Universal
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Cartoon Time
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Read more: Cartoon TimeAs well as the Tom and Jerry’s Warner Brothers and Disney animated shorts we issued a number of titles from Columbia, Paramount and Universal. To save money this label was created and was used from time to time. Designed by Marianne Frost and printed by Ann Ellis in Penkridge. Label courtesy of Peter Brooke at…
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Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
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Read more: Flash Gordon Conquers the UniverseFlash Gordon was created by Alex Raymond and first appeared in 1934. The strip was inspired by, and created to compete with, the already established Buck Rogers adventure strip. This serial, released in 1940, was the third to be produced by Universal Pictures and as with the first two it starred Buster Crabbe, a former…
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Psycho
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Read more: Psycho“Derann Film Services, that very enterprising library, enters the package movie market with a bang – or do I mean scream? For here is one of the most famous modern shock sequences in modern cinema, now available for shrieking at, or dissective study, in your own home. Very nicely abridged into eight minutes that include…
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The Early Years #3
Read more: The Early Years #3A 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 3 At some-point in late 1968 Derek Simmonds for Derann and Tony Powell of Powell Films were both able to clinch deals with MCA (Universal)!…
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Labs – Part 1
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Read more: Labs – Part 1Let me try to recall the production of a film in the early days of Derann. In 1976 Derann was printing in both Standard 8 and Super 8, with production of standard 8mm terminated by 1977/8. Most of our films were printed at Filmatic, a laboratory that had a reputation for variable colour and quality.…