Thanks Vesna - great work and much appreciated.Great to see the images and M & C is Marchant & Co They credited themselves as M & C only on some daybills around the mid 1940's.Of the images you posted for whatever reason.I fancy the So Big design. The red background is striking
I have recently posted that Marchant & Co. had printed full colour daybills of 1944 US released titles released in Australia as late as 1945. With Vesna's Bud Abbott And Lou Costello In Hollywood image turning up I need to update our Marchant & Co, history. The film was released in the US on the 5th October, 1945 but only released in Australia on the 22nd March,1946.
To sum up -
Full colour daybills have at present time the last known examples released in Australia in 1945 with the full printers information appearing on the posters..
Full colour daybills with the M & C only appearing on the poster there are two examples of films being released in Australia in 1945 but the last example is of a film released in Australia in 1946.
Duotone daybills with the full printer's name appearing on the poster has the last daybill of a film falling in this category released in Australia in 1949.
If and when any other examples turn up I will update my findings.
Two Marchant & Co.duotone daybill images where I have never sighted colour versions.The colour versions will most likely have been printed by a different printer.
Her Majesty And The Bellboy ( 1945 ) images . The duotone is Marchant & Co as far as I can make out and the colour daybill was printed by Offset Printers, Sydney. The Marchant duotone image courtesy of eMovieposter.com. This is just an example of Marchant & Co .concentrating mainly on producing duotone daybills from the mid 1940's to the end of the decade.
A rare wartime 1944 10 x 30 daybill that is hard to read the printer's details but I am pretty sure it is Marchant & Co. Not a well known title but a record of a rare Marchant 10 x 30 poster.
A rare wartime 1944 10 x 30 daybill that is hard to read the printer's details but I am pretty sure it is Marchant & Co. Not a well known title but a record of a rare Marchant 10 x 30 poster.
It says "Marchant & Co Ltd, Offset Printers, SYDNEY
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theartofmovieposters said:
Thanks Vesna - great work and much appreciated.Great to see the images and M & C is Marchant & Co They credited themselves as M & C only on some daybills around the mid 1940's.Of the images you posted for whatever reason.I fancy the So Big design. The red background is striking
Hondo.
I have recently posted that Marchant & Co. had printed full colour daybills of 1944 US released titles released in Australia as late as 1945. With Vesna's Bud Abbott And Lou Costello In Hollywood image turning up I need to update our Marchant & Co, history. The film was released in the US on the 5th October, 1945 but only released in Australia on the 22nd March,1946.
To sum up -
Full colour daybills have at present time the last known examples released in Australia in 1945 with the full printers information appearing on the posters..
Full colour daybills with the M & C only appearing on the poster there are two examples of films being released in Australia in 1945 but the last example is of a film released in Australia in 1946.
Duotone daybills with the full printer's name appearing on the poster has the last daybill of a film falling in this category released in Australia in 1949.
If and when any other examples turn up I will update my findings.
Hondo.
They are gorgeous...one day when I am rich...
Love the Red Mark...one of my favourite long daybills. One of the posters buried in my pile.
Obviously I need to get it out and up on the wall!
Now the original colour version.
Hondo
Two Marchant & Co.duotone daybill images where I have never sighted colour versions.The colour versions will most likely have been printed by a different printer.
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( 1945 )
( 1946 )
Hondo
Her Majesty And The Bellboy ( 1945 ) images . The duotone is Marchant & Co as far as I can make out and the colour daybill was printed by Offset Printers, Sydney. The Marchant duotone image courtesy of eMovieposter.com. This is just an example of Marchant & Co .concentrating mainly on producing duotone daybills from the mid 1940's to the end of the decade.
Hondo
A rare wartime 1944 10 x 30 daybill that is hard to read the printer's details but I am pretty sure it is Marchant & Co. Not a well known title but a record of a rare Marchant 10 x 30 poster.
Hondo
Great image of a B-17!
Love this one.
Hondo
I am about to share some information on a new thread titled Marchant & Co.History that viewers of this thread may find interesting.
Hondo
A nice looking poster and the film had the debut of Esther Williams.
Hondo