Ged Jones
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Film For The Collector #1
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Read more: Film For The Collector #1I have to thank Dave Hinett for giving me the idea for this short series. When ‘Film Making’ and ‘Movie Maker’, the UKs two small film gauge magazines disappeared from the news stands, everyone at Derann agreed that their passing was only going to be detrimental to the ‘Home Movie’ market, whether it be package…
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The Curse of Frankenstein
Read more: The Curse of FrankensteinA page from an unknown issue: This 1957 horror receives an 7.0 rating on the IMDb. Directed by Terence Fisher and starring Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Hazel Court and Robert Urquhart. Hammer’s first Colour horror and the beginning of a new era. Baron Victor Frankenstein tells the story of a creature he built and brought…
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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…