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(Quote) It's an interesting one. The image of Clark Gable is not good!
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(Quote) That's a good question. Early Australian pressbooks referred to Heralds and "Couriers" that were available to cinema owners. The attached came fromthe GWTW pressbook and included what most people would describe as a herald but it is r…
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(Quote) There is a reference to the daybill but no image is shown
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Bruce did load the image but it appears that it is not showing up for everyone so here it is ... completely different image to the press book
Bruce, the one that you will be auctioning is quite strange. The image of Gable and Leigh is different to the image in the pressbook albeit it looks to me as if the printers mistakenly switched the images of the one sheet and the three sheet in the …Shake Hands With the Devil rare daybill that was on the missing list
in What Happened To The Australian Daybills?
Comment by John
October 2025
Interesting question.
W.E.Smith were certainly printing many daybills from the 1920s onwards so it is possible that the details on the Sherlock Holmes daybill are correct.
I had a quick look through my long daybills and the193…We buy complete collections and have actually purchased a large number of sizeable collections in Australia over the past few years. If you are looking to sell everything in one hit without having to do any work we would be happy to help. Contact us…There has been some speculation about who consigned the posters to HA. To dispel any rumours - it is not me! Those posters have all passed through my hands over the years but were sold privately at varying times. Another collector is the consignor.This has been happening in Australia for about a year. It adds a significant amount to the cost of shipping rolled one sheets but also means more time spent in packaging.I wonder if there were any quarantine requirements in those days. Caesar and his trainer seemed to go back and forth to the US without a problem. The flyer indicates that he was under contract to make another Hollywood film but, as Lawrence says, it…This herald is interesting for two reasons. First for the live performance of Australia's Canine Movie Star and secondly for the spelling mistake in his name!
The story is fascinating and you can read all about it here(Quote) Im always interested in your research.There are a number of second printings for Elvis films that look very similar in the format and lesser artwork to the one Ben has. The lack of printer's details is also a pointer that it might be a slightly later printing. My guess is that Hard Days…I would be interested too(Quote) From memory, they did have Girosign on the back(Quote) Yes, they were based in Wardour St London. I'm pretty sure that a US dealer picked up a huge collection of English Front of House stills that must have originated from Girosign. They have been appearing on eBay for many years and I'm …(Quote) I have thousands of press sheets but can't find any reference that has an official term for these odd size posters so I guess thats why they are referred to as "special".They both measure 16" x 24". I quite understand that odd sized posters are sometimes called "special posters" but I'm not really fond of that term. Thats just my personal view and not, in any way, criticism of anyone that uses it.
I would…Here is another rare poster for an Australian film. There is also a flyer listed on eBay at the moment.
in Rare Australian Posters Of Australian Films
Comment by John
March 2025
Here is another rare poster for an Australian film
Notice that on the title still from the set, there was a triangle where the Australian censor details would have been placed indicating that these stills would have been used internationallyin Rare Australian Posters Of Australian Films Comment by John March 2025
Here is another still from the film
Interested(Quote) Me too
(Quote) Typo on the daybill - should be Leopard Woman not WomenIt would be good if the NFSA could put images of their archived posters on their website.Fred Brodrick initials on the black and white artwork for the advert. It would be good to see if he designed the daybill as well.
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