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Pathe Pictorial
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Read more: Pathe PictorialDerann had almost 30 Pathe Pictorials by the time we closed our doors, but had started with just a handful from various sources even before I joined in 1975. During that same year we would succeed in signing a contract at EMI which would include a number of Pathe Pictorials: ‘Hollywood’, ‘Auto Cine’, ‘Steamboat Down…
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Go West Young Man
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Read more: Go West Young ManThis was just a musical number lifted from the musical comedy ‘Copacabana’. With Groucho Marx, his moustashe and a bevy of buckskin cowgirls. Artwork from Marianne Frost. and a printed by yours truly. Label courtesy of Peter Brooke at ‘SPROCKETS’
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Massacre in Rome
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Read more: Massacre in RomeThis historical war drama was something of a first for us, we were much more at home with horror or adult sexromp comedies. Maurice Wilson, MD of Grand National, almost gave the rights this title to us. Based on a true incident in which on March 23, 1944: 33 German soldiers were killed by a…
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Men in War
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Read more: Men in WarThis odd looking label’s artwork was the work of our 16mm manager Steve Wellings and he was never happy that we had gone ahead and printed it. The film is set during the Korean war and had a sterling cast – Robert Ryan, Aldo Ray & Robert Keith, and was directed by Anthony Mann who…
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Attila the Hun
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Read more: Attila the HunI was more than a little surprised when I saw this on our shelves and realised that we had film that starred Anthony Quinn and Sophia Loren in our Super 8 catalogue! The label was an after thought in 1976. Artwork from Marianne Frost and a printed by yours truly. Labels courtesy of Peter Brooke…
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Creatures From Beyond
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Read more: Creatures From BeyondThis 200′ short was the edited from the feature ‘Night of the Big Heat’ and had been available for several months prior to me joining the team in mid 1975. The label was introduced sometime in 1976. Artwork from Marianne Frost and a printed by yours truly. Labels courtesy of Peter Brooke at ‘SPROCKETS’ …
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Horror of Frankenstein
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Read more: Horror of FrankensteinA title from our first EMI contract and in all truth not one of Hammers best Frankenstein outings, but the market was starved of Hammer horrors and this filled that gaping hole admirably. Atmospheric artwork from Marianne Frost and a label that I printed with some satisfaction. Labels courtesy of Peter Brooke at ‘SPROCKETS’ …
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The Lavender Hill Mob
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Read more: The Lavender Hill MobA true Ealing comedy classic and yet another title from our first contract with EMI and like our other Ealing productions was released with the “EMI Golden Classics” umbrella label. This 1951 comedy caper was a film I’d not seen up to that time and It turned out to be a firm favourite of mine.…
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Simon Simon
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Read more: Simon SimonAlong with the six features we picked up at Tigon this 30 minute comedy short from 1970 was added at the last moment. Edited to 1×400′ it was a welcome addition to our comedy section but was only moderately successful, even with the number of cameo appearances. Marianne Frost designed the label, which I printed.…
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These Lights Must Not Go Out
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Read more: These Lights Must Not Go OutAnother gem from the Pathe vaults! It begins with the Empire Leicester Square at night. Crowds in the front of the cinema greets the stars who arrive: Jack Hawkins, Gary Cooper, Richard Todd. Inside the cinema more stars are seen: Kenneth More, John Mills with wife and daughter, Marilyn Monroe, Diana Dors chatting to Sir…