Fountain Pens In Movies And Tv

[Mr.Rene]

THE THREE STOOGES In "All Gummed Up" - 1947 ,Pluto Tv Channel

 

[ParramattaPaul]

5 hours ago, Mr.Rene said:

THE THREE STOOGES In "All Gummed Up" - 1947 ,Pluto Tv Channel

 

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[inkstainedruth]

@Mr.Rene -- That's making me think of the scene in one of the Indiana Jones movies (forget whether it's the second one or the third one) where his boss at the college who runs the anthropology museum squirts ink into the face of some German soldier in a tank....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[lamarax]

10 hours ago, inkstainedruth said:

@Mr.Rene -- That's making me think of the scene in one of the Indiana Jones movies (forget whether it's the second one or the third one) where his boss at the college who runs the anthropology museum squirts ink into the face of some German soldier in a tank....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

 

It's the third one, the "Last Crusade" (1989), with Sean Connery in the role of "Indiana Jones's father".

 

...and because the prop used in the movie was supposedly a (vintage) Conway Stewart 58, Bespoke Pens UK didn't miss the opportunity to launch a special edition 🙂

[inkstainedruth]

Thanks!  it's been a while since I'd seen that -- and of course just last week saw (most of) Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.

I looked at that link you posted about the special edition Conway Stewart... and then saw the price tag....   Too rich for my blood....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

 

edited for typos

[ParramattaPaul]

I saw this movie was airing on one of the 'cable' channels some time ago and recorded I have yet to watch it, but I know fountain pens make a few appearances in it. 

[Misfit]

In Gorky Park, William Hurt’s character uses a fountain pen. It’s black. 
 

[Gloucesterman]

5 hours ago, Misfit said:

In Gorky Park, William Hurt’s character uses a fountain pen. It’s black. 
 

AND it writes Russian!

Smart pen!

Spaciba 😉

[lamarax]

In the TV adaptation of Agatha Christie's Poirot on ITV, S12.E1, 3 Jan 2010 ("Three Act Tragedy")...

 

 

...a peculiar ink stain on the wall coming from a fountain pen^*, provides the first clue to the mystery.

 

 

* though that wouldn't be mysterious to any regular fountain pen user 🙄 

[inkstainedruth]

Trying to remember now if pens/inks were prominent in another Poirot episode (the one where his secretary's sister ran a youth hostel) -- because that's one of the major plot points in the original story (what ink the victim had been using).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Misfit]

12 hours ago, Gloucesterman said:

AND it writes Russian!

Smart pen!

Spaciba 😉

But I couldn’t figure out the maker of the pen. They never showed the cap. I was going to type dos vidanya 

but found out in a search it’s dasvidaniya

[Gloucesterman]

9 hours ago, Misfit said:

But I couldn’t figure out the maker of the pen. They never showed the cap. I was going to type dos vidanya 

but found out in a search it’s dasvidaniya

Da 😉

[Mr.Rene]

Hitchcok's Movie "MARNIE" (1964)...Waterman´s Red Ink bottle and dip pen...

 

 

[Mr.Rene]

"IT" miniserie (1990, Tim Curry as Pennywise )...Big Old Sheaffer Ink Bottles boxed (early yellow box)  are in the store's showcase...

[taimdala]

On 10/23/2025 at 10:22 PM, Misfit said:

But I couldn’t figure out the maker of the pen. They never showed the cap. I was going to type dos vidanya 

but found out in a search it’s dasvidaniya

 

It's funny what Russian does regarding spelling vs. pronunciation.

 

Its (transliterated) spelling: spacibo

But it's not pronounced "spah-see-bo".

It's pronounced "spah-see-bah".

 

Words spelled with the "o" at the end are sometimes pronounced as if the "o" is an "ah".

 

Not sure why. 

 

Some of their consonants change their sounds depending on their position in the word and the letter preceding them or after them.

 

For instance, their f and g sounds swap one for the other and I can't keep straight which does the switch and when.

 

 

[taimdala]

On 10/23/2025 at 10:22 PM, Misfit said:

But I couldn’t figure out the maker of the pen. They never showed the cap. I was going to type dos vidanya 

but found out in a search it’s dasvidaniya

 

Da s'vidaniya!

 

I think that was the first Russian word I've learned--one of the pitifully few I've managed so far, and one that's safe for work. 

 

But at least I can offer a hello to your gooodbye: "dravstvutiyeh!" or the more informal "privyet!"

 

The other words I know aren't so polite, but they do come in handy whenever Russian gangsters spew coarse language on tv or the movies. I'm generally one of the few, if not the only, people in the room who are laughing. 

 

From delight at the being able to translate, of course, as well as the glee of being in on the linguistic joke, whenever the subtitles are too tame to be truthful.

[Misfit]

4 hours ago, taimdala said:

Its (transliterated) spelling: spacibo

But it's not pronounced "spah-see-bo".

It's pronounced "spah-see-bah".

During the Sochi Olympics, I thought they were pronouncing it with the long o. Glad to learn that it’s bah, though I doubt I’ll meet anyone to say it to. 
 

I know a few of the curse words in German. I sometimes say the one for 💩 to myself in German instead of the English version. The only language courses I’ve taken were Latin in high school, and German in college for a BA degree. I don’t remember a lot. 

[taimdala]

19 hours ago, Misfit said:

During the Sochi Olympics, I thought they were pronouncing it with the long o. Glad to learn that it’s bah, though I doubt I’ll meet anyone to say it to. 
 

I know a few of the curse words in German. I sometimes say the one for 💩 to myself in German instead of the English version. The only language courses I’ve taken were Latin in high school, and German in college for a BA degree. I don’t remember a lot. 

 

 

I mutter Russian swears to myself often enough that I haven't yet forgotten them. 😉

 

I wouldn't mind picking up a few in Catonese and German. Just trying to cover my bases! 

 

 

[taimdala]

Also, I wanted to post this before I forgot, with apologies if I've already posted this before. (My profile can't show me all the posts I'be made since joining...)

 

I’m a fan of CBS Elementary and season 1, episode 11, "Dirty Laundry" had a fountain pen provide a key clue. 

 

Of course, it only shows in brief seconds on screen, making it hard to identify. 

 

I saved screenshots of it and will post them tomorrow when I'm free. 

 

Has anyone seen the episode? If so, what sort of pen do you think the props department used?

 

And why didn't they keep their dupes straight? Geez, in one scene it was configured one way, and in evidence photos in another scene it was configured a different way. 

 

SMH. 

 

I'll see if I can get those pictures put up in a subsequent post. (Assuming I hadn't accidentally deleted them from my files in a digital decluttering...)

[taimdala]

Oh also!!!

 

There was a show from the late 80s/early 90s that I loved: Friday the 13th: The Series.

 

Season 3, Episode 10 "Mightier Than The Sword" featured a cursed fountain pen that injects people with "evil" that forces them to do whatever the owner writes with that pen.

 

It's one of my favorite eps! The pen was a lever/sac filler and was black, and that's about all I remember of it.  

 

Has anyone seen that show? 😃