Ged Jones

  • 400′ Generic Label

    400′ Generic Label

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    Along with a number of other designs, this was a label that was used on and off for many years. Label designed by Marianne Frost and printed at Derann by myself. Label courtesy of Peter Brooke at ‘SPROCKETS’

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  • The Disney Deal #6

    The Disney Deal #6

    Once Maggie was satisfied of Derann’s integrity it wasn’t always necessary to make the journey to the Disney offices in order to agree on the next feature release. It was only natural that we had enquired whether there was any chance of releasing any of their shorts and this opened up a fantastic range of…

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  • What a Carry On! – Carry On Regardless: 1961

    What a Carry On! – Carry On Regardless: 1961

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    In September 1958 a British institution was born with the release of the first in  a series of comedy films.  ‘Carry On Regardless’ was the fifth in the series. By now a fairly regular team was established with Sid James, Kenneth Connor, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims and Kenneth Williams all having appeared in previous entries.…

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  • Mardi Gras Massacre

    Mardi Gras Massacre

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    After all this time I’ve no reccollection of who we purchased the rights for this piece of exploitation, but I know it was acquired on one of our business visits to the States. I’ve read that the film is a loose remake of  the Herschell Gordon Lewis film ‘Blood Feast’ and there’s no doubt there…

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  • Shalako

    Shalako

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    A two page article from the December 1968 issue: This 1968 western drama receives a 5.6 rating on the IMDb. Directed by Edward Dmytryk and starring Sean Connery, Brigitte Bardot, Stephen Boyd and Jack Hawkins this western features a group of European aristocrats who while hunting in New Mexico in the 1880s come into conflict…

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  • Conventions #1

    Conventions #1

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    Many of those who attended “The British Film Collectors Convention”, at any of it’s many venues, or made their way to “Widex” or perhaps even Derann’s own “Northern Film Collectors Convention”, must think we probably just loaded our van, made our way to the site of said show, put the films on a table, watched…

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  • Marcel Jager

    Marcel Jager

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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. Hello Ged. Thank you for your invitation. I started collecting Super 8 film in 1980. First, of course, only silent films. In 1986 I bought my first sound film projector. A friend introduced me…

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  • That’s Carry On

    That’s Carry On

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    Another example of the numerous films we issued from Rank Film Distributors following their decision to give us carte blanche on almost any title we came across. Label designed by Dave Worrall and printed at Derann by myself. Label courtesy of Peter Brooke at ‘SPROCKETS’

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  • Monsters from an Unknown Planet

    Monsters from an Unknown Planet

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    I  must be a small child at heart’, for movies such as this get my heart beating just a little faster! “Mekagojira no Gyakushu” was for me one of Toho’s best later Godzilla entries. Released in 1975 and known as ‘Terror Of Godzilla’ in the USA it was given a UK theatrical release by one…

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  • The Disney Deal #5

    The Disney Deal #5

    Maggie, our contact of long standing at Disney had become good friends with us all and was our guest of honour at the 1993 Blackpool Film Convention Dinner, which co-incidentally had been Mickey Mouse’s 65th Birthday. Following the evening meal Maggie had given a short, but absorbing speech on the relationship between the two companies,…

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