Ged Jones
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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…
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Angus Gulliver
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Read more: Angus GulliverIf you have a story to tell send it to my personal messenger, and a photo or two would be nice. I probably came to super 8 later (and younger) than most. I was initially fascinated by a Quarz std 8mm camera that my mother inherited from her father, and as a child I’d secretly…
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The Three Musketeers
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Read more: The Three MusketeersThis 1948 Technicolor costume drama was the third or fourth release we issued in our deal with Ken Films/MGM. I can still recall the thrill of watching the first test print and the magnificent print quality. Released mounted on 5 x 600 spools. The simple label was designed by Dave Worrall. Label courtesy of Peter…
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The Fiend
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Read more: The FiendI 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,…