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Re: Hondo's Daybill and One Sheet Q&A [Re-Titled]

dedeposter said:

Perhaps the Cinemascope credit was meant to be contractual and the local artists weren't aware of it? Hence the snipes.

Thanks Peter for your thoughts. I don't know the answer, but my thinking is that the heads to be at M-G-M Australian knew that many Australian cinemas hadn't yet converted to Cinemascope projection, so to distribute their posters to non cinemascope equipted theatres the word cinemascope was left off the posters. In the early days of widescreen adaption during the 1950's Cinemascope films were also released in alternative anamorphic standard 4.3 shot academy format versions to accommodate the theatres that had not yet upgraded their equipment to be able to screen cinemascope films.'

HONDO

Re: The Comedy Quiz

dedeposter said:

Is it The Delicate Delinquent (1957)?

Yes It certainly is the correct answer for C28, Jerry Lewis's first sole film role after his film association with Dean Martin came to an end.
Well done Peter and also to Jayn-j for also knowing the answer as well,

(John )

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(Ves)

HONDO

Re: The Comedy Quiz

HONDO said:

dedeposter said:

Is C28 The Geisha Boy (1958) with Jerry Lewis?

Not the film we are after, but you are certainly on the right track.

That clue did it. I'll give Peter first shot since he is right there.

jayn_j

Re: Missing Australian daybill posters of the 1950s.

I'll have a gander.

darolo

Re: The Science Fiction Quiz

I've checked and it certainly looks like his signature, and it came from a long time collector who had other autographed pieces in his collection, so perhaps he forgot he had it? I'll never know, but if I ever sell it I'll say it's genuine!