Rank Film Distributors

  • The First Rank Contract #2

    The First Rank Contract #2

    A 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 7   We spent many hours poring over that catalogue, and remember the Rank catalogue contained vast quantities of titles they distributed theatrically from Universal,…

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  • The First Rank Contract #1

    The First Rank Contract #1

    A 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 6 If you’ve been following the Friday posts you will know that in 1974 I’d been able to get a day off work at the…

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  • The Early Years #5

    The Early Years #5

    A 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 5 Before the advent of our first contract with Rank Film Distributors, many of the titles that Derek picked up for 8mm and 16mm distribution/rental,…

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  • Lost – Part 2

    Lost – Part 2

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    Many 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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  • Hammer

    Hammer

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    As I joined Derann, Derek was about to sign a contract for ‘The Adventures of Captain Marvel’ a 12 part serial,  ‘Gullivers Travels’, ‘Hoppity Goes To Town’, ‘Wake of the Red Witch’, ‘Copacabana’ and ‘Kronos’, with Ivy Film of New York. Upon their release they proved to be popular and sold very well, especially the…

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