Ged Jones
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The Flesh Eaters
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Read more: The Flesh EatersThis little gem was released to theaters in the USA in 1964, however it wasn’t until it was re-released in 1968 that ‘Grand National Pictures’ (GNP) got around to releasing it in the UK. Over the years the film has developed a cult following due to its gruesome, if somewhat primitive, special effects, including some…
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Psycho
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Read more: Psycho“Derann Film Services, that very enterprising library, enters the package movie market with a bang – or do I mean scream? For here is one of the most famous modern shock sequences in modern cinema, now available for shrieking at, or dissective study, in your own home. Very nicely abridged into eight minutes that include…
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Crazy Comedies
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Read more: Crazy ComediesThe second label of this series is another rather obscure item. Like so many 8mm film distributors it would seem that Derann released a number of 200′ black and white comedies from the silent era. A simple music track would accompany the on screen antics. This label was not only printed in store it was…
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The Derann Labels: Pathe News
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Read more: The Derann Labels: Pathe NewsFollowing my chance encounter with Peter Brooke, at the 2019 Blackpool convention and the opportunity to scan some of my missing portfolio of box labels, this the first of a series of posts that will take a look at many of the labels we produced up to around 1978/9 and a section from later releases.…
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EMI: The Final Contract
Read more: EMI: The Final ContractA look at some of the numerous meetings that we undertook in order to issue 8mm films to our customers. Contracts & Rights Chapter 34 By 1979 EMI had become a regular source of product, but when our contact Ken Troy decided to retire we, as always under such circumstances, had to establish fresh relations…
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Rank: The Later Years
Read more: Rank: The Later YearsA look at some of the numerous meetings that we undertook in order to issue 8mm films to our customers. Contracts & Rights Chapter 33 Following the first three successful contracts with Rank Film Distributors, the powers that be virtually gave us their blessing to issue almost any of their product on Super 8 with…
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The Iver Deal
Read more: The Iver DealA look at some of the numerous meetings that we undertook in order to issue 8mm films to our customers. Contracts & Rights Chapter 32 Some things are never meant to be and our deal with Iver Film Services was one such case. I can’t recall how or why, but whatever the reason, all I…
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The Warner Brothers Deal
Read more: The Warner Brothers DealA look at some of the numerous meetings that we undertook in order to issue 8mm films to our customers. Contracts & Rights Chapter 31 I wasn’t involved at all in the negotiations that would lead to the Warner Brothers contract, as by now I’d been entrusted with the everyday running of the 8mm department…
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The ITC Contract
Read more: The ITC ContractA look at some of the numerous meetings that we undertook in order to issue 8mm films to our customers. Contracts & Rights Chapter 30 The VHS and Betmax cassette market was booming and the 8mm market was at its lowest since I had joind the company. In order to keep Derann alive we had…
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Miracle Films Ltd
Read more: Miracle Films LtdA look at some of the numerous meetings that we undertook in order to issue 8mm films to our customers. Contracts & Rights Chapter 29 Another supplier of many 16mm titles for the Derann library was Miracle Films. Situated in Wardor Street, their offices were only small but they they were clean and beutifully tidy.…