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ABC Film Review 1951 – 2008
Read more: ABC Film Review 1951 – 2008Some younger UK readers and most of our foreign visitors are probably unfamiliar with this film magazine and as I’m using it for reference and using whole pages to illustrate posts, I feel that it’s time to take a short look at this long running periodical. It was originally tied in with ABC Cinemas, and…
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Rollerball – Part 2
Read more: Rollerball – Part 2I was never a big fan of this movie, which I thought was all noise and no plot. Didn’t stop it selling. Label was designed by our regular artist Marianne Frost.
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The Disney Deal #4
Read more: The Disney Deal #4Beginning Christmas 1991, Derann had the pleasure to issue the following Walt Disney full length features ‘The Little Mermaid’ [1989: 83 minutes: Winner of 2 Academy awards: Dir. Ron Clements & John Musker], ‘The Rescuers…
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What a Carry On! – Carry On Teacher: 1959
Read more: What a Carry On! – Carry On Teacher: 1959CARRY ON TEACHER: 1959 In September 1958 a new British institution was born with the release of a series of comedy films. ‘Carry On Teacher’ was the third in the series, it featured Ted Ray…
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Labs #3
Read more: Labs #3In 1975, the year I arrived at Derann, they were advertising a new range of shorts, from Pathe Pictorial & Look at Life, some with optical soundtracks, which were being printed at Technicolor UK. However…
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A Derann Story
Stories from the life at Derann
Derann Contracts and Rights
A look at some of the numerous meetings that we undertook in order to issue 8mm films to our customers.
Derann Film Labels
A look at some of the film labels sold by Derann