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The incredible melting man
Read more: The incredible melting manA page article from the March 1978 issue of ABC Film Review. This 1977 Sci-fi horror receives a 4 rating on the IMDb, but this didn’t stop the super 8 collectors making this a popular purchase. An astronaut is transformed into a murderous gelatinous mass after returning from an ill-fated space voyage. The 400′ release…
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The Disney Deal #2
Read more: The Disney Deal #2For almost 7 years, Derek and myself would make appointments to see a Disney sales manager at their London office, to introduce ourselves and keep our names and that of Derann in their minds. Once we felt that our names and faces had become known and reputable, we slowly began a series of talks, that…
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Drummer of Vengeance
Read more: Drummer of VengeanceTy Hardin, best remembered as TVs ‘Bronco, a popular western series that ran for 5 years, stars in this Italian made movie. The original title was ‘Il Giorno del Giudizio’, but it has also been…
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The Pink Panther Cartoons
Read more: The Pink Panther CartoonsIt wasn’t their lack of persuasion from United Artists that caused the absence of a selection of this Chaplinesque characters antics in the Derann sales catalogues, no this ‘Pink Pests’ name was constantly brought into…
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Labs #2
Read more: Labs #2As the title of our films got bigger and better so did their print quality. We now began to use fine grain 16mm or 35mm prints for the labs to produce our negs from. Filmatic…
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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