Blood Orgy Of The She-Devils (1973) has interesting film posters. As appearing above there were three Australian daybills printed for three different Australian independent film distributors' , The first two above daybills are slight variations of the same design. The third design was changed by using a section of the original artwork and also adding new artwork by the different M.A.P.S. printer.
The film was submitted by the applicant Briad Film Productions and was classified on 35mm by the Australian Film Censor on I December 1974. This then must have one thinking then that the daybill crediting Briad Film Productions would then have been the original first release poster.
Where does the Mutual Film Distribution (MFD) and the C.I.D. Pty.Lrd. ( Chesterman International Distributors Pty.Limited) daybills fit in with the release of the film?
Before I comment any further it would certainly be great to hear from anyone else with their comments on their thoughts regarding the printing order of three posters.
After some serious delving I believe that I can now shine some light upon the Blood Orgy Of The She-Devils daybill situation.
There was definitely a connection between Briad Film Productions and Mutual Film Distribution. My thinking is they were possibly the one in the same owners, Briad were around in at least 1975. In 1976 or 1977 I am thinking the Briad name was changed to. Mutual.
Between the located daybill credits. the Australian Government Censorship database and some Queensland government censorship records it has certain 1976 films listed as having both Briad and Mutual as the Australian distributor. Mutual credits exist also in 1977 and 1978. but no Briad credits located from any source after 1976,
I believe then that the Briad credited daybill was the original printed poster followed shortly after by the Mutual one. The different C.I.D. version was I firmly believe the third daybill printing that was printed later down the track.
I don't know if this was the case or not, but perhaps Mutual had ceased distributing films and the rights then ended up with C.I.D.
An interesting fact though which I also discovered was that with the numerous very small independent ''poverty row'' Australian film distributors that operated in the 1970's, who distributed mainly low budget exploitation product. was that the films they distributed were often found credited by various sources as being handled by more than one distributor during their releases here in Australia, This has me then thinking that possibly in some cases the Australian film fights were sometimes granted to more than one distributor.
A rare U.S.A. major printing error is seen above. The black and white 8 x 10 still of Knights Of The Round Table (1954) was printed by the National Screen Service (NSS) for a 1962 re-release season, with the incorrect title of Knights Of The Round appeaing on it. All other different sighted examples of these stills from this re-release are printed exactly the same with the incorrect title printed on them..
All the other located different poster sizes printed for the film have the correct wording of Knights Of The Round Table printed on them. A rare mistake was made here.
WAYS TO STRENGTH AND BEAUTY (Wege zu Kraft und Schonheit - Ein Film uber moderne Korperkultur)?
Very well done Bruce,
The film is from Germany and was released in 1925. Titled The Golden Road when released here in Australia in 1927, A documentary drama film about modern physical culture which featured some nudity.
( Above images from Eveyones trade publication. Trove / NFSA) The above advertisement states 11th week screening in Sydney, One has to wonder how much longer the film season lasted?
There is certainly something that looks out of place to me that appears on the above Australian one sheet that was printed for the 1962 film Jigsaw. The film was released in Sydney on September 20,1963, I have also included the Australian daybill image as well that was printed for the film's release. Any idea about what I do find interesting though about the one sheet poster?
The only thing that annoys me is the Not Suitable For Children tag being added to what appears to be an extension of the jigsaw puzzle piece. No puzzle piece is shaped liked that!
My curiosity in the poster is indeed in the printer's credit being that of W.E.Smith Limited, Sydney.
W.E. Smith ceased printing film posters in 1960, and the Jigsaw poster was printed for a September 20, 1963 Australian cinema release, which is around three years after this cessation of their film poster painting.
Any comments regarding this information will be welcomed.
The original previously discussed Jigsaw one sheet poster printed for the 1963 Australian release, This is followed by the Australian one sheet poster that was produced for the 55 minute 1965 film Strangler's Web, which is now credited as being part of the Edgar Wallace film series, No printer's credit appears on this poster version..
Original U.K. poster artwork of Strangler's Web. Interestngly no Edgar Wallace credit appears on this poster.
First thing I noticed was "Hitler's Madmen" ......FAMILY NIGHT! That's hilarious.
Secondly, Technicolor is spelt incorrectly.
Yes well worked out Peter. Astonishing that this film was included as part of a family night screening, To those members outside of Australia the spelling of Technicolour is how we do so here. That one I hadn't picked up on though. On saying that I will now mention that there are still two other things of interest yet to be discovered on the poste,r that I have also noticed.
Seeing that Technicolor is a registered trademark it should strictly be spelt how it's registered no matter where it's being exhibited. I think in most cases it would have been spelt correctly, as in this poster. If the tagline was just "In Color" - then I think it would be changed to "In Colour" here in Australia, which would be correct. I have a feeling that "Color by Technicolor" was contractual. (I'm not a fan of the spelling either, but that's just the way it is!)
Seeing that Technicolor is a registered trademark it should strictly be spelt how it's registered no matter where it's being exhibited. I think in most cases it would have been spelt correctly, as in this poster. If the tagline was just "In Color" - then I think it would be changed to "In Colour" here in Australia, which would be correct. I have a feeling that "Color by Technicolor" was contractual. (I'm not a fan of the spelling either, but that's just the way it is!)
I just did a checking out of hundreds of my Australian daybill images and found the following results..
Apart from Color By Technicolor appearing on daybill posters there were also numerous posters that had Print By Technicolor, In Technicolor and Technicolot printed on them.
Regarding the just Color credit I located daybill posters having a credit of either color or In Color printed on them.
Also found was a daybill with Color By De Luxe appearing it.
Now to the Australian spelling of Colour on Australian daybills, I only located two examples with this spelling applied.. The films in question are Fury At Smugglers Bay and Saturday Island.
I also found an Australian 3 Sheet of Saturday Island that also had the colour spelling printed on it. Interestingly both the daybill and the 3 Sheet were printed by two different printers. This surely must then confirm that the error was the fault of the Australin distributor RKO Radio.and not a mistake by the printer.
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Blood Orgy Of The She-Devils (1973) has interesting film posters. As appearing above there were three Australian daybills printed for three different Australian independent film distributors'
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The first two above daybills are slight variations of the same design. The third design was changed by using a section of the original artwork and also adding new artwork by the different M.A.P.S. printer.
The film was submitted by the applicant Briad Film Productions and was classified on 35mm by the Australian Film Censor on I December 1974. This then must have one thinking then that the daybill crediting Briad Film Productions would then have been the original first release poster.
Where does the Mutual Film Distribution (MFD) and the C.I.D. Pty.Lrd. ( Chesterman International Distributors Pty.Limited) daybills fit in with the release of the film?
Before I comment any further it would certainly be great to hear from anyone else with their comments on their thoughts regarding the printing order of three posters.
After some serious delving I believe that I can now shine some light upon the Blood Orgy Of The She-Devils daybill situation.
There was definitely a connection between Briad Film Productions and Mutual Film Distribution. My thinking is they were possibly the one in the same owners, Briad were around in at least 1975. In 1976 or 1977 I am thinking the Briad name was changed to. Mutual.
Between the located daybill credits. the Australian Government Censorship database and some Queensland government censorship records it has certain 1976 films listed as having both Briad and Mutual as the Australian distributor. Mutual credits exist also in 1977 and 1978. but no Briad credits located from any source after 1976,
I believe then that the Briad credited daybill was the original printed poster followed shortly after by the Mutual one. The different C.I.D. version was I firmly believe the third daybill printing that was printed later down the track.
I don't know if this was the case or not, but perhaps Mutual had ceased distributing films and the rights then ended up with C.I.D.
An interesting fact though which I also discovered was that with the numerous very small independent ''poverty row'' Australian film distributors that operated in the 1970's, who distributed mainly low budget exploitation product. was that the films they distributed were often found credited by various sources as being handled by more than one distributor during their releases here in Australia, This has me then thinking that possibly in some cases the Australian film fights were sometimes granted to more than one distributor.
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A rare U.S.A. major printing error is seen above. The black and white 8 x 10 still of Knights Of The Round Table (1954) was printed by the National Screen Service (NSS) for a 1962 re-release season, with the incorrect title of Knights Of The Round appeaing on it. All other different sighted examples of these stills from this re-release are printed exactly the same with the incorrect title printed on them..
All the other located different poster sizes printed for the film have the correct wording of Knights Of The Round Table printed on them. A rare mistake was made here.
A section of a 1920's Australian newspaper advertisement for a popular film, which had a long screening run at one outlet on Sydney.
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An interesting fact is that to the best of my knowledge Blonde Captive was never released here in Australia,
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The film is from Germany and was released in 1925. Titled The Golden Road when released here in Australia in 1927,
A documentary drama film about modern physical culture which featured some nudity.
( Above images from Eveyones trade publication. Trove / NFSA)
The above advertisement states 11th week screening in Sydney, One has to wonder how much longer the film season lasted?
German poster images,
There is certainly something that looks out of place to me that appears on the above Australian one sheet that was printed for the 1962 film Jigsaw. The film was released in Sydney on September 20,1963, I have also included the Australian daybill image as well that was printed for the film's release.
Any idea about what I do find interesting though about the one sheet poster?
Peter
My curiosity in the poster is indeed in the printer's credit being that of W.E.Smith Limited, Sydney.
W.E. Smith ceased printing film posters in 1960, and the Jigsaw poster was printed for a September 20, 1963 Australian cinema release, which is around three years after this cessation of their film poster painting.
Any comments regarding this information will be welcomed.
Peter
The original previously discussed Jigsaw one sheet poster printed for the 1963 Australian release, This is followed by the Australian one sheet poster that was produced for the 55 minute 1965 film Strangler's Web, which is now credited as being part of the Edgar Wallace film series, No printer's credit appears on this poster version..
Original U.K. poster artwork of Strangler's Web. Interestngly no Edgar Wallace credit appears on this poster.
Any comments are welcomed?
Secondly, Technicolor is spelt incorrectly.
Peter
To those members outside of Australia the spelling of Technicolour is how we do so here. That one I hadn't picked up on though. On saying that I will now mention that there are still two other things of interest yet to be discovered on the poste,r that I have also noticed.
I have a feeling that "Color by Technicolor" was contractual. (I'm not a fan of the spelling either, but that's just the way it is!)
Peter
Apart from Color By Technicolor appearing on daybill posters there were also numerous posters that had Print By Technicolor, In Technicolor and Technicolot printed on them.
Regarding the just Color credit I located daybill posters having a credit of either color or In Color printed on them.
Also found was a daybill with Color By De Luxe appearing it.
Now to the Australian spelling of Colour on Australian daybills, I only located two examples with this spelling applied.. The films in question are Fury At Smugglers Bay and Saturday Island.
I also found an Australian 3 Sheet of Saturday Island that also had the colour spelling printed on it. Interestingly both the daybill and the 3 Sheet were printed by two different printers. This surely must then confirm that the error was the fault of the Australin distributor RKO Radio.and not a mistake by the printer.