Correct, the female lead Anna Sten isn't credited on the daybill. It appears not the fault ( this time ) of the Australian W.E. Smith printer's poster artist but the fault lies in the U.S.A. where our image was copied from. The U.S. insert, window card & 8 x 10s has Anna Sten second billed but for some unknown reason the one sheet and 3 sheet doesn't. This is were the daybill was apparently copied from.
Good observations but it is as simple as the censorship classification being different than it normally would be. It has ''Not recommended for children'' on both posters when the standard & correct classification was ''Not suitable for children'' at that time. I can not remember seeing any other posters with this exact wording on them.
An interesting fact is when the film was released in Sydney on the 3rd of October, 1968, according to the Australian The Film Weekly trade magazine annual yearbook, the film was released by Regent Films and not Roadshow. Roadshow were not distributing films in Australia in 1968 so the Regent posters would have had the Not Suitable For Children rating on them. I believe the Not Recommended For children is the full length version for NRC and the Roadshow daybills are for a post November, 1971 re-release sometime in the early 1970s. Newspaper advertisements confirm some screenings of The Comedy Of Terrors at drive-in cinemas playing alongside other Roadshow titles. The Comedy Of Terrors wasn't resubmitted for censorship when Roadshow apparently acquired the title and they they signed to distribute AIP titles so the rating error may have happened possibly if the Regent Films original poster was being used for artwork with the old rating on it to copy for the Roadshow re-release.
An interesting fact is when the film was released in Sydney on the 3rd of October, 1968, according to the Australian The Film Weekly trade magazine annual yearbook, the film was released by Regent Films and not Roadshow. Roadshow were not distributing films in Australia in 1968 so the Regent posters would have had the Not Suitable For Children rating on them.
An interesting fact is when the film was released in Sydney on the 3rd of October, 1968, according to the Australian The Film Weekly trade magazine annual yearbook, the film was released by Regent Films and not Roadshow. Roadshow were not distributing films in Australia in 1968 so the Regent posters would have had the Not Suitable For Children rating on them.
I know what this means and I don't like it!
Look on the bright side the original daybill is possibly better.
The Great Waldo Pepper ( 1975 ) daybill is similar to the Australian 1 sheet and also the Australian 3 sheet in design. The Australian design has a slight problem in that an additional part black and white image of Robert Redford's head appears on the top right hand edge of the poster design. Surely this should have been removed at some stage before it went to print.
You ain't seen nothing yet! Interesting discovery to come.
I have a folder containing many daybill images I have collected over the years where there are two similar designs of the same film. I have found some interesting things about some of them which I hope to share with you in over a period of time
I have a folder containing many daybill images I have collected over the years where there are two similar designs of the same film. I have found some interesting things about some of them which I hope to share with you in over a period of time
Regarding The Great Waldo Pepper example posted earlier on this thread as well as the above statement please go to my recently posted new thread titled ''Slightly Different Daybill Versions Of Same Design'' to read some new information on this subject.
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Correct, the female lead Anna Sten isn't credited on the daybill. It appears not the fault ( this time ) of the Australian W.E. Smith printer's poster artist but the fault lies in the U.S.A. where our image was copied from. The U.S. insert, window card & 8 x 10s has Anna Sten second billed but for some unknown reason the one sheet and 3 sheet doesn't. This is were the daybill was apparently copied from.
No "Together Again" on the one on the left
Central Image missing on the one on the right, etc etc
Good observations but it is as simple as the censorship classification being different than it normally would be. It has ''Not recommended for children'' on both posters when the standard & correct classification was ''Not suitable for children'' at that time. I can not remember seeing any other posters with this exact wording on them.
An interesting fact is when the film was released in Sydney on the 3rd of October, 1968, according to the Australian The Film Weekly trade magazine annual yearbook, the film was released by Regent Films and not Roadshow. Roadshow were not distributing films in Australia in 1968 so the Regent posters would have had the Not Suitable For Children rating on them. I believe the Not Recommended For children is the full length version for NRC and the Roadshow daybills are for a post November, 1971 re-release sometime in the early 1970s. Newspaper advertisements confirm some screenings of The Comedy Of Terrors at drive-in cinemas playing alongside other Roadshow titles. The Comedy Of Terrors wasn't resubmitted for censorship when Roadshow apparently acquired the title and they they signed to distribute AIP titles so the rating error may have happened possibly if the Regent Films original poster was being used for artwork with the old rating on it to copy for the Roadshow re-release.
Look on the bright side the original daybill is possibly better.
Regarding The Great Waldo Pepper example posted earlier on this thread as well as the above statement please go to my recently posted new thread titled ''Slightly Different Daybill Versions Of Same Design'' to read some new information on this subject.