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Osi Osgood
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posted February 16, 2008 04:36 PM

I note that Derann began in 1966, and didn't Super 8mm basically come out at the same time? Did Derann release standard 8mm as well?

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Adrian Winchester
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posted February 16, 2008 07:37 PM

They certainly did and their first release was a 200' version of 'Psycho', which was followed by full length Std 8 vesion. I've seen early promotional material (mainly hiring out but some sales too) and I think it was several years before they released anything on Super 8. There must be quite a few early Derann features that can only be found on Std 8, e.g. 'The Long Hair of Death' and 'Evil of Frankenstein'.

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Osi Osgood
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posted February 17, 2008 01:26 PM

I saw one of those "Psycho" features on ebay! I thought it was a lie and so I didn'd bid on it. Dangit!

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Trevor Adams
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From: Auckland,New Zealand
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posted February 17, 2008 01:38 PM

Not only did Derann issue standard 8mm films,they assured buffs commercial prints in standard 8mm would always outnumber ones in super 8mm! It's in the book(Movie Maker) somewhere......... [Wink]

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Gary Crawford
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posted February 17, 2008 01:42 PM

I had one of those Standard 8 complete prints of Psycho...not bad , but the sound was off a few frames....but had a Mark S Eumig..so just enlarged the bottom loop a little bit.

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Steve Klare
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From: Long Island, NY, USA
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posted February 17, 2008 01:50 PM

Has Derann ever sold a silent film?

When I first found out about them all I had was a silent projector, and the huge number of sound titles they had is what got me to take the plunge and buy a sound machine.

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Jonathan Sanders
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From: Bath, England
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posted February 18, 2008 04:10 AM

There were quite a few Universal sound features available in Standard 8mm sound. THE INVISIBLE MAN and GHOST OF FRANKENSTEIN were also sold in complete versions.

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