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Collector’s Corner – Mahmood Ali
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Read more: Collector’s Corner – Mahmood AliIf you have a story to tell send it to my personal messenger, and a photo or two would be nice. Mahmood Ali My name Mahmood Ali, from Iraq/Kurdistan region, I was about 5 years old my big brother took me to the theater for the first time in my life. From that time there…
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Single Film Contracts
Read more: Single Film ContractsI f you’ve been following these posts you will be forgiven for assuming that every contract we signed was for a minimum of six or so titles, however that wasn’t always the case, as the following three will demonstrate. “TODO POR NADA” Does the title ‘Todo por Nada’ ring any bells, you may know it…
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Derann and its Standard 8 Prints of Psycho… Uncensored?
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Read more: Derann and its Standard 8 Prints of Psycho… Uncensored?There will be a number of readers who know the story concerning our deal from 1968/9, a landmark contract for Derann in which we acquired the rights to several Universal/Paramount titles that included ‘The Evil of Frankenstein’, ‘Magnificent Obsession’, ‘Flower Drum Song’, ‘The Mummy’, ‘The Invisible Man’, ‘To Hell and Back’, ‘Blue Skies’ and its…
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The Snowman
Read more: The SnowmanI don’t think that we’d seen anything but a few stills from the Snowman and no one had been very impressed, we’d all felt that they looked childish and a little sketchy. Derek in particular hadn’t for one minute, been prepared for the praise that staff member Dale Hemenway had heaped upon the title. So…
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Collector’s Corner – Clinton Hunt
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Read more: Collector’s Corner – Clinton HuntIf you have a story to tell send it to my personal messenger, and a photo or two would be nice.This chapter written by a get who runs 8mm Ken Films Collections on Facebook. Clinton Hunt I live in Waharoa, a small town in the Waikato region, North Island, New Zealand population around 5 million.…
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The 20th Century Fox Contract
Read more: The 20th Century Fox ContractFollowing the success of the MGM features it didn’t take long for Derek to persuade Twentieth Century Fox, that the time was right for them to allow us to issue full length features. ‘The Sound of Music’, 1965, was the one and only choice for us to begin with and with us offering our customers…
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The MGM Features
Read more: The MGM FeaturesIn reality this entry should be headed ‘The Ken Contract’! Read on and you’ll understand. Bob Lane of Ken Films, must have decided it was time to slow down and take it easy, for it was his offer to let us print and distribute the MGM features, beginning with ‘Gone With The Wind’ that heralded…
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The Plank
Read more: The PlankWhen Derek asked after the rights to the ‘The Plank’, at Rank Film distributors we were taken aback as they said that they hadn’t the rights (the BBFC give Assoc. London Films Ltd as the distributor), it soon became apparent that like EMI’s, TVs ‘The Avengers’, this too had extra strings attached. Following a four…
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The Smallest Show on Earth
Read more: The Smallest Show on EarthAcquiring this feature for super 8 was a monumental task! If you’ve yet to view this comedy gem produced by British Lion in 1957, then now is the time to get acquainted. This tale follows a young couple, who inherit a small cinema, the Bijou, that comes complete with a group of aging employees. After…
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The Pacific International Deal
Read more: The Pacific International DealJust where we purchased ‘The Adventures of the Wilderness Family’, 1975; and its sequel, released in 1978; from, I am unable to recall, there’s been too much water under the bridge. Both were produced by Pacific International Pictures, but I don’t remember them having offices over here. However I’ve checked the ntry on IMDb and…