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The only Black and White Hammer thriller to be sold in clam shell packaging was this superb offering from 1956.  Staring Dean Jagger, Edward Chapman and Leo McKern it was a fobulous addition to the sales catalogue and a stedy seller until Black a7 White stock became a serious problem. Another label designed by Marianne…

Another of the four titles we were lucky enough to acquire from ITC. This 1980 drama thriller was directed by Jerry Jameson and starred Stars Jason Robards, Richard Jordan, David Selby and Alec Guinness. The magnificent music score came from the pen of John Barry. This film and ‘Capricorn One’ were enough to put 8mm…

This is perhaps my favourite ‘Mummy’ from Hammer Films. As good as Cushing and Lee are in the first of their Egyptian offerings for me It felt so studio bound. This was one of the titles from our third contract with EMI the others were ‘Lust for a Vampire’, 1971; ‘That’ll Be the Day’, 1973;…

This was a title that was already available when I began my job at Derann in Mid 1975 and was informed it was footage from a TV special. It’s entry in the 1978 sales catalogue states “Nostalgia from the early 60’s as the boys sing some of their hits”. Another label designed by Marianne Frost…

I’ve tried hard to remember something, anthing about where this was acquired, but to no avail. All I can say is that it was a pretty good seller… but all of George’s titles sold well. George sings ‘When I’m Cleaning Windows’, ‘Leaning on a Lampost’ and ‘Keep Your Seats Please’. Another label designed by Marianne…

One of the four titles we purchased from Iver Films, who held onto the full length feature rights, so we issued the titles as 400′ colour sound editions. However George Davis, Iver Film’s MD, got upset over the fact that we had picked up the video cassette rights to the film ‘Caravan to Vaccares’, a…

My memories of this title are very vague and I’m unable to say where, how and from whom we purchased the 8mm rights. However they performed well and were a nice addition to our small list of family entertainment titles. Label designed by Marianne Frost. Label images from the internet.

One of the four titles we were lucky enough to acquire from ITC. This 1977 thriller was directed by Peter Hyams and starred Elliott Gould, James Brolin, Brenda Vaccaro and Hal Holbrook. The magnificent music score came from the pen of Jerry Goldsmith. This film and ‘Raise the Titanic’ were enough to put 8mm back…

Some of the early Pathe Pictorial titles sold so well that it was decided to produce special box labels for them. ‘Auto Cine’ & ‘Steamboat Down the Nile’ were the other Pictorials chosen. Marianne Frost prepared the simple 4 colour artwork and I printed them inhouse.   Label image from the internet.

This title along with ‘Gulliver’s Travels’, Copacabana’, ‘Wake of the Red Witch’, ‘Kronos’ and the serial ‘The Adventures of Captain Marvel’ were all part of the contract we had signed with Ivy Film of New York and when I joined in mid 1975, Derek had already printed a simple label for the super 8 prints,…