Rare Australian Posters Of Australian Films

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• HONDO

  April 18

  dedeposter said:

  I used to think they were reissues, but having seen so many of them I think they were just a cheaper printing alternative.

  When you say'' seen so many of them'', were they perhaps in most cases those only of a same small number of film titles?

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• dedeposter

  April 18

  I really probably haven't seen that many in total, but more than I'd have expected to see over the years. Usually just singles in small amounts, not whole sets. They would just randomly appear in places that had daybills for sale (Like Space Age books, and odd little antique shops). I didn't realise in my early days of collecting that they were genuine lobby cards, I thought they must have been cheap photo prints done by individual cinemas, that's why I never really collected them.

  
  
  Peter

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• HONDO

  April 18

  Do you remember though if the paper quality of these cards was similar to other normally printed colour lobby cards?

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• dedeposter

  April 18

  No, it felt like photographic paper,  certainly not like US lobby cards. 

  
  
  Peter

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• HONDO

  April 18

  Thanks for that. 
  
  Does anyone currently have any Australian colourised lobby cards for 1930s and 1940s released films?
  If you do happen to have any your comment regarding their makeup would be most appreciated. The titles of the lobby cards would also be
  helpful. 

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• dedeposter

  April 18

  This is an example from NFSA to get the discussion started (which you probably already have). 
  
  No printer credits, which makes me think it's some kind of photographic process (which is then hand or machine coloured).
  
  

  
  
  Peter

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• blairo

  12:07AM

  Thanks for the lobby card posting very interesting. Here is a daybill I acquired many years ago. Not sure if a original or reprint

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