Australian printed 30 x 40 posters are nowhere to be found. Bruce doesn't list any Australian 30 X 40 size posters on his website.
An extremely rare poster, not sighted previously by me. Similar in design to the followingAustralian daybill version that appears below. I also have never sighted an Australian 27 x 40 Australian one sheet either.
The U.K.one sheet, and the New Zealand one sheet of The Vengeance Of Fu Manchu. The N.Z. poster has the same artwork as appears on the Australian 30 x 40 poster,
I'm sure the NZ poster was done by the same printer. They have added the stamp, so most likely printed in Australia. Interesting to see an Aussie screen print. The ink is flaking off around the folds, and you don't see that on litho posters. No Anglo Amalgamated reference as on the daybill.
The above article was published in the October 26, 1932 edition of Everyones trade magazine.
I found the silk screen information interesting, if a little confusing at the same time.
More regarding this subject to follow, but before I do that I would like to hear any feedback and thoughts from any members that are more knowledgeable about poster printing than I am.
I only have basic printing knowledge. Some people advertise their posters as stone litho, which is a time-consuming process and not suitable for printing thousands of copies. I believe that was only used pre 1930.
I only have basic printing knowledge. Some people advertise their posters as stone litho, which is a time-consuming process and not suitable for printing thousands of copies. I believe that was only used pre 1930.
Indeed. I believe that in the early 20th century, litographers switched from stones to zinc plates. And at some time, the zinc plates were placed in cilinders. The ink was transfered to the zinc cilinder, from there to a rubber cilinder, and from there to the paper. Offset lithography
What I don't have very clear is why in some countries like the US and Italy, posters started being printed with the halftone color separation method as early as the 40s, and some others like Australia (and Argentina, as far at the late 70s) still had that "lithography" style.
The above article was published in the October 26, 1932 edition of Everyones trade magazine.
I found the silk screen information interesting, if a little confusing at the same time.
More regarding this subject to follow, but before I do that I would like to hear any feedback and thoughts from any members that are more knowledgeable about poster printing than I am.
What I found confusing in the article is the part that says that silkscreened posters can hardly be differenciated from litho posters... they have clearly VERY different looks, no matter how talented the printers were!
Interesting information, even if a little too technical for me.
A couple of things from this earlier posting that I had mentioned that I would follow up on.
I can find no mention anywhere for printer W.W.Reid Limited after conducting extensive searching on Google. I have also checked out the forum's ''Cataloging The Printers'' thread that has extensive listings of poster printers, but nothing to be located there also.
What I did discover though was that W.W.Smith Limited within two years of the article being published the firm went into liquidation.
( Trove 11 January 1935 ).
One has to wonder was it then a case of Silk Screen posters not being accepted for film industry usage?
I would certainly like to sight any silk screen posters in any shape or form that the company produced.
I have quite a few of these, but from the UK. They were used when there was no poster availible, like one off showings, or used for advance notices, or if there was a short supply of main posters, or as a cheap way to advertise on some of the smaller chains. A cinema would be able to get these printed up at a local printers, some are even a one off that was painted by local sign writers.
I have seen lots of these from the U.S. We always just call them "local theater" and assume the answer surely IS that the theater received the film reels but no posters, so quickly improvised.
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Not sure which section to put this in but here's a Marx Bros poster I found on Facebook in a Marx Bros fan group. It's not mine but distinctly shows the type of poster the Valhalla Cinema in Richmond was printing for their exclusive seasons. I don't know the date but the 6-digit phone number should help. Definitely 70s.
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30 x 40, apparently silk screen print. Has anyone seen another?
An extremely rare poster, not sighted previously by me. Similar in design to the followingAustralian daybill version that appears below. I also have never sighted an Australian 27 x 40 Australian one sheet either.
The U.K.one sheet, and the New Zealand one sheet of The Vengeance Of Fu Manchu. The N.Z. poster has the same artwork as appears on the Australian 30 x 40 poster,
Interesting to see an Aussie screen print. The ink is flaking off around the folds, and you don't see that on litho posters.
No Anglo Amalgamated reference as on the daybill.
The above article was published in the October 26, 1932 edition of Everyones trade magazine.
I found the silk screen information interesting, if a little confusing at the same time.
More regarding this subject to follow, but before I do that I would like to hear any feedback and thoughts from any members that are more knowledgeable about poster printing than I am.
I certainly agree. Sadly, it's not easy to find information sources on the subject
A couple of things from this earlier posting that I had mentioned that I would follow up on.
I can find no mention anywhere for printer W.W.Reid Limited after conducting extensive searching on Google. I have also checked out the forum's ''Cataloging The Printers'' thread that has extensive listings of poster printers, but nothing to be located there also.
What I did discover though was that W.W.Smith Limited within two years of the article being published the firm went into liquidation.
One has to wonder was it then a case of Silk Screen posters not being accepted for film industry usage?
I would certainly like to sight any silk screen posters in any shape or form that the company produced.
Curious to know the history and reason behind them being printed.
Peter
Peter
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