Derann Film Labels

Another of the four titles we were lucky enough to acquire from ITC. This 1980 fantasy adventure was directed by Terry Marcel, and was one of the early examples of its genre. It starred Jack Palance, John Terry and Bernard Bresslaw.  Label designed by Dave Worrall and printed at Derann by myself. Label courtesy of…

With Rank Film Distributors giving us the go-ahead to issue almost any of their product, the labs at Denham began a thorough search for 16mm negatives and sending us test prints. I can’t recall which of the ‘Carry ons’ was the first but they all sold fairly well and we couldn’t lose money as we…

Just why we issued this family musical from 1978, is still a mystery to us all, but I believe it was partly due to it having James Stewart and Mickey Rooney in its cast but more likely because we needed another title to create a rounded figure for the contract with Enterprise Films and couldn’t…

Another of the four titles we were lucky enough to acquire from ITC. This 1982 horror thriller was directed by Larry Cohen and starred David Carradine, Michael Moriarty and Candy Clark.  Something big is attacking people of New York and only greedy small time crook Jimmy Quinn knows where its lair is. This film was…

The only Black and White Hammer thriller to be sold in clam shell packaging was this superb offering from 1956.  Staring Dean Jagger, Edward Chapman and Leo McKern it was a fobulous addition to the sales catalogue and a stedy seller until Black a7 White stock became a serious problem. Another label designed by Marianne…

Another of the four titles we were lucky enough to acquire from ITC. This 1980 drama thriller was directed by Jerry Jameson and starred Stars Jason Robards, Richard Jordan, David Selby and Alec Guinness. The magnificent music score came from the pen of John Barry. This film and ‘Capricorn One’ were enough to put 8mm…

This is perhaps my favourite ‘Mummy’ from Hammer Films. As good as Cushing and Lee are in the first of their Egyptian offerings for me It felt so studio bound. This was one of the titles from our third contract with EMI the others were ‘Lust for a Vampire’, 1971; ‘That’ll Be the Day’, 1973;…

This was a title that was already available when I began my job at Derann in Mid 1975 and was informed it was footage from a TV special. It’s entry in the 1978 sales catalogue states “Nostalgia from the early 60’s as the boys sing some of their hits”. Another label designed by Marianne Frost…

I’ve tried hard to remember something, anthing about where this was acquired, but to no avail. All I can say is that it was a pretty good seller… but all of George’s titles sold well. George sings ‘When I’m Cleaning Windows’, ‘Leaning on a Lampost’ and ‘Keep Your Seats Please’. Another label designed by Marianne…

One of the four titles we purchased from Iver Films, who held onto the full length feature rights, so we issued the titles as 400′ colour sound editions. However George Davis, Iver Film’s MD, got upset over the fact that we had picked up the video cassette rights to the film ‘Caravan to Vaccares’, a…