One of the titles from our first contract with EMI this was a winner in every way. Released theatrically in 1953, it had been made in Technicolor by the Ealing Studio and had a veritable plethera of British actors including Stanley Holloway, Naunton Wayne, George Relph, Hugh Griffith, Sid James, Reginald Beckwith, John Gregson, and a train. The film concerns a group of villagers trying to keep their branch line operating after British Railways decided to close it. At just 84 minutes it would have made a very nice 5×400′ feature, but all films from most distributors had that clause demanding a minimum of 10 to 15% must be edited out, so we ended up with what was a general length for most films, 4×400′. Another label designed by the talented Marianne Frost and printed inhouse by myself.
Labels courtesy of Peter Brooke at ‘SPROCKETS’
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