Derann Film Labels
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Horror of Frankenstein
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Read more: Horror of FrankensteinA title from our first EMI contract and in all truth not one of Hammers best Frankenstein outings, but the market was starved of Hammer horrors and this filled that gaping hole admirably. Atmospheric artwork from Marianne Frost and a label that I printed with some satisfaction. Labels courtesy of Peter Brooke at ‘SPROCKETS’ …
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The Lavender Hill Mob
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Read more: The Lavender Hill MobA true Ealing comedy classic and yet another title from our first contract with EMI and like our other Ealing productions was released with the “EMI Golden Classics” umbrella label. This 1951 comedy caper was a film I’d not seen up to that time and It turned out to be a firm favourite of mine.…
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Simon Simon
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Read more: Simon SimonAlong with the six features we picked up at Tigon this 30 minute comedy short from 1970 was added at the last moment. Edited to 1×400′ it was a welcome addition to our comedy section but was only moderately successful, even with the number of cameo appearances. Marianne Frost designed the label, which I printed.…
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These Lights Must Not Go Out
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Read more: These Lights Must Not Go OutAnother gem from the Pathe vaults! It begins with the Empire Leicester Square at night. Crowds in the front of the cinema greets the stars who arrive: Jack Hawkins, Gary Cooper, Richard Todd. Inside the cinema more stars are seen: Kenneth More, John Mills with wife and daughter, Marilyn Monroe, Diana Dors chatting to Sir…
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Scars of Dracula
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Read more: Scars of DraculaThis was the best selling title we’d ever released up to that time. A title from our first EMI contract and in all truth not one of Hammers best Dracula outings, but the market was starved of Hammer horrors and this filled that gaping hole admirably. Fantastic artwork from Marianne Frost and a label that…
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We Dive at Dawn
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Read more: We Dive at DawnI can’t for the life of me recall which of the two Rank Distributors ‘submarine’ dramas we issued first. This title or ‘Above us the Waves’, but one of them was edited by myself, Derek said try to ‘eliminate as much as possible from the first reel and the rest should be easy!’. This wasn’t…
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Kamikaze
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Read more: KamikazeThis item was discovered by Derek as he leafed through the index cards of Pathe News. It was entitled ‘Kamikaze Suicide Bomber’ but we dropped the last two words when it was finally released. It contained footage of the Pacific Fleet at sea. American planes landing on an aircraft carrier – some crash land. Antiaircraft…
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The Cruel Sea
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Read more: The Cruel SeaThis Oscar nominated WWII drama was one of the titles from the first deal we did with EMI and due to 125 minute running time it was edited down to 5×400′ and was also available as a 1×400′ highlights edition. An Ealing Studios production that we issued under our “EMI Golden Classics’ umbrella label. The…
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Waltz of the Flowers
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Read more: Waltz of the FlowersThis is just what the title says, and is an excerpt from an enjoyable animated Soviet production from 1973 by Soyuzmultfilm, (its original title ‘Shchelkunchik’). This was one of the films that we acquired from Norman Salter, a contact of many years standing, who presided over a one-man business in Wardour Street, called Viscom, and…
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Wake of the Red Witch
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Read more: Wake of the Red WitchAnother title that along with ‘Hoppity Goes To Town, Copacabana’, ‘Kronos’, the serial ‘The Adventures of Captain Marvel’ and ‘Gulliver’s Travels’ were all part of the contract we had signed with Ivy Film of New York and when I joined in mid 1975, Derek had already printed a simple label for the super 8 prints,…