Derann Film Labels

  • Cartoon Time

    Cartoon Time

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    As well as the Tom and Jerry’s Warner Brothers and Disney animated shorts we issued a number of titles from Columbia, Paramount and Universal. To save money this label was created and was used from time to time. Designed by Marianne Frost and printed by Ann Ellis in Penkridge. Label courtesy of Peter Brooke at…

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  • Movie Magazine No. 1

    Movie Magazine No. 1

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    Here we have a brainchild from Derek, a 400′ reel made up of short sequences from a half dozen films that were all available from Derann. ‘Trouble in Store’, Attila the Hun’, ‘Massacre in Rome’, ‘The Adventures of Captain Marvel’,  ‘Girls! Girls! Girls!’ and ‘Night of the Blood Monster’. Derek did the linking narration and…

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  • Generic 400′ & Features

    Generic 400′ & Features

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    There were a great many films both features and 400′ edits that we felt didn’t warrent the money spent on artwork and printing, so we produced a generic label. Over the years we would try several, we were never happy with them. The first was produced in house while the later three were all designed…

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  • The Ghoul

    The Ghoul

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    This 1975 horror was directed by Freddie Francis and starred Peter Cushing, John Hurt, Alexandra Bastedo and Veronica Carlson. It was a title we picked up from Rank Film Distributors and for reasons I can’t recall, it took us some time to release.  Artwork from Marianne Frost. and a printed by yours truly. Label courtesy…

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  • Pathe Pictorial

    Pathe Pictorial

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    Derann had almost 30 Pathe Pictorials by the time we closed our doors, but had started with just a handful from various sources even before I joined in 1975. During that same year we would succeed in signing a contract at EMI which would include a number of Pathe Pictorials: ‘Hollywood’, ‘Auto Cine’, ‘Steamboat Down…

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  • Go West Young Man

    Go West Young Man

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    This was just a musical number lifted from the musical comedy ‘Copacabana’. With Groucho Marx, his moustashe and a bevy of buckskin cowgirls. Artwork from Marianne Frost. and a printed by yours truly. Label courtesy of Peter Brooke at ‘SPROCKETS’    

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  • Massacre in Rome

    Massacre in Rome

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    This historical war drama was something of a first for us, we were much more at home with horror or adult sexromp comedies. Maurice Wilson, MD of Grand National, almost gave the rights this title to us. Based on a true incident in which on March 23, 1944: 33 German soldiers were killed by a…

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  • Men in War

    Men in War

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    This odd looking label’s artwork was the work of our 16mm manager Steve Wellings and he was never happy that we had gone ahead and printed it. The film is set during the Korean war and had a sterling cast – Robert Ryan, Aldo Ray & Robert Keith, and was directed by Anthony Mann who…

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  • Attila the Hun

    Attila the Hun

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    I was more than a little surprised when I saw this on our shelves and realised that we had film that starred Anthony Quinn and Sophia Loren in our Super 8 catalogue! The label was an after thought in 1976.  Artwork from Marianne Frost and a printed by yours truly. Labels courtesy of Peter Brooke…

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  • Creatures From Beyond  

    Creatures From Beyond  

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    This 200′ short was the edited from the feature ‘Night of the Big Heat’ and had been available for several months prior to me joining the team in mid 1975. The label was introduced sometime in 1976.  Artwork from Marianne Frost and a printed by yours truly. Labels courtesy of Peter Brooke at ‘SPROCKETS’  …

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