Ged Jones

  • The Fiend

    The Fiend

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    I believe this was another of the many titles we picked up from Michael Meyers at Miracle Films. It’s been a long time since I viewed this movie and if I’m honest it was a pretty dull affair, but the IMDb says it’s one of the more notable British horror films from the early 1970s,…

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  • No Limit

    No Limit

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    Derek was a big fan of George Formby and this was without doubt his favourite film featuring this toothy, ukulele Northerner. Excellent quality prints, from a brand new 35mm print and the added plus of the TT races made this a real winner. Label was designed by Marianne Frost. Issued as a 4×400′ and a…

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  • The Magnetic Slurry Applicator

    The Magnetic Slurry Applicator

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    This first image shows the view of the applicator from the side. One third of this is lowered into the slurry reservoir and is spinning anti-clockwise. It was 5 centimeters wide and had 4 raised ridges which will be covered in the slurry. Then a comb passes over the applicator and removes the slurry from…

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  • The Disney Deal #3

    The Disney Deal #3

    Our contact at Disney, Maggie Allison, had many ‘firsts’ written into our contracts. To begin with Disney would choose the laboratory we would use to print their product and carefully monitor of the number of copies printed, (in order that they would receive the correct royalty each month, (10 to 15%, per print, depending on…

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  • Collector’s Corner – James Owen

    Collector’s Corner – James Owen

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    If you have a story to tell send it to my personal messenger, and a photo or two would be nice. This chapter is written by a retired radio presenter of Michigan. James Owen I started collecting when I was 9 years old. I’m 62 now. My first purchase was a 50′ reel of Dracula.…

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  • What a Carry On! – Carry On Nurse: 1959

    What a Carry On! – Carry On Nurse: 1959

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    In September 1958 a new British institution was born with the release of the first of a series of comedy films. ‘Carry On Nurse’ was the second in the series, but despite it being the UKs most successful film of that year it didn’t receive a page to itself in the ABC Film Review, just…

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  • Godzilla

    Godzilla

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    Here’s another one of my life’s important junctures, for not only was ‘King Kong Vs Godzilla’ my first encounter with this mutated gargantuan, it was also my first giant monster movie, my first ever ‘kaiju’! ‘King Kong Vs Godzilla’ was also the first Toho production I’d ever seen and I was in awe, yes! Awe!!…

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  • The incredible melting man

    The incredible melting man

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    A page article from the March 1978 issue of ABC Film Review. This 1977 Sci-fi horror  receives a 4 rating on the IMDb, but this didn’t stop the super 8 collectors making this a popular purchase. An astronaut is transformed into a murderous gelatinous mass after returning from an ill-fated space voyage. The 400′ release…

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  • The Disney Deal #2

    The Disney Deal #2

    For almost 7 years, Derek and myself would make appointments to see a Disney sales manager at their London office, to introduce ourselves and keep our names and that of Derann in their minds. Once we felt that our names and faces had become known and reputable, we slowly began a series of talks, that…

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  • Drummer of Vengeance

    Drummer of Vengeance

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    Ty Hardin, best remembered as TVs ‘Bronco, a popular western series that ran for 5 years, stars in this Italian made movie. The original title was ‘Il Giorno del Giudizio’, but it has also been viewed under several other names, including ‘Day of Judgment’, ‘Doomsday’ and ‘An Eye for An Eye’. The plot wasn’t anything…

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