Wouldn't it be fun to see one of those large Mr Deeds posters, Hondo?! Okie
Yes indeed it would Okie, although having never seen any of Mr. Deeds Goes To Town or Passport To Fame ( The Whole Town's Talking ) Australian printed posters in any shape or forn, any poster image size would be great experience to see.
The Giant Claw ( 1957 ) Australian one sheet and daybill using the commonly used U.S.A. artwork.
Then there is this rare Australian one sheet interestingly featuring only the monster. This artwork appears to be unique to Australia.
I very much doubt that’s a real OS. Looks like something created for DVD cover. If you search google you can see others
Due to the poster in question having pre 1971 Australian censorship printed on it. along with a well outdated 1950's Columbia Pictures logo and a Robert Burton printing credit, there is no way this poster would have have been used on an official Columbia Pictures DVD release.
Found DVD releases of The Giant Claw.
Not sure about the 'others' you mentioned, so would you be as kind as to post here an example or two of dvd covers that you referred to, so I can have a look at them.
I am not sure where my posted image originated from, and I have had it for a long period of time. It now appears to have vanished off Google and when one searches it cannot be located.
You may well be correct in your belief of the origins of The Giant Claw poster.
I really don't know the answer as the image that I supplied on the forum goes back many years since I saved it, As this particular image source is no longer available on Google the details can no longer be checked.
Before I agree though I would need more concrete proof, Who is Ash Kydon and is he Australian?
1) The artwork of the Giant Claw (Turkey) does not fit with the style of any other Aussie poster from the period
2) If you go to that website and hover over the image of the poster (the same image you posted) you will note it is titled "Ash Art"
3) Ash Loydon did the artwork for this magazine. He appears to be Scottish?
4) The artwork on the poster is similar to Loydon's usual style based on a search of his portfolio. I believe it is a digital mock up created for the magazine and not an actual poster or print
O.k., I now believe that I have solved the story behind this poster.
A ) Take one original Australian The Giant Claw daybill poster design.
B ) Remove the Giant Claw action image only from the daybill and substitute this original image with the new Giant Claw only image, leaving everything else exactly the same on the amended poster.
C ) Stretch all the original credits out to create a new size poster design.
Is the explanation I previously discribed then of Ash Laydon ( ''Ash Art'' ) only just a case of him working off and altering the original Australian daybill poster design, by just replacing the image and altering the size?
Very interesting for that period of time designed U.S.A. half sheet poster printed for the U.S. release of the British film Non-Stop New York ( 1937 ). This poster featured an unusual image of an aeroplane. It would appear that all the other U.S. posters that were printed were of the more traditional style as seen above on a U.S. glass slide image. It is surprising that three years into the Hays code being introduced and enforced that this poster was allowed to be displayed.
I think that poster fits with the Hays Code, Hondo. It reminds me more like Lalique design/classic auto hood ornament rather than overtly nude. Also, nice to think it is the beautiful Anna Lee who's career was nice and long. Okie
I think that poster fits with the Hays Code, Hondo. It reminds me more like Lalique design/classic auto hood ornament rather than overtly nude. Also, nice to think it is the beautiful Anna Lee who's career was nice and long. Okie
A question though is what does this ''out of left field'' unrealistic style image have to do with the content of this film?
I think that poster fits with the Hays Code, Hondo. It reminds me more like Lalique design/classic auto hood ornament rather than overtly nude. Also, nice to think it is the beautiful Anna Lee who's career was nice and long. Okie
A question though is what does this ''out of left field'' unrealistic style image have to do with the content of this film?
I think that poster fits with the Hays Code, Hondo. It reminds me more like Lalique design/classic auto hood ornament rather than overtly nude. Also, nice to think it is the beautiful Anna Lee who's career was nice and long. Okie
A question though is what does this ''out of left field'' unrealistic style image have to do with the content of this film?
To get male bodies in the seats! Okie
Certainly not the only time sex was used to fill seats, even though the 'view' was absent from the final cut
A rare Australian newspaper advertisement sourced from an Adelaide newspaper on the 23 June 1937, that placed special importance to the supporting short subject programme that was titled as being ''plus these gems''.
I though that this
Australian newspaper story from 1978 may be of interest. The two large posters
that are mentioned were possibly one sheet posters, and if so they most
likely were very similar to the daybill version showing above.
If you were in a similar situation as a passenger about to travel on a flight, and viewed something similar to this, do you think it would be a possibility that it would concern you in any way?
What I do find interesting in the article is that the 1929 mentioned film The Voice of The City sound version was directed by William Mack and the silent version was directed by George Melford. On checking on the films credits on IMDb I found only the sound version credit stating William Mack was the director appears there. No mention at all in there being a separate silent version directed by George Melford who went on a few years later to direct an alternate Spanish language version of Dracula for Universal in 1931. This version was filmed at night on the Dracula set that the U.S.A. Bela Lugosi version was filmed on the same day. This film is most likely the film George Melford will be most remember for.
In 1952, four years after the introduction of the banning of all new
horror films was introduced in Australia, old horror films were being screened
at midnight along with post 1948 titles. The highlights from this advertisement would have to include the
Universal titles Bride Of Frankenstein, The Old Dark House, She Wolf Of
London and The Mad Ghoul. Interesting two of advertised as
being horror films, The Killers and M are actually film noir / crime / drama
genre titles.
A question to ask is did they use surviving 1940s daybill to advertise the films from this decade? For the two early 1930s original releases of The Old Datk House and Bride of Frankenstin surely though new daybills would have had to have been printed for them one would have to believe, and if so where are they now, one has to ask?
The majority of Australian daybills printed in the 1970s and the 1980s were printed by MAPS. Robert Burton who had dominated daybill printing in the 1960s lost a tremendous amount of poster printing to MAPS who had started slowly in the late 1960s then accelerated poster production in the early 1970s to become the major printer of daybills and Australian one sheets from that time onwards. Robert Burton poster printing was reduced significently during the 1970s. Apart from M.A.P.S. and Robert Burton there were almost no other credited printers names that appeared on posters in the 1970s and 1980s. The only other printers who produced film posters in the 1970s and 1980s were mainly uncredited printers. The one exception that I have known about for some time is W & B Litho. This printer appears to have printed daybills and one sheets for United Artists only in Australia during the period 1980 to 1982. Titles printed by them include the daybill and one sheet for For Your Eyes Only. I have images also of another twelve films where daybills were printed by them.
A rare and only example that I have located where the M.A.P.S. name credit appeared in red on an Australian poster. The daybill example where this application was applied was on the above daybill of Sexual Practices In Sweden ( 1970 ). The film was only passed for exhibition in Australia in 1977, therefore this then is most likely when the poster was printed.
Has anybody seen any other poster examples where the M.A.P.S. credit appeared in red?
The following information is published on the website Poster Guide ( posterguide.org )
Opened in 1967, Closed in 2009, Worked from 1952-1988
M.A.P.S. or Mailing and Print Services, was an Australian printing company located in Sydney. It was started in 1967 by David Seton - the son of Poster artist Babs McDougall, who worked for Robert Burton of Burton Printers. The company was deregistered in 2009, however their movie poster printing output had ceased by the late 80s.
To add to the above information the first M.A.P.S. credited posters appeared in 1968 and the last known to me credited posters were printed in 1989. The titles included in the 1952 -1988 images on the website include titles that are pre 1968 releases which are all for re-release films.
The statement that the company was deregistered in 2009 is a little later than the following official ASIC data states of it being in 2003.
ASIC DATA Name M.A.P.S. LITHO PTY LIMITED ACN 001 624 513 Registered Date 11-08-1978 Deregistered Date17-02-2003 Status Deregistered Company Type Australian Proprietary Company Class Limited By Shares
Regulator Australian Securities & Investments Commission Previous State Number NSW 21466016
I came across this Submarine Command ( 1951 ) U.K. quad poster image recently. The included ''Let's Go To The Pictures'' poster promotion is new to me.
Anyone know any history behind the usage of this promotional image on this U.K. film poster?
I have several Quads with this symbol on, all early 50's. It was just a push to get people back into Cinemas, as T.V. was being launched all over the UK. By 52, Elizabeth was proclaimed Queen, and even more people were buying TV's to watch the coronation, which was a year later. But the demand for sets in the early 50's, and the drop in attendance sure worried the Cinemas. It was the start of the decline in the UK.
I have several Quads with this symbol on, all early 50's. It was just a push to get people back into Cinemas, as T.V. was being launched all over the UK. By 52, Elizabeth was proclaimed Queen, and even more people were buying TV's to watch the coronation, which was a year later. But the demand for sets in the early 50's, and the drop in attendance sure worried the Cinemas. It was the start of the decline in the UK.
Thank you Paul for your informative information. What I find interesting is that it appears in the U.K. to have been a Paramount Pictures initiative. Personally speaking to Paul since his posting, he also thinks the U.K, promotion was a Paramount only promotion there. With our later start with introducing Television into Australian homes starting in 1956. it would appear to me that someone at Paramount, either in the U.S.A. or Australia remembered this poster promotion, and then thought that a similar poster promotion here in Australia may be worthwhile trying as well.
Starting in 1958 when the results of television set ownership in Australia was starting to take effect with cinema attendance numbers dropping, a poster tagline promotion called "' Ger More Out Of Life Go Out To a Movie!'' was introduced by Paramount on their one sheet and 3 sheet posters. This promotion was used from 1958 until 1962.
As in both the U.K. and Australia the cinema encouragement promotional taglines certainly appear to have been only included on larger sized posters.
Does anyone per chance have an image of an Australian Vertigo ( 1958 ) Australian one sheet poster for when the film was first released in Australia in 1959?
The only poster image that I have ever seen from that period of time is the one that Bruce auctioned in 2000, so I am aware of this one and am not interested in seeing this particular image.
I have personally asked around without any success, so I am not holding out much hope in inquiring here, but one never knows.
In not hearing back from anyone can I then presume that no one has ever seen, or has an an image of an original Vertigo Australian one sheet apart from Bruce's copy? If one ever does appear and you happen to spot it, please post the image here. This is of course if one remembers where to post it after perhaps a long period of time elapses before an alternative image hopefully one day may surface..
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Yes indeed it would Okie, although having never seen any of Mr. Deeds Goes To Town or Passport To Fame ( The Whole Town's Talking ) Australian printed posters in any shape or forn, any poster image size would be great experience to see.
The Giant Claw ( 1957 ) Australian one sheet and daybill using the commonly used U.S.A. artwork.
Then there is this rare Australian one sheet interestingly featuring only the monster. This artwork appears to be unique to Australia.
Found DVD releases of The Giant Claw.
Not sure about the 'others' you mentioned, so would you be as kind as to post here an example or two of dvd covers that you referred to, so I can have a look at them.
I am not sure where my posted image originated from, and I have had it for a long period of time. It now appears to have vanished off Google and when one searches it cannot be located.
I really don't know the answer as the image that I supplied on the forum goes back many years since I saved it, As this particular image source is no longer available on Google the details can no longer be checked.
Before I agree though I would need more concrete proof, Who is Ash Kydon and is he Australian?
O.k., I now believe that I have solved the story behind this poster.
A ) Take one original Australian The Giant Claw daybill poster design.
B ) Remove the Giant Claw action image only from the daybill and substitute this original image with the new Giant Claw only image, leaving everything else exactly the same on the amended poster.
C ) Stretch all the original credits out to create a new size poster design.
Very interesting for that period of time designed U.S.A. half sheet poster printed for the U.S. release of the British film Non-Stop New York ( 1937 ). This poster featured an unusual image of an aeroplane. It would appear that all the other U.S. posters that were printed were of the more traditional style as seen above on a U.S. glass slide image. It is surprising that three years into the Hays code being introduced and enforced that this poster was allowed to be displayed.
To get male bodies in the seats! Okie
A rare Australian newspaper advertisement sourced from an Adelaide newspaper on the 23 June 1937, that placed special importance to the supporting short subject programme that was titled as being ''plus these gems''.
( Trove ).
I though that this Australian newspaper story from 1978 may be of interest. The two large posters that are mentioned were possibly one sheet posters, and if so they most likely were very similar to the daybill version showing above.
If you were in a similar situation as a passenger about to travel on a flight, and viewed something similar to this, do you think it would be a possibility that it would concern you in any way?
What I do find interesting in the article is that the 1929 mentioned film The Voice of The City sound version was directed by William Mack and the silent version was directed by George Melford. On checking on the films credits on IMDb I found only the sound version credit stating William Mack was the director appears there. No mention at all in there being a separate silent version directed by George Melford who went on a few years later to direct an alternate Spanish language version of Dracula for Universal in 1931. This version was filmed at night on the Dracula set that the U.S.A. Bela Lugosi version was filmed on the same day. This film is most likely the film George Melford will be most remember for.
The Dracula Spanish language version poster.
In 1952, four years after the introduction of the banning of all new horror films was introduced in Australia, old horror films were being screened at midnight along with post 1948 titles. The highlights from this advertisement would have to include the Universal titles Bride Of Frankenstein, The Old Dark House, She Wolf Of London and The Mad Ghoul. Interesting two of advertised as being horror films, The Killers and M are actually film noir / crime / drama genre titles.
A question to ask is did they use surviving 1940s daybill to advertise the films from this decade? For the two early 1930s original releases of The Old Datk House and Bride of Frankenstin surely though new daybills would have had to have been printed for them one would have to believe, and if so where are they now, one has to ask?
A rare and only example that I have located where the M.A.P.S. name credit appeared in red on an Australian poster. The daybill example where this application was applied was on the above daybill of Sexual Practices In Sweden ( 1970 ). The film was only passed for exhibition in Australia in 1977, therefore this then is most likely when the poster was printed.
Has anybody seen any other poster examples where the M.A.P.S. credit appeared in red?
The following information is published on the website Poster Guide ( posterguide.org )
Printers>M.A.P.S. Litho Pty. Ltd.
Opened in 1967, Closed in 2009, Worked from 1952-1988
To add to the above information the first M.A.P.S. credited posters appeared in 1968 and the last known to me credited posters were printed in 1989. The titles included in the 1952 -1988 images on the website include titles that are pre 1968 releases which are all for re-release films.
The statement that the company was deregistered in 2009 is a little later than the following official ASIC data states of it being in 2003.
ASIC DATA
Name M.A.P.S. LITHO PTY LIMITED
ACN 001 624 513
Registered Date 11-08-1978
Deregistered Date17-02-2003
Status Deregistered
Company Type Australian Proprietary Company
Class Limited By Shares
Previous State Number NSW 21466016
I came across this Submarine Command ( 1951 ) U.K. quad poster image recently. The included ''Let's Go To The Pictures'' poster promotion is new to me.
Anyone know any history behind the usage of this promotional image on this U.K. film poster?
Union Station ( 1950 ) and Thunder In The East ( 1953 ).
Starting in 1958 when the results of television set ownership in Australia was starting to take effect with cinema attendance numbers dropping, a poster tagline promotion called "' Ger More Out Of Life Go Out To a Movie!'' was introduced by Paramount on their one sheet and 3 sheet posters. This promotion was used from 1958 until 1962.
As in both the U.K. and Australia the cinema encouragement promotional taglines certainly appear to have been only included on larger sized posters.
Does anyone per chance have an image of an Australian Vertigo ( 1958 ) Australian one sheet poster for when the film was first released in Australia in 1959?
The only poster image that I have ever seen from that period of time is the one that Bruce auctioned in 2000, so I am aware of this one and am not interested in seeing this particular image.
I have personally asked around without any success, so I am not holding out much hope in inquiring here, but one never knows.
If one ever does appear and you happen to spot it, please post the image here. This is of course if one remembers where to post it after perhaps a long period of time elapses before an alternative image hopefully one day may surface..
Peter