OLDEST MOVIE COMPANY IN AMERICA SIGNS DISTRIBUTION DEAL FOR "THE RASCALS".

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BEVERLY HILLS, CA December 7 2003--The American Mutoscope and Biograph Company (Better known as Biograph) signs DVD domestic and Canadian distribution deal for its new retrospective of the Little Rascals entitiled “The Rascals”.



Biograph founded in 1895, revolutionized the motion picture industry. Biograph has a unique history of being the oldest Movie Company in America, and to make the first movie in Hollywood.



The upcoming DVD is hosted by Tommy “BUTCH” Bond, of the original Little Rascals and “Jimmy Olsen” of the “Superman” serials. Bond also was in movies like “Rosalie” with Nelson Eddy, and played with such greats as Ray Bolger, Frank Morgan and Charles Laughton.



“The Rascals” Bond gives an insiders insight into being a child star in the golden age of Hollywood. Bond also gives you a behind the scenes stories of the Rascals, the cast and Hal Roach studios. In “The Rascals” Bond has some visitors as well, such as the Smith Brothers, twins who were famous in the silent days of the Rascals. Bond’s other visitor is none other Than “Pete” the pup. Tommy also shows the first released episode of the Rascals from 1922. This is a delightful look back into the good old days of Hollywood for the whole family.



“The Rascals” distributor, Tapeworm Productions has for over sixteen years been one of the leading independent distributors of premiere quality home entertainment products. Tapeworm distributes to all major retailers, sub distributors, bookstore chains, catalog companies, schools and libraries in the US and Canada. Our major customers include Blockbuster Video, Hollywood Video, Musicland, Tower, Baker & Taylor, Ingram, Alliance Entertainment, and Video Product Distributors. Tapeworm has programming arrangements with major cable, broadcast, Pay Per View, Pay Cable, Basic Cable systems as well as worldwide VHS and DVD markets.



Thomas R. Bond II President/CEO of Biograph and son of the host, says this will only be the first of many new releases coming from Biograph. Bond goes on to say “We are really happy that our first DVD release is something that is fun, and good entertainment for the entire family”.



For interview bookings, more information and/or photos call:



Frank Marks

VP/Biograph Company

(619) 757-0646

biograph@biographcompany.com