The aussie phantom daybill always bothered me. Always thought it weird there was no phantom.
The Australian one sheet poster has an image of the Phantom on it, so it would then appear to have not been a censorship problem regarding the absence on the daybill. Very odd indeed.
I wonder why they used different printers? Was that a common occurrence? Did different printing companies specialise in different sized printing formats?
Possibly a load of questions that can't be answered...
The one sheet was printed by F. Cunninghame, while the daybill was printed by W.E. Smith. Although W. E. Smith dominated the daybill poster printing in the 1940s it wasn't the case with one sheets.
Australian one sheets, as well as being printed by W,E. Smith were produced by many other different printers. Prominent among these were Victory Publicity, F.Cunninghame and Offset Prinitng. W.E. Smith printed the majority of the daybills in the 1940's, but didn't always get to print the one sheet as well.
Original U.S.A. one sheet and insert poster images for The Vampire from 1957.
The Australian one sheet and daybill images that were clearly altered to comply with strict Australian censorship advertising guidelines Where is ''The Vampire's'' image?
Australian and New Zealand film poster censorship examples.
An Australian printed daybill of Toys In The Attic (1963) for New Zealand distribution (An identica Australian printed version with an Australian censorship rating not found), and some original artwork used in the U.S.A. anD around the world featuring the slapping scene. The scene was substituted down here in Australia to adhere to Australian censorship requirements.
The Australia daybill followed by the same New Zealand version of In Harm's Way (1965). Firstly the assault scene was allowed to appear on the Australian daybill only two years after the Toys In The Attic assault scene was disallowed, A different story though in New Zealnnd where the scene was blacked out on the daybill and the one sheet.
How interesting is the following rare original Australian 1932 Frankenstein certificate of registration. containing the wording of the SPECIAL CONDITION instruction regarding the ''Suitable only for adults''rating instruction.
Night Of The Living Dead (1968) Original U.S.A. and Australian one sheets.
This film was classified in Australia on 01 July 1972 with an M certificate allocated after eight minutes of footage were edited out of the film. As the R certificate had been introduced in Australia in November 1971, one does have to wonder why the film wasn't classified with a R certificate with surely less cuts to have taken place. Was the Australian poster artwork used just adhering to the Australian censorship guidelines that were in force at that period of time? Interestingly the only image featured on the Australian one sheet and daybill posters doesn't resemble any similar artwork that was used on any U.S.A., or other world countries poster images.
I'd say it was so they had a wider audience to view the film in it's initial release, same reason why there was a PG rated version of Saturday Night Fever released after the first release to get a younger audience, who wanted to see it, but couldn't when it was rated R, although that was done after the first release (but still to get more bums on seats).
I'd say it was so they had a wider audience to view the film in it's initial release, same reason why there was a PG rated version of Saturday Night Fever released after the first release to get a younger audience, who wanted to see it, but couldn't when it was rated R, although that was done after the first release (but still to get more bums on seats).
A valid comment and thanks for expressing it here Peter. I will respond to your thoughts at a later time, hopefully after hearing from some other members who will have expressed their thoughts on the very much different Australian one sheet and daybill artwork. Apart from my thinking, along with Peter's, there could possibly be a third reason to explain the different Australian artwork,
Like Robocop in the 1980s, it was probably edited to an M to attract a potentially bigger audience.
Possibly, but not confirmed.
Some interesting facts about Robocop (1987) that I thought I would share here. The film was classified by the Australian censor on the first of September 1987 with a R18+ (high in impact), and also with an M (moderate in impact) ratings. Both were credited with the running times being of the same length of 102 minutes.
Another thought had come to mind regarding the Australian Night Of The Living Dead poster artwork. All the extensive available images that I have for Seven Keys daybill and one sheet posters are similar in some way to the U.S.A. artwork and usually featuring graphic horror imagery. Was it perhaps then a case of no original U,S,A. artwork was received and available at Seven Keys for them to to copy at the time the posters were worked designed, so the artwork was just original thought up and put together Australian artwork?
I remember watching RoboCop at the cinema and noting the sloppy edits. Even swearing was cut. NOTLD's release in Australia was several years after the US so they should have been able to locate some artwork.
Following below is a Seven Keys released Terror In The Wax Museum (1973) Australian daybill image with the lesser NRC classification allocated to it, It has exactly the same horror style artwork as appears on the U.S.A. insert poster. Not convinced there is a satisfying reason for the 100% different and very toned down artwork that was applied on the Australian Night Of the Living Dead daybill and one sheet.
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The Australian one sheet poster has an image of the Phantom on it, so it would then appear to have not been a censorship problem regarding the absence on the daybill. Very odd indeed.
Peter
Possibly a load of questions that can't be answered...
Peter
Australian one sheets, as well as being printed by W,E. Smith were produced by many other different printers. Prominent among these were Victory Publicity, F.Cunninghame and Offset Prinitng. W.E. Smith printed the majority of the daybills in the 1940's, but didn't always get to print the one sheet as well.
Peter
Original U.S.A. one sheet and insert poster images for The Vampire from 1957.
The Australian one sheet and daybill images that were clearly altered to comply with strict Australian censorship advertising guidelines Where is ''The Vampire's'' image?
U.K. artwork for comparison.
Peter
An Australian printed daybill of Toys In The Attic (1963) for New Zealand distribution (An identica Australian printed version with an Australian censorship rating not found), and some original artwork used in the U.S.A. anD around the world featuring the slapping scene. The scene was substituted down here in Australia to adhere to Australian censorship requirements.
The Australia daybill followed by the same New Zealand version of In Harm's Way (1965). Firstly the assault scene was allowed to appear on the Australian daybill only two years after the Toys In The Attic assault scene was disallowed, A different story though in New Zealnnd where the scene was blacked out on the daybill and the one sheet.
Peter
Night Of The Living Dead (1968) Original U.S.A. and Australian one sheets.
This film was classified in Australia on 01 July 1972 with an M certificate allocated after eight minutes of footage were edited out of the film. As the R certificate had been introduced in Australia in November 1971, one does have to wonder why the film wasn't classified with a R certificate with surely less cuts to have taken place. Was the Australian poster artwork used just adhering to the Australian censorship guidelines that were in force at that period of time?
Interestingly the only image featured on the Australian one sheet and daybill posters doesn't resemble any similar artwork that was used on any U.S.A., or other world countries poster images.
Peter
Some interesting facts about Robocop (1987) that I thought I would share here. The film was classified by the Australian censor on the first of September 1987 with a R18+ (high in impact), and also with an M (moderate in impact) ratings. Both were credited with the running times being of the same length of 102 minutes.
NOTLD's release in Australia was several years after the US so they should have been able to locate some artwork.
Following below is a Seven Keys released Terror In The Wax Museum (1973) Australian daybill image with the lesser NRC classification allocated to it, It has exactly the same horror style artwork as appears on the U.S.A. insert poster.
Not convinced there is a satisfying reason for the 100% different and very toned down artwork that was applied on the Australian Night Of the Living Dead daybill and one sheet.