blairo
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Love the Dad and Dave posters. Thanks for sharing
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I have these UK cards for Gone to the Dogs
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Nice poster! Thanks for sharing. It went for a good price also. Lucky buyer
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Here is a daybill I have:
in Rare Australian Posters Of Australian Films
Comment by blairo
July 2024
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Thanks Lawrence. Nice posters!
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Many thanks for showing the posters... Wish I had the Australian day bill...
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I'm sure they will surface one day. These posts prompt people to start thinking if they have anything buried in their boxes and file cabinets. It has made me think that I have a couple of stills of a Australian silent film buried somewhere - which I…
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Thanks Lawrence. Yes somewhat disappointing. The good aspect is that the Cinesound Movietone Productions films are preserved at the NFSA, but are not generally available - without a formal loan requests to NFSA.
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I had a good conversation with Glenn at Cinesound Movietone Productions. Glenn said there was no plans to digitally distribute the films they have (eg. Dad and Dave). The films are held and preserved at the National Film Archives. Glenn said it's co…
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Many thanks Lawrence. It would be great if we can get the "Ken G. Hall" films released on DVD. I also taped a Dad And Dave movie (Dad Rudd MP) back in the 80s off the TV. It added to my interested in collecting Australian film posters. I haven't se…
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Many thanks for the details. Interesting to see they have the copyright of many old Australian films. I'll follow up the contact to find their plans. Hopefully we can see these old films becoming available.
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Thanks Lawrence.
I had a question for the group. I noticed Dad and Dave movies have not been shown in TV for a while and I haven't seen them for sale on DVD; I know there was one person selling them on DVD - but they had copied it off TV.… -
Nice posters. The one on the right was my very first daybill. I still have it after 30 years.
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Yes - that is the one Hondo.. Thanks for showing.
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There is also a small blue press book which I think is Australian. I have a copy - but stored away.
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Nice one!
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Nice one. Thanks Hondo....
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Nice! Looking forward to see
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Here is one I have. Although its a lobby card -
Thanks for sharing Lawrence. Love the daybills. Also interesting trade ad. Wish I had them in my collection.
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Thanks for showing. It is interesting to see the variations.
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Thanks Lawrence for sharing. Love those posters!!! Certainly on top of my want list - in addition to the "forty thousand horsemen" daybill
Nice Research Lawrence.I love the 1934 version. I have the 1948 re-release version - and it was one of the first posters I purchased from Col Porter..Nice find!BTW - eBay has a couple of Ken G. Hall Australian heralds for sale. Look up under "Dad and Dave" and "Ken G. Hall"...Yes - so true. We should have ordered in bulk
Thanks Lawrence. I haven't heard of it before. I have ordered a copy also !!
Nice Research!!!
