Derann Film Labels
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The Woman Eeater
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Read more: The Woman EeaterOne of the titles we picked up from Stan Hart at Supreme Films situated in Old Compton Street. Not the greatest title, but the quality was very good…. better than the some other titles in the contract ‘The Trollenberg Terror’ and ‘Behemoth, The Sea Monster’. Another label designed by Marianne Frost. Box art courtesy of…
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Movie Magazine #2: Hammer House of Horror
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Read more: Movie Magazine #2: Hammer House of HorrorDue to the surpeising success of ‘Movie Magazine No1’ issuing a second volume was a no brainer and as both Derek and I were big fans of the Hammer horrors it was decided that this would be the suject of number two. There were sequences from ‘Scars of Dracula’, ‘Horror of Frankenstein’, ‘Countess Dracula’, ‘Quatermass…
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When Girls Undress
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Read more: When Girls UndressThis was pure European titillation comedy! Its original German title was ‘Matratzen-Tango’, and when ever it was shown to an audience or any of the many working mens clubs it went down a treat! Our Super 8 prints were only average but that didn’t deter the sales. The label was designed by Marianne Frost Label…
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Generic “B” Western
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Read more: Generic “B” WesternBy the mid 1980’s we had accumulated negatives from numerous US distributors and it was obvious that the popularity of the B western had been one of their largest catalogue fillers. We would get the lab to run off test prints and those that didn’t look too bad mad their way into our sales catalogues.…
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Quatermass II
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Read more: Quatermass IIWe’d issued The Quatermass Xperiment on standard 8 well before I’d joined the company and it had never been released on Super 8. Years later while on a business trip to Pinewood studios we’d bumped into an old friend and business colleague, I don’t remember the name, however he had the rights to a number…
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Nazi Vengeance
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Read more: Nazi VengeanceAn extract from our feature release ‘Massacre in Rome’ and was soley released to capitalise on its star Richard Burton. The label was designed by Marianne Frost and printed by yours truly. Label courtesy of Peter Brooke at ‘SPROCKETS’
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The Last Command
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Read more: The Last CommandThis 1955 Republic Film production was originally theatrically released by British Lion, but like so many films Derek picked up for 8mm/16mm, was probably purchased for re-release by a lesser distribution company and offered to Derek on one of many visits to Wardour Street. It was retelling of the story of the Alamo and featured…
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Knuckle Men
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Read more: Knuckle MenThis was another title that was already available to hire in our 16mm library when I joined the staff at Derann in mid 1975. It had been picked up from Grand National Pictures and was a typical 70s action thriller with lots of fist fights. Derek edited a 400′ and a label was ordered from…
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Antonio
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Read more: AntonioI think this was one of the titles Derek picked up from Viscom, a small but busy one man sales agent in Wardour Street. It stared Trini Lopez and Larry Hagman and I assume that they were enough for Derek to pick it up for both 8mm and 16mm. Unfortunately it was a dud and…
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Plague of the Zombie
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Read more: Plague of the ZombieThis was one the titles chosen for our second contract with EMI. The contract was a trail blazer and contained some cracking titles, ‘Spare a Copper’, 1940; ‘Dracula Prince of Darkness’, 1966; ‘Quatermass and the Pit’, 1967; ‘The Lavender Hill Mob’, 1951; and ‘Godzilla Vs the Thing’, 1964, which was never released and was replaced…