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Film For The Collector #1
Read more: Film For The Collector #1I have to thank Dave Hinett for giving me the idea for this short series. When ‘Film Making’ and ‘Movie Maker’, the UKs two small film gauge magazines disappeared from the news stands, everyone at Derann agreed that their passing was only going to be detrimental to the ‘Home Movie’ market, whether it be package…
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The Curse of Frankenstein
Read more: The Curse of FrankensteinA page from an unknown issue: This 1957 horror receives an 7.0 rating on the IMDb. Directed by Terence Fisher and starring Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Hazel Court and Robert Urquhart. Hammer’s first Colour horror and the beginning of a new era. Baron Victor Frankenstein tells the story of a creature he built and brought…
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Gone With the Wind
Read more: Gone With the WindA three page article from a September 1968 issue: This 1939 costume drama receives an 8.2 rating on the IMDb. Directors of this 8 times Oscar winner are Victor Fleming, George Cukor and Sam Wood…
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“Club”
Read more: “Club”During the 37 years I spent with Derann, Derek had many weird and wonderful ideas for brand new sales lines or promotions to help garner further sales. He was generally on the ‘mark’ but not…
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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