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A two page article from the April 1979 issue of ABC Film review: This 1979 action drama receives a 7.6 rating on the IMDb, and is based on what is thought to be the only successful attempt to escape from this high security prison, when three men forge a clever plan. Starring Clint Eastwood, Patrick…

Here we have a re-release pressbook/sheets for this Jerry Lewis movie, his fifth solo film. Jerry wasn’t a very popular headliner with our customers and only a couple of the Derann staff enjoyed his energetic and manic humour! It was one of the full features released by Viacom on Super 8 and was issued as…

A two page article from the March 1960 issue: This low budget comedy was the first of two ‘Dentist’ films, the second being ‘Dentist on the Job’. It was distributed by Renown Pictures and must have been fairly successful as the second was picked up by the major, Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors. Starring Bob Monkhouse and…

A two page article from the August 1966 issue: This 1966 Sci-Fi adventure receives a meager 5.9 rating on the IMDb, Poor Peter Cushing, his portrayal of the Time Lord in this big screen spin off is almost lamentable under Gordon Flemyng’s direction. It’s actually a pretty good film and I love the flying saucer!…

A single page spread from the November 1964 issue: This was Hammer’s second foray into the world of Egyptian curses and living mummys. It was the second half of a terrific Hammer double bill, ‘The Gorgon’ being the other feature. The Gorgon was truly atmospheric and had some very nice sets and fine actors. The…

Two pages from a film annual and the first of a number of these 1 to 3 page gems: This film introduced the newest and final ‘monster’ to Universal’s catalogue of classic horror villains, Frankenstein, Dracula, The Mummy and The Wolfman. I first saw this film as part of a double bill along with ‘Son…

A two page article from the October 1985 issue starts our look at this 1985 Sci-Fi  comedy drama which receives a 6.7 rating on the IMDb. This was only the eighth feature length film directed by former TV child star Ron Howard and is a personal favourite of mine. This is probably due to the…

A two page article from the December 1961 issue:  I’m a big Elvis fan so this release is a personal favourite. This was one of the Elvis Presley features we picked up from Grand National, the contract had consisted of the western ‘Last Train from Gun Hill’ and six Elvis Presley films : ‘G.I. Blues’,…

A page from an unknown issue: This 1971 Hammer horror is my least favourite Hammer ‘Mummy’ outing… The whole film just feels flat and that damn hand is awful! I’m aware there were many problems during it’s production, but I somehow don’t think that Peter Cushing would have helped. All of my personal miss-givings for…

A souvenir brochure heads this post. I recall seeing this at the Odeon Wolverhampton and if I’m honest was a little disappointed. I think I was expecting another ‘Ten Commandments’ Perhaps it just couldn’t cope with all the stories that are presented within its near 3 hour running time. I don’t recall what they decided…