Ged Jones
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Night of Bloody Horror
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Read more: Night of Bloody HorrorI’m almost ashamed to admit that this was one that I never got around to watching on super 8 and only managed to see a few years ago on one of those cheap Mill Creek DVD compilations… and it turned out to be pretty average fare of the 1970s! I reckon it was on the…
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The Fabulous Jolson [#1 – #4]
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Read more: The Fabulous Jolson [#1 – #4]Derek was a big Al Jolson fan (The feature ‘The Jolson Story’ from the Columbia deal we had, was the first title to be released), but as early as 1970 Derann had another Jolson film in their sales catalogue ‘Hallelujah, I’m a Tramp’ from 1933, a comedy musical that co-starred Frank Morgan, Harry Langdon and…
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Generic Adult Film
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Read more: Generic Adult FilmIn the early days of Derann, there had always been a market for an ‘X’ rated movie [for overseas readers let me add that an X certificate in the UK was an indication that the film was suitable for viewing by people over 16 years of age. The British censor was very harsh and would…
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Girls! Girls! Girls!
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Read more: Girls! Girls! Girls!This was the third most popular of the Elvis Presley features we picked up from Grand National, whose contract also included the western ‘Last Train from Gun Hill’ and five additional Elvis Presley musicals: ‘G.I. Blues’, ‘Blue Hawaii’, ‘Paradise Hawaiian Style’, ‘Fun in Acapulco’ and ‘King Creole’, all originally released by Paramount Pictures and produced…
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The History of Mr. Polly
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Read more: The History of Mr. PollyReleased in 1949 (which makes it just one year younger than myself), this is a light hearted affair with John Mills as the quiet and ‘lost’ Alfred Polly, as he tries to find his place in the busy and harsh world. One of the titles from our first contract with Rank Film Distributors and based…
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Virgin Witch
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Read more: Virgin WitchAnother Tigon production and if I’m honest this was chosen just to make it a six title contract. However saying that here is a film that had witchcraft, plenty of luscious lovelies and a fair sprinkling of naked flesh… not to mention a touch of lesbianism! It starred Ann and Vicki Michelle (real life sisters),…
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Trouble in Store
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Read more: Trouble in StoreThis Norman Wisdom comedy was as popular with our customers in 1976, as it was with the cinema going public in 1954, when it was Britain’s second most popular film at the box office. Derek’s soft spot for Norman and this film in particular, meant that it was top of his list of titles when…
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The Blood on Satan’s Claw
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Read more: The Blood on Satan’s ClawAnother of the titles we acquired from Tigon, this severely under-rated horror yarn fairly drips with a thick, creepy atmosphere that is hard to shake. The incredibly sexy Linda Hayden stars as the leader of a group of children who discover, then worship, the remnants of what appears to be a demon in a farmer’s…
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The Creeping Flesh
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Read more: The Creeping FleshAnother of the titles we acquired from Tigon, from whom Walton Films had already acquired and released the titles, ‘Witchfinder General’, ‘Curse of the Crimson Altar’, ‘Black Beauty’, ‘Hannie Caulder’ and ‘Doomwatch’. There didn’t seem much left to chose from and so this horror thriller with two icons of British horror, Peter Cushing and Christopher…
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Grave of the Vampire
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Read more: Grave of the VampireThis was one of the many titles we’d picked up from Ember Films, another small independent distributor that Derek had dealt with many times even before I joined in 1975. Most were rights for our 16mm rental side, (‘The Shooting’, ‘Dial Rat for Terror’, Togetherness’ and others), but a few also had the 8mm thrown…