Checking once more on all the listed titles of missing 1950's musical daybill posters that I had previously compiled I have now located a rare poster image that I had missed previously sighting. The film being Cha-Cha-Cha Boom from 1956 and the Australian daybill is pictured above. This film title to be removed from the missing list
I am always hoping some more missing Australian daybills will surface. One never knows when this may happen.
On checking out Bruce's latest auction, to my delight three previously missing titles have turned up. Secret Service Of The Air (1939), Scotland Yard (1941) and Up The River(1938) are the titles, and they are all nice looking long daybills.
Looking forward to what titles may next surface. There is always hope some of the missing classic daybills may be among them.
Miss Robin Crusoe (1953) . An extremely rare Australian daybill that I had been searching for an image of for over a long period of time. I have just discovered the above one in Wil's New Zealand website Very nice artwork and much better than I had expected it to be.
I have found on Bruce's website the only poster versions of this title that he has sold in the past were only from the country of origin, being the U.S.A., and twenty two in number. On searchlng Google the only poster images that I attempted to locate of any other countries poster sources turned out to be fruitless with nothing found there, as the sole posters discovered were only the American printed posters.,
This then has to make the Australian daybill poster extremely rare as I mentioned previously.
Nice one. It reminds me of the daybill for Lydia Bailey.
Yes it does a little. Both films were designed at W,E,Smith for 20th Century Fox in the early 1950s. I have to wonder if Aub Mosely was perhaps the poster artist responsible for one or even both of the posters.
The above selection of five Australian daybill posters are currently being advertised on eBay. Sven kindly advised me thinking that the selection may be rare. He was correct in his thinking. The Blitz On Britain and Bob, Son Of Battle are indeed very rare and rarely seen.
The remaining three titles Bad For Each Other, Danger Within and Sky Commando. are to the best of my knowledge haven't been sighted at all previously. The following three daybill posters were printed in Australia minus the Australian censorship, intended for distribution in New Zealand, where a lot of missing daybills seem to sufface from.
Yes too right Lawrence, it does look more like Paul Newman than Heston
I am pleased that you agree Sven and it just wasn't me thinking that.
The U.SA.. insert poster compared against the Australian daybill poster artwork.
The other artwork of Lizabeth Scott, Dianne Foster and the masked Charlton Heston image are all fine, It is just the main Newman image where the artist didn't get it spot on.
The most interesting thing here is that Bad For Each Other was released in 1953 and Paul Newman only made his film debut two years later in 1955 in The Silver Chalice. Paul Newman was unknown to movie audiences until 1955 and beyond.
I thought I would include some U.S.A. film posters here from various small independent film distributors for films that were distributed in Australia by a small independent distributor who credited their product at different periods of time as being Regent / Regent Films / RFD & also Regent Trading Enterprises.
Four out of the six films were produced by Roger Corman's The Filmgroup company with Roger Corman producing and directing three of the films himself.
All the following films would have had very small bookings and screenings in Australia.
The following American posters of Attack Of The Jungle Women, The Mating Urge ,The Girl In Lovers' Lane, Ski Troop Attack, Atlas and The Last Woman On Earth have very eye catching designs. Although Regent weren't renowned for haven't attractive poster designs. it would be great to see what the missing Australia daybills would look like.
I thought that I would mention that Regent also had an involvement with another film distributor who credited their daybills as being Cemp-Regent, with only one located one sheet poster receiving a Regent-Cemp credit. The overall quality of this product was mainly better in colour application and design that the credited only Regent designs who appeared to have used more duotone produced designs.
I know it is an extremely unlikely but I will ask anyway. Does anyone happen to have any of the missing Australian daybills for any of these titles?
A second batch of U.S.A. film posters for six films that were screened in very few venues in Australia when released here by Regent Films in the 1960s.
A twofold purpose here firstly with informing you that daybills would have been printed for all of these titles,
Secondly to ask if anyone happens to have images of any of these titles, and if so are able to share images here with use to see?
Seelng that the only response received so far to my two Regent Films postings were from Rick, and with no like notifications received that would have indicated to me an interest in this topic, I am hesitant in continuing with any additional information regarding this subject considering the amount of time spent on compiling this information.
Please inform me if anyone would like me to continue with any more follow up information?
I'm not aware of Regent Films but if they were only a small company would they have gone to the expense of printing daybills or just imported posters?
Some history about Regent Films.
Independent Film Distributors (aka IFD) commenced operating as an independent Australian film distributor in the early 1950s. They ceased operating in 1960, and shortly after this Errol Heath the former director of IFD established Regent Films also in 1960. They operated as an Australian film distributor well towards the end of the decade by distributing sexploitation titles to survive..
Both IFD and Regen certainlyt printed their own film posters. I have 51 daybill and a single one sheet image, and for Regent a total of 57 daybill images.
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Checking once more on all the listed titles of missing 1950's musical daybill posters that I had previously compiled I have now located a rare poster image that I had missed previously sighting. The film being Cha-Cha-Cha Boom from 1956 and the Australian daybill is pictured above. This film title to be removed from the missing list
Peter
The original Australian released daybill from RKO Radio, long unsighted has just turned up on Bruce's website for auction.
The original RKO daybill and the same design used by 20th Century Fox in Australia for their re-release in the early 1960s.
I am a little disappointed with the RKO daybill though as I was expecting a more colourful poster.
One more title located to be removed from my missing list of 1950's musical genre daybills, but there are still a lot more to find.
Peter
On checking out Bruce's latest auction, to my delight three previously missing titles have turned up. Secret Service Of The Air (1939), Scotland Yard (1941) and Up The River(1938) are the titles, and they are all nice looking long daybills.
Looking forward to what titles may next surface. There is always hope some of the missing classic daybills may be among them.
Peter
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An April Love Australian daybill image now located for my April 2023 posted thread regarding missing 1950's musical genre daybill titles.
Another missing title found. Slowly having some of the the original large list of missing titles turn up.
Miss Robin Crusoe (1953) . An extremely rare Australian daybill that I had been searching for an image of for over a long period of time. I have just discovered the above one in Wil's New Zealand website Very nice artwork and much better than I had expected it to be.
I have found on Bruce's website the only poster versions of this title that he has sold in the past were only from the country of origin, being the U.S.A., and twenty two in number. On searchlng Google the only poster images that I attempted to locate of any other countries poster sources turned out to be fruitless with nothing found there, as the sole posters discovered were only the American printed posters.,
This then has to make the Australian daybill poster extremely rare as I mentioned previously.
The above selection of five Australian daybill posters are currently being advertised on eBay. Sven kindly advised me thinking that the selection may be rare. He was correct in his thinking. The Blitz On Britain and Bob, Son Of Battle are indeed very rare and rarely seen.
The remaining three titles Bad For Each Other, Danger Within and Sky Commando. are to the best of my knowledge haven't been sighted at all previously. The following three daybill posters were printed in Australia minus the Australian censorship, intended for distribution in New Zealand, where a lot of missing daybills seem to sufface from.
The U.SA.. insert poster compared against the Australian daybill poster artwork.
The other artwork of Lizabeth Scott, Dianne Foster and the masked Charlton Heston image are all fine, It is just the main Newman image where the artist didn't get it spot on.
Peter
The most interesting thing here is that Bad For Each Other was released in 1953 and Paul Newman only made his film debut two years later in 1955 in The Silver Chalice. Paul Newman was unknown to movie audiences until 1955 and beyond.
Four out of the six films were produced by Roger Corman's The Filmgroup company with Roger Corman producing and directing three of the films himself.
All the following films would have had very small bookings and screenings in Australia.
The following American posters of Attack Of The Jungle Women, The Mating Urge ,The Girl In Lovers' Lane, Ski Troop Attack, Atlas and The Last Woman On Earth have very eye catching designs. Although Regent weren't renowned for haven't attractive poster designs. it would be great to see what the missing Australia daybills would look like.
I thought that I would mention that Regent also had an involvement with another film distributor who credited their daybills as being Cemp-Regent, with only one located one sheet poster receiving a Regent-Cemp credit. The overall quality of this product was mainly better in colour application and design that the credited only Regent designs who appeared to have used more duotone produced designs.
I know it is an extremely unlikely but I will ask anyway. Does anyone happen to have any of the missing Australian daybills for any of these titles?
A twofold purpose here firstly with informing you that daybills would have been printed for all of these titles,
Secondly to ask if anyone happens to have images of any of these titles, and if so are able to share images here with use to see?
Please inform me if anyone would like me to continue with any more follow up information?
Peter
Independent Film Distributors (aka IFD) commenced operating as an independent Australian film distributor in the early 1950s. They ceased operating in 1960, and shortly after this Errol Heath the former director of IFD established Regent Films also in 1960. They operated as an Australian film distributor well towards the end of the decade by distributing sexploitation titles to survive..
Both IFD and Regen certainlyt printed their own film posters. I have 51 daybill and a single one sheet image, and for Regent a total of 57 daybill images.