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    Default Re: Fountain Pens in Movies and TV

    In the 2016 movie "Alone in Berlin", the main character Otto Quangel uses a dip pen to write 285 post cards denouncing Hitler and the Nazi regime during World War II. In this scene a top SS officer uses a Pelikan 100 pen:

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    During the series "Wartime Crime" there is an episode about a German serial killer nicknamed the "demon doctor". On his desk are a few modern bottles of Montblanc ink (two of them are empty):

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    Herr doctor then writes with a FP that looks a lot like a modern Kaweco Liliput:

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    Before the opening credits of the 2011 film "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" John Hurt appears as the MI-6 chief "Control" and uses an Osmia FP in 1973 London. I would have thought his colleagues should have suspected that "C" was the mole for not using a Conway Stewart.

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    In the 1969 movie "On her Majesty's Secret Service" Sir Hilary Bray uses a Parker 65 Insignia/Signet:

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    Earlier in the movie you can see a bottle of Quink on Moneypenny's desk, while later on James Bond uses a Parker 51 and one of Blofeld's goons uses a dip pen.
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    Quote Originally Posted by carlos.q View Post
    In the 1969 movie "On her Majesty's Secret Service" Sir Hilary Bray uses a Parker 65 Insignia/Signet:

    Earlier in the movie you can see a bottle of Quink on Moneypenny's desk, while later on James Bond uses a Parker 51 and one of Blofeld's goons uses a dip pen.
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    During a chapter the series "WWII: Masters of War" on Winston Churchill, there is a reenactment of the Prime Minister writing with a black Parker 51:

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    The pen is also seen, uncapped, upon his desk:

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    Quote Originally Posted by carlos.q View Post
    Before the opening credits of the 2011 film "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" John Hurt appears as the MI-6 chief "Control" and uses an Osmia FP in 1973 London. I would have thought his colleagues should have suspected that "C" was the mole for not using a Conway Stewart.

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    He would have been very unwise to have used a 1973 Conway Stewart. I have a 106 here - what a piece of crap it is! I would haveexpected him to have used a Parker or perhaps a Waterman's pen. Sadly no Mabie Todds after the 1950s.

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    Default Re: Fountain Pens in Movies and TV

    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.

    https://youtu.be/l6c-Z2u1S8Q

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    My wife and I saw the new Tomb Raider movie yesterday. Lara Croft used a fountain pen to sign some documents...

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    Default Re: Fountain Pens in Movies and TV

    The Twilight Zone episode: What You Need. The scene where the protagonist is given a leaky fountain pen from which a drop of ink chooses a winning horse. There are some closeups, and I think it's a Wearever.


    The pen won't leak in this later scene, so he cannot pick a horse and he blows his top.
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    Default Re: Fountain Pens in Movies and TV

    Quote Originally Posted by Scrawler View Post
    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.

    https://youtu.be/l6c-Z2u1S8Q
    The obvious answer would be a Parker 51,from what looks to be a clutch ring matching the cap.



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    Default Re: Fountain Pens in Movies and TV

    Quote Originally Posted by pengeezer View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Scrawler View Post
    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.

    https://youtu.be/l6c-Z2u1S8Q
    The obvious answer would be a Parker 51,from what looks to be a clutch ring matching the cap.



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    The pen body does look like a Parker 51, but I have not previously seen a P51 with a cap and clip like that.

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    Default Re: Fountain Pens in Movies and TV

    During the 2016 movie "Allied" set during the Second World War there is a scene with a pen that appears to be a Conway Stewart...

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    ... with a broad stubby nib:

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    Default Re: Fountain Pens in Movies and TV

    Quote Originally Posted by Scrawler View Post
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    Quote Originally Posted by Scrawler View Post
    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.

    https://youtu.be/l6c-Z2u1S8Q
    The obvious answer would be a Parker 51,from what looks to be a clutch ring matching the cap.



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    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.

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    Default Re: Fountain Pens in Movies and TV

    Quote Originally Posted by carlos.q View Post
    During the 2016 movie "Allied" set during the Second World War there is a scene with a pen that appears to be a Conway Stewart...

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    ... with a broad stubby nib:

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    Pity you can't see the clip, but the lever certainly looks like a CS. Gorgeous nib, whatever it is.

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    I've begun to watch an interesting series named "The Terror" about a 1847 Royal Navy expedition sent to find a Northwest Passage through the Arctic. No fountain pens but some nice writing by Sir John with a dip pen:

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    Here is a scene with a writing slope in the foreground:

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    Spoiler alert: the series name not only refers to one of the expedition's ships (HMS Terror) but also a very dangerous predator that attacks the ship's crew.

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    In the British comedy series The Windsors, which I've been watching on Netflix, Pippa Middleton writes a letter with...I don't know. What would you say, Parker Vector? I don't actually have one myself.
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    Quote Originally Posted by stevekolt View Post
    My wife and I saw the new Tomb Raider movie yesterday. Lara Croft used a fountain pen to sign some documents...
    Yea it's a Montegrappa Nero Uno she uses.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kaputnik View Post
    In the British comedy series The Windsors, which I've been watching on Netflix, Pippa Middleton writes a letter with...I don't know. What would you say, Parker Vector? I don't actually have one myself.
    Well, they do have a royal warrant, but a Vector? Satire, perhaps.

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    This is supposed to be 1925 after Adolf Hitler was released from prison, and Nazi Gregor Strasser holds what appears to be a Pelikan manufactured decades later.

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    The Dark Charisma of Adolf Hitler: Leading Millions into the Abyss, Episode 1 at 19:50.
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