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Re: Australian Daybills comprehensive Video on YouTube

I really enjoy the quizzes (mostly when I get a correct answer), I try to respond to threads when I have something to add, but most of the time I enjoy getting interesting information from collectors more knowledgable than me (and with better collections!).

The rest of the time I can be very time poor, as I'm sure other people are. Work quite often gets in the way of my leisure time and it can be a bit of an effort to write long answers to threads which deserve better than a quick hurried response. In top cases I at least try to hit the LIKE button.

In the end, all things posted here are great, and I'm sure are being read quietly in the background by others who appreciate it.

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Re: Australian Daybills comprehensive Video on YouTube

One thing that I will comment on is that all my quizzes which do represent a large percentage of my contributions here are not Australian related. These quizzes are aimed for participation and to be answered from people from all around the world.

A question I would be keen to hear answers for is why has some knowledgeable members of long time involvement and participation here on the forum now are only viewing threads, but don't take time to comment anymore? Love to hear from anyone.

HONDO

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Re: Rare Australian Posters Of Australian Films

I'd say the difference in types of lobby cards from the same organisation would have been a budget related decision. Each film would have a certain amount of money allocated to marketing and publicity, so film that would have been expected to do better than others would have had a full colour set of cards printed, rather than the B&W / single colour version of Journey Among Women above.

I worked on a few early Paul Cox films when I was in my early days of collecting and when Paul was getting the posters printed I asked whether they'd do lobby cards, but that would have been a larger expense so they only printed one sheets.

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Re: The Comedy Quiz

dedeposter said:

Great clues. c6 is Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Cops (1955)

Thanks for appreciating my clues. Your answer is correct and was received just before i was about to include another clue. Bud Abbott is seen standing outside the theatre.

There is another interesting thing to mention here as well. All the posters shown outside the theatre on display seen in the image below, or seen in the film itself are not original film posters versions, but ones produced for the display in the film only. The posters of The Phantom Creeps (1939), The Keystone Kops At The Seaside (a made up film title), Eliza And The Bloodhounds (made up title for the film Uncle Tom's Carbin 1927 version that has footage shown in the movie itself), and Hearts For Rent (possibly a silent short film).

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Re: Yeah, so, I am watching this..,

theartofmovieposters said:

HONDO said:

It would be great to own all of those box sets. The Powell & Pressburger set has some top titles, but it doesn't contain my favourite film of theirs I Know Where I'm Going. Just love this film and always fondly remember the beautiful version of the title song sung briefly at the end of the film. For anyone who may not have viewed this film I do thoroughly recommend for you to check it out.

Oh, this was on SBS recently here. I started watching but had to leave to pick up my kids from something. Definately going to revisit now

One of my favourite P&P films too. If you're a fan of physical media then this might be for you. Criterion have released it on 4K (also available on BluRay)

https://www.criterion.com/films/633-i-know-where-i-m-going

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Re: The Comedy Quiz

jayn_j said:

I don't have an answer for c6, but there are some interesting tidbits.
The quality of the shot and clothing style seem to point to early cinema, but The Phantom Creeps is a 1939 serial. Keystone Cops silent shorts were popular in 1910's.

Leads me to believe this is a much later film that is trying for a period setting. Could be some flashback segment to get that period look. The continuity person really screwed up though.

You are very observant in picking up on the inconsistencies that you mentioned. The film here in question, although set in 1910 was made and released in the 1950s. There is also a clip used in the film's opening scene from a 1927 film. Good luck with this one.

HONDO

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Re: Rare Australian Posters Of Australian Films

It would certainly appear Australian lobby cards ceased being printed circa 1979, when they were replaced by lobby card posters aka photo sheets that were printed during the 1980s.

HONDO

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