Columbia
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Cartoon Time
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Read more: Cartoon TimeAs 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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The Fabulous Jolson [#1 – #4]
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Read more: The Fabulous Jolson [#1 – #4]Derek was a big Al Jolson fan (The feature ‘The Jolson Story’ from the Columbia deal we had, was the first title to be released), but as early as 1970 Derann had another Jolson film in their sales catalogue ‘Hallelujah, I’m a Tramp’ from 1933, a comedy musical that co-starred Frank Morgan, Harry Langdon and…
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Lost – Part 2
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Read more: Lost – Part 2Many of you may have checked your bank balances on seeing many of the new titles that have appeared in the Derann sales catalogues over the years and from time to time there have been occasions where some titles have just never materialized on our shelves. However the one that most customers recall is the…
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Labs – Part 1
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Read more: Labs – Part 1Let me try to recall the production of a film in the early days of Derann. In 1976 Derann was printing in both Standard 8 and Super 8, with production of standard 8mm terminated by 1977/8. Most of our films were printed at Filmatic, a laboratory that had a reputation for variable colour and quality.…