There is another image on Google of the It's A Wonderful Life daybill trimmed a little tighter. It has the vertical line removed and only shows the horizontal line on the image. Interesting.
I recently acquired an extremely rare Dumbo Australian Press Book. It possibly provides some new information about movie posters for the film but I would caution that RKO press books sometimes contain conflicting images of posters. Here are some images of the press book and I would be interested to hear everyone's thoughts.
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The daybill design doesn't have a censorship classification. Was that normal?
This is what I meant when I was referring to "conflicting images of posters". Unfortunately, some RKO press books pictured posters that either had the censorship classification missing or in a different place to the actual posters. It's a weird thing that only serves to confuse.
They look very similar in the press book but I think it shows that they might have just shown an image that approximated what was actually released (see my earlier comment about the censor rating).
My observation only is that the press sheet daybill image is missing the ''Distributed By RKO Radio Pictures (Asia) Pty'Ltd'' wording, along with the RKO four star logo in a box.
Another thing is that the space on the bottom right hand side on the daybil image, between the front train engine and the first elephant is non existent compared to that on the actual colour daybill. Also the area that appears on the bottom right hand side of the press sheet image hasn't enough space to have had printed the RKO logo in it. The final fine tuned daybill version then would have followed later.
My observation only is that the press sheet daybill image is missing the ''Distributed By RKO Radio Pictures (Asia) Pty'Ltd'' wording, along with the RKO four star logo in a box.
Another thing is that the space on the bottom right hand side on the daybil image, between the front train engine and the first elephant is non existent compared to that on the actual colour daybill. Also the area that appears on the bottom right hand side of the press sheet image hasn't enough space to have had printed the RKO logo in it. The final fine tuned daybill version then would have followed later.
I think they have just cropped the bottom of the image for the press sheet for some unknown reason but it seems that RKO pressbooks cannot be relied upon to show an exact image of the daybills that were eventually used. When I get a bit of time, I will post some images of other examples where the press book image has subtle differences to the actual poster.
An interesting fact I thought would mention here is that the RKO press sheet ''Posters and Slldes'' page was discontinued circa 1952.
After this the poster style availability was mentioned, but no film porter images were displayed. with only the showing of a couple of advertising blocks. It was a terrible decision to do this as it certainly does hinder poster research,
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Peter
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HAS real customer service before, during and after EVERY auction, and answers all questions - IS eMoviePoster.com
HAS 25% or 26% "buyers premiums" of any kind (but especially the dreadful "$29 or $49 minimum" ones) - NOT eMoviePoster.com
HAS "reserves or starts over $1 - NOT eMoviePoster.com
HAS hidden bidder IDs - NOT eMoviePoster.com
HAS "nosebleed" shipping charges - NOT eMoviePoster.com
HAS inadequate packaging - NOT eMoviePoster.com
HAS no customer service to speak of, before, during and after any auction, and answers almost no questions - NOT eMoviePoster.com
My observation only is that the press sheet daybill image is missing the ''Distributed By RKO Radio Pictures (Asia) Pty'Ltd'' wording, along with the RKO four star logo in a box.
Another thing is that the space on the bottom right hand side on the daybil image, between the front train engine and the first elephant is non existent compared to that on the actual colour daybill. Also the area that appears on the bottom right hand side of the press sheet image hasn't enough space to have had printed the RKO logo in it. The final fine tuned daybill version then would have followed later.
Peter
After this the poster style availability was mentioned, but no film porter images were displayed. with only the showing of a couple of advertising blocks. It was a terrible decision to do this as it certainly does hinder poster research,