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Posted by Maurice Leakey (Member # 916) on January 21, 2014, 04:20 AM:

Narkover. A word which conjures up Will Hay's school in the 1935 "Boys Will Be Boys". However, this Narkover advertises films on DVD.

It is UK based and specialises in hard to find, sometimes unavailable titles. They come from a variety of sources, VHS/Laser Discs/16mm/35mm/TV & satellite showings. Quality varies but generally the rating is very good.

All titles are supplied on high-grade DVR-R with full sized DVD case, colour artwork and printed discs. Most are priced at £7.99, plus £1 for UK postage.

I will be soon sending off an order and will report further on this gem of a find.

http://www.narkoverselusivefilms.com/home

Posted by David Ollerearnshaw (Member # 3296) on January 21, 2014, 06:08 AM:

Looks like some good titles to get. Nice find Maurice.

Posted by Pasquale DAlessio (Member # 2052) on January 21, 2014, 06:51 AM:

Great site Maurice! Thanks for the link! [Big Grin]

Posted by Maurice Leakey (Member # 916) on January 22, 2014, 02:51 AM:

I checked out the titles available for sale and was delighted to find one which I had on 16mm some fifty years ago, not realising its importance and rarity I sold it, never to be regained until now.

It's "Forever And A Day" made in Hollywood in 1943 in aid of the Red Cross' British war effort. All stars and technicians gave their services free.

It is the story over one hundred years of a London house and the families who lived there, until the London Blitz started.

Here are the featured 34 stars. Brian Aherne, Billy Bevan, Eric Blore, Nigel Bruce, Clyde Cook, Gladys Cooper, Robert Coote, Donald Crisp, Robert Cummings, Reginald Gardiner, Edmund Gwenn, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Richard Haydn, Edward Everett Horton, Ian Hunter, Buster Keaton, Cecil Kellaway, Elsa Lanchester, Charles Laughton, Gene Lockhart, Ida Lupino, Herbert Marshall, Jessie Matthews, Vistor McLaglen, Ray Milland, Anna Neagle, Merle Oberon, Clause Rains, C. Aubrey Smith, Kent Smith, Arthur Treacher, Ruth Warrick, Dame May Whitty, Roland Young.

Quite a cast list you'll agree. I can't wait to see again the sequence of Sir Cedric Hardwicke and Buster Keaton as two totally inept plumbers.

I will report in due course after the DVD has been received and run.

http://narkoverselusivefilms.com/usa-films-1940-1950/?Page_ID=3610&refpid=7678&id=13953

Posted by Terry Sills (Member # 3309) on January 22, 2014, 12:25 PM:

Maurice
I don't think I have ever seen the film, but what a great cast. I notice that Victor McGlaglen was one. He starred in a film titled 'The Informer' about the IRA where he was the unwitting informant. A great film and a great performance by him. I've never seen it on any format for years. I would love to see that one again.

Posted by Paul Adsett (Member # 25) on January 22, 2014, 12:30 PM:

The Informer was released on 9.5mm by Pathescope. I remember the pleasure of hand cranking all the reels thru my Pathe Ace!

Posted by Terry Sills (Member # 3309) on January 22, 2014, 03:14 PM:

Paul
I think this was an earlier version. I have seen this one advertised on Ebay. Not starring Victor McGlaglen. I think it is not readily available these days due to it being 'politically incorrect' Damn these stupid rules and regulations.

Posted by Michael O'Regan (Member # 938) on January 22, 2014, 05:23 PM:

A couple of titles there that I need. Maurice, great find. Let us know about the quality.

Posted by Maurice Leakey (Member # 916) on January 22, 2014, 09:54 PM:

Terry
Here are links to "The Informer" on DVD from Amazon and eBay.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Informer-DVD-Victor-McLaglen/dp/B0016586WM/ref=sr_1_1?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1390448269&sr=1-1&keywords=the+informer
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/The-Informer-DVD-1935-NEW-/370991955396?pt=UK_CDsDVDs_DVDs_DVDs_GL&hash=item5660d7fdc4

Posted by Terry Sills (Member # 3309) on January 23, 2014, 01:29 AM:

Thanks Maurice
Your research knows no bounds!

Posted by Maurice Leakey (Member # 916) on January 27, 2014, 03:12 AM:

"Forever And A Day" has now been received and I am very pleased with the DVD.

The standard DVD case uses a coloured poster for its front and the back has eight coloured lobby cards. There are no notes or any details of origin. The disc itself has a coloured copy of the front poster.

The quality is as described in the ad, 8/10. Picture is very good, still containing the original change-over cues. The sound is slightly lower than most of my discs, but entirely acceptable.

The original opening and closing RKO logos have been removed. The disc now starts with the FBI warning, followed by "Image Entertainment Inc" in colour, then (in black & white), "A Janus Films Release", then, "Raymond Rohauer Presents" and then into the original title. The bottom of the title contains "Copyright RKO Radio Pictures Inc 1943" and below it, "Copyright Renewed 1970".

Image Entertainment was founded in 1981 and began by distributing Laserdiscs so perhaps this copy began its issue on Laserdisc.

As regards Raymond Rohauer, I am sure that most collectors know the name but for further information I have started a new topic.

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