Marianne Frost
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Island of Terror
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Read more: Island of TerrorThis was one of a number of titles that Derek had picked up from producer Tom Blakeley, in the early 70s. It starred Peter Cushing, Edward Judd and Carol Gray and had been available on standard 8 for some time. Shortly after I joined Derann in 1975 he had had a super 8 neg made.…
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The Nutcracker
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Read more: The NutcrackerAt just 27 minutes this would have made a wonderful 600′ release, but of course in 1976 600′ releases had yet to hit the market and we released as a 2×400′ (1 full 400′ and second containing just 200′). This enjoyable animated Soviet creation was produced and released in Russia in 1973 by Soyuzmultfilm, under…
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Copacabana
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Read more: CopacabanaThis was a warm and generally amusing little musical from our Ivy Films deal. The prints, although only taken from a 16mm master, were very good and it was popular enough to have its own label. Designed by Marianne Frost it was printed by professional printers, not at Derann. I for one love the Marx…
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Rights – Part 2
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Read more: Rights – Part 2We never gave up hunting for film rights and very soon signed a contract with Enterprise, who I’m sure had offices on the top floor of the same building as 20th Century Fox, where we picked up ‘Kingdom of the Spiders’, ‘The Comeback’, ‘The Magic of Lassie’, ‘Bruce Lee: The Man and the Myth’ and…