Super 8 Film Releases

A page article from the October 1972 issue. Considering Steve McQueen only appeared in around 26 feature films, during a career that was cruely cut short, it’s amazing that there was there were so many released on 8mm. ‘The Blob’, ‘The Magnificent Seven’, ‘The Great Escape’, ‘Soldier in the Rain’, ‘The Cincinnati Kid’, ‘The Sand…

A two page article from the May 1981 issue of ABC Film Review. This 1981 Sci-fi comedy  receives a 5.5 rating on the IMDb and is a badly thought out reworking of the classic ‘Shrinking Man’ from 1957. Vivid colours and manic humour do not make a movie and this didn’t appeal in any great…

A two page article from the November 1969 issue: I remember thinking how studio bound the North Pole sequences looked to me when I first saw this in a cinema! My opinion hasn’t altered, but I do love the Michel Legrand music score. It is nevertheless a taut cold war thriller, with Rock Hudson, Ernest…

A potted review from the August 1974 issue: This 1972 horror thriller receives a 6.5 rating on the IMDb, stars Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing and Telly Savalas and is a mixture of Horror and Sci-Fi. UFA released a 2×400′ abridged version while in the USA it received a full feature release. I don’t possess the…

A two page article from the December April 1954 issue: This delightful comedy drama was the BAFTA winner for best film in 1954. Charles Laughton hogs the screen in every scene in which he appears, I’m not typically into a film of this nature, but was pleasantly entertained throughout. Even following a number of inquiries…

A two page article from the September 1973 issue of ABC Film Review, Clint Eastwood’s name was enough to sell any title and this tale of a gun-fighting stranger who’s hired to bring the townsfolk of Lago together in an attempt to hold off three outlaws was no exception. Castle Films released a 200′ in…

Nice 36 page souvenir brochure and our feature label open this weeks entry. This 1969 musical comedy receives a meager 7 rating on the IMDb. Barbra Streisand is wonderful as the effervescent Dolly Levi who travels to Yonkers to find a partner for “half-a-millionaire” Horace Vandergelder, convincing his niece, his niece’s intended, and his two…

A two page article from the May 1968 issue of the ABC Film Review: This 1952 action adventure receives a 6.5 rating on the IMDb and stars Anthony Quinn as outlaw   Leon Alastray who is being hunted by the Spanish army, but is given sanctuary by a priest in a village terrorized by marauding…

A two page article from the November 1961 issue: This British 1961 film was the first giant monster on the rampage in colour and was the most expensive one ever made by its British backers the King Brothers.  MGM distributed the film in the USA, which explains how Red Fox Enterprises were able to add…

No pages from the ABC Film Review… but here’s very nice 16 page souvenir brochure to fill the gap. Ken films released a very pleasant 400′ which sold very nicely, however a few years later and following a telephone call from Bob Lane the MD of Ken Films, there began the start of a collaboration…