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British Quad which has been folded just the right amount of times and shoved under one of the corners to stop the place from wobbling.
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There's a street of lights
A long dark night
Restaurant scenes
And dark machines...
There's a street of lights
A long dark night
Restaurant scenes
And dark machines...
Some of those really early ones are just striking.
There's a street of lights
A long dark night
Restaurant scenes
And dark machines...
1953 RR artwork, then take into account the above daybill isn't Simmons artwork and the following are Simmons RKO daybill poster images from the same period. My money's on the original 1933 daybill artwork to be the standout, if only for the likely colour.
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A couple of missing MGM daybills of lesser fame are worth a mention here as well.
I have always thought the original long daybill of The Mask Of Fu Manchu ( 1932 ) would have to have been a cracker.Looking at the Australian trade advertisement and the original U.S. insert, it makes one eager to one day see a copy of the daybill artwork.
Kongo ( 1932 ) Australian Trade advertisement from 1933 and a rare piece of U.S. advertising material for the film, which apart from some lobby cards and b&w stills, larger posters appear to be almost non existent. You will notice on the Australian trade ad Walter Huston's name doesn't appear. A rare herald used in Bombay below should, along with the other two images, give us an idea of what could have appeared on the long daybill.
If only the original King Kong daybill would have had this scene appearing on it, as shown here on an original release Australian newspaper advertisement. .
There's a street of lights
A long dark night
Restaurant scenes
And dark machines...
There's a street of lights
A long dark night
Restaurant scenes
And dark machines...
Son Of Kong ( 1933 ). Any first release material is extremely hard. if seeming impossible, to locate. An exciting U.S.A. window card and a 1934 Australian newspaper advertisement, almost ignoring the title character in the image artwork appears above. It makes one ponder what the Simmons long daybill might have looked like. The advisement artwork was designed by Wynne W. Davis who was responsible for designing artwork for many daybills and other promotional paper as well.
There's a street of lights
A long dark night
Restaurant scenes
And dark machines...
Another amended advertisement altered from the original one, now placed for the Plaza Theatre on September 7 as the film entered it's second week in release. The Walt Disney animated cartoon Donald's Vacation was on the supporting programme.
They Drive By Night ( U.S.A. 1940 insert poster) & the original completely different version of They Drive By Night ( U.K.1938 lobby card ).
They Drive By Night was a 1938 Bitish film that starred Emlyn Williams that was released in the U.K. by Warner Brothers.
In 1940 Warner Brothers released a completely different American film titled They Drive By Night that had no connection to the 1938 film except they had the same title and released by the same distributor. As the U.K. and Australia had already released the British film, the title of the new American film was re-titled The Road To Frisco for some overseas markets including Australia.
Australian newspaper advertisement 1940.
Australian newspaper advertisement placed in 1944 with no mention of Humphrey Bogart who by now a big star and drawcard,
Another newspaper advertisement placed in either 1944 or 1945 where someone has played around with some ad blocks and elevated Bogie to top billing.
Looking at the original U.S. They Drive by Night insert poster and knowing that the original 1940 released re-titled The Road to Frisco daybill would most certainly have been a long daybill, and if the 1940 artwork of other WB films is any indication, including the below All This, And Heaven Too example, if a daybill ever turns up it should be a good one.
The Australian 1953 Australian re-release one sheet and extracted from the preceeding 1933 image posted by Ves is what appears to be a one sheet with a very similar design. It appears then the original 1933 artwork was copied in 1953.
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Excellent Sven. I love both images. I had been waiting years for a Baby Face Nelson daybill to turn up and I must say it is much better than I thought it would be.
There's a street of lights
A long dark night
Restaurant scenes
And dark machines...