Australian Daybills comprehensive Video on YouTube

John · April 14

There are some very interesting insights on this video about Australian Daybills

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QBLamHtO0M

HONDO · April 14

Yes it is interesting, and some great images provided in the video presentation. There are some inaccuracies though in the presentation of information and images that are provided.

John · April 28

Also interesting that no one else has commented particularly as this is a forum for those who have an appreciation of Australian Daybills.

HONDO · April 28

.John said:

Also interesting that no one else has commented particularly as this is a forum for those who have an appreciation of Australian Daybills.

Yes indeed, and disappointing would be a more accurate word to cover what is happening. or more accurately what isn't happening here.

Charlie · April 28

Interesting for sure. Great overview. Was it me or did they mix in American locations - thought I saw Times Square.

Couple things from my viewing:

Double Sided Posters are still printed on offset lithography machines with perfecting presses where the sheet is flipped.

It is four color printing, not three color.

Most US inserts were folded prior to the 1980s to fit in 11x14 mailers with lobby cards and/or one sheets from NSS and rental services pre-1940.

Folded daybills I believe could fit inside a film reel can. John?

Although it can be said that there are examples of post WWII and modern daybills that are attractive and unique - the only daybills with staying power and of historical value are older long daybills and those for country of origin films. Else, most daybill art is inferior and only a novelty for completist or collectors from Australia.

I love daybills and have many, but now as a seasoned collector, I would trade them all for early country of origin long daybills - which are treasures.

Charlie · April 28

HONDO said:

.John said:

Also interesting that no one else has commented particularly as this is a forum for those who have an appreciation of Australian Daybills.

Yes indeed, and disappointing would be a more accurate word to cover what is happening. or more accurately what isn't happening here.

There has been a lot of discussion on the transition from forums to social media. But as long as I can afford it, the forum will be a repository for poster info. Most social media posts will be lost over time. The old head scratcher - I saw that somewhere on Facebook.

As for the Australian interest - the forum has been branded in most circles as the Australian forum. Likely because when a new member enters all they see is Australian related quizzes and such. Also because (reaching way back now) two of the founders (which have now disappeared) were Australian.

I’ve accepted it (although I was hoping for global appeal) and you’ve done great work HONDO - no question.

BUT if there is any lack of interest in Australian posters on a primarily Australian forum - I then ask “Where are all the new Australian poster collectors?”

I never see new Australian poster collectors join. I may be mistaken.

HONDO · April 28

One thing that I will comment on is that all my quizzes which do represent a large percentage of my contributions here are not Australian related. These quizzes are aimed for participation and to be answered from people from all around the world.

A question I would be keen to hear answers for is why has some knowledgeable members of long time involvement and participation here on the forum now are only viewing threads, but don't take time to comment anymore? Love to hear from anyone.

dedeposter · April 28

I really enjoy the quizzes (mostly when I get a correct answer), I try to respond to threads when I have something to add, but most of the time I enjoy getting interesting information from collectors more knowledgable than me (and with better collections!).

The rest of the time I can be very time poor, as I'm sure other people are. Work quite often gets in the way of my leisure time and it can be a bit of an effort to write long answers to threads which deserve better than a quick hurried response. In top cases I at least try to hit the LIKE button.

In the end, all things posted here are great, and I'm sure are being read quietly in the background by others who appreciate it.

HONDO · April 28

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One has to wonder where is member finepostervault these days? The new man from Hamburg started big rime with his thirty one lengthy contributions that he made between February 25 and March 25 earlier this year, After this there has been a complete absence from the forum after he had contributed some good information and thoughts and had also stated that there were great plans to rejuvenate the forum.

HONDO · April 28

dedeposter said:

I really enjoy the quizzes (mostly when I get a correct answer), I try to respond to threads when I have something to add, but most of the time I enjoy getting interesting information from collectors more knowledgable than me (and with better collections!).

The rest of the time I can be very time poor, as I'm sure other people are. Work quite often gets in the way of my leisure time and it can be a bit of an effort to write long answers to threads which deserve better than a quick hurried response. In top cases I at least try to hit the LIKE button.

In the end, all things posted here are great, and I'm sure are being read quietly in the background by others who appreciate it.

I do appreciate your response and your thoughts regarding my request. Your regular pressing the LIKE button does indicate to me that what I contribute is being appreciated. It is an indication to me that there is interest in what I contribute here. It certainly would be great for others to use this option as well to help encourage me to continue doing what I like to do here.

John · April 28

Charlie said:

Folded daybills I believe could fit inside a film reel can. John?

Not sure about that. I would have thought that they would still be too big to fit inside a film reel can even when folded. Daybills were traditionally folded in bundles of 20 or 25 over the years possibly just because it was easier to send them to cinema owners.

John · April 28

Charlie said:

HONDO said:

.John said:

Also interesting that no one else has commented particularly as this is a forum for those who have an appreciation of Australian Daybills.

Yes indeed, and disappointing would be a more accurate word to cover what is happening. or more accurately what isn't happening here.

There has been a lot of discussion on the transition from forums to social media. But as long as I can afford it, the forum will be a repository for poster info. Most social media posts will be lost over time. The old head scratcher - I saw that somewhere on Facebook.

The social media pages have certainly affected forums but most of those pages now just seem to be filled with people trying to sell their posters rather than providing information and discussion about posters.

An example is the Australian Vintage Movie Posters Buy Swap & Sell page that is followed by many Australian collectors. It seems to be largely dominated by "For Sale" posts. Many other Facebook movie poster group pages are the same and I think that there is actually less interest and participation in those pages now than there was when they first started. The novelty is wearing off!

That makes me wonder whether interest in the hobby is waning in general. It could be that there is just too much material out there. I have been offered more collections than ever lately and Facebook is flooded with people trying to sell off collections.

It's great that Charlie is willing and able to continue running VMPF. There are very few places where collectors can find so much historical information.

Charlie · April 29

HONDO said:

One thing that I will comment on is that all my quizzes which do represent a large percentage of my contributions here are not Australian related. These quizzes are aimed for participation and to be answered from people from all around the world.

I concur there are only 7 of 14 Australian related HONDO posts on the main page.

I do remember loving your leg quiz before our rift.

Your work is excellent and your contribution is appreciated.

HONDO · April 29

John said:

Charlie said:

Folded daybills I believe could fit inside a film reel can. John?

Not sure about that. I would have thought that they would still be too big to fit inside a film reel can even when folded. Daybills were traditionally folded in bundles of 20 or 25 over the years possibly just because it was easier to send them to cinema owners.

The 16mm film cans sent to the film society that I was involved in always included a limited number of daybills.

HONDO · April 29

.John said:

It's great that Charlie is willing and able to continue running VMPF. There are very few places where collectors can find so much historical information.
I agree 100%.

HONDO · April 29

Charlie said:

HONDO said:

One thing that I will comment on is that all my quizzes which do represent a large percentage of my contributions here are not Australian related. These quizzes are aimed for participation and to be answered from people from all around the world.

I concur there are only 7 of 14 Australian related HONDO posts on the main page.

I do remember loving your leg quiz before our rift.

Your work is excellent and your contribution is appreciated.

I do appreciate your comments.

dedeposter · April 29

HONDO said:

John said:

Charlie said:

Folded daybills I believe could fit inside a film reel can. John?

Not sure about that. I would have thought that they would still be too big to fit inside a film reel can even when folded. Daybills were traditionally folded in bundles of 20 or 25 over the years possibly just because it was easier to send them to cinema owners.

The 16mm film cans sent to the film society that I was involved in always included a limited number of daybills.

That would certainly make sense for film society screenings.

theartofmovieposters · May 1

I am always surprised that people are surprised when conversation wanes. When you get into a hobby you wanna learn so much, after a while you learn alot...then what? How many times can you talk about the same things. Also, people's lives change...we move into different phases and have different things that pop up which either interfere or are more important than posters.

If you want more international content on the forum, create it.

Newer collectors are rarely interested in the oldies...if you look at the FB groups its mostly all 80s and above. Hate to tell you all, but we are old

Me included. The young ones are not interested in our jabberings. Its a world for tiktok and snapchat...the younger ones spend the vast majority of time there.

HONDO · May 1

You summed things up very well Ves.

A couple of things to add. I try to include a lot of first time information in the threads that I contribute to here in the hope to entertain and inform members of new information that they were in a lot of cases not previously aware of.
Thank goodness there is the genres of both horror and science films that even younger generations do still seek out.

theartofmovieposters · May 1

Not gonna lie Lawrence, I might not post very often, but your research and posts are one of the few things that keep me coming back

Can't tell you how much I have learned from you.

HONDO · May 1

theartofmovieposters said:

Not gonna lie Lawrence, I might not post very often, but your research and posts are one of the few things that keep me coming back Can't tell you how much I have learned from you.

Thank you Ves for your kind words as this does helps encourage me to contribute and include as much of my knowledge that I have on Australian film posters and other related film information.

HONDO · May 1

Forty two discussion entries were added to the forum threads yesterday. There were fifteen submitted by me and twenty seven by various other forum members. This would have to be the highest number of posts surely to the forum ever.

Rick · May 2

I love looking and the posts and images but don't always comment unless i have something relevant to say.
Sadly, I',m not too good on the quizzes.

HONDO · May 2

Thanks then for your frankness Rick. At least as a long time member you do contribute a lot more than most do, Your regular acquisitions of poster images that you kindly share here with us are greatly appreciated.

HONDO · 1:42AM

After revisiting the you tube video a few times I continue to notice inaccurate information given regarding the poster images displayed there. There are many examples of this taking place, and I will now highlight one of the major errors involved. It is mentioned that multiple designs were created for the one release, with the following featured 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea daybills shown. They are of course posters printed for three different Australian releases and not for the same release.

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The original RKO Radio 1950's release daybill, followed by the 1960's MGM re-release daybill then finally the GUO 1970's re-release daybill.

Australian Daybills comprehensive Video on YouTube

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