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Re: Questions for Bruce-EMP
jayn_j said:I learned long ago that rare doesn't always mean valuable.
True. The sentence is specially sweet when one finds a poster nobody else cares about, but you crave,
110x75
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Re: Rare Australian Posters Of Australian Films
These are all printed on card stock, with images taken from stills and art used for the film. The censor details and title were added to the designs and they were printed as Australian lobby cards. The colorized version was printed on the same thick card stock. There are a number of similar examples for Australian films where a colorized version was printed and an alternative black and white set was printed. Thats pretty typical with many Australian daybills where a cheaper version was also printed with less colour. In my opinion, they should be referred to as Australian lobby cards and from memory, that is how they were described in press sheets. However, accurately dating them is difficult.HONDO said:theartofmovieposters said:I was trying to find images of the actual black white ones, as I suspect they are likely just copies of the colour ones.
I've seen this before where the "lobby cards" are actually just photos of something else.
Do you believe Ves that these are just photos then in this case.?
I have many hundreds of Australian lobby cards and they are quite unique.
John
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Re: Rare Australian Posters Of Australian Films
I was trying to find images of the actual black white ones, as I suspect they are likely just copies of the colour ones.
I've seen this before where the "lobby cards" are actually just photos of something else.
I've seen this before where the "lobby cards" are actually just photos of something else.
Re: Where Are These Daybills?
I would think cinemas, particularly smaller ones lacked suitable available space to display them anyway. All advertising would have been used to promote current screenings, usually double features and numerous coming attractions, which were the drawcards for audiences, and not the shorts.Lawrence, it seems that almost all movie paper for non-feature films was VERY limited.Bruce said:
A good question is WHY they bothered to make it at all! I have asked hundreds of old-timers if they EVER saw posters for shorts, cartoons, or newsreels on display outside theaters and they all say no!
One would think posters for short films would have been displayed mainly at children's matinees, cartoon festival screenings and at newsreel theatre screenings.
HONDO
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Re: A Do You Know Your Classic Movies Quiz.
My thoughts are due to the film ending up with a running time of 141minutes, that it was originally longer in length and trimmed for a more shorter length at the last minute.dedeposter said:It's interesting that we don't see the scene of the shipwreck in the lobby card above. Must have been filmed but not used.
Seeing that the lobby cards were already printed it was too late for a replacement card, so they just left the deleted card in the set.
The original 1947 set of eight lobby cards.
The 1955 re-release set of eight lobby cards with different image scenes.
HONDO
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Re: A Do You Know Your Classic Movies Quiz.
For me, Shirley Knight's very best role was on TV's original "Law and Order" as a Betty Broderick-like character (a real life woman who was dumped by her husband for a much younger women, and she murdered the husband and new wife, and claimed she did not remember doing it).
It was a magnificent performance, but then again she was great in everything I saw her in.
It was a magnificent performance, but then again she was great in everything I saw her in.
Bruce
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Re: Hondo's This And That
I feel that studios (especially the lesser ones) would intentionally have their sexy stars "made over" to resemble popular stars of the day, to hopefully entice (or confuse) moviegoers. Remember when Joan Bennett becsme a clone of Hedy Lamarr?
Bruce
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Re: An original artwork “ three bites of the apple”
@110x75
Thank you! Yes it’s in a square now 🖼️
Thank you! Yes it’s in a square now 🖼️
utamiya
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Re: F. Cunninghame - Fugly or Not?
HONDO said:
Touch Of Evil ( 1958 ) original U.S.A. insert poster and the F.Cunninghame Australia designed daybill. Touch Of Evil is a favoufire film of mine and compared to the U.S. insert the daybill leaves a lot to be desired.. The insert artwork and colour presentation are superior in every way.
The daybill is very disappointing in my opinion. Anyone agree?
One Sheet is a slight improvement I reckon
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