The Blonde Captive ( 1931) here on this thread has been a much discussed film, included on pages 2, 3, 4 & 5. You can also find information on the film on the forum's How Observant Are You and The Nude Quiz threads as well.
Thanks to Diego he has allowed me to locate an original Columbia Pictures 1930's release Spanish film poster for the film. Apart from U.S.A. posters, which a lot of posters artwork exists for today, any non American poster artwork is extremely rare to locate. This poster also shows that Columbia Pictures would appear to have had World rights to the film, if only for a limited period of time.
The following Spanish poster has an interesting shape of Australia drawn on it, along with the incorrect spelling of Sydney.The poster is up for sale, but is very pricey.
I then Iocated the following image on the IMDb website as well. I believe this image wasn't present years ago when I had last checked there.
Any ideas on what the year of release is for this one?
Any ideas on what the year of release is for this one?
Not really.The Columbia Pictures logo would mean the Spanish release had to be sometime between 1932 and 1935. These are the only years that Columbia held the film rights.
I am wondering if Diego would be able to locate the exact year of the Spanish release?
I just checked the following website that Diego had sent me. and guess what?, The Blonde Captive Spanish poster that was included on this website yesterday has now now vanished.
Diego on the Hondo's This And That Thread has offered an alternative reason for the removal of the poster, and that it may have been possibly purchased earlier on and only now been removed, as the seller may have been away..
U.S.A. artwork from Columbia Pictures has the image of the map of Australia much more accurate than the Spanish version, but still some improvement in accuracy was still required.
The Blonde Captive certainly appears was never to have been screened in Australia. The reason for this appears to be tied in with an article published in The Western Australian Newspaper March 15, 1934. The relevant part of the article that relates to The Blonde Captive appears below.
The Blonde Captive was reviewed in the U.S.A. trade publication The Film Daily on 12 December 1931, and with the distributor credited as being Imperial Dist.
The film posters and what I believe was their order of being produced.
Original brief 1931 release by Imperial Distributors Corporation.
Re-release by Columbia Pictures 1932 - 1935
A further re-release, this time by Capital Pictures Corporation, sometime from 1935 onwards at an undetermined date.
That Spanish Blonde Captive is a stunner, thanks for the heads up to this thread, Hondo. FWIW, Columbia acquired the rights from Pizor's initial New York release for a 10 year run and then it reverted back to Pizor and his Capitol Film outfit. (An interesting bit of trivia is that it was Columbia head Harry Cohn's brother who actually bought it for the studio where they made piles of cash from it until the implementation of the Production Code for 'decency' forced the film into an early retirement. No major studio would have been able to release it under the Code, which is why Pizor was probably eager to get it back).
Thanks Andrew for providing us with the rare Mexican lobby card image of They're a Weird Mob. The card includes, along with the main design, a black and white image of the following Rank Organisation U.K. lobby card.
For an image that I was originally holding back on displaying, it now seems to be an appropriate time to do so. This super rare similar in overall design to the Mexican artwork is an Argentinean film poster that I only recently stumbled across by accident. I cannot even find the website it came from now when attempting to revisit the website that it appeared in.. \
According to IMDb the film gained a release in many countries around the world. but it it difficult to locate film posters from any countries other than the U.K. and Australia. U.K. posters were used in Canada.
A Nation Is Built ( 1938 ) film poster material is extremely hard to locate any material on. A full uncut version of the original Australian daybill can be viewed on the attached NFSA link.
The previous posting was incorrectly included on this thread instead on the Rare Australian Posters Of Australian Films thread. I will rectify this by including there as well.
The Blonde Captive was reviewed in the U.S.A. trade publication The Film Daily on 12 December 1931, and with the distributor credited as being Imperial Dist.
The film posters and what I believe was their order of being produced.
Original brief 1931 release by Imperial Distributors Corporation.
Re-release by Columbia Pictures 1932 - 1935
A further re-release, this time by Capital Pictures Corporation, sometime from 1935 onwards at an undetermined date.
That Spanish Blonde Captive is a stunner, thanks for the heads up to this thread, Hondo. FWIW, Columbia acquired the rights from Pizor's initial New York release for a 10 year run and then it reverted back to Pizor and his Capitol Film outfit. (An interesting bit of trivia is that it was Columbia head Harry Cohn's brother who actually bought it for the studio where they made piles of cash from it until the implementation of the Production Code for 'decency' forced the film into an early retirement. No major studio would have been able to release it under the Code, which is why Pizor was probably eager to get it back).
--Peter
Some further thoughts about the release date sequences of the various The Blonde Captive film posters I do intend to include here in the future. Still checking out something at present though.
Along with the re-examining of the posters, some new information that I have located has me now thinking differently about the above various film posters and their printing order, Interestingly there is also another film distributor's involvement as well.
From my site: There are U.S. posters for this movie that do not have a studio listed, but say "William Pizor presents", and there are also lobby cards, a pressbook, and a glass slide that are identified as being from Columbia Pictures. It appears that after the great success of "Africa Speaks" in 1931, Pizor discovered that in 1928/1929 Paul Withington (an anthropology professor at Harvard) and Clifton Childs (an Australian archeologist) had organized an expedition to the Australian Aboriginal territories. The footage these men had filmed, combined with new (and likely "faked") footage, was used to create a wild exploitation movie called "The Blonde Captive" which was released on December 30th of 1931 (or perhaps February of 1932). A resourceful collector discovered two early 1932 newspaper articles which state that Columbia purchased the distribution rights from William Pizor after it's New York premiere.
And we believe the Capital Pictures Corp release is from the 1940s.
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And we believe the Capital Pictures Corp release is from the 1940s.
Thoroughly agree that the re-release is from the 1940s. I located a new to me U.S. website today that credits this poster as being from the 1931 first release.
Anyone else like to comment?
I have some more thoughts to add, but I will wait to see if any other comments are forthcoming first.
And we believe the Capital Pictures Corp release is from the 1940s.
Thoroughly agree that the re-release is from the 1940s. I located a new to me U.S. website today that credits this poster as being from the 1931 first release.
Anyone else like to comment?
I have some more thoughts to add, but I will wait to see if any other comments are forthcoming first.
Disappointed that no other comments were received, and I will now comment on the above poster artwork.
The artist responsible for the above artwork Wynne W. Davies arrived in the U.S.A. from Australia at New York in 1931. He apparently secured the film poster artwork from Imperial distributors for The Blonde Captive.
The film was only briefly distributed in the U.S.A, in late 1931 by Imperial. Shortly after Columbia Pictures obtained the distribution rights. who then used Wynne's artwork on all their Columbia distributed posters.
Due to the Hays Code being introduced in the 1930's the film's rights were returned to the original makers, and it would appear all of Wynne W. Davies artwork as well.
When The Blonde Captive was re-released in the 1940s by Capital, the original Davies artwork as seen above was used on their re-release posters.
Due to apparently being impressed by his poster skills Columbia pictures hired him to do poster artwork for them at least in1932 and 1933. I have six examples of poster artwork he was responsible for during the period of time he spent at Columbia..
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I am wondering if Diego would be able to locate the exact year of the Spanish release?
https://www.todocoleccion.net/buscador?bu=australia&sec=carteles%2Dposters%2Dcine&O=menos
Did someone who viewed my Hondo's This And That thread, which included this website, perhaps purchase the poster?
U.S.A. artwork from Columbia Pictures has the image of the map of Australia much more accurate than the Spanish version, but still some improvement in accuracy was still required.
The Blonde Captive certainly appears was never to have been screened in Australia. The reason for this appears to be tied in with an article published in The Western Australian Newspaper March 15, 1934. The relevant part of the article that relates to The Blonde Captive appears below.
The film posters and what I believe was their order of being produced.
Original brief 1931 release by Imperial Distributors Corporation.
Re-release by Columbia Pictures 1932 - 1935
A further re-release, this time by Capital Pictures Corporation, sometime from 1935 onwards at an undetermined date.
My question is has anyone have, or has seen any posters of this film from any other countries apart from the below Hungarian poster?
Here is one I have. Although its a lobby card
For an image that I was originally holding back on displaying, it now seems to be an appropriate time to do so. This super rare similar in overall design to the Mexican artwork is an Argentinean film poster that I only recently stumbled across by accident. I cannot even find the website it came from now when attempting to revisit the website that it appeared in.. \
According to IMDb the film gained a release in many countries around the world. but it it difficult to locate film posters from any countries other than the U.K. and Australia. U.K. posters were used in Canada.
A Nation is Built - Daybill Poster | National Film and Sound Archive of Australia
A Nation is Built - Review - Photos - Ozmovies
The previous posting was incorrectly included on this thread instead on the Rare Australian Posters Of Australian Films thread. I will rectify this by including there as well.
Along with the re-examining of the posters, some new information that I have located has me now thinking differently about the above various film posters and their printing order, Interestingly there is also another film distributor's involvement as well.
Any thoughts about when this particular material designed by Wynne W, Davies was issued in the market place? Love to hear any thoughts on this.
And we believe the Capital Pictures Corp release is from the 1940s.
HAS unrestored and unenhanced images - IS eMoviePoster.com
HAS 100% honest condition descriptions - IS eMoviePoster.com
HAS auctions where the winner is the higher of two real bidders - IS eMoviePoster.com
HAS up to SIXTEEN weeks of "Pay and Hold" to save a fortune on shipping - IS eMoviePoster.com
HAS real customer service before, during and after EVERY auction, and answers all questions - IS eMoviePoster.com
HAS 25% or 26% "buyers premiums" of any kind (but especially the dreadful "$29 or $49 minimum" ones) - NOT eMoviePoster.com
HAS "reserves or starts over $1 - NOT eMoviePoster.com
HAS hidden bidder IDs - NOT eMoviePoster.com
HAS "nosebleed" shipping charges - NOT eMoviePoster.com
HAS inadequate packaging - NOT eMoviePoster.com
HAS no customer service to speak of, before, during and after any auction, and answers almost no questions - NOT eMoviePoster.com
Anyone else like to comment?
I have some more thoughts to add, but I will wait to see if any other comments are forthcoming first.
The artist responsible for the above artwork Wynne W. Davies arrived in the U.S.A. from Australia at New York in 1931. He apparently secured the film poster artwork from Imperial distributors for The Blonde Captive.
The film was only briefly distributed in the U.S.A, in late 1931 by Imperial. Shortly after Columbia Pictures obtained the distribution rights. who then used Wynne's artwork on all their Columbia distributed posters.
Due to the Hays Code being introduced in the 1930's the film's rights were returned to the original makers, and it would appear all of Wynne W. Davies artwork as well.
When The Blonde Captive was re-released in the 1940s by Capital, the original Davies artwork as seen above was used on their re-release posters.
Due to apparently being impressed by his poster skills Columbia pictures hired him to do poster artwork for them at least in1932 and 1933. I have six examples of poster artwork he was responsible for during the period of time he spent at Columbia..
Under The Southern Cross (1954) Italian locandina film poster, and for comparison the Australian produced daybill.
The Australian designed daybill is nice but I do prefer the Italian poster artwork. Anyone else agree?