House Of Frankenstein
House Of Frankenstein ( 1944 ).
Looking at all the U.S. paper including the insert image I have displayed along with the Australian newspaper advertisement which is similar, one wonders the reason why Universal produced the Australian daybill in a design so different. Of interest the actors' credits on the U.S. insert are in exactly the same order as the Australian newspaper advertisement whereas the billing order is in a different sequence on the daybill plus Elena Verdugo appearing on the U.S. insert and Australian newspaper advertisement has been replaced by George Zucco on the Australian daybill. This then had me thinking is the daybill perhaps a re-release poster from the very early 1950s but immediately ruled this out as the Universal logo is the correct one for the release date in Australia at the time and this along with the appropriate horror censorship rating certainly makes the poster original release. Further confirmation for being so is that within a year or so the new Universal International identification started to appear on Australian posters so a re-release poster would show Universal International on it.
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Why it was added to this movie's daybill is anyone's guess.
The man in the Monster garb is Lugosi's stunt double, Gil Perkins, who is carrying actress Ilona Massey, the maiden in distress, from FMTWM.
The Goulburn Empire black and white newspaper advertisement I originally posted at the start of this thread for House Of Frankenstein was the same style artwork that appeared on the original U.S. 24 sheet.
Do you have an image of it, by chance? And if not, how did you learn or determine that the above advert was the same style art as that used on the US24sh?
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You did but I also did say ''any new thoughts?''. I am not talking obvious slight alteration I am talking huge.
It was you Paul but I am just finding out about you mentioning The Ghost Of Frankenstein mistake on the Uni. Horror Daybill thread that I must have missed at the time and have just looked up. I discovered this information ( along with other material ) myself and didn't know you had previously mentioned it on the forum. So The Ghost Of Frankenstein discovery credit belongs to you. I better send off my new thread I am thinking. Look for it a few minutes.
Go into eMovieposter.co. site and search for House Of Frankenstein. Look up pressbooks and you will find one sold 12 / 10 / 2015 with a green background cover which will show you an image of the 24 sheet. Sorry I couldn't manage to download it here otherwise I would have done it myself.