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The Avengers
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Read more: The AvengersWe all knew that episodes from TVs The Avengers would be popular, but we never thought that they would be the success that they were! We had a hard time picking our first titles (The Positive-Negative Man, The Living Dead, The Return of the Cybernauts, From Venus with Love, The Winged Avenger and The See-Through…
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The Dead of the Night
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Read more: The Dead of the NightThis 1945 horror drama was made by the studio that had given us so many wonderful comedies and has become a classic of this form of multi story genre, one that Amicus revived in 1965 with ‘Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors’. It was decided to completely omit the golfing tale altogether (for possible release as…
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The Titfield Thunderbolt
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Read more: The Titfield ThunderboltOne of the titles from our first contract with EMI this was a winner in every way. Released theatrically in 1953, it had been made in Technicolor by the Ealing Studio and had a veritable plethera of British actors including Stanley Holloway, Naunton Wayne, George Relph, Hugh Griffith, Sid James, Reginald Beckwith, John Gregson, and…
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The Elstree Story
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Read more: The Elstree StoryThis release was from either the first or second contract we had with EMI. This is a documentary about the ABPC studios in Elstree. The narrator is Richard Todd and features around 40 of the films made at the studio. The film originally ended with a clip in full colour, however we were told that…
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The Ghost of St. Michaels
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Read more: The Ghost of St. MichaelsI may not have been familiar with American comedy actor Edgar Kennedy, however I knew and was a huge fan of Will Hay. As soon as we saw the title at EMI I just knew it was right for our sales catalogue. Co-starring a very young Charles Hawtrey, Claude Hulbert and John Laurie and set…
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Long John Silver
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Read more: Long John SilverThis 1954 Australian made swashbuckler, is a sequel of sorts to Walt Disney’s first live action movie “Treasure Island”, released four years earlier in 1950. Robert Newton’s performance as Long John Silver is so iconic that it is thought by many to be the origin of today’s stereotypical “Arrrrr”-laced pirate and he would continue in…
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EMI: The Final Contract
Read more: EMI: The Final ContractA look at some of the numerous meetings that we undertook in order to issue 8mm films to our customers. Contracts & Rights Chapter 34 By 1979 EMI had become a regular source of product, but when our contact Ken Troy decided to retire we, as always under such circumstances, had to establish fresh relations…
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The Pathe Newsreels
Read more: The Pathe NewsreelsA look at some of the numerous meetings that we undertook in order to issue 8mm films to our customers. Contracts & Rights Chapter 21 Derek was a great fan of cinema shorts, particularly Pathe Newsreels and Pathe Pictorials. At one time he had several 1600′ 16mm spools just full of newsreels and a handful…
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The 3rd EMI Contracts
Read more: The 3rd EMI ContractsA look at some of the numerous meetings that we undertook in order to issue 8mm films to our customers. Contracts & Rights Chapter 17 With the popularity of the Hammer horrors proving an indisputable success it was obvious that we would have at least two more on the next EMI contract, as it was…
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EMI: The Second Contract
Read more: EMI: The Second ContractA look at some of the numerous meetings that we undertook in order to issue 8mm films to our customers, or obtain 16mm for our library. Contracts & Rights Chapter 12 It would seem that EMI were more than pleased with the way things were moving with the batch of titles from the first…