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darolo said:

Julius Caesar looks original to me. It was released again in the 60's with the MGM lion logo common to that period.

I have revised my opinion that the Julius Caesar one sheet is a 1960's re-release poster, and as Darolo said I do agree now that it is an original 1950's poster.

My thinking had been based on the following, The word masterpiece printer's credit which isn't normally applied on a first release poster, the absence of a printer's credit which was often the case on a re-release poster, the black and white section, and finally the original Australian daybill's tagline being shown as All Hail. 

The reason for my change of thinking is as follows. I have viewed again the copy in question and found that the one sheet has the correct logo application of An MGM Picture printed on it. This style of credit is from that period of time. The absence of a printer's credit was on checking out with my vast MGM one sheet images folder, was found that sometimes often this was the case during the early 1950's. Finally the image of the raised sword from the original artwork ties in.

Along with the original sighted single copy Australian daybill this one sheet is extremely rare.

Without a printer's name, or any other details that may have assisted it is impossible to date the exact time when this poster was printed.

The best one could come up with is that there was a national re-release in Australia in 1950, so it most likely could have been printed for this release.

Some other possibilities for the poster though are a nationa[ re-release of the film as part of an MGM film festival in 1954. There is always a possibility though that the poster was a late 1940's second printing.

I would say crediting this poster as a 1950's re-releases is the way to go.