Double Bill Daybills
For some reason, daybills for double bill / double feature films are scarce. There are literally hundreds of British double bill posters and many US as well but there seem to have been very few printed in Australia. Here are a few. I would be interested to see if anyone has other examples
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I wasn't able to locate an Australian daybill of a Goldfinger and Dr.No double bill re-releas poster, but I did find a nice colour Australian one sheet.
For the first release double bill of Tiger Likes Fresh Blood (1964) and Bite Of The Gorilla (1962) daybill I had dayhiill images of the individual films as appearing below.
The Daniel Boone Trail Blazer (1956) and the Zorro Rides Again (1959) double bill daybill was printed for the Australian first release circa 1976. The two films were released by the very small independent Australian film distributor Consolidated Cinema Distributors. Zorro Rides Again was edited into a feature film from the 1937 serial. This seemed to have taken place to cash in on the popularity of the previous Walt Disney produced and screened 1957-1959 television series.
I as well as John haven't a specific folder of these produced double bill Australian film posters. My memory is what is assisting me at present. More to follow soon on providing extra images of double bill Australian posters..
The second example is interesting. A double bill of Keystone Comics and The Kid From Kokomo that was bllled as just being Kid From Kokomo, an original 1939 film. Nothing whatsoever located regarding any details on the origin of the Keystone Comics film. It would appear this double bill began being screened in pre 1948 due to the not suitable for general exhibition rating applied. Jane Wyman was featured being top billed on the poster due most likely to her then current Johnny Belinda fame when she only had a small supporting part in the film and a credit for her doesn't appear on the following below Australian daybill poster.
The third and certainly the most interesting double bill daybill example still to come later today.
Frankenstein Meets The Space Monster and Curse of The Voodoo were both 1965 films, and the above double bill Australian daybill was printed. for this intended release that never took place. Frankenstein Meets The Space Monster was banned originally on horror grounds. I also am thinking that Curse Of The Voodoo was also banned but no proof of this located to back this up.,
In 1968 The twenty year ban on horror films was removed and by circa 1970 many previously banned horror films including The Columbia films The Werewolf (1956), The Man Who Turned To Stone1 (1957) and Creature With The Atom Brain (1955) were resubmitted and passed by the Australian film censor I believe that Columbia Pictures thought that the two films in question would also be passed, and they went ahead in advance and printed the double bill poster anticipating the not suitable for children classification, which only happened on one of the films. This took place circa 1969 prior to the introduction to the ''R'' restricted classification being introduced on the 15 November 1971.
You will note that the Frankenstein Meets The Space Monster Australian double bill artwork was watered down compared to the original American designed artwork showing the monster's image. I am thinking that the two films were resubmitted to the Australian film censor around circa 1969 with Curse Of The Voodoo being passed and Frankenstein Meets The Space again being banned. The Frankenstein Meets The Space Monster single daybill was produced by Rober Burton printers in Australia for New Zealand distribution only where it apparently was passed and released there.
The Australian produced only for New Zealand daybill of Frankenstein Meets The Space Monster that appiled the stranger U.S.artwork anf the Australian daybill of Curse Of The Voodoo.