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  • Rick said:
    how do you find these rarities?
    By having extensively searched over many many year,  mainly on Google and Trove, Daybill images I have on file are numerous.  
  • I'm glad you're organised! If I was doing that they'd be all over the place.


    Peter
  • I'm glad you're organised! If I was doing that they'd be all over the place.
    Only organised with certain things though.

  • The following are an Australian daybill, one sheet and seven lobby cards  printed for the film OZ from 1976.

     

     ( Facebook)  Is Printed on all lobby cards.


                                        
    The original Australian film release was by British Empire Films (BEF). At an unknown later period of time it would appear that the Australian  distribution rights were then acquired by Regent Films. The following Australian daybill poster credited with Regent, and for some reason or another had the original design printed in black and white, and also they had left off the three images that were included in the original artwork.  


  • Artist was Peter Ledger who produced the art on a few other Australian posters. He passed away about 30 years ago.

  • Thanks John for the artist's details and the additional lobby card image. 

  • A Going Down (1983) Australian rare daybill poster. It was shot and self -distributed on 16mm by the maker's Smart films Ltd. The were very limited numbers of screenings secured so little in the way of box office receipts were taken.
  • There are a bunch of these, hmmm how do I say, odd daybills for this time period.  I assume there was alot of this made and self distribution happening in the 80s?
  • There are a bunch of these, hmmm how do I say, odd daybills for this time period.  I assume there was alot of this made and self distribution happening in the 80s?
    Yes I agree, and also the 1970's can be incuded as well.
  • There are a bunch of these, hmmm how do I say, odd daybills for this time period.  I assume there was alot of this made and self distribution happening in the 80s?
    Yes, I know that when I worked on films back in the 80s, a lot of them were made independently and had posters printed by the filmmakers even before they had distributors. Often they'd use a random printing company who did a good rate, and there was no sticking to the standard poster sizes. I worked on a few Paul Cox films and tried to get them to conform to a standard one sheet but I think they ended up being slightly different in size...oh well, I tried! 


    Peter
  •        
    A The Settlement (1984)  rare Australian daybill.   The only form of film poster material located. The film had a very limited Australian cinema release.                                                                             
  • another one that sparks no memories.
  •  

    A rare The Reef (1977) first release Australian daybill of a double bili poster also featuring a re-release of The Back Of Beyond, (1954). Both documentaries were produced and directed by John Heyer. The following image included on IMDB is an edited version of the poster, but leaving off The Back And Beyond images and information and the screenig at ... wording, What wasn't done though was to remove the Two Australian world acclaimed Australia films! wording.
    John has eight rare lobby cards printed for the film that he has kindly said that he will include their images here.
  • A big thank you to John for the rare lobby card set of eight The Reef images.
  • edited February 26
    No problem. I'm pretty sure that I have some more information about this film. I will see if I can find it and post it here.
  • The wording of the tagline is a bit odd to me. WHEN WAS THE TIME YOU LAST STOOD UP AND APPLAUDED A MOVIE!

    I think it would read better (at least in these days) as WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU STOOD UP AND APPLAUDED A MOVIE?


    Peter
  • People stood and cheered for EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert at the IMAX screening, along with applause for a couple of songs.
  •  
    Rare Australian daybill and one sheet poster images for Turtle Beach from 1992. 
    I wonder if any lobby cards were printed for this film? When were lobby cards discontinued being printed I wonder? Any thoughts?
  • I've had some lobbies from the 2000s so I guess still printing.
  • edited March 3
    I've had some lobbies from the 2000s so I guess still printing.
    Thanks for that. I do wonder though was this practice now limited to only a certain number of film titles. 
  • edited March 6
     A one hundred year old film to be included here.
  • I've had some lobbies from the 2000s so I guess still printing.
    There are a fair amount in Spanish, and a lot of the recent lobbies (in English and Spanish) are sent to me from South America, so that is one place that still uses them.
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  •  ( NFSA)(NFSA)

     (Everyones/Trove)

    The Pioneers 1926 rare posters. Two lobby cards, and a Everyones advertisement which does give  one an idea apart from the film's title of what the film was about.
  • edited March 11
    It's a pity there aren't more surviving Australian films from that era, and their artwork.


    Peter
  •  a 1911, and also a 1925 film with strong connections with each other to be included here.
  • edited March 17
    Two silent versions of The Mystery Of A Hansom Cab were filmed and released in Australia in 1911 and 1925.

    The 1911 version. Some unique form of poster advertising follows that well may be the only record available of any film poster advertising for this film version.

     (NFSA)
    (NFSA)



    The 1925 version. Two newspaper advertisements and a rare Australian lobby card

     

     (NFSA)


    Some additional information that may be of interest ' The following is a poster of a 2012 Australian television movie version of The Mystery Of A Hansom Cab.


  • Great pics, I have a director friend who held the rights to remake this for many years but nothing ever came of it.


    Peter
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