Marianne Frost
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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,…
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Lips of Blood
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Read more: Lips of BloodThis short was a clip from the Spanish/French co-production ‘El secreto de la Momia Egipcia’ from 1973. According to the BBFC web site it received a theatrical release in the UK by Gemini Films under the title ‘Lips of Blood’ and was a title we had in our 16mm library catalogue, however I can’t say…
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The Adventures of Captain Marvel
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Read more: The Adventures of Captain MarvelThis title along with ‘Hoppity Goes To Town, Copacabana’, ‘Wake of the Red Witch’, ‘Kronos’ 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, ready for when…
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The Quatermass Xperiment
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Read more: The Quatermass XperimentThis was the full colour label produced by our regular artist Marianne Frost and it replaced the quickie standard 8 label designed by Derek. Based on the 1953 BBC 6 part TV series ‘The Quatermass Experiment’ it exploited the use of the ‘X’ certificate by dropping the ‘E’ and renaming it “The Quatermass Xperiment”, and…
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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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Gulliver’s Travels
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Read more: Gulliver’s TravelsThis title along with ‘Hoppity Goes To Town, Copacabana’, ‘Wake of the Red Witch’, ‘Kronos’ and the serial ‘The Adventures of Captain Marvel’ 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…