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Re: Great Poster but just wee too much Yellow for my liking.

Bruce said:

Lawrence, I think over time you will adapt to it just fine. Quite a few older people (including myself!) don't like ANY change!

Spot on Bruce as I have become accustomed to the yellow and it no longer bothers me.

HONDO

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

If I am remembering correctly, like the Astor in Melbourne, the Valhalla was known for showing "classics" on a regular basis. I recall seeing Rocky Horror there when it was the Westgarth.

There was (is?) a seller on ebay who was selling off a large chunk of the Valhalla's posters after closure if I am remembering correctly.
I am sure that there were several other weird posters they had listed.

Or are we just talking about the Valhalla in NSW?

theartofmovieposters

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

Who knows what was going on with distribution back in those days? The owners of Valhalla might have known a cheap printer? They may have sold posters at the cinema (hoping for a cult following). Perhaps it was part of the distribution agreement to have posters made? The 80s were an odd time.

dedeposter

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Re: The Horror Quiz

Aussie poster for Halloween still the best around for the film. No wonder it is commanding crazy money

theartofmovieposters

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

I wonder whether the Valhalla would have just relied upon their calendar to promote most films they didn't actually have a financial interest in? Many fridges at the time had a Valhalla calendar on them. Here's one from Sydney with the aforementioned Big Meat Eater.

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dedeposter

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

I've never seen any for Plan 9 or Robot Monster. I did attend that double bill at the Valhalla back in the 80s.

Rick

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Re: Rare Australian Posters Of Australian Films

theartofmovieposters said:

There are a bunch of these, hmmm how do I say, odd daybills for this time period. I assume there was alot of this made and self distribution happening in the 80s?

Yes, I know that when I worked on films back in the 80s, a lot of them were made independently and had posters printed by the filmmakers even before they had distributors. Often they'd use a random printing company who did a good rate, and there was no sticking to the standard poster sizes. I worked on a few Paul Cox films and tried to get them to conform to a standard one sheet but I think they ended up being slightly different in size...oh well, I tried!

dedeposter

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Re: Rare Australian Posters Of Australian Films

There are a bunch of these, hmmm how do I say, odd daybills for this time period. I assume there was alot of this made and self distribution happening in the 80s?

theartofmovieposters

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Re: Rare Australian Posters Of Australian Films

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A Going Down (1983) Australian rare daybill poster. It was shot and self -distributed on 16mm by the maker's Smart films Ltd. The were very limited numbers of screenings secured so little in the way of box office receipts were taken.

HONDO

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