

Images from a thread on FPN: http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/fo...wer-parker-51/:

[carlos.q]

During the first few minutes of the 2015 romantic melodrama "Carol", Cate Blanchett uses an Esterbrook pen provided by Rooney Mara to write down her address. The scene is set on December 1952 at a large department store.

Esterbrook.jpg

Just as the scene is ending you can hear this announcement over the store's loudspeakers:

There is a gift for everyone in the accessories department on street level
where you will find the entire Parker pen line on sale
including Parker's new smooth writing Parker 51
with only one moving part
making writing as easy as conversation

Someone in the production team was paying attention!

[Roe D Hym]

bj 2.jpgThere was a writing scene from Whatever Happened to Baby Jane. Not sure if Joan Crawford used a fountain pen but the movie is such a classic that I had to add this photo