Who is this famous ( in Australia at least ) friend of Carl Mondor's, who was born in the U.S.A.? Carl Mondor at one time lived in a flat attached his house in Victoria, Australia. Beginning of some trivia I mentioned on this thread in August of his year that I was thinking of possibly presenting.
This thread is a great read. I've done a little rooting around in the past to find origin info on the Dr. Dracula poster and have found little to nothing.,, that is til I came here. Well done. Now, will someone get that CD and upload it to YouTube?
I've located the program for the ORGY OF EVIL/LADY FRANKENSTEIN show, which has provided a number of names and leads. Currently chasing up people. The Mondor CD-Rom is still the missing link. I've reached out to the President of the Australian Society of Magicians and elsewhere. I've concluded that the only way to it is if someone who actually owns the CD-Rom is prepared to make a copy. The quest continues. I'll keep you informed.
Who is this famous ( in Australia at least ) friend of Carl Mondor's, who was born in the U.S.A.? Carl Mondor at one time lived in a flat attached his house in Victoria, Australia. Beginning of some trivia I mentioned on this thread in August of his year that I was thinking of possibly presenting.
Tommy Hanlon Jnr was American born and emigrated to Australia in 1959. In 1962 he was awarded a Gold Logie at the 4th annual TV week Logie Awards. At some time or another Card Mondor lived in a flat attached to Tommy Hanlon's home. Both Mondor and Hanlon had entertaining, circus and magician backgrounds and interests earlier in the U.S.A, so most likely a friendship was formed between the two in the states before both came to Australia. If I can locate some information I have somewhere I have a little more regarding Carl Mondor in Australia in 1952.
Well, it has been an interesting time researching Card Mondor, the ORGY OF EVIL show etc.
At this point I rescind earlier comments about Mondor being involved with the show. I've now read Mondor's 17 page booklet about ORGY OF EVIL which was not written until 1999. He states up front he did not have anything to do with the show. However, he happened to be in Sydney on business and, a week before the show opened in 1973, he bumped into one of the producers, Richard Lewellen (both had previously worked for Kroger Babb). Lewellen invited him along and Mondor saw what would be the final performance of ORGY OF EVIL. The financiers pulled the plug. Mondor was very impressed with this update of a spook-show. The booklet is more or less a pitch to remake ORGY OF EVIL.
I am continually sighting, mainly the horizontal teaser poster these days, numerous Australian posters of The Haunted And The Hunted ( Demetia 13 ). They are continually popping up in the market place and it seems mostly in very good condition as well. Bruce has a combined total of ninety two showing in his Auction history section. 56 are normal size daybills, 31 are horizontal teasers and 5 are one sheets. One wonders why Carl Mondor had printed so many posters in the first place for this title, and why so many have survived to this day, and in the most part in excellent condition. Was there a possible overprinting error with the printing in the first place or was a second run ordered later? A question for Bruce is would this have to be the highest number of Australian film posters of the same film title ever auctioned by him ? It would have to be one would think.
The teaser is a regular sized (13x30) horizontal daybill
Also what does Carl Mondor have to do with the Dementia 13 film? I thought he was only involved in the Dr. Dracula stage show?
I have altered the word smaller to horizontal. Don't know what happened there.
Carl Mondor has everything to do with The Haunted and The Hunted ( Dementia 13 ) film. He came to live in Australia and started up Cemp Films in the early 1960's. The Haunted And The Hunted was an early film that he acquired the Australian film screening rights to and released here. All this and more information appears within the earlier section of this thread which you couldn't have read at the time. Carl Mondor's owned poster Dr Draculas ''Living Nightmares'' is what he borrow sections of artwork to use on the Cemp Australian one sheet of The Haunted and the Hunted..
The teaser is a regular sized (13x30) horizontal daybill
Also what does Carl Mondor have to do with the Dementia 13 film? I thought he was only involved in the Dr. Dracula stage show?
I have altered the word smaller to horizontal. Don't know what happened there.
Carl Mondor has everything to do with The Haunted and The Hunted ( Dementia 13 ) film. He came to live in Australia and started up Cemp Films in the early 1960's. The Haunted And The Hunted was an early film that he acquired the Australian film screening rights to and released here. All this and more information appears within the earlier section of this thread which you couldn't have read at the time. Carl Mondor's owned poster Dr Draculas ''Living Nightmares'' is what he borrow sections of artwork to use on the Cemp Australian one sheet of The Haunted and the Hunted..
Thanks for clarifying Lawrence - obviously missed that bit of important info
The teaser is a regular sized (13x30) horizontal daybill
Also what does Carl Mondor have to do with the Dementia 13 film? I thought he was only involved in the Dr. Dracula stage show?
I have altered the word smaller to horizontal. Don't know what happened there.
Carl Mondor has everything to do with The Haunted and The Hunted ( Dementia 13 ) film. He came to live in Australia and started up Cemp Films in the early 1960's. The Haunted And The Hunted was an early film that he acquired the Australian film screening rights to and released here. All this and more information appears within the earlier section of this thread which you couldn't have read at the time. Carl Mondor's owned poster Dr Draculas ''Living Nightmares'' is what he borrow sections of artwork to use on the Cemp Australian one sheet of The Haunted and the Hunted..
Thanks for clarifying Lawrence - obviously missed that bit of important info
That's because (as I tell my girls) you had a daddy look and not a mummy look.
I am continually sighting, mainly the horizontal teaser poster these days, numerous Australian posters of The Haunted And The Hunted ( Demetia 13 ). They are continually popping up in the market place and it seems mostly in very good condition as well. Bruce has a combined total of ninety two showing in his Auction history section. 56 are normal size daybills, 31 are horizontal teasers and 5 are one sheets. One wonders why Carl Mondor had printed so many posters in the first place for this title, and why so many have survived to this day, and in the most part in excellent condition.
Back in the late 90s, I purchased a huge collection of posters from a cinema that had closed down in Qld. There were hundreds of black garbage bags full of posters and some multiple bundles of single titles. I would guess that there would have been at least 300 of both styles of Dementia 13, maybe more. They have been dispersed over the years but I would imagine that most originate from this collection.
I am continually sighting, mainly the horizontal teaser poster these days, numerous Australian posters of The Haunted And The Hunted ( Demetia 13 ). They are continually popping up in the market place and it seems mostly in very good condition as well. Bruce has a combined total of ninety two showing in his Auction history section. 56 are normal size daybills, 31 are horizontal teasers and 5 are one sheets. One wonders why Carl Mondor had printed so many posters in the first place for this title, and why so many have survived to this day, and in the most part in excellent condition.
Back in the late 90s, I purchased a huge collection of posters from a cinema that had closed down in Qld. There were hundreds of black garbage bags full of posters and some multiple bundles of single titles. I would guess that there would have been at least 300 of both styles of Dementia 13, maybe more. They have been dispersed over the years but I would imagine that most originate from this collection.
One has to wonder how the 300 or so posters of of this title in question were acquired in the first place by the cinema owner,
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Something to crow about about Tone. We know you have something rare there.
I've done a little rooting around in the past to find origin info on the Dr. Dracula poster and have found little to nothing.,, that is til I came here.
Well done.
Now, will someone get that CD and upload it to YouTube?
Tommy Hanlon Jnr was American born and emigrated to Australia in 1959. In 1962 he was awarded a Gold Logie at the 4th annual TV week Logie Awards. At some time or another Card Mondor lived in a flat attached to Tommy Hanlon's home. Both Mondor and Hanlon had entertaining, circus and magician backgrounds and interests earlier in the U.S.A, so most likely a friendship was formed between the two in the states before both came to Australia. If I can locate some information I have somewhere I have a little more regarding Carl Mondor in Australia in 1952.
Luckily the first sister doesn't wear silly arm/hand hats
Well, it has been an interesting time researching Card Mondor, the ORGY OF EVIL show etc.
At this point I rescind earlier comments about Mondor being involved with the show. I've now read Mondor's 17 page booklet about ORGY OF EVIL which was not written until 1999. He states up front he did not have anything to do with the show. However, he happened to be in Sydney on business and, a week before the show opened in 1973, he bumped into one of the producers, Richard Lewellen (both had previously worked for Kroger Babb). Lewellen invited him along and Mondor saw what would be the final performance of ORGY OF EVIL. The financiers pulled the plug. Mondor was very impressed with this update of a spook-show. The booklet is more or less a pitch to remake ORGY OF EVIL.
Currently being advertised on the eMoviePoster.com website for auction is the above signed 8 x 10 still.
I am continually sighting, mainly the horizontal teaser poster these days, numerous Australian posters of The Haunted And The Hunted ( Demetia 13 ). They are continually popping up in the market place and it seems mostly in very good condition as well. Bruce has a combined total of ninety two showing in his Auction history section. 56 are normal size daybills, 31 are horizontal teasers and 5 are one sheets. One wonders why Carl Mondor had printed so many posters in the first place for this title, and why so many have survived to this day, and in the most part in excellent condition. Was there a possible overprinting error with the printing in the first place or was a second run ordered later? A question for Bruce is would this have to be the highest number of Australian film posters of the same film title ever auctioned by him ? It would have to be one would think.
Carl Mondor has everything to do with The Haunted and The Hunted ( Dementia 13 ) film. He came to live in Australia and started up Cemp Films in the early 1960's. The Haunted And The Hunted was an early film that he acquired the Australian film screening rights to and released here. All this and more information appears within the earlier section of this thread which you couldn't have read at the time. Carl Mondor's owned poster Dr Draculas ''Living Nightmares'' is what he borrow sections of artwork to use on the Cemp Australian one sheet of The Haunted and the Hunted..
One has to wonder how the 300 or so posters of of this title in question were acquired in the first place by the cinema owner,