The 1988 Convention was a particularly memorable one, for Derek Simmonds of Derann Film Services engaged legendary film maker Ray Harryhausen as after-dinner speaker at the Convention Dinner.
As well as enthralling diners with stories and accounts of making his stop-motion films, Ray brought along several of the actual models used in his films including a Skeleton Sworsdman, the Ape Creature and the Moon Men.
To end his talk, and the night, the diners were privileged to be shown, on 16mm, MOTHER GOOSE STORIES – enchanting, animated shorts Ray had made in the 1940s in his own garage.
Watch the video on our official YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChS3AsFmvws
Thanks to David Alligan for permission to share his film of the 1988 Convention. The footage is available as a Bonus on his DVD Derann at Pinewood. The full DVD is available for purchase from David – contact him directly at gold.shed81@gmail.com
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Blackpool Convention report 1988
Phil Sheard, writing in the January 1989 issue of Film For The Collector magazine, reports on the 1988 Convention – the one with Ray Harryhausen…
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