Ged Jones
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Scars of Dracula
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Read more: Scars of DraculaThis was the best selling title we’d ever released up to that time. A title from our first EMI contract and in all truth not one of Hammers best Dracula outings, but the market was starved of Hammer horrors and this filled that gaping hole admirably. Fantastic artwork from Marianne Frost and a label that…
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We Dive at Dawn
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Read more: We Dive at DawnI can’t for the life of me recall which of the two Rank Distributors ‘submarine’ dramas we issued first. This title or ‘Above us the Waves’, but one of them was edited by myself, Derek said try to ‘eliminate as much as possible from the first reel and the rest should be easy!’. This wasn’t…
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Kamikaze
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Read more: KamikazeThis item was discovered by Derek as he leafed through the index cards of Pathe News. It was entitled ‘Kamikaze Suicide Bomber’ but we dropped the last two words when it was finally released. It contained footage of the Pacific Fleet at sea. American planes landing on an aircraft carrier – some crash land. Antiaircraft…
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The Cruel Sea
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Read more: The Cruel SeaThis Oscar nominated WWII drama was one of the titles from the first deal we did with EMI and due to 125 minute running time it was edited down to 5×400′ and was also available as a 1×400′ highlights edition. An Ealing Studios production that we issued under our “EMI Golden Classics’ umbrella label. The…
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Waltz of the Flowers
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Read more: Waltz of the FlowersThis is just what the title says, and is an excerpt from an enjoyable animated Soviet production from 1973 by Soyuzmultfilm, (its original title ‘Shchelkunchik’). This was one of the films that we acquired from Norman Salter, a contact of many years standing, who presided over a one-man business in Wardour Street, called Viscom, and…
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Wake of the Red Witch
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Read more: Wake of the Red WitchAnother title that along with ‘Hoppity Goes To Town, Copacabana’, ‘Kronos’, the serial ‘The Adventures of Captain Marvel’ and ‘Gulliver’s Travels’ 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,…
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Lips of Blood
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Read more: Lips of BloodThis short was a clip from the Spanish/French co-production ‘El secreto de la Momia Egipcia’ from 1973. According to the BBFC web site it received a theatrical release in the UK by Gemini Films under the title ‘Lips of Blood’ and was a title we had in our 16mm library catalogue, however I can’t say…
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The Adventures of Captain Marvel
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Read more: The Adventures of Captain MarvelThis title along with ‘Hoppity Goes To Town, Copacabana’, ‘Wake of the Red Witch’, ‘Kronos’ and ‘Gulliver’s Travels’ 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, ready for when…
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The Quatermass Xperiment
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Read more: The Quatermass XperimentThis was the full colour label produced by our regular artist Marianne Frost and it replaced the quickie standard 8 label designed by Derek. Based on the 1953 BBC 6 part TV series ‘The Quatermass Experiment’ it exploited the use of the ‘X’ certificate by dropping the ‘E’ and renaming it “The Quatermass Xperiment”, and…
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Tin Pan Alley
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Read more: Tin Pan AlleyThis was one of the Pathe Pics we issued under licence from EMI and was made in black and white. It was a short documentary film featuring the activities taking place in London’s famous Denmark Street, also known as ‘Tin Pan Alley’. The idea of the film was to show cinema audiences just how a…