Ged Jones
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What a Carry On! – Carry On Constable: 1960
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Read more: What a Carry On! – Carry On Constable: 1960‘Carry On Constable’ was the fourth in the series which was slowly building its ‘team’ of regulars, Kenneth Connor, Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims, and Hattie Jacques. Sid James makes his debut in the series in this one, while early regulars Eric Barker, and Shirley Eaton also turn up. Leslie Phillips makes his last…
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Celebs
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Read more: CelebsAt some point in the late 80s we were summoned to a meeting with Susan Turner, head of Universal 8 and Derek and I almost came face to face with the Phantom of the Opera when we were given a private tour of Universal City, that included a special visit to Alfred Hitchcocks’ private office…
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Mysterious Island
Read more: Mysterious IslandA two page article from an August 1962 issue: This 1961 fantasy adventure receives a 6.7 rating on the IMDb, but deserves much better, This was the first film with stop motion from Ray Harryhausen I ever saw and I can still remember the thrill of those clashing waves that changed colour as the music…
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Collector’s Corner – Simon Bytheway
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Read more: Collector’s Corner – Simon BythewayIf you have a story to tell send it to my gmail, and a photo or two would be nice. Simon Bytheway worked at Derann for a number of years, mainly in the video rental dept, but he did a stint in almost every area of the business. Simon Bytheway I started work with Derann…
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Bisexual
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Read more: BisexualReleased on our “Goldstar” label, the BBFC lists this film as having been granted an X certificate in 1976 to Anthony Balch Films, yet as far as I can remember we never dealt with Balch, but as the distributor had a prolific output of films of an erotic nature and we too had a suffice…
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ABC Film Review 1951 – 2008
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Read more: ABC Film Review 1951 – 2008Some younger UK readers and most of our foreign visitors are probably unfamiliar with this film magazine and as I’m using it for reference and using whole pages to illustrate posts, I feel that it’s time to take a short look at this long running periodical. It was originally tied in with ABC Cinemas, and…
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Rollerball – Part 2
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Read more: Rollerball – Part 2I was never a big fan of this movie, which I thought was all noise and no plot. Didn’t stop it selling. Label was designed by our regular artist Marianne Frost.
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The Disney Deal #4
Read more: The Disney Deal #4Beginning Christmas 1991, Derann had the pleasure to issue the following Walt Disney full length features ‘The Little Mermaid’ [1989: 83 minutes: Winner of 2 Academy awards: Dir. Ron Clements & John Musker], ‘The Rescuers Down Under’ [1990: 77 minutes: Dir. Hendel & Mike Gabriel], ‘Cinderella’ [1950: 74 minutes: Nominated for 3 Academy awards: Dir.…
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What a Carry On! – Carry On Teacher: 1959
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Read more: What a Carry On! – Carry On Teacher: 1959CARRY ON TEACHER: 1959 In September 1958 a new British institution was born with the release of a series of comedy films. ‘Carry On Teacher’ was the third in the series, it featured Ted Ray in his only Carry On role, there’s also a young Richard O’Sullivan appearing as a pupil. Ted Ray’s name on…
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Labs #3
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Read more: Labs #3In 1975, the year I arrived at Derann, they were advertising a new range of shorts, from Pathe Pictorial & Look at Life, some with optical soundtracks, which were being printed at Technicolor UK. However they were awfully slow with deliveries and very expensive, so we were more than pleased when Rank Labs announced that…