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From: m1b@rayssd.UUCP (M. Joseph Barone)
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Subject: Re: various replies
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Date: Tue, 6-Aug-85 12:58:20 EDT
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Posted: Tue Aug  6 12:58:20 1985
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> whoa, whoa, let's get this straight.  'The Cage,' starring Jeffrey Hunter
> as Captain Pike, was the original pilot for ST and was later incorporated
> into the episode 'The Menagerie.'  It ('The Cage') was never shown on tv
> in its original form, and, according to the man himself, Gene R., no colour
> prints exist today.  however, he did have an uncut, unedited, black and
> white version of the original 'Cage' when i saw him a few years ago.  (quite
> an interesting experience for a ST fan, check it out if you ever get the
> opportunity.)
> 
> 	tr (tim recko, DEC, Littleton)

	Were all those color prints destroyed recently?  I ask because
in January, 1975, I went to a Star Trek Convention in NYC where "The
Cage" was shown (in color).  I believe it was 16mm (bigger than my
father's old Super 8).  Why don't those prints exist today?  What happened?

Joe Barone,	{allegra, decvax!brunix, linus, ccice5}!rayssd!m1b
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