Murray Glass RIP
Posted: Wed Nov 06, 2019 10:02 pm
Another member of the vintage film community whose recent passing I have seen sadly little mention of on the internet was longtime film collector and preservationist Murray Glass, who ran the Em Gee Film Rental Library and Glenn Photo Supply for decades, making many old films available for rent or purchase. He was in his early 90's.
Murray was indeed a "character", and one that frankly had to be watched like a hawk in business dealings (he was a notorious nickel and dimer), but he sold me a lot of great films over many years and his rental prices at Em Gee were always reasonable (if you watched his postage and "reel mounting" charges). He had sold his collection to David Shepard a decade or so ago (though ironically, David pre-deceased him) and David placed much of it with the NIles Essanay Film Museum, who curates it to this day. Murray had started out working with Charlie Tarbox at his old Film Classic Exchange in the early 60's, then started his own rental library and film sales in the late 60's. He was one of the last survivors of that dying breed of folk who made films available to collectors in the pre-video days.
Rest in Peace Murray.
RICHARD M ROBERTS
Murray was indeed a "character", and one that frankly had to be watched like a hawk in business dealings (he was a notorious nickel and dimer), but he sold me a lot of great films over many years and his rental prices at Em Gee were always reasonable (if you watched his postage and "reel mounting" charges). He had sold his collection to David Shepard a decade or so ago (though ironically, David pre-deceased him) and David placed much of it with the NIles Essanay Film Museum, who curates it to this day. Murray had started out working with Charlie Tarbox at his old Film Classic Exchange in the early 60's, then started his own rental library and film sales in the late 60's. He was one of the last survivors of that dying breed of folk who made films available to collectors in the pre-video days.
Rest in Peace Murray.
RICHARD M ROBERTS