Image # 57 is The Mysterious Doctor a Warner Brothers B film from 1943 running a brief 57 minutes only. The film starred John Loder and Eleanor Parker whose best years at Warner Brothers were still to come. An interesting synopsis of the film is as follows- ''The citizens of a tiny Cornish village are tormented during world War 11 by a headless ghost which is haunting the local tin mine''.
Image # 59. The film's director said that he did not consider this movie to be a Horror movie yet another famous film director included this film on his top 11 scariest horror films of all time list.
Image # 59. The film's director said that he did not consider this movie to be a Horror movie yet another famous film director included this film on his top 11 scariest horror films of all time list.
Image # 60. A future Oscar winner involved.
Image # 59 is The Entity ( 1982 ). Directed by Sidney J. Furie and Martin Scorsese was the director who included The Entity as one of his top 11 scariest movies of all time.
Image # 60 is Near Dark ( 1987 ). Directed by Kathryn Bigelow who went on to win an Oscar for best director of The Hurt Locker.
Yes The Night Of The Sorcerers ( 1974 ) from Spain is correct. Original title La Noche De Los Brujos was the original Spanish title. The daybill where this image originated from has minimal information printed on the poster which excludes the distributor's name. The film's applicant was Jim Wilson Cinemas but obviously he didn't distribute the film. All I can find out about Jim Wilson is in 1970 he was the proprietor of four cinemas in Northern N.S.W. The cinemas were at Gunnedah, Guyra, Bingara and Delungra with populations sourced from previous census records ranging from 575 to 7888 people. He wouldn't have made a profit from screening the film at his Cinemas alone.
My daybill of Night of the Sorcerers apparently came from a NSW drive-in; maybe Jim was the man who brought the film to Australia.
The Aussie one sheet:
The printer details (according to the eBay listing) are Edwards Screen Printing (E.P.S.), Tamworth, NSW Australia.
I'm limited in my knowledge here - is it a reasonable assumption to say that the daybill would've been printed by the same company? Were daybills and one sheets for any one film always printed by the same company?
My daybill of Night of the Sorcerers apparently came from a NSW drive-in; maybe Jim was the man who brought the film to Australia.
ANSWER - Yes he would have imported it but whether he distributed the film himself is unknown and if so it only may have been in the Northern areas of N.S.W.. If nationally released then it may have been distributed by one of the independents. The printer is from Tamworth which fits in with where Jim Wilson operated his cinemas.
The printer details (according to the eBay listing) are Edwards Screen Printing (E.P.S.), Tamworth, NSW Australia.
I'm limited in my knowledge here - is it a reasonable assumption to say that the daybill would've been printed by the same company? Were daybills and one sheets for any one film always printed by the same company?
ANSWER - . The majority of one sheets and daybills of the same design I would say were printed by separate printers. The daybill of The Night Of The Sorcerers may or may not have been printed by Edwards Screen Printing ( E.P.S. ). The fact the printers credits are on the one sheet and not on the daybill would perhaps lead one to think possibly two printers were used but we really don't know.
I intend to follow up an idea I have tomorrow so if I find out anything else I will let you know.
Quite amazing to think that once upon a time a bush drive-in owner potentially imported and distributed a film! How times have changed!
Also potentially explains why some daybills are so rare from the 1970s. If a film like 'Night of the Sorcerers' was hypothetically only screened at a handful of locations, then it's likely that there may have been a very small print run of posters.
Have had some contact today with what I thought would be a lead regarding the importer but it proved to be fruitless, but the good news is a second contact that took place sounds promising. Waiting to hear back from a former cinema manager.
Just going back to Night of the Sorcerers; specifically whether you can assume the daybill and one sheet were printed by the same printer or not. While looking for my Dead Kids without the snipe I found the daybill for Love, Swedish Style. I recently picked up the one sheet (mentioned in the cataloging the printers thread) and as you can see, the posters were clearly done by two different printers. Until our recent Sorcerers discussion I never considered that different printers would print different size posters for the same film. Given that M.A.P.S did print one sheets, the posters for Love, Swedish Style are all the more curious. Apologies for the poor condition of the poster - it came from a bundle of odd, Z-Grade posters I bought years ago that had some rare titles that were sadly stained.
Just going back to Night of the Sorcerers; specifically whether you can assume the daybill and one sheet were printed by the same printer or not. While looking for my Dead Kids without the snipe I found the daybill for Love, Swedish Style. I recently picked up the one sheet (mentioned in the cataloging the printers thread) and as you can see, the posters were clearly done by two different printers. Until our recent Sorcerers discussion I never considered that different printers would print different size posters for the same film. Given that M.A.P.S did print one sheets, the posters for Love, Swedish Style are all the more curious.
I don't know why you think M.A.P.S. didn't print one sheets but they certainly did do print them. I should have found a horror film example to complimemt this thread I suppose but as it's late I have just downloaded the first example I had handy.
Sorry Pancho I certainly misread what you had said. I must retire to bed earlier in future and not post anything late at night. I have reprimanded myself and will try and concentrate more in future and attempt to retire to bed earlier in future.
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Image # 59. The film's director said that he did not consider this movie to be a Horror movie yet another famous film director included this film on his top 11 scariest horror films of all time list.
Image # 60. A future Oscar winner involved.
Please join in and it is not dangerous to your health..Image # 59 is The Entity ( 1982 ). Directed by Sidney J. Furie and Martin Scorsese was the director who included The Entity as one of his top 11 scariest movies of all time.
Image # 60 is Near Dark ( 1987 ). Directed by Kathryn Bigelow who went on to win an Oscar for best director of The Hurt Locker.
The Aussie one sheet:
The printer details (according to the eBay listing) are Edwards Screen Printing (E.P.S.), Tamworth, NSW Australia.
I'm limited in my knowledge here - is it a reasonable assumption to say that the daybill would've been printed by the same company? Were daybills and one sheets for any one film always printed by the same company?
ANSWER - . The majority of one sheets and daybills of the same design I would say were printed by separate printers. The daybill of The Night Of The Sorcerers may or may not have been printed by Edwards Screen Printing ( E.P.S. ). The fact the printers credits are on the one sheet and not on the daybill would perhaps lead one to think possibly two printers were used but we really don't know.
I intend to follow up an idea I have tomorrow so if I find out anything else I will let you know.
Also potentially explains why some daybills are so rare from the 1970s. If a film like 'Night of the Sorcerers' was hypothetically only screened at a handful of locations, then it's likely that there may have been a very small print run of posters.
Have had some contact today with what I thought would be a lead regarding the importer but it proved to be fruitless, but the good news is a second contact that took place sounds promising. Waiting to hear back from a former cinema manager.
Correct. # 63 is indeed The Changeling ( 1980 ).
It must be late for you because he didn't say he thought they didn't...
Sorry Pancho I certainly misread what you had said. I must retire to bed earlier in future and not post anything late at night. I have reprimanded myself and will try and concentrate more in future and attempt to retire to bed earlier in future.