Renown Pictures Film Club

[Maurice Leakey]

I am sure that many UK members watch Talking Pictures Television which is run by Renown Pictures Ltd. I would like to draw their attention that Renown issue a monthly Film Club Newsletter which is mailed entirely free. I look forward to receiving my copy once a month.

The June/July 2021 issue has just arrived, and on page 4 there is a very interesting article about Phil Sheard of Classic Home Cinema. It appears that Phil supplies some films for exhibiting on Talking Pictures. Noel Cronin says, "Although we licence a lot of films from major studios, we also contact private film collectors to see what treasures they hold, over the years I have built relationships with many private film collectors."

I do hope that Noel and Phil will not object to this posting.

[Gary Sayers]

Here's a link to this month's newsletter.

I love these newsletters, they are very much like the old film lists from back in the day.

https://www.renownfilms.co.uk/wp-con...Newsletter.pdf

[Paul Adsett]

Thanks for posting that Maurice. Wow, what a great read! I had no idea this great British material was available on DVD. Do you know if Renown will ship films to the US?

[Maurice Leakey]

Paul
The DVDs are probably only Region 2 which will not play in the US.
You can contact them on:-
info@talkingpicturestv. co. uk

Note that the email address has been shown purposely incorrectly. To use, shorten by removing the two blank spaces.

[Ed Gordon]

They do ship to the US. There is an additional charge of £20.85 for Royal Mail. If the disc is region coded it will play in a region free player or it can be ripped to disk.

[Gary Sayers]

The DVDs that they produce under their own 'Renown Pictures' label are, I think, region free but are PAL. European DVD players generally play both PAL and NTSC but I'm not sure that this applies for the rest of the world.

[Ed Gordon]

Gary, I have not had problems playing PAL DVDs on a computer in the US. But as you said, this does not mean it will work for everyone.

[Gary Sayers]

Hi Ed, I think it's a bit different with using a computer, or at least a laptop, to view DVDs, rather than a DVD player connected to a TV.

I believe that a laptop will allow you to automatically switch between region codes for DVD playback but only for a set amount of times (5, I think) before locking. Don't think it matters if it's PAL or NTSC.

[Michael O’Regan]

Maurice,
I presume the newsletter is via email? I just registered over there but there did not appear to be a paper alternative.

[Maurice Leakey]

No, Michael
Mine is a paper copy and comes in the post.

[Lee Mannering]

The US does have some of it's own versions of the dvds in region 1. Have a good hunt friends.

Always look forward to the book arriving and many collectors have helped with materials and pleased to do so.

[Michael O’Regan]

Thanks, Maurice. Not sure where to register for this as there doesn’t appear to be anywhere to put an address.

[Maurice Leakey]

Michael
Why not phone them to make sure.
0808 178 8212 (It's a Freefone number).

[Gary Sayers]

Is it because you have made a past purchase from Renown Pictures Maurice? I was quite surprised when you said you received a paper copy as I didn't think anyone did that anymore (not for free anyway).

[Maurice Leakey]

Gary
That might be possible, but I can't confirm your suggestion. I just don't recall how I got my first monthly copy.