Pathe Pictorials
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Pathe Pictorial
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Read more: Pathe PictorialDerann had almost 30 Pathe Pictorials by the time we closed our doors, but had started with just a handful from various sources even before I joined in 1975. During that same year we would succeed in signing a contract at EMI which would include a number of Pathe Pictorials: ‘Hollywood’, ‘Auto Cine’, ‘Steamboat Down…
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These Lights Must Not Go Out
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Read more: These Lights Must Not Go OutAnother gem from the Pathe vaults! It begins with the Empire Leicester Square at night. Crowds in the front of the cinema greets the stars who arrive: Jack Hawkins, Gary Cooper, Richard Todd. Inside the cinema more stars are seen: Kenneth More, John Mills with wife and daughter, Marilyn Monroe, Diana Dors chatting to Sir…
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Tin Pan Alley
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Read more: Tin Pan AlleyThis was one of the Pathe Pics we issued under licence from EMI and was made in black and white. It was a short documentary film featuring the activities taking place in London’s famous Denmark Street, also known as ‘Tin Pan Alley’. The idea of the film was to show cinema audiences just how a…
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Look at Life (Generic label)
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Read more: Look at Life (Generic label)We released the first 6 Look at Life shorts almost at the same time as the first batch of Pathe Pictorials with the rights purchased from Rank Film Distributors along with a number of features. The title were: ‘The Black Arrows’, ‘The Cinema Steps Out’, ‘For the Record’, ‘Music By The Mile’, ‘Goodbye Piccadilly’ and…