In that case then if drive-ins aren't included, which would have been the obvioius venues to have screened the films in, I am no further advanced in solving this mystery.
Thanks for attempting to assist though. Let us keep digging then.
There dont seem to have been many double feature Australian posters printed over the years. It would be good to compile a list of those that have been released.
The only double bill Australian film posters that I am aware of were printed for re-release films and only by small independent Australian film distributors. Nothing located for any first release films.
The Daniel Boone Trail Blazer and Zorro Rides Again daybill is very rare indeed.
Same poster was produced and used in Australia. The double bill did terrible box office and it was separated with Tarantinos Death Proof getting its own release.
Certainly not a first release double bill Australian film poster, but the above daybill must surely set a record for the number of films advertised on a single daybill poster.
The poster advertises four re-release silent films on the one programme. The above newspaper advertisement for the same programme shown in Sydney in 1948 lists an additional two films Bright Eyes and what could be Belles Of The 90's, which do not appear on the poster, due to most likely lack of space.
The daybill has a couple of mistakes on it. Son Of Sheik should be Son Of The Sheik and the Buffalo Bill credit should have been Buffalo Bill Jnr. The Charlie Chaplin advertised film is a complete mystery as to which film it may be as he never appeared in a film with that name.
Carry On Teacher (1959) Australian daybill and one sheet. The third entry in the Carry on series of films.
These posters would certainly appear to have been printed for the Australian 1960 first release. The following above daybills printer's credit is interesting. Who are they one has to wonder?
The following rare similar daybill design is the only example I have located for this daybill poster version. This time the daybill was printed by Robert Burton which used the same earlier daybill design, and only changed the tagline.
An interesting fact worthwhile mentioning here as well is that of the twenty seven images of the original release daybills that I have located, only five have the Australian BEF distributor's logo and censorship printed on them. The remaining twenty two daybills, minus the BEF logo and Australian finm censorship were produced in Australia for usage in New Zealand.
(Wil)
Is is often the case where our New Zealand cousins have more known examples of daybills existing today that were produced for their usage than the home made Australian produced versions.
I saw Tarz & his mate for sale about 6 months ago. Price was reasonable, but to my eye, that colour palette is not right for first printing. Ended up walking.
The seller had a closing down sale during my trip to Perth, so for a couple of hundred I couldn't say no to adding another 'long' to my collection.
It was clearly mounted (actually with double sided tape), however it should still fit into one of my frames.
I can also confirm that it measures 15 1/2" x 40".
The Act Of Murder (1964) Australian daybill was adapted from the original Date With Disaster (1957) daybill.
What is interesting is that the Date with Disaster daybill was originally printed by Chromoprint. This company only printed daybills between 1957 and 1960. In 1960 they changed their trading name to Advertising And General (aka A&C). They traded from 1960 to 1963 when they ceased trading.
The Act Of Murder adaptation for BEF therefore was most likely done by Robert Burton the preferred printers for British Empire Films at that period of time.
On July 22, 2024 the subject of rare Australian double bill film posters was introduced here on this thread with the following Daniel Boone Trail Blazer / Zorro Rides Again film poster displayed. The topic was discussed through up to August 9.
At the time I had in the back of my mind a double bill poster that I knew existed but wasn't able to locate an image, so it wasn't included in the discussion.
Fortunately the image has been located today so I can now include it here now.
I am not sure of the name of the main attraction. Nothing can be found when searching the Keystone Comics and the double feature release in Australia. This film is a complete mystery. After exhaustive searching absolutely nothing has been located on this film at all. The supporting attraction is The Kid From Kokomo a1939 re-release.
Absolutely nothing has been located on Trove supporting a release of this double bill programme in Australia. The Not Suitable For General Exhibition snipe censorship rating would indicate a pre 1948 re-release here,There is a possibility that an out of date censorship snipe was applied to the poster if it was a 1950s re-release though.
An update on my August 26 entry regarding Carry On Teacher Australian printed posters. There are four different Carry On Teacher (1959) Australian daybill poster printings on display now with the added two for New Zealand versions.
The fist yellow background N.Z, version is ever so slightly different in the colour application compared to the Australian version, while the other white background rare N.Z. version is the only image so far located, No sign of the Australian version .Does anyone happen to have a copy of the printed for Australian version?
Are you searching for a particular rare daybill that uou have never sighted?
If this is the case please let me know of any film titles that you are after.
I will then let you know which category that they fall into.
The Categories are as follows. -
1) Released here but not been sighted. to the best of my knowledge.
2) Previously sighted but not currently being the case
3) No daybill is available as the film was banned or never picked up for release here.There are a lot of titles that fall into both of these categories.
The Giant Gila Monster is an independent 'drive in' classic film that was originally released in the U.S.A. by McLendon Radio Pictures Distributing Company, and was filmed in Texas.
An Australian theatrical release never happened here. Due to the very small American distributor controlling the film, along with the film's poor quality (IMDB rating of only 3.7/10) and the genre of the film, none of the independent Australian distributors of that period such as Ray, IFD and RFD were apparently interested.
To cover all bases the possibility of it having been banned here to me are non existent. The film was released in the U.K. with a mild 'A' certificate and by all reports was more of a comedy than being scary. Real life lizard/s played the monster.
Finally IMDb doesn't list it as having an Australian release but it does mention the film is known in Australia as The Giant Gila Monster. This most likely refers to the Australian DVD release in the early 2000's.
The U.S. insert poster was certainly aimed at the teenage market.
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Thanks for attempting to assist though. Let us keep digging then.
The Daniel Boone Trail Blazer and Zorro Rides Again daybill is very rare indeed.
Peter
The Australian DVD release cover with the reversing of the billing order of the titles.
Death Proof single release:
Certainly not a first release double bill Australian film poster, but the above daybill must surely set a record for the number of films advertised on a single daybill poster.
The poster advertises four re-release silent films on the one programme. The above newspaper advertisement for the same programme shown in Sydney in 1948 lists an additional two films Bright Eyes and what could be Belles Of The 90's, which do not appear on the poster, due to most likely lack of space.
The daybill has a couple of mistakes on it. Son Of Sheik should be Son Of The Sheik and the Buffalo Bill credit should have been Buffalo Bill Jnr. The Charlie Chaplin advertised film is a complete mystery as to which film it may be as he never appeared in a film with that name.
Peter
I guess that we will never know the reason this happened though. Was it incompetency or subterfuge I wonder.?
Carry On Teacher (1959) Australian daybill and one sheet. The third entry in the Carry on series of films.
These posters would certainly appear to have been printed for the Australian 1960 first release. The following above daybills printer's credit is interesting. Who are they one has to wonder?
The following rare similar daybill design is the only example I have located for this daybill poster version. This time the daybill was printed by Robert Burton which used the same earlier daybill design, and only changed the tagline.
An interesting fact worthwhile mentioning here as well is that of the twenty seven images of the original release daybills that I have located, only five have the Australian BEF distributor's logo and censorship printed on them. The remaining twenty two daybills, minus the BEF logo and Australian finm censorship were produced in Australia for usage in New Zealand.
Is is often the case where our New Zealand cousins have more known examples of daybills existing today that were produced for their usage than the home made Australian produced versions.
It was clearly mounted (actually with double sided tape), however it should still fit into one of my frames.
I can also confirm that it measures 15 1/2" x 40".
Wil's daybill version today, and then how it was presented in 2022.
The above Act of Murder (1964) daybill poster is a little deceiving, as it isn't what it appears to be. Any thoughts?
The Act Of Murder (1964) Australian daybill was adapted from the original Date With Disaster (1957) daybill.
What is interesting is that the Date with Disaster daybill was originally printed by Chromoprint. This company only printed daybills between 1957 and 1960. In 1960 they changed their trading name to Advertising And General (aka A&C). They traded from 1960 to 1963 when they ceased trading.
The Act Of Murder adaptation for BEF therefore was most likely done by Robert Burton the preferred printers for British Empire Films at that period of time.
At the time I had in the back of my mind a double bill poster that I knew existed but wasn't able to locate an image, so it wasn't included in the discussion.
Fortunately the image has been located today so I can now include it here now.
I am not sure of the name of the main attraction. Nothing can be found when searching the Keystone Comics and the double feature release in Australia. This film is a complete mystery. After exhaustive searching absolutely nothing has been located on this film at all. The supporting attraction is The Kid From Kokomo a1939 re-release.
Absolutely nothing has been located on Trove supporting a release of this double bill programme in Australia. The Not Suitable For General Exhibition snipe censorship rating would indicate a pre 1948 re-release here,There is a possibility that an out of date censorship snipe was applied to the poster if it was a 1950s re-release though.
An update on my August 26 entry regarding Carry On Teacher Australian printed posters. There are four different Carry On Teacher (1959) Australian daybill poster printings on display now with the added two for New Zealand versions.
The fist yellow background N.Z, version is ever so slightly different in the colour application compared to the Australian version, while the other white background rare N.Z. version is the only image so far located, No sign of the Australian version .Does anyone happen to have a copy of the printed for Australian version?
If this is the case please let me know of any film titles that you are after.
I will then let you know which category that they fall into.
The Categories are as follows. -
1) Released here but not been sighted. to the best of my knowledge.
2) Previously sighted but not currently being the case
3) No daybill is available as the film was banned or never picked up for release here.There are a lot of titles that fall into both of these categories.
Please don't hesitate to ask.
Peter
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The Giant Gila Monster is an independent 'drive in' classic film that was originally released in the U.S.A. by McLendon Radio Pictures Distributing Company, and was filmed in Texas.
An Australian theatrical release never happened here. Due to the very small American distributor controlling the film, along with the film's poor quality (IMDB rating of only 3.7/10) and the genre of the film, none of the independent Australian distributors of that period such as Ray, IFD and RFD were apparently interested.
To cover all bases the possibility of it having been banned here to me are non existent. The film was released in the U.K. with a mild 'A' certificate and by all reports was more of a comedy than being scary. Real life lizard/s played the monster.
Finally IMDb doesn't list it as having an Australian release but it does mention the film is known in Australia as The Giant Gila Monster. This most likely refers to the Australian DVD release in the early 2000's.
The U.S. insert poster was certainly aimed at the teenage market.