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Dekinbrody	Rarest of the rare	Lead	[-]
Posts: 12 Nov 27 02 12:08 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Tags : None I've read about it for years, ususally in prefaces to discussions of THE TWO FACES OF DR. JEKYLL. I've seen stills from it, and even bought an Austrailian daybill from its original release. I've contacted British film archives about it. Where the heck is THE UGLY DUCKLING?? It's never shown on television, I don't think it got a U.S. release, and no print is stored at any British repository. Has anyone seen it? Anyone have a grainy, fifth-generation dupe available? I'm not expecting anything at all from it (reviews are pretty grim), but I'd still find it fascinating...
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Latarnia	Re: Rarest of the rare	#1	[-]
Registered User Posts: 24678 Nov 28 02 2:28 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I've certainly never seen this one, though I thought someone was selling boot copies. Klemensen, perhaps, but I could be wrong. Mirek
Unregistered(d)	Screw the Ugly Duckling	#2	[-]
Posts: 0 Jan 10 03 10:46 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	(Not literally, of course.) THE UGLY DUCKLING starred the late Bernard Bresslaw, probably best remembered now-a-days for his role in KRULL, as Dr. Jekyll and "Teddy" Hyde (there's a reference few will understand anymore). Directed by Lance Comfort (there's a new monograph about him in print), the film was never released Stateside and is presumed lost; even the authors of "The Hammer Filmography" couldn't track it down. If we're talking obscure Hammer, where's CASH ON DEMAND (a bank robbery thriller with Peter Cushing and Andre Morell), or NEVER TAKE SWEETS FROM A STRANGER (any movie condemned by the London Times as "never should have been made" is okay by me ) or THE SECRET OF BLOOD ISLAND, with Barbara Shelley as an RAF pilot (!!) who breaks in to a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp. RHS
Extra Flamey	rare Hammer	#3	[-]
Posts: 22 Jan 10 03 4:34 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I have a horrid, sepia toned mess of a dupe (originating on English TV? Not sure) of CASH ON DEMAND... even with it's wobbly, grainy image, it's easy to see as one of Hammer's masterpieces! The Cushing/Morell dynamic is just great! And it's always nice to see Sir Peter playing a right bastard! Sinister used to offer a horribly squeezed full frame tape of NEVER TAKE SWEETS FROM A STRANGER, which I also have. It's a harrowing movie... truly chilling, and it's very tasteful, considering it's subject matter. Both films are highly recommended, in whatever form you can see them in. Hmmm... yeah... SECRET OF BLOOD ISLAND... that's a holy grail!
Latarnia	Re: rare Hammer	#4	[-]
Registered User Posts: 24678 Jan 10 03 6:41 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I had two pre-records of THE SECRET OF BLOOD ISLAND, as P.O.W.: PRISONERS OF WAR. From Canada. Pretty sure I auctioned off both on eBay, though I do believe I taped a copy. Mirek

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