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Nice Research!!!
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Thanks Lawrence. Great research!! I bought all the 4 images above (sons of Matthew, into the straight, etc) from the same dealer many years ago (Col Porter). I think he had a close relationship with Universal-International.
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A poster to celebrate this weekend's Queens celebrations. -
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Thanks for the info on the origins of the images. Are there similar versions for other films?
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(Quote) I have a copy of this poster. Did you know that on the other side of the poster is the film "Sons of Matthew"..
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Nice Poster!
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Nice Posters!! Thanks for sharing...
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I'm amazed the lobby cards went for $1475. The condition of some cards were not great.
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Attached is a US 6 Sheet of Forty Thousand Horsemen I bought a couple … Nice one! Great to see it.
Rick - totally agree about doing the right thing for a sel…
Here is a version I have in my collectionNice Research!!! Sons of Matthew also had 2 different names in the UK - with different distributors.I recently wrote a paper:
World posters of Australian Director Charles Chauvel for Cinema australia. Its at:
in Rare Non Australian Posters Of Australian Films Comment by blairo January 2019I have some Jedda items for trade on my web site: filmposter.com.auThanks VesnaI recently acquired 2 different US versions 28x22 posters of Forty Thousand Horsemen. I have not seen them anywhere before.
I put them on my site: www.filmposter.com.au ; sorry cannot seem to load up images here.Australian film book by Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper says " The cost of the filming was personally met by Herc Mcintyre, managing director of Universal and a personal friend and support of Chauvel's work. McIntyre contributed a total of 5000 pounds t…Good analysis Lawrence.Thanks Bruce.
Even in Australia there were 2 versions of daybills.
Version 1:
https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipMmH…thanks Bruce. Its likely there were 2 distributors for the film in the US at the same time..The film open in the US in New York in September 1941.
Is it possible to zoom into the right corner of the lobby card above?Great question Bruce.
Some different Universal lobby cards for Forty Thousand Horsemen are shown on:
http://www.ozmovies.com.au/movie/forty-thousand-ho…Thanks Rob... When the Kelly's rode poster was one of my first poster. Given to me by a nice poster dealer called Col Porter.Thanks. I think the 6 Sheet is similar (or the same) as the one which was taken off the Chauvel Cinema inside wall several years ago. The poster was glued to the inside wall. There is a video by the film archives taking it off slowly off the wall: …
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