As you scroll you'll this post you'll notice it's rather long after I combined several posts. It's easily read.It begins with various 8mm movies, moving into Clara's cooking (a most flavorful post), followed by their 50th Anniversary, vintage photos and the full list of Marini movies.
Clara, Dan, Janet & Linda with Eddie & the kids, along with Dan's brothers.
My favorite image in the video is of Uncle Dan on Christmas opening a metal box made to store his 8mm movies.
My favorite image in the video is of Uncle Dan on Christmas opening a metal box made to store his 8mm movies.
Following his passing Aunt Clara passed the responsibility unto me to store them to DVD & now online. This is not in date order, as it was near impossible with the many reels. .jpg)
When you watch the video look at the very end as Dan films the outside of their house. Decades later it still looks the same. YouTube - Marini 8mm Home Movie Part 1
This is part two of the Marini Videos.
Marini8mmHomeMoviePart 2
When you watch the video look at the very end as Dan films the outside of their house. Decades later it still looks the same. YouTube - Marini 8mm Home Movie Part 1This is part two of the Marini Videos.
Marini8mmHomeMoviePart 2
The Marini history is also featured here:
Aunt Clara making homemade pasta.
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I know first hand. Well, actuallyhand to mouth! YouTube - Marini 8mm Home Movie Part 2
Mangia! YouTube - MariniMangia
Could there be anymore cake on the table?Marini's Coffee & CakeCoffee & Sambucca. Plenty of cake too: Coffee & Cake ( with Sambucca too!)
Another version with even more food & coffee & cake: Abudanza Marini Style\\
UPDATED Mangia videos:
I know first hand. Well, actuallyhand to mouth! YouTube - Marini 8mm Home Movie Part 2Mangia! YouTube - MariniMangia
Could there be anymore cake on the table?Marini's Coffee & CakeCoffee & Sambucca. Plenty of cake too: Coffee & Cake ( with Sambucca too!)
Another version with even more food & coffee & cake: Abudanza Marini Style\\
UPDATED Mangia videos:
Is that Al Martino?Dan Marini LIVE
Dan building the lower driveway wall:Dan's Wall
Dan Marini's Wall UPDATED:
HEY! Marini! Pull up your bathing suit:
Marini Beach
The FIFTH Marini?: The Fifth Marini. Budgy! Dan building the lower driveway wall:Dan's Wall
Dan Marini's Wall UPDATED:
HEY! Marini! Pull up your bathing suit:
Marini Beach
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56 Loring. The home of Donato & Clara Marini. Filmed in the 1960's, it looks exactly the same today:
Fifty Six Loring Street
56 Loring Then & NowJust to better prove my point look at this updated version & check out the shades in the front window. While the home had no upper driveway, retaining wall or (side) porch, it did have blinds in the SAME spot years later. In fact they're still in that very spot!56 Loring Street
Sonny gives Dan a whack to the back of the head: Sonny & Dan
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CDSH? Clara, Dan, Sid (Sonny) & Helen!
Who wears aprons anymore?
Janet's May Procession: Janet Marini May Procession (FUN)!
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Janet Jumps
Linda's ready to get blue...in her chiffon prom dress!Linda Marini's Prom Night
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CDSH? Clara, Dan, Sid (Sonny) & Helen!
Who wears aprons anymore?
Janet's May Procession: Janet Marini May Procession (FUN)!
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Before video games. This was considered an"interactive,"game: Pin The TailUPDATED:
Pin The Tail On The Marini?
Janet nearly breaks her legs:Janet Jumps! UPDATED:
Janet JumpsLinda's ready to get blue...in her chiffon prom dress!Linda Marini's Prom Night
Revised. Those 1950's/1960's Prom Queens!
Linda's high school graduation: Linda Marini Graduation UPDATED:
Janet's DREAM DATE:Janet's Dream Date
DREAM DATE? Janet was QUEEN of Quincy!Queen of Quincy & Janet's Proms
Janet is POOFY! POOFY POOFY
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Linda & Loreto:Linda & Loreto
Little Loreto Visits Quincy
Those crazy Marini cousins:Marini Cousins
Those crazy Marini cousins:Marini Cousins
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I've looped this short clip of Dan's '64 NY World's Fair footage. You briefly see Uncle sonny too: YouTube - Marini 8mm Home Movie 1964 World's Fair
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I've looped this short clip of Dan's '64 NY World's Fair footage. You briefly see Uncle sonny too: YouTube - Marini 8mm Home Movie 1964 World's Fair
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The well groomed dashing duo of Joe & Jim in their outfits & matching hats:Joe & Jim. Dashing Duo With Hats!
PDATED:
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Above is a video of Linda's sons, Joe & Jim. I noticed in two clips separated by years of filming that all they do is run. You'll see them as toddlers then much later still running up & down, back & forth, in the backyard, on the street...
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See Joe & Jim above or watch them run in circles full size:YouTube - LindasBoysJoe&JimMahoney
Joe & Jim star in their first silent movie:
Mahoney Silent Movie
Joe Mahoney. Mr. Cleaner & Collector of fine records:
Janine. The LOST 8mm. The running joke has always been Janine was adopted. How else could you explain years of 8mm movies of her brothers but none of her. I recently uncovered about 12 minutes worth which proves she's biological. Joe & Jim however are diabolical! Watch two humorous minutes of a baby sister & her crazy big brothers:
YouTube - LindasDaughterJanineMahoneyToddler
Here's the full version. At about 2:40 watch as Jimmy pops his head out from between the bumpers of the cars & Joe walking towards the camera is headless! Janine Mahoney
UPDATED:
Orange Crush? Read the description:Orange Crush
Now in HD:Dan Marini's 8mm of Donald & Barbara's wedding
1964 Barbara & Donald Tocci Wedding HD
The same pot! Insert, 8mm still from a 1960's home movie. Larger image is a screen shot from 2009 camcorder video. It's the same pot. It's truly the (golden) fountain of youth.
Pasta in Pasta?!:Aunt Clara's Pasta Here's the alternate version:Clara's Pot of Pasta
What's new is old. 2011 HD video converted to 8mm!
Enjoy a meatball 'sangwedge:"
LIVE! At Aunt Clara's
2011 Clara Marini enjoys watching Doug's wedding some 23 years later:
2011 Clara Watches 8mm-1958
2011 Clara watches Larry in 1958
2011 Clara Watches 8mm-1958-Part 2
Clara will tell you it is HER sauce which was Aunt Millie's (now discontinued). The woman behind Aunt Millie's knew Clara. She tasted Clara's, loved it, then made it slightly different calling it her own!
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The family portrait at the 50th Anniversary.
Here's the first half of Clara & Dan's 50th, from August 18th 1990. Although I recorded this, I did not keep the original. Instead I gave it to Clara & Dan. Over the years I forgot about it until Aunt Clara mentioned she still had the video.
The photos below are taken from the video. The hands are quicker than the eyes, & Frank tries to prove it. This happens at 4:20. As I begin to focus on Robbie & Pat Camilli, I notice Frank's right hand (& I can tell where's it's going). He pulls Kathy's belt to untie her dress but Kathy's too quick for him, grabbing his hand before he can.
See the video here too: YouTube - Clara & Dan 50th Part 2 begins with Angelina (below) being asked to speak into the microphone. Confused she thinks it's a phone putting it up to her ear.
Celebrate Part 2: clara&dan's50thpart2
Continue the 50th celebration in Part 3: YouTube - Clara& Dan Marini 50th Part 3
Larry & Frank Patane videotape each other
at the same time during
Clara & Dan's 50th Anniversary.Larry&Frank
As Clara cooks, Dan's makes the house look new:Clara & Dan
Hey! Isn't that Al Martino?
Dan Marini LIVE
These are Clara & Dan's 1940 wedding images in a high def slide show & featured with a clip from the above videos:
HD 1940 Wedding Clara & Dan Marini & Clara & Dan Newlywed & 50th Anniversary
1994 Clara & Dan- Godparents for Christopher Tocci YouTube - Dan Marini
Take a step back further in time to Clara & Dan's 25th. Footage runs from color to b&w.
It was switched to b&w so it could be better lightened during the dark dancing scene. The same video is linked below it with (minimal) color intact :
Digital transfers of: Clara & Dan's 25th Anniversary
Clara & Dan Marini's 25th Ann. 8mm Home Movie (color)
A third attempt to increase the clarity of the 25th. It is just shy 60 seconds:Clara&Dan25th
Chris, Frank, Clara & Dan: Chris, Frank, & Clara & Dan
Donato Marini comes to AMERICA!
I guess Dan (left) WITH CIGARETTE & his brother also with a smoke, (No. This is not photoshopped), must've need a good smoke to relax them before the long trip to America. Dan entered the states as shown above when he was 15. He's about 8-10 here so he must've been really relaxed! Or wired...without cigarettes on board.
Click on each picture to view/print full size. Badly spoiled by water marks, dust & tears, I have restored this vintage Marini photo in b&w & sepia. Recently found was the additional photo taken that day. The children are without hats but Mrs. Marini is now wearing "fur."
The backdrop is just that, a fake background very common for portraits during this period.
However imagine the photo taken in San Dona to. It might've looked more like this one "pictured," above in the old country. 
I've also taken the ship's document, blending it with the San Donato photo:
The next two offer a custom blend of the photo with the ship's manifest including the ship itself:
Clara & Dan meet for the first time!
This 1959 "hand made time card," was found in a cabinet in Clara & Dan's garage in 2012. Some 53 years later!
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This is Clara and Dan's 50th FULL LENGTH Anniversary video can be viewed &/or download below.
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Above is a video of Linda's sons, Joe & Jim. I noticed in two clips separated by years of filming that all they do is run. You'll see them as toddlers then much later still running up & down, back & forth, in the backyard, on the street...
See Joe & Jim above or watch them run in circles full size:YouTube - LindasBoysJoe&JimMahoney Joe & Jim star in their first silent movie:
Mahoney Silent MovieJoe Mahoney. Mr. Cleaner & Collector of fine records:
Crazy Cleanin' Joe Mahoney
Joe's "careful," with your cement & car cleaning:Joes Cement & Car Care
The Nutty Brothers
Joe's "careful," with your cement & car cleaning:Joes Cement & Car Care
Joe grabs his favorite childhood Christmas gift of all time! (Those are Janet's toes you see in the video) & A Merry Maniac it is!
Merry Mahoney Maniacs
How did baby Janine survive with these two knuckleheads bouncing around?Merry Mahoney Maniacs
The Nutty Brothers
NEVER allow your kids to eat Twinkies & watch the Munsters on Christmas:
Mahoneys & Munsters
Mahoneys & Munsters
Did I mention the Mahoney's are maniacs too?
Mahoney ManiacsJanine. The LOST 8mm. The running joke has always been Janine was adopted. How else could you explain years of 8mm movies of her brothers but none of her. I recently uncovered about 12 minutes worth which proves she's biological. Joe & Jim however are diabolical! Watch two humorous minutes of a baby sister & her crazy big brothers:
YouTube - LindasDaughterJanineMahoneyToddler
Here's the full version. At about 2:40 watch as Jimmy pops his head out from between the bumpers of the cars & Joe walking towards the camera is headless! Janine Mahoney
UPDATED:
Easter Mahoney. Linda & Janine are in their Easter Sunday BEST as Joe & Jim act more like wild rabbits!
What could be better then (toy) guns for Christmas & Easter too:Guns For ChristmasUPDATED:Orange Crush? Read the description:Orange Crush
Short unknown clip I call:
Dan Marini recorded about 16 minutes worth of Pleasantville family footage from the late 50's to early 60's, which no one (in NY) knew existed, not even those featured in the 8mm. In fact he captured several important family events.
Dan Marini recorded about 16 minutes worth of Pleasantville family footage from the late 50's to early 60's, which no one (in NY) knew existed, not even those featured in the 8mm. In fact he captured several important family events.
What makes this most important today is the original 8mm films are GONE. Disposed of after they were transferred, all that remains are two badly worn VHS tapes from the late 80's. I have since archived the files from those tapes. Below you'll see:
Doug's wedding, myself about 4 years old driving a car, Easter at my house, Diane as a BLOND, the day before & after Marie's wedding aka the Blizzard of '69..
Also mixed in with his daughter Linda's many reels from 45 years ago was the only known footage of Donald's wedding, which no one (in NY) including Donald
& Barbara knew of until I asked to transfer her 8mm. Unlike Dan's links which are VHS tapes this is the original film:
Now in HD:Dan Marini's 8mm of Donald & Barbara's wedding
Here are two videos of Clara & Dan. Attending Michael Tocci's birthday & Christopher Tocci's Baptism: Bat Cake
Dan Marini
Dan Marini
The same pot! Insert, 8mm still from a 1960's home movie. Larger image is a screen shot from 2009 camcorder video. It's the same pot. It's truly the (golden) fountain of youth.
Color Corrected Pasta? WATCH:
Color Corrected Pasta
The long awaited film:
Clara The Movie
2010: With new High Def camera's here is Clara making pasta in HD. Or is that HP? Hot Pasta:Clara Marini Pasta
2009 Videos: Both featured below & linked here:
Clara Marini Cooking Pasta 8/23/09
Clara Marini Pasta Part Two
From the 60's. FRESH GNOCCHI's:
Clara Marini's Fresh Gnocchi's!
8MM & TODAY! Picture in Picture, or is that
Color Corrected Pasta
The long awaited film:Clara The Movie
2010: With new High Def camera's here is Clara making pasta in HD. Or is that HP? Hot Pasta:Clara Marini PastaClara Marini Cooking Pasta 8/23/09
Clara Marini Pasta Part Two
From the 60's. FRESH GNOCCHI's:
Clara Marini's Fresh Gnocchi's!
8MM & TODAY! Picture in Picture, or is that
What's new is old. 2011 HD video converted to 8mm!
Enjoy a meatball 'sangwedge:"
LIVE! At Aunt Clara's
2011 Clara Marini enjoys watching Doug's wedding some 23 years later:
2011 Clara Watches 8mm-19582011 Clara watches Larry in 19582011 Clara Watches 8mm-1958-Part 2
Clara will tell you it is HER sauce which was Aunt Millie's (now discontinued). The woman behind Aunt Millie's knew Clara. She tasted Clara's, loved it, then made it slightly different calling it her own!
Clara Marini The REAL Aunt Millie 
Recorded June 11th 2011:
Aunt Clara Aunt Millie
Providence Rhode Island to Quincy Ma in 60 Seconds HD
Take a bite out these videos. Clara talks about how Aunt Millie's became a popular spaghetti sauce & then dig in to Sunday dinner.Clara & Aunt Millie HD
Italian Sunday Dinner HD
Italian Sunday Dinner MANGIA! HD
Italian Sunday Dinner 1080p (Pasta Vision)
Aunt Millies 1080p (Pasta Vision)
Clara Meets Dan 1080p (Paisan Vision)
Clara's Punch 1080p (Punch Vision)
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!
Recorded June 11th 2011:
2011 Dan & Sonny featured on the news digging out & again in 2012:
Blizzard 2011
Snow, Blizzard, Westchester
Blizzard 2011Snow, Blizzard, Westchester
What the above 3 thumbnails are about:
Clara surfing cable stops to briefly watch Jersey Shore! Talk about a generation gap! Awful reality TV stars & A 93 year old who doesn't know who they are or why they're allowed to act that way on TV: Jersey Shore Marini
The next two are videos of the drive to Clara's Hair Dresser. You'll see me cutting through a parking lot to get there. All I can say is READ the video descriptions...
Recorded Holidays 2011. Clara's Stories:
Clara once rented the 2nd floor apt of a Hawthorne (NY) home when she & Dan married.
The landlady's daughter in law asked what Clara was cooking....
Aunt Clara Aunt Millie
Christmas 1920's:
Harry ties a horse:
Clara tells of the time she got punched! (READ the description of the video):
Typical Sunday Dinner:
Gettin to Clara's in 60 seconds:
Providence Rhode Island to Quincy Ma in 60 Seconds HDTake a bite out these videos. Clara talks about how Aunt Millie's became a popular spaghetti sauce & then dig in to Sunday dinner.Clara & Aunt Millie HD
Italian Sunday Dinner HDItalian Sunday Dinner MANGIA! HD
Italian Sunday Dinner 1080p (Pasta Vision)
Aunt Millies 1080p (Pasta Vision)
Clara Meets Dan 1080p (Paisan Vision)
Clara's Punch 1080p (Punch Vision)
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!
25th &40th Anniversary!
The family portrait at the 50th Anniversary.
Here's the first half of Clara & Dan's 50th, from August 18th 1990. Although I recorded this, I did not keep the original. Instead I gave it to Clara & Dan. Over the years I forgot about it until Aunt Clara mentioned she still had the video.
The photos below are taken from the video. The hands are quicker than the eyes, & Frank tries to prove it. This happens at 4:20. As I begin to focus on Robbie & Pat Camilli, I notice Frank's right hand (& I can tell where's it's going). He pulls Kathy's belt to untie her dress but Kathy's too quick for him, grabbing his hand before he can.
See the video here too: YouTube - Clara & Dan 50th Part 2 begins with Angelina (below) being asked to speak into the microphone. Confused she thinks it's a phone putting it up to her ear.
Celebrate Part 2: clara&dan's50thpart2
Continue the 50th celebration in Part 3: YouTube - Clara& Dan Marini 50th Part 3
Larry & Frank Patane videotape each other at the same time during
Clara & Dan's 50th Anniversary.Larry&Frank
As Clara cooks, Dan's makes the house look new:Clara & DanHey! Isn't that Al Martino?
Dan Marini LIVEThese are Clara & Dan's 1940 wedding images in a high def slide show & featured with a clip from the above videos:
HD 1940 Wedding Clara & Dan Marini & Clara & Dan Newlywed & 50th Anniversary
1994 Clara & Dan- Godparents for Christopher Tocci YouTube - Dan Marini
Take a step back further in time to Clara & Dan's 25th. Footage runs from color to b&w.
It was switched to b&w so it could be better lightened during the dark dancing scene. The same video is linked below it with (minimal) color intact :
Digital transfers of: Clara & Dan's 25th Anniversary
Clara & Dan Marini's 25th Ann. 8mm Home Movie (color)
A third attempt to increase the clarity of the 25th. It is just shy 60 seconds:Clara&Dan25th
Chris, Frank, Clara & Dan: Chris, Frank, & Clara & Dan
Donato Marini comes to AMERICA!
I guess Dan (left) WITH CIGARETTE & his brother also with a smoke, (No. This is not photoshopped), must've need a good smoke to relax them before the long trip to America. Dan entered the states as shown above when he was 15. He's about 8-10 here so he must've been really relaxed! Or wired...without cigarettes on board.Click on each picture to view/print full size. Badly spoiled by water marks, dust & tears, I have restored this vintage Marini photo in b&w & sepia. Recently found was the additional photo taken that day. The children are without hats but Mrs. Marini is now wearing "fur."
The backdrop is just that, a fake background very common for portraits during this period.
However imagine the photo taken in San Dona to. It might've looked more like this one "pictured," above in the old country. 
I've also taken the ship's document, blending it with the San Donato photo:The next two offer a custom blend of the photo with the ship's manifest including the ship itself:
This 1959 "hand made time card," was found in a cabinet in Clara & Dan's garage in 2012. Some 53 years later!
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To download just click the Mpeg2 link once you open the video & save it to your hard drive:
The 1st video was recorded by myself, the other by Frank Patane.
If you have email addresses &/or phone #'s of someone featured in these videos (especially on the Marini side, many of whom I do not know) please forward or show these to them.
If you have email addresses &/or phone #'s of someone featured in these videos (especially on the Marini side, many of whom I do not know) please forward or show these to them.
Frank's video jumps a bit at x's. I've adjusted the tracking but cannot stop it from doing so. On the upswing he & Marie asked guests to say a few words & there are some gems. Especially Chris Gentile's mother who at that time was 90 & doesn't understand what's going on so she puts the mic to her ear saying hello like she's talking on the phone!
Considering most of the video's online are of 8mm it's wonderful to hear everyone's voices.
The Marini blog & Marini Home Movies: http://marinisofquincy.blogspot.com
Linda & Ed's Family Home Movies: http://mahoney8mmhomemovie.blogspot.com
Dan's Pleasantville films recorded in the late 50's - early '60's with a few Quincy moments too:Dan's Pleasantville 8mm-1
Dan's Pleasantville 8mm-2Clips from the above two part videos:Marriage of Doug & NorrineDoug & Norrine Tocci Wedding, 8mm Home MovieEaster, Pleasantville NYEaster1960's
Easter, Pleasantville, Circa' '61Tocci, Marini, Cedrone, Camilli....Consorte1, 8mm Home Movie
consorte2 , 8mm Home MovieLittle Anthony, Little LarrySonny & Dan
Dan & Sonny
Sonny Cedrone, Mason
Salvatore Cedrone, 8mm Home Movie
Salvatore Cedrone Two, 8mm Home Movie
LindaDianeJanetProms
Linda & Loreto
Loreto in Quincy
Marini8mmHomeMovie1964World's Fair Polished!
Dan's Wall
Blizzardof'69-48Hours
Blizzard of 69 PartTwo
Dan's Pleasantville films recorded in the late 50's - early '60's with a few Quincy moments too:Dan's Pleasantville 8mm-1
Dan's Pleasantville 8mm-2Clips from the above two part videos:Marriage of Doug & NorrineDoug & Norrine Tocci Wedding, 8mm Home MovieEaster, Pleasantville NYEaster1960's
Easter, Pleasantville, Circa' '61Tocci, Marini, Cedrone, Camilli....Consorte1, 8mm Home Movie
consorte2 , 8mm Home MovieLittle Anthony, Little LarrySonny & Dan
Dan & Sonny
Sonny Cedrone, Mason
Salvatore Cedrone, 8mm Home Movie
Salvatore Cedrone Two, 8mm Home Movie
LindaDianeJanetProms
Linda & Loreto
Loreto in Quincy
Marini8mmHomeMovie1964World's Fair Polished!
Dan's Wall
Blizzardof'69-48Hours
Blizzard of 69 PartTwo
These are the best of moments of Pleasantville
& Qunicy. (Read the video description):
Best of Pleasantville & Quincy Part 1
Best of Pleasantville & Quincy Part 2
Best of Pleasantville & Quincy Part 3
Best of Pleasantville & Quincy Part 4
& Qunicy. (Read the video description):
Best of Pleasantville & Quincy Part 1
Best of Pleasantville & Quincy Part 2
Best of Pleasantville & Quincy Part 3
Best of Pleasantville & Quincy Part 4
Tocci Marini:
A combination of my parent's & my brother Doug's restored 8mm with Dan Marini's Pleasantville visits.
Dan's films are long gone with only a fading VHS copy available. The VHS (vob) files were pulled/converted/enhanced to the best possible quality. Dan's near 16 minutes of Pleasantville footage intertwines with ours in chronological order.
TocciMarini8mm 1
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