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Rare Australian Posters Of Australian Films

HONDO — Sun, 11 Sep 2016 12:40:00 +0000

# 1.Typhoon Treasure ( 1938 ). First of a series of rare Australian printed posters of films that were made in Australia. A daybill of unknown length. Note no blank white section at the top of the poster. I am sure the poster is from the original and only release in Australia in 1938 and the top of the poster has been trimmed. Only image I have ever seen of this title.

Rare Non Australian Posters Of Australian Films

HONDO — Fri, 09 Sep 2016 04:28:00 +0000

# 1, King Of The Coral Sea ( 1954 ) U.K. quad. First in a series of Australian films showing rare overseas poster material. I like this one.

BRIDE OF THE GORILLA

HONDO — Wed, 02 May 2018 05:41:00 +0000

Bride Of The Gorilla ( 1951 ) original U.S.A. insert, the original Australian 1957 first release colour Ray Films daybill and a 1960's Australian Regent Films ( RFD ) duotone daybill.

Although the film was exhibited throughout the world with the image of the gorilla holding the woman in his arms on it's posters, it appears Australia was the exception, with no gorilla to be seen on the first release daybill in any form at all. The U.S. taglines were apparently deemed too strong for Australia, along with the gorilla holding the woman scene. Odd Australian taglines.

The 1960's duotone poster had a different looking gorilla than the one appearing on the original U.S. poster image shown above. This image below is an actual photograph of the gorilla as he appears in the film. On the duotone daybill there is still no woman in the gorilla's arms. The duotone images were copied from U.S. material such as the half sheet shown below where a different looking second gorilla was depicted.

Rare Australian Frankenstein one sheet advertising,.

HONDO — Sat, 13 Feb 2021 00:59:00 +0000

Great 1932 Frankenstein poster advertising material used in Sydney.

A glimpse Into The Past

HONDO — Sun, 14 Jun 2020 03:45:00 +0000

( State Library Of Western Australia ) ( BA 3118 / 69 ). Grand Theatre Perth, Western Australia foyer display in 1935.
Films being displayed are Werewolf Of London, It Happened In New York, His Double life and The Pursuit of Happiness.

The above posters certainly appear to be the same poster designs advertised in the Grand Theare foyer display.

U.S.A. pressbook images for the other two movies featured in the display.

The Werewolf Of London poster image, looking like it is a 3 sheet, that is furthest back on wall in the foyer, could not be located.

Old Photos of Posters and Advertising Out and About in Oz

theartofmovieposters — Sat, 27 Jun 2015 09:43:00 +0000

Ok, here you go, all in one place.

Like I said, I don't recall where they came from, and have had no luck finding the site since...but enjoy.

The good old days when you didn't need an address

theartofmovieposters — Sun, 09 Feb 2020 04:09:00 +0000

Picked up a long daybill recently and on the back was the below.
Ah the good old days when you just needed the name and the town

Missing Daybills From The Silent Period.

HONDO — Tue, 14 Aug 2018 14:28:00 +0000

Resurrection ( 1927 ) original long daybill photographed image and images of Rod La Rocque and Delores Del Rio from original U.S.A. posters printed for this film, giving us an idea what the daybill would have looked like in it's glory.

A Very Early Hundred Year Old Daybill Display

HONDO — Tue, 07 Aug 2018 01:57:00 +0000

Daybills plastered on a Port Macquarie N.S.W. Australia building circa 1918. Close up images of the posters isn't great, but I was able to make out three of the poster titles. One is I believe is to to be the first image sighted of a serial film. Following are the best images of three of the films that I have been able to identify and to locate U.S.A. material for these rare titles, just to give you an idea on some details regarding the films.

The Make-Believe Wife ( 1918 ) starring Billie Burke who we all know and fondly remember as playing Glinda in The Wizard Of Oz ( 1939 ).

The Mystery Girl ( 1918 ) and The Silent Mystery ( 1918 ) a very early serial from the first decade of serials.

Interesting Film Title Changes

HONDO — Fri, 04 May 2018 10:40:00 +0000

Quatermass 11 ( 1957 ) Country of origin U.K quad, a retitled Enemy From Space U.S.A. insert and retitled once more as Birth Of A Monster Australian daybill. All nice artwork. One can understand America changing the title, but one wonders why it was necessary to alter the name again for Australia, instead of just using what seems a perfectly good title in Enemy From Space. Keep in mind as well that the Australian censors detested monsters in any shape or form, so the Enemy From Space title would have been, one would have thought, the way to have gone.

Frankenstein Meets The Wolf Man

HONDO — Wed, 28 Mar 2018 06:39:00 +0000

Frankenstein Meets The Wolf Man ( 1943 ) Australian daybill and an Australian newspaper advertisement for the film in 1943.

Three re-release daybill poster with different colour variations of the same design. Are there any others?

A Newspaper advertisement placed for a 1963 screening in Canberra, ACT. O.k. then, is there something not right about this advert?

The Daltons Ride Again ... And Again... And Again... And Again

HONDO — Wed, 14 Mar 2018 07:37:00 +0000

The Daltons Ride Again ( 1945 ) original U.S.A. title lobby card and the original Australian daybill.

Forty Thousand Horsemen ( 1940 ), Kansas Raiders ( 1950 ) and Border River ( 1954 ) Universal / Universal - International stock posters. The stock poster adapted the original The Daltons Ride Again artwork that was used on the title lobby card, and also the U.S. half sheet as well. The Forty Thousand Horsemen stock daybill would have been printed sometime around or after March 1946 when The Daltons Ride Again was released in Australia and before Universal became Universal-International in 1946. This has to date the Forty Thousand Horseman daybill as being a 1946 printing. The stock poster was used again in the 1950's for Kansas Raiders and Border River second printings. The Kansas Raiders daybill image is always credited incorrectly as being an original release poster. The original Australian daybill, yet unsited, would most likely look something like the following U.S.A. insert and the Australian one sheet.

Does anyone have any other examples of the Universal western stock poster ?

Rare 20th Century Fox Logo Used Briefly In The U.S.A. In 1945.

HONDO — Sat, 10 Mar 2018 00:04:00 +0000

In 1945 20th Century Fox celebrated their 30th year anniversary, resulting from a merger that happened between The Fox Film Corporation ( 1915-1935 ) and 20th Century ( 1933 until the merger ) A very limited number of 1945 release posters that were produced in the U.S.A. for usage there only had a special distributor logo applied, in at least two variations, acknowledging this milestone. Very few 20th Century Fox 1945 releases had the anniversary logo applied to the film posters, and in some cases with individual films,the special logo was not used on every poster style, e.g. Where Do We Go From Here? shown above with the normal logo as well. For the record the films appearing above are A Royal Scandal, A Tree Grows In Brooklyn, Diamond Horseshoe and Where Do We Go From Here ? If anyone has other examples of the anniversary logo please let us see them ?

For Your Entertainment Multi Purpose Stock Daybill.

HONDO — Sat, 23 Sep 2017 06:21:00 +0000

Sixteen Millimetre Australia Pty. Ltd.

BEF Film Distributors Ltd.

International Film Distributors Ltd. from New Zealand.

All the above stock daybills were printed by Robert Burton in Australia for use in both Australia and New Zealand. This style poster appeared to have been used starting circa 1971 and used mainly in the early to mid 1970s.The three examples are slightly different, so three individual printings took place.

As usual with Australian daybills there is always something a little different.The following daybill is blank where the distributors name is normally printed. The poster was again printed in Australia by Robert Burton. I am thinking this poster printed for this 1940 20th Century Fox release has to been printed for a 16mm release due to the age of the film and the original distributor.

The following is another FYR style heading used by BEF in Australia as well during the early 1970s, with numerous examples available. Although this example doesn't show any printers credits, other examples sighted have Robert Burton credits printed on them.

Borderline Poster Advertising

HONDO — Fri, 30 Dec 2016 04:42:00 +0000

The House Of Terror ( 1928 ) was a 10 chapter silent serial. This U.S. poster featuring the chapter 2 episode, perhaps could have been more discretely drawn with differently positioned hands and a villain not quiet enjoying his work as much.

The Red Beret

HONDO — Sat, 05 Nov 2016 11:32:00 +0000

The Red Beret ( 1953 ). I would like to hear any thoughts regarding these three daybill posters printed for The Red Beret, which opened in Australia in 1954 ?

How Observant Are You ?

HONDO — Wed, 21 Sep 2016 21:11:00 +0000

In this great display in a cinema there are four films advertised with standees and posters that are viewable to human eyesight in the image. Two are immediately known to the person viewing but the other two aren't. There is an obvious clue to narrow down the year. Sorry the image is so dark but that shouldn't stop anyone working out the titles as I successfully managed to do so. The posters are on the wall in glass displays. Good luck.

Just When You Thought Film Advertising Was On The Way Out

HONDO — Mon, 19 Sep 2016 12:00:00 +0000

Suva Lautoka They still know how to display in Fiji ( at least when these photographs were taken ). It puts Australian cinemas to shame.

Who'll Stop The Rain / Dog Soldiers

HONDO — Mon, 20 Jun 2016 07:19:00 +0000

Who'll Stop The Rain ( aka Dog Soldiers ) ( 1978 ). It appears the Who'll Stop The Rain daybill would have been the one printed for the Australian first release. The Dog Soldiers top right poster being the M.A.P.S. version printed for New Zealand distribution, just altering the title and leaving off the Australian censorship rating and the top left poster being an alternative New Zealand poster also printed for this film.

What A Difference A Few Years And A Printer Make.

HONDO — Sun, 10 Apr 2016 05:30:00 +0000

The above full colour image is taken off the original daybill printed for the first Australian release of The Gaxebo ( 1959 ) starring Debbie Reynolds and Glenn Ford printed by A. Chromo Print. The duotone image is taken off a 2nd printing completed between 1960 and 1962 by Advertising & Commercial. A definite decline in the artwork. The smaller secondary image above appearing on the duotone is even worse by turning the ugly woman into a male Robert Stack lookalike. I spared you the pigeon image. It appears to me the majority of duotone printed posters by any of the Australian printers were assigned to the B team of artists.

NSS Stock Posters...

Charlie — Fri, 04 Dec 2015 03:49:00 +0000

I wanted to attempt to gather images of all the NSS Stock Frame posters here. Post them if you can find them.

Here is one where I soaked the poster off. The only thing that fits proportionality is a window card.

We decided just to save these for Halloween...

One from Bruce...

Australian Daybill Posters Not Appearing On Presskits.

HONDO — Wed, 02 Dec 2015 21:24:00 +0000

If an Australian presskit doesn't show a daybill as part of the types of posters available for exhibitors to purchase would one then believe there wasn't one printed ? I am talking 1940s here and not 1980s or later when this probably started to happen. I would appreciate any thoughts on this question I have posed ?

Rating stamp on long daybills

theartofmovieposters — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 11:39:00 +0000

I have a few long daybills with this stamp on it. My question is why?

All the long daybills are pre-ratings...so no ratings on them.

Is this an early aussie thing? Not an aussie thing? Surely it wouldn't have been done to EVERY print of the poster?