A very interesting happening occurred with the McCabe And Mrs. Miller (1971) one sheet poster usage here in Australia.
The above image on the left is the printed in the U,S,A, International version with an added Australian classification snipe attached to the poster. A usual happening with Warner Bros. one sheets at this period of time.
The very interesting thing though here is the different design image version pictured above on the right is the version printed with their own U.S. censorship rating on it for aimed for use in America only. An Australian censorship snipe has been added to it. This is the only example I have ever seen of this practice taking place.
I have to think if this poster was ever consigned to Australia for distribution here, or perhaps someone who obtained it for whatever reason cut up another poster and then added the removed R snipe to the U.S. poster for whatever reason.
Um I'm confused....I thought the question was who the actor was not who it looked like...he definitely looks like Paul Newman but knew it wasn't him....
Sorry about that.
Yes my question was regarding the actor's identity, but I was hoping for someone to confirm my thoughts that he resembled Paul Newman.
I thought this story was of significant interest to present here.
Interestingly on IMDb there is no credit given to George Melford as to being the director of the silent version of the Voice of The City (1929) as mentioned in the above article..
In fact there isn't any mention of there having been a silent version at all.
What complicates this matter is that on you tube viewing of the film's opening credits of the silent film version, it appears there as being Directed by Willard Mack.
(John) The above Cottonpickin' Chickenpickers (1967) daybill is interesting.
The poster has an IFD logo printed on it. The thing here though is that the distributor Independent Film Distributors (IFD) was a 1950's Australian film distributor that ceased operating circa 1960. Notice below on the Gate Of Hell 1950's daybill that the IFD in a circle logo is the same style logo as used on the 1967 Cottonpickin' Cottonpickers daybill.
The above article was originally published on the 24th of October 1952, when it appeared in the Australian Newcastle Sun newspaper.
What I do find interesting is thinking about how the American audiences would have coped with the strong Australian accents and some of the storylines.
When the original Mad Max film was released in cinemas in the U.S. the actors Australian dialogue was dubbed over by American actors.
I have just discovered today that Alfred Hitchcock's Suspicion (1941) had a working title of Before The Fact, so I thought that I would share it here with you.
The above trade advertisement advertises the film as being ''Now ready for trade showing'', so the film's name change to Suspicion had to then have been a very late occurrence.
Thanks for showing the trade ad, Lawrence. Another Hitchcock film, Sabotage, had a working title of The Hidden Power. I have a trade ad showing the working title for that and will load an image here.
Two early trade advertisements for Sabotage with the working title of The Hidden Power. Robert Donat billed as being a member of the cast of the film. Due to health problems he had to drop out of appearing in the film. A later undated trade advertisement from very late 1936 still advertising the film with The Hidden Power title, but this time crediting the final cast.
The film was mentioned on 8/9/1936 in Everyones trade publication as being Sabotage and with the signing of Oscar Homolka for the film.
Interestingly though in the following month on 1/10/1936, 24 days later and also in Everyones the film was still being mentioned as being The Hidden Power. News was slow arriving here from the U.K. to Australia back then.
The film as titled Sabotage was released in the U.K. according to IMDb on 2/12/1936, and in Australia in early 1937.
Some final poster advertising for Sabotage on release of the film in the U.K.
The U.S.A. 1937 release had the film re-titled as The Woman Alone. The vast majority of film poster material existing today is for the American printed posters. The country of origin U.K. posters are very fare indeed, and Australian posters it is a case of where are you?
I interviewed Desmond Tester, who played the boy in Sabotage, about 25 years ago. He emigrated to Sydney after being a conscientious objector when war broke out.
Two early trade advertisements for Sabotage with the working title of The Hidden Power. Robert Donat billed as being a member of the cast of the film. Due to health problems he had to drop out of appearing in the film.
Its a pity that Robert Donat was not able to star in the film. Hitchcock wasn't impressed with John Loder in the filmand he was a poor substitute although I thought that Sabotage wouldnt really have suited Robert Donat irrespective of his ill health.
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A very interesting happening occurred with the McCabe And Mrs. Miller (1971) one sheet poster usage here in Australia.
The above image on the left is the printed in the U,S,A, International version with an added Australian classification snipe attached to the poster. A usual happening with Warner Bros. one sheets at this period of time.
The very interesting thing though here is the different design image version pictured above on the right is the version printed with their own U.S. censorship rating on it for aimed for use in America only. An Australian censorship snipe has been added to it. This is the only example I have ever seen of this practice taking place.
I have to think if this poster was ever consigned to Australia for distribution here, or perhaps someone who obtained it for whatever reason cut up another poster and then added the removed R snipe to the U.S. poster for whatever reason.
Yes my question was regarding the actor's identity, but I was hoping for someone to confirm my thoughts that he resembled Paul Newman.
I thought this story was of significant interest to present here.
Interestingly on IMDb there is no credit given to George Melford as to being the director of the silent version of the Voice of The City (1929) as mentioned in the above article..
In fact there isn't any mention of there having been a silent version at all.
What complicates this matter is that on you tube viewing of the film's opening credits of the silent film version, it appears there as being Directed by Willard Mack.
Try and figure this one out then.
October, 1935 U.S.A. Scarlet Adventures publication front cover, and a 6th of November 1937 The Australian Women's Weekly magazine front cover.
The above Cottonpickin' Chickenpickers (1967) daybill is interesting.
The poster has an IFD logo printed on it. The thing here though is that the distributor Independent Film Distributors (IFD) was a 1950's Australian film distributor that ceased operating circa 1960. Notice below on the Gate Of Hell 1950's daybill that the IFD in a circle logo is the same style logo as used on the 1967 Cottonpickin' Cottonpickers daybill.
The above article was originally published on the 24th of October 1952, when it appeared in the Australian Newcastle Sun newspaper.
What I do find interesting is thinking about how the American audiences would have coped with the strong Australian accents and some of the storylines.
When the original Mad Max film was released in cinemas in the U.S. the actors Australian dialogue was dubbed over by American actors.
I have just discovered today that Alfred Hitchcock's Suspicion (1941) had a working title of Before The Fact, so I thought that I would share it here with you.
The above trade advertisement advertises the film as being ''Now ready for trade showing'', so the film's name change to Suspicion had to then have been a very late occurrence.
Peter
Some more images I have shortly of The Hidden Power artwork.
Undated trade advertisement. image from 1936.
10/6//1936 Variety trade advertisement,
Two early trade advertisements for Sabotage with the working title of The Hidden Power. Robert Donat billed as being a member of the cast of the film. Due to health problems he had to drop out of appearing in the film.
A later undated trade advertisement from very late 1936 still advertising the film with The Hidden Power title, but this time crediting the final cast.
The film was mentioned on 8/9/1936 in Everyones trade publication as being Sabotage and with the signing of Oscar Homolka for the film.
Interestingly though in the following month on 1/10/1936, 24 days later and also in Everyones the film was still being mentioned as being The Hidden Power. News was slow arriving here from the U.K. to Australia back then.
The film as titled Sabotage was released in the U.K. according to IMDb on 2/12/1936, and in Australia in early 1937.
Some final poster advertising for Sabotage on release of the film in the U.K.
The U.S.A. 1937 release had the film re-titled as The Woman Alone. The vast majority of film poster material existing today is for the American printed posters. The country of origin U.K. posters are very fare indeed, and Australian posters it is a case of where are you?
As Desmond Tester talked about the dog on the bus in the film I thought I would include a gif showing the dog being patted.
A two part question this time around Who dues the above person remind you of, and who actually is the actor depicted in the image supposed to be of?
Peter
Anyone else care to comment?
Anyone else agree, or perhaps think another different actor? Love to hear your thoughts.
The image is actually though from the 1940s.,
O.k. then, time to reveal that the actor from the poster image is Robert Donat, with the poster artwork from the 1943 film The Adventures Of Tartu.