John
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There has been some speculation about who consigned the posters to HA. To dispel any rumours - it is not me! Those posters have all passed through my hands over the years but were sold privately at varying times. Another collector is the consignor.
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This has been happening in Australia for about a year. It adds a significant amount to the cost of shipping rolled one sheets but also means more time spent in packaging.
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I wonder if there were any quarantine requirements in those days. Caesar and his trainer seemed to go back and forth to the US without a problem. The flyer indicates that he was under contract to make another Hollywood film but, as Lawrence says, it…
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This herald is interesting for two reasons. First for the live performance of Australia's Canine Movie Star and secondly for the spelling mistake in his name!
The story is fascinating and you can read all about it here(Quote) Im always interested in your research.There are a number of second printings for Elvis films that look very similar in the format and lesser artwork to the one Ben has. The lack of printer's details is also a pointer that it might be a slightly later printing. My guess is that Hard Days…I would be interested too(Quote) From memory, they did have Girosign on the back(Quote) Yes, they were based in Wardour St London. I'm pretty sure that a US dealer picked up a huge collection of English Front of House stills that must have originated from Girosign. They have been appearing on eBay for many years and I'm …(Quote) I have thousands of press sheets but can't find any reference that has an official term for these odd size posters so I guess thats why they are referred to as "special".They both measure 16" x 24". I quite understand that odd sized posters are sometimes called "special posters" but I'm not really fond of that term. Thats just my personal view and not, in any way, criticism of anyone that uses it.
I would…Here is another rare poster for an Australian film. There is also a flyer listed on eBay at the moment.
in Rare Australian Posters Of Australian Films
Comment by John
March 2025
Here is another rare poster for an Australian film
Notice that on the title still from the set, there was a triangle where the Australian censor details would have been placed indicating that these stills would have been used internationallyin Rare Australian Posters Of Australian Films Comment by John March 2025
Here is another still from the film
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(Quote) Typo on the daybill - should be Leopard Woman not WomenIt would be good if the NFSA could put images of their archived posters on their website.Fred Brodrick initials on the black and white artwork for the advert. It would be good to see if he designed the daybill as well.I will post some moreHONDO said: (Quote) 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 b…The shadowing on the elephants in the press book is also different.(Quote) 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).(Quote) 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…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 ima…I have all of the full colour daybills except Mark of the Gorilla. Strange that that one has never appeared,I will have some more information about the original Dumbo daybill coming soon(Quote) Yes, I agree with that.
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