Derann Contracts and Rights
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The United Artists – The Second Contract
Read more: The United Artists – The Second ContractA look at some of the numerous meetings that we undertook in order to issue 8mm films to our customers. Contracts & Rights Chapter 23 Derek’s soft spot for Ethel Merman, a Broadway star who’s voice could fill the Albert Hall without a microphone, really paid off. ‘It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World’ was…
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Enterprise Pictures Ltd
Read more: Enterprise Pictures LtdA look at some of the numerous meetings that we undertook in order to issue 8mm films to our customers. Contracts & Rights Chapter 22 Although we now had a pretty good range of titles from the likes of United Artists, Rank and EMI, we never felt that we could sit back and and relax.…
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The Pathe Newsreels
Read more: The Pathe NewsreelsA look at some of the numerous meetings that we undertook in order to issue 8mm films to our customers. Contracts & Rights Chapter 21 Derek was a great fan of cinema shorts, particularly Pathe Newsreels and Pathe Pictorials. At one time he had several 1600′ 16mm spools just full of newsreels and a handful…
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Scotia-Barber
Read more: Scotia-BarberA look at some of the numerous meetings that we undertook in order to issue 8mm films to our customers. Contracts & Rights Chapter 20 As far as I can remember, during all our regular visits to Soho, we only made two calls to this small but lively 35mm theatrical distributor…. and both times we…
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The United Artists First Contract: #2
Read more: The United Artists First Contract: #2A look at some of the numerous meetings that we undertook in order to issue 8mm films to our customers. Contracts & Rights Chapter 19 The first part of this U.A. post, oiled the cogs in my ‘brain’ and I can now add the following to the first entry in the series. My suggestion that…
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The United Artists First Contract: #1
Read more: The United Artists First Contract: #1A look at some of the numerous meetings that we undertook in order to issue 8mm films to our customers. Contracts & Rights Chapter 18 The road we traveled in order to aquire the United Artists deal was prolonged, stressful and only came about because I’d suggested “that we should give UA a try, we’d…
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The 3rd EMI Contracts
Read more: The 3rd EMI ContractsA look at some of the numerous meetings that we undertook in order to issue 8mm films to our customers. Contracts & Rights Chapter 17 With the popularity of the Hammer horrors proving an indisputable success it was obvious that we would have at least two more on the next EMI contract, as it was…
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The 3rd Rank Contract
Read more: The 3rd Rank ContractA look at some of the numerous meetings that we undertook in order to issue 8mm films to our customers. Contracts & Rights Chapter 16 Things were moving fast and business was even brisker, but every thing was beginning to feel the effect of VHS & Betamax video. We no longer took all the titles…
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The Pathe Pictorals
Read more: The Pathe PictoralsA look at some of the numerous meetings that we undertook in order to issue 8mm films to our customers. Contracts & Rights Chapter 15 Beginning in 1918, Pathe Pictorial was the longest running series in the history of the British cinemagazine, being in continuous production for over fifty years. It established the general format…
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Grand National Pictures
Read more: Grand National PicturesA look at some of the numerous meetings that we undertook in order to issue 8mm films to our customers. Contracts & Rights Chapter 14 Derek was no stranger to the office of Maurice Wilson, the MD of Grand National Pictures, together they had completed a dozen deals and counting. Just a quick glance in…