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Topic: Derrann Films
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Robert Crewdson
Phenomenal Film Handler
Posts: 1031
From: UK
Registered: Jun 2013
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posted July 02, 2013 07:26 AM
Very nicely put Lee: I thought all you Derann fans might be interested to hear this story that was told by Derek Simmonds to Movie Maker mag way back in the 70s. Derann used to hire films out as well as sell them; from memory, I think a feature was either £12 or £15, and you got some of that back when the film was returned. One man ordered a film, then claimed it wasn't received, Derann said it had been posted, but the customer insisted it had not been received. As 'The customer is always right', Derann sent out another copy. What had happened was, Royal Mail found no one at home, so the postman put it in the coal shed (remember these?), he had not left a note saying where the parcel had been left. In the meantime, the homeowner had ordered 10 sacks of coal, which was duly delivered, and it was 3 months before he found his Derann film at the bottom.
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Hugh Thompson Scott
Film God
Posts: 3063
From: Gt. Clifton,Cumbria,England
Registered: Jan 2012
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posted July 02, 2013 04:55 PM
I remember the story Robert related of the parcel under the coal, features then for hire cost the princely sum of £2.50-£4.50, depending on if it was colour or B/W.You could buy them from Derann for between £25-£30.00 for a full length b/w feature, my first being the "B" horror "The Flesh Eaters", I didn't have a sound projector to show it on,and had to wait nearly a year before I could view it.It was only through seeing an ad of Derann's in "8mm Magazine when I left school in '69, that really set me off on the road to ruin, and I've never regreted a day of it.Thanks to Derek Simmonds, I have many rare titles that never seem to surface nowadays, albeit in std 8mm sound.
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