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Shake Hands With the Devil rare daybill that was on the missing list

dedeposter said:

I assume they would have been double features? The 'very' bottom of the bill?

Yes the vast majority of PRC films screened in Australia were programmed at the bottom half of a double bill. There were a few exceptions though where some titles were programmed of the top of a double bill. Examples of Bluebeard (Sydney) and The Black Raven (Hobart) appear below.


(Both above images courtesy of Trove)

 (Trove / The Mail Adelaide 22 September 1945).

From this information it would certainly appear that Hoyts commenced releasing some selective P.R.C. product in Australia commencing in 1945 to fill the shortage in their B grade film titles availability.
The 35 titles listed previously by Dave would certainly appear to be the total of all the PRC films that that Hoyts released here in Australia between 1945 and 1947.

What then regarding the earlier pre 1945 period. Were there other PRC titles released here? More on this subject soon.

Maybe they used stock posters for smaller releases? I assume those films would have had limited release? Or were people beating down the doors to go see another Chick Chandler film? 

Surely it can't have been that expensive in those days to print something up? Maybe they just did a very small print run?