# Source For Possibly Obscure Movies?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/source-for-possibly-obscure-movies/498175>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 30, 2009, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/source-for-possibly-obscure-movies/498175 "2009-05-30T16:34:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2009, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/source-for-possibly-obscure-movies/498175/1 "2009-05-30T16:34:41Z")

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Well this is my third thread in about 3 minutes but any suggestions on places to look for a movie from the 50s? I searched Blockbuster, Hollywood Video, Netflix and Amazon for [The Secret of Convict Lake](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044015/) but no one seems to have it. Any suggestion? Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Student\_Driver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@Student\_Driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Student_Driver)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2009, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/source-for-possibly-obscure-movies/498175/2 "2009-05-30T16:52:44Z")

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It doesn’t appear to have been officially released on home video. Google searching reveals at least one person selling a DVD-R of it, further discussion of which I believe is against board rules, since it’s not old enough to be in the public domain.

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2009, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/source-for-possibly-obscure-movies/498175/3 "2009-05-30T16:54:42Z")

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Apparently it’s not on video – there’s nothing in the “watch it” box, which would ordinarily link to a DVD or VHS if it were. (Didn’t there used to be a separate box indicating in which formats a movie was available?)

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**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2009, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/source-for-possibly-obscure-movies/498175/4 "2009-05-30T17:00:56Z")

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There’s a wonderful place here in Old Town Alexandria, VA called [Video Vault](http://www.videovault.com/). Check out their website. If they don’t have it, probably no one does.