Fountain Pens in Movies and TV

[FredRydr]

During a recent episode (Mac+Fallout+Jack) of the new MacGyver series the folks at the Phoenix Foundation come up with a combination scanner, degausser and USB port hidden inside a fountain pen...However, for the contraption to work they have to spread the tines a lot.... (ouch!)

I had a pair of these, one in bordeaux precious resin and the other in emerald-ray celluloid. They worked great with line variation and shading, until the FBI came by and seized them.

[carlos.q]

This one is not about fountain pens but rather about how a character's writing depicts his gradual emotional deterioration. From the 1933 anti war film The Eagle and the Hawk, Fredric March plays expert fighter pilot Jerry Young:

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Early in the film the character uses a dip pen to write a note informing a fellow airman's wife that her husband has been killed. As you can see the cursive script flows smoothly across the page:

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Towards the end of the film, Young writes an after action report and you can clearly see from his writing that the character has been under serious mental stress from watching so many of his comrades killed in action:

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[catbert]

Macron and Merkel sign the Treaty of Aachen/Aix-la-Chapelle with Montblanc 149 Diplomats, probably.





Source.

Clearer, zoomable image here.

[Blue Note]

She’s German, they’ve gotta be MB149s.

[catbert]

German pen with a French name, so doubly appropriate.

[Laurie]

I have returned to fountain pen geeks after a long period of absence. There used to be a forum "Pens in the Movies" but I cant find it. I was watching a move Ike - Countdown to D-Day on TV yesterday. It stars Tom Selleck as General Eisenhower. At the very end of the movie Selleck is seen writing something and I am sure it is a Parker 51 black with silver top. I am trying to find the movie on Netflix to see if I can take a screen shop. Maybe someone has the DVD and can take a screen shot.

[catbert]

I have returned to fountain pen geeks after a long period of absence. There used to be a forum "Pens in the Movies" but I cant find it. I was watching a move Ike - Countdown to D-Day on TV yesterday. It stars Tom Selleck as General Eisenhower. At the very end of the movie Selleck is seen writing something and I am sure it is a Parker 51 black with silver top. I am trying to find the movie on Netflix to see if I can take a screen shop. Maybe someone has the DVD and can take a screen shot.

Welcome back, Laurie!

Here's a thread on FPN with images of Tom Selleck as Ike using a Parker 51: http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/fo...wer-parker-51/

[Lady Onogaro]

I have returned to fountain pen geeks after a long period of absence. There used to be a forum "Pens in the Movies" but I cant find it. I was watching a move Ike - Countdown to D-Day on TV yesterday. It stars Tom Selleck as General Eisenhower. At the very end of the movie Selleck is seen writing something and I am sure it is a Parker 51 black with silver top. I am trying to find the movie on Netflix to see if I can take a screen shop. Maybe someone has the DVD and can take a screen shot.

Good to hear from you, Laurie! What have you been up to besides spying out fountain pens in movies?

[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/:

[catbert]

Unknown fountain pen (looks a bit like a Karas Decograph) in A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Carnivorous Carnival, part one.

Note continuity errors: the writer's grip changes, the pen goes from posted to unposted, the close-up writing is different.

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[Laurie]

Thanks Catbert. That is the one. It has to be a Parker 51. Very authentic for a 1944 scene

[Laurie]

Thanks Lady Onogaro. I went back to get a degree that assisted me in my employment and I got immersed in it. I realise now how much I missed this forum and the very helpful members who always find an answer. My last pen acquisition was a a Dupont. I am hosting a young Italian boy and his mother bought the pen. I was amazed as I think it costs about $275 AUD or maybe more. It is the cheapest of the range and has a steel nib but it writes very smoothly. Only problem is that the cap doesnt fit onto the back of the pen and it is not a very long pen. Sounds like a SBR. Brown review. "Hi there" I think my favourite pen is my Parker 51. I was very lucky in acquiring it. I was trolling through a website called Gumtree and saw it advertised. I couldnt tell from the photo what it was but I grabbed it for $30 and when delivered it turned out to be a 51 aerometric in good working condition and writes beautifully and I just love it. I am not a great movie watcher but it was a television midday movie and there was nothing else on. I usually dont concentrate that much but when I saw Tom Selleck pick up the pen at the end of the movie I was sure it was a Parker 51.

[spiritstampede]

Not sure if anyone has posted this yet but I spotted a few MB while watching the new Suspiria movie. Here's a scene with a MB 221

[carlos.q]

Not sure if anyone has posted this yet but I spotted a few MB while watching the new Suspiria movie. Here's a scene with a MB 221

Welcome to FPGeeks and... good catch!

[FredRydr]

This pen is the clue, the evidence left at the crime scene, that finally corroborates who was the murderer, in Inspector Morse, Season 6, Episode 2 "Happy Families." The dialogue mentions it was an expensive pen, but on close examination of the image of this studio prop...I don't think so!

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[Scrawler]

This pen is the clue, the evidence left at the crime scene, that finally corroborates who was the murderer, in Inspector Morse, Sesason 6, Episode 2 "Happy Families." The dialogue mentions it was an expensive pen, but on close examination of the image of this studio prop...I don't think so!

I remember this episode, and also thought that the props dept. had negotiated the purchase of this "expensive" pen from one of eBay's sellers of nameless Shanghai products.

[catbert]

Patrick Warburton as Lemony Snicket wields a distinctive fountain pen in the final episode of A Series of Unfortunate Events.

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[carlos.q]

So what movie has these elements?:

1. A sentient supercomputer bent on destruction of the human race
2. A robot sent back in time from the future
3. The phrase "I'll be back"

It's obviously "The Terminator" right?

Well in this case it isn't. It's the 1957 farcical sci-fi movie "The Invisible Boy" featuring no other than Robby the robot:

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If you look close there are various FP desk sets (and a bottle of ketchup) in the scene. In another shot there are what appear to be some Morriset desk sets:

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