Derann Film Labels
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The Norman Wisdom Shorts
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Read more: The Norman Wisdom ShortsNorman Wisdom’s ‘Trouble in Store’ 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. As a feature it sold very well and was easily edited to produce two very appealling 200′ shorts “The Window…
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Island of Terror
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Read more: Island of TerrorThis was one of a number of titles that Derek had picked up from producer Tom Blakeley, in the early 70s. It starred Peter Cushing, Edward Judd and Carol Gray and had been available on standard 8 for some time. Shortly after I joined Derann in 1975 he had had a super 8 neg made.…
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Cinema Trailers (Generic Label)
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Read more: Cinema Trailers (Generic Label)Derann had been issuing trailers for its own titles and others for many years, although as far as I can determine they were all just single trailers. However in 1976 we released three trailers (The Creeping Flesh, The Sorcerers and Blood Beast Terror) on one 200′ reel and we gave it the clever title of…
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Blue Hawaii
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Read more: Blue HawaiiThis was the best seller 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’, ‘Girls! Girls! Girls!’, ‘Paradise Hawaiian Style’, ‘Fun in Acapulco’ and ‘King Creole’, all originally released by Paramount Pictures and produced…
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Journey to the Center of Time
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Read more: Journey to the Center of TimeAfter a little research I’ve found that this was another title Derek picked up from Ember Films. I’m a great lover of time travel movies and although this is cheaply made (lots of clips from other films helping to keep down the costs), I still enjoyed it. It was given a sort of remake with…
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Paradise Hawaiian Style
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Read more: Paradise Hawaiian StyleThis was another 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’, ‘Girls!, Girls!, Girls!’, ‘Fun in Acapulco’ and ‘King Creole’, all originally released by Paramount Pictures and produced by Hal Wallis…
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The Nutcracker
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Read more: The NutcrackerAt just 27 minutes this would have made a wonderful 600′ release, but of course in 1976 600′ releases had yet to hit the market and we released as a 2×400′ (1 full 400′ and second containing just 200′). This enjoyable animated Soviet creation was produced and released in Russia in 1973 by Soyuzmultfilm, under…
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Last Train From Gunhill
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Read more: Last Train From GunhillThis highly acclaimed western from 1959 was directed by John Sturgess and had a brilliant and talented cast that included Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn, Carolyn Jones and Earl Holliman. As with the other Hal Wallis productions we’d acquired from Grand National it was released uncut, but unlike the Elvis movies it failed to sell in…
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The Severed Arm
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Read more: The Severed ArmThis rather lame horror thriller was another film we’d picked up from Grand National. The title and its premise sound pretty good, with its plotline concerning five men who find themselves trapped in a cave after a rockfall and resort to cutting off the arm off one of their number in order to avoid starvation.…
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Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
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Read more: Flash Gordon Conquers the UniverseFlash Gordon was created by Alex Raymond and first appeared in 1934. The strip was inspired by, and created to compete with, the already established Buck Rogers adventure strip. This serial, released in 1940, was the third to be produced by Universal Pictures and as with the first two it starred Buster Crabbe, a former…