8mm Forum: Wanted - Legend Of Dracula 3x400ft Derann print.

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Posted by Kevin Wardle (Member # 1680) on August 08, 2009, 01:17 PM:

If anyone has a good copy of this print, please get in touch!

Thanx, Kevin

Posted by Mark Williams (Member # 794) on August 10, 2009, 07:42 AM:

Kev,I once rented a copy from Perry's in Wimbledon and the copy was very poor indeed,lotsa grain and the usual greenish/red tint for Derann's of that period,there were loads of seconds prints doin the rounds too.

Can anyone remember a Mr Karn who used to have a shop in Barking,he used to sell loads of second/faulty prints,I think he did a deal with Derek Simmonds as they were all Derann releases.

He used to do the odd movie fair too mainly @ the Cadogen square Hotel in London.

Posted by Paul Spinks (Member # 573) on August 10, 2009, 10:19 AM:

There used to be a shop in Longbridge Road, Barking called "Home Movies", and this might be who you mean. It was near Barking Station and used to sell lots of Super 8 films. You can see their ads in old copies of Movie Maker magazine. They gradually moved into VHS movie hire and when Blockbusters opened they sold up and moved away from London. I bought some of their stuff but they were quite low on features towards the end. For some reason they had loads of super 8 feature prints of "Hardcore", a dire movie with Fiona Richmond and Anthony Steel. They seemed to be under the impression that it was the George C. Scott film of the same name. I don't think that they sold many copies. I didn't really get to know him but the lady who was always working in the shop,which I assumed was his wife, was always very pleasant.

Paul.

Posted by Mark Williams (Member # 794) on August 10, 2009, 10:47 AM:

Hi-Paul

Yes thats the shop I mean,it used to be choc of bloc with odd reels,shame you didnt pick up a few copies of Hardcore as the Fiona Richmond version would sell like hot cakes these days!!!

Wasnt the George C Scott version availiable from Columbia as a 400ft digest too??

Posted by Paul Spinks (Member # 573) on August 10, 2009, 02:05 PM:

Hi Mark,
you're right, the George C. Scott version was released as a Columbia two reeler. Quite a good film and rarely seen today. The Fiona Richmond film in contrast is a vapid little film, with an old British matinee idol who should have known better, listening to stories of Fiona Richmond's sexual exploits whilst we had to endure the flashback scenes. I suppose it was loosely based on her "Men Only" magazine articles. Though it probably would fetch high prices today, I bet all the prints would have faded quite badly. However Murphy's Law dictates that the worst films are always the last to fade.

Paul.

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