The Ten Commandments
So I am going through the Vincent Price stuff at the moment.
This is the original release printed by W.E. Smith Limited Sydney
Thanks to John, a 60s RR printed by Robert Burton Pty Ltd Sydney:
So where do these fit in...this is my guess on timing, but not sure of year, or era re-release...a little help:
Printed by Robert Burton Printers Pty Ltd Sydney
Almost identical:
Robert Burton Printers Pty Ltd Sydney
Then these...
Printed by Robert Burton Printers Pty Ltd
And again by Printed by Robert Burton Printers Pty Ltd
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Seeing no one is commenting here here is what I know.
In order of how you originally posted them some information on release dates for The Ten Commandments.
The Richardson designed W.E.Smith printed daybill was the original for the film that was released in Sydney in 1958.
The second daybill printed by Robert Burton as John informed us is a 1960s RR. Can't be 100% certain the year but there were screenings in 1960 and none that I can see after then located on Trove. Availability to newspaper advertisements after 1954 are limited though. 1960 seems a bit too soon to me so calling it early 1960s is what I personally think it is.
Images three and four due to the censorship ratings and CIC printed on them would make them either 1970 or 1971.
Image five with the G rating I would say very late 1971 or 1972 before a big official re-release in the next year.
Image six with the G rating and the wording at the top would have been for an official re-release I believe in 1973.
Ok so to resurrect this thread, this daybill is a Richardson, so I am assuming it was released at the same time as the other one by WE Smith, but it just misrepresented on emovie as a 60s RR - am assuming because the Burton ones are so common and the artwork is the same, they just missed it...heck I did too! So we have two styles from Richardson Studios for the original release.
And so the Burton 60s RR would have been based off this art.
What say you guys?
Very well spotted Ves. I certainly missed it too. There were two styles of this original poster of The Ten Commandments then and one must keep in mind over decades Richardson produced titles with two designs and this one along with the earlier late 1950s War And Peace it would appear to have been the last ones produced and TTC the last. Why was one printed by W.E. Smith and the other by Robert Burton then ?
My thoughts are as W.E. Smith was slowing down in their poster printing operations in the late 1950s The second style of The Ten Commandments was given to Robert Burton to print along with Vertigo, The Geisha Boy and some other daybills in 1958 which were listed in my Hondo's daybill Q & A thread last month.
The 1960s version was copied from the newly discovered first release poster. If one looks closely you can notice some very slight differences. It is so close to the original though is is as it is the original artwork so why then wasn't Richardson credited ? I will need to have a closer look at the two posters to compare.
I just recently picked up this second Richardson style, which is what sent me looking. I think it was printed by WE Smith as well...but need to confirm. I will take some pics tonight and post up what I see.
When you have the Richardson in hand, you can definitely tell the difference in standard of artwork. The RR is just more rough in style.
I'll post up some nice big pics of all 3 (2 Richardsons and RR).
And can I just say, a huge thanks to Lawrence for his passion around printer and distributor information because it now forces me to take a closer look at daybills and not just take for granted what is listed!
That second Richardson find is a pretty rare one. I cant recall ever having it or seeing it.
Here are some pics for comparison: