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The Disney Deal #6
Read more: The Disney Deal #6Once Maggie was satisfied of Derann’s integrity it wasn’t always necessary to make the journey to the Disney offices in order to agree on the next feature release. It was only natural that we had enquired whether there was any chance of releasing any of their shorts and this opened up a fantastic range of…
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What a Carry On! – Carry On Regardless: 1961
Read more: What a Carry On! – Carry On Regardless: 1961In September 1958 a British institution was born with the release of the first in a series of comedy films. ‘Carry On Regardless’ was the fifth in the series. By now a fairly regular team was established with Sid James, Kenneth Connor, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims and Kenneth Williams all having appeared in previous entries.…
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Mardi Gras Massacre
Read more: Mardi Gras MassacreAfter all this time I’ve no reccollection of who we purchased the rights for this piece of exploitation, but I know it was acquired on one of our business visits to the States. I’ve read…
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Shalako
Read more: ShalakoA two page article from the December 1968 issue: This 1968 western drama receives a 5.6 rating on the IMDb. Directed by Edward Dmytryk and starring Sean Connery, Brigitte Bardot, Stephen Boyd and Jack Hawkins…
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Conventions #1
Read more: Conventions #1Many of those who attended “The British Film Collectors Convention”, at any of it’s many venues, or made their way to “Widex” or perhaps even Derann’s own “Northern Film Collectors Convention”, must think we probably…
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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