Ged Jones
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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 with Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Thomas Mitchell, Olivia de Havilland and Leslie Howard. Despite warnings from her family, Scarlett intends…
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“Club”
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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 always, as with the vast quantity of GAF View-Masters we had lying around for so many years. During 1979 it…
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Victor/Victoria
Read more: Victor/VictoriaA page article from a film publication dated April: This 1982 musical farce receives a 7.6 rating on the IMDb. Directed by Blake Edwards and starring Julie Andrews, James Garner and Robert Preston. A singer in 1934 Paris finally finds work after posing as a female impersonator, but it gets complicated. This was released as…
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The Odessa File
Read more: The Odessa FileAn article from a film publication dated December 1974 issue : This 1974 political thriller receives a 7.0 rating on the IMDb. Directed by Ronald Neame and starring Jon Voight, Maximilian Schell and Maria Schell it tells the story of a journalist in possession of man’s diary and his investigation into the alleged sighting of…
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Rental #2
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Read more: Rental #2We all had great times at 171 Stourbridge Road and I think Steve Wellings forgave everyone for the gags we pulled on him…if I remember correctly it was invariably something to do with the Fray Bentos steak pies he used to bring in for his lunch. The outing Derek organised at Pinewood Studios was a…
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Frankenstein
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Read more: FrankensteinHere’s an unusual entry into this series. Some of you may remember that when I first joined Facebook, I did a series of articles on the world of Monster magazines on my Facebook page. Beginning with “Famous Monsters of Filmland” and “Fantastic Monsters of the Films”, I took a look at over 50 Movie Monster…
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Revenge of Frankenstein
Read more: Revenge of FrankensteinA two page article from the November 1958 issue of the ABC Film Review: This 1958 horror receives a 6.7 rating on the IMDb. Directed by Terence Fisher and starring Peter Cushing, Francis Matthews and Eunice Gayson. The second in Hammer’s Frankenstein cycle and a release from Columbia Home Movies as a 200′ in colour/black…
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Taxi Driver
Read more: Taxi DriverA page article from the September 1976 issue: This 1976 Psychological Drama receives an 8.2 rating on the IMDb. Directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster and Cybill Shepherd this multi Oscar nominated movie follows a mentally unstable veteran who works as a night-time taxi driver in New York City, where…
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Rental #1
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Read more: Rental #1When I joined Derann in 1975 the Super/Standard 8mm and 16mm libraries were a very important part of the business, possibly more so than the sales. Only a new Walt Disney title like ‘I Wanna’ Be Like You’ could generate much interest and get the sales line ringing, in those days. The bookings were handled…