QUEEN OF HEARTS Daybill

John

This is a bit of a crossover thread with the Cataloguing the Printers

I was surprised to see that this daybill is printed by JNO Evans. Anyone have thoughts as to its release date?

David

Why surprised?

HONDO

What is the size? It doesn't appear to be a long daybill.

Hondo

John

David said:

Why surprised?

In the other thread, Hondo mentions the last known JNO Evans printed daybills were around 1925 and that tallies with what I have seen up until yesterday. Its a bit hard to accurately date this daybill but it is a fair bit later than 1925. Maybe just a one off but I will be interested to hear if anyone can pin down a date for this one bearing in mind that the film was originally release in about 1936.

By the way, the poster measures 13" x 30"

PS The only other JNO Evans daybills I have seen were printed in the early 1920s

David

Now it is interesting!

Trivia: Monty Banks directed all Gracie Fields films from Queens of Hearts (1936) until Shipyward Sally (1939) and they were married in 1940 until his death in 1950. 

Looks like there was a big re-release season in 1943

HONDO

David said

Looks like there was a big re-release season in 1943

Queen Of Hearts  along with another Gracie Fields movie The Show Goes On were certainly re-released widely in 1943.The films I thought would have been re-released by BEF with a nice W.E.Smith colour poster produced for each of them.I'm wondering if a smaller independent distributor obtained the re-release rights and possibly had the two daybils for these two films produced cheaply and possibly The Show Goes On done in the same style by Jno, Evans & Son Print, You will notice there is no distributor credits on the Queen Of Hearts daybill which to say the least is a dull but also historic posterl.What I can say John is I am convinced this daybill was for a 1943 re-release.

Hondo

John

That sounds good to me!