Fountain Pens In Movies And Tv

[twdpens]

Did anyone see Horizon last week? Professor Alice Roberts (no relation) was seen writing with a Lamy Safari (model 17 Charcoal). Sorry, no still to show (yet).

 

Martin

[nchov]

Hi, Does one know what movie that had a character say "Who uses a fountain to write nowadays, with the current technology?"

 

Just can't get the question out of my head.

 

By the way, what pen did the President use in White House Down? Pelikan?

 

Was it a VP Raden in Transporter 3?

 

Cheers.

[maus930]

Watching "Rescue Dawn" with Chritian Bale last night -- Laotion interrogator was using a screw cap, flat top fountain pen -- no clue as to maker

[Poetman]

Around 7 minutes into this Jeeves and Wooster episode, we get some lovely shots of a fountain pen in action--beautiful ink across an unlined, loose-leaf page.

 

[penrivers]

 

Fountain pens are in a lot of Korean dramas if you look closely. More recently, I think I saw one in Hotel King. There was a rich guy who came from China to sign a deal and he used a fountain pen.

 

On page 4 someone mentions a k-pop video that uses a fountain pen. The video they posted is deleted, but I think that person was talking about "Fiction" by B2ST. Here's the link, you can see fountain pen usage at 4:41

http://i.imgur.com/EzvIBTa.png

 

On page 7 someone mentioned fountain pen usage in the Korean drama Ojakgyo Brothers (weekend drama?)

 

Kim Soohyun's character in You Who Came from the Stars used a fountain pen.

 

This is more of a summary of everything I've seen. I don't watch Korean dramas that much anymore. I'm sure you can find a lot more if you look. If I see I will tell you. Korean dramas are filled with rich people that either a. fall in love with a person who is poor or b. are the most horrible antagonists on Earth.

What surprises me here is the wrong ugly way to hold a fountain pen: with the middle finger in the section.

[Poetman]

some cool FP footage on this channel:

 

http://www.youtube.com/user/VirtuThe3rdTV/search?query=fountain+pen

Edited October 13, 2014 by Poetman

[Seele]

What surprises me here is the wrong ugly way to hold a fountain pen: with the middle finger in the section.

 

Actually it's the correct way to hold a writing brush: in this manner, the brush would stay perpendicular to the paper much easier, which facilitates writing. That said, in Japan, people learn to write using the more common "pen grip" even if writing with a brush, and the classic "brush grip" has fallen into disuse.

[dgreenwood116]

I'm not sure if somebody has spotted it already, though i was excited when i saw one being used in the t.v. show Revolution!

[Poetman]

Orwell's poignant 1984…in film

 

Around 6:30 and 51:00

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gM-9AgO5XDY

[Freddy]

Orwell's poignant 1984…in film

 

Around 6:30 and 51:00

 

 

 

Edmund O'Brien is usin'...hmm..I mean Winston is usin' a Parker Custom VS..

 

Fred

Shoot..a fella could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with all that stuff....

Major Kong ~

[GregWrites]

PERRY MASON! of course. Attorneys were the consummate pen users.

 

Perry's desk set was a Parker 51 with black crystal base and two fountain pens.

See: http://www.perrymasontvseries.com/wiki/index.php/Extras/PenSet

[WilsonCQB1911]

I also want to come back to Penny dreadful.

Episode 5 of Season 1 sees Vanessa writing one of many letters to Mina.

I deliver some snapshots, they are the best I could make :

 

http://up.picr.de/19142035at.jpg

 

http://up.picr.de/19142036cr.jpg

 

http://up.picr.de/19142037kz.jpg

 

Is it an authentic period (victorian) pen or a modern equivalent ?

They had a quartz pocket watch in that show, so maybe they went for style instead of antique props.

Anyone have an idea ?

 

 

Yes, I was wondering about this too. Is it a Yard-o-Led??

[Poetman]

Nice Shot from a Jeeves and Wooster episode

[Kuscer]

In Back to the Future George McFly writes with a red Parker Vector.

[Poetman]

The great French resistance film by Melville, Army of Shadows:

 

 

 

Edited October 22, 2014 by Poetman

[carlos.q]

From the documentary "The Roosevelts: an intimate history" there is a picture of US president Woodrow Wilson using a fountain pen:

 

 

Wilson was president from 1913 to 1921 when most people would have used a dip pen. This FP could be a Waterman perhaps?

Edited October 27, 2014 by carlos.q

[byggyns]

I just spotted a FP in the sitcom "Selfie." Karen Gillan "Eliza Dooley" was using what I believe was a Cross Century (Medalist finish) to write in the episode "Nuggets of Wisdom." It was a brief flash of the pen, so I am not sure of the make / model, just that it was slim, chrome, with gold trim.

[AZBennett]

Peaky Blinders, season 1, episode 6, Cillian Murphy's character uses what looks like an old BCHR FP to write a letter to his love interest. In a prior episode he pulls oit a pen from his waistcoat to give to Sam Neill but it never gets used. It looked somewhat like a another old BCHR or BHR pen.

[Jbloodwo]

From the documentary "The Roosevelts: an intimate history" there is a picture of US president Woodrow Wilson using a fountain pen:

 

 

Wilson was president from 1913 to 1921 when most people would have used a dip pen. This FP could be a Waterman perhaps?

or could it be a Parker. hard to tell when i zoom if the tip of the clip is arrewhead or a ball.

[Ernst Bitterman]

From the documentary "The Roosevelts: an intimate history" there is a picture of US president Woodrow Wilson using a fountain pen:

 

{great big picture you've already seen}

 

Wilson was president from 1913 to 1921 when most people would have used a dip pen. This FP could be a Waterman perhaps?

 

 

or could it be a Parker. hard to tell when i zoom if the tip of the clip is arrewhead or a ball.

 

I'm inclined to say Sheaffer. A Parker of this era would have a ball-ended clip, but it would also have a ring mount, at the top of the cap. The clip could be Waterman or Sheaffer, since it's hard to say if there's rivets or not, but the shape of the section moves me toward Sheaffer-- it's a little stockier and looks to have a bit of a shoulder.

Edited October 29, 2014 by Ernst Bitterman