Re: OUR CCF MONDAY EVENING CHAT AND FILM VIEWING FOR AUGUST 2 “Black Magic/Meeting at Midnight”
Lou, just to clarify, the DVD of BLACK MAGIC is from the original source. The explanation the MGM-UA people - or whoever it was that put the information superimposed over the image - got it backwards - which Rush explained. The AAP people retitled the film for TV - and possible theatrical showings (generally in smaller towns) - as MEETING AT MIDNIGHT. Over the years, film and VHS dealers released the film under its newer title, believing that as MEETING AT MIDNIGHT, the film lost its copyright protection. I don't think this is technically true, not being a lawyer or versed in copyright law. I just wanted to get a nice DVD copy of the film with the re-issued title from AAP for the novelty of it.