Hugh Thompson Scott
Film God
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From: Gt. Clifton,Cumbria,England
Registered: Jan 2012
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posted February 12, 2012 01:57 PM
To answer your question Brad, FLETCHER FIKMS operated out of Feltham in Middlesex for a number of years.The first film I ever got from them was "Plague of the Zombies" remember this was before Derann released Hammer's version, what I actually got was Ted V. Mikels "The Astro Zombies" with the lovely Tura Satana the film was awful but the print was stunning, I actually regret parting with it now.The only print I have of theirs is a 3x400 of "The Lost Continent" starring Cesar Romero which was solld as "The Lost World" for some reason.Print quality is quite acceptable as is sound,in fact much better than some Derann prints in B/W at the time.FLETCHER distributed the Scooby Doo and Grape Ape cartoons,the Gerry Anderson UFO TV series The Baron,The Champions,Jason King, Dept S,The Protectors all through Techno Film but in English and they also did the Mary Millington sex films "Come Play With Me" and "The Playbirds".The Jewel in their crown must be the Time/Life series on WWII narrated by LIoyd Bridges but this was in COLOUR. So they were a legitimate company and as for footage, the film I have, the running time is between 15-17 minutes as each spool is different.Take on board that a lot of companies at that time were reducing footage, Derann did it on their 4x4s and Mailmaster(Mountain) were taken to court fot it!The only UK Distributors that gave a good full spool were WALTON FILMS POWELL FILMS and IVER FILM who sometimes tried to prove 500' would fit on a 400' spool as in the case of their release of "TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE".Dave West also gave well filled spools on his releases.Hope that clarifies the query.
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