Ged Jones
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Mountain/Portland/Mailmaster Films Ltd
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Read more: Mountain/Portland/Mailmaster Films LtdPeter Burt the founder of Mountain/Portland/Mailmaster Films started in the package movie business by selling his own self made 50ft standard 8mm film of Kew Gardens from his photographic shop in the posh Burlington Arcade, London, W1 located near Piccadilly Circus. Peter’s own personal interest was in 16mm film collecting and he was able to…
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Walton Films
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Read more: Walton FilmsIn 1948 James Beney formed Walton Sound & Film Services as a mobile film library and he was soon making films himself, mostly travel and general interest titles in the 16mm format. In 1951 Walton entered into glamour film market and “Bikini Girl World Contest” was a big seller over all three film formats of…
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Bloodlust
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Read more: BloodlustThis English dubbed German horror was another that we picked up from Butchers Films. Its original title was ‘Mosquito der Schänder’, but was also known as ‘Bloodlust: The Black Forest Vampire’ and ‘Bloodlust: The Vampire of Nuremberg’. Loosely based on a true case, this film deals with a young man (Werner Pochath), who in his…
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Black Emanuelle, White Emanuelle
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Read more: Black Emanuelle, White EmanuelleThis had been a scope title in our 16mm rental catalogue and had proved to be immensely popular, a factor that had swayed us to project it in several local working mens clubs, where it had received repeat requests. So it seemed only natural that we should approach Miracle Films and release it on video…
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Rico
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Read more: RicoAlthough we were sold this film under the title ‘Rico’ this action thriller has had a number of banners including, ‘Riko’, ‘Ricco’, ‘Gangland’, ‘The Dirty Mob’, ‘Heavy Dues’, ‘Cauldron of Death’, and there could be others! Any film that hides behind this many titles is generally trying to disguise something, and strangely enough this film…
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The Thirsty Dead
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Read more: The Thirsty DeadThis was part of a package we picked up from Peter Rogers, an agent we visited a number of times in the U.S. His secutary was former actress Paula Raymond, who he told us, had quit the acting profession following a struggle with alcohol that resulted in a serious automobile accident, after which roles began…
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Blue Belle
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Read more: Blue BelleThis lurid erotic drama was just one of the many titles we picked up from our old friends at Miracle Films, who we had had so many 16mm & 8mm titles from over the years. Anything with naked female flesh was selling well on the video cassette market and this would prove to be a…
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Devils of Darkness
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Read more: Devils of DarknessThis was one of our very first video cassette releases and was available on both VHS and Beta, it was one of three titles that Derek had quickly picked up from it’s producer Tom Blakeley at the onset of the video cassette boom. Unlike ‘Night of the Big Heat’ and ‘Isand of Terror’, which were…
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Freelance
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Read more: FreelanceWe’d been dealing with Butchers Films from well before I joined Derann and a number of our early 8mm feature releases were from their busy, but small catalogue of theatrical releases and productions. ‘Something Creeping in the Dark’ and ‘Some May Live’ are just two that come to mind. Walton Films also had a number…
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Dogs
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Read more: DogsAs far as I can recall, this was one from a package of titles we picked up from Enterprise Pictures. Their MD was John Hogarth, and their smart and well maintained offices where situated on the top floor of the same building as 20th Century Fox, in Soho Square. We issued the title on both…