Great image Andrew. I have never seen this daybill image previously.
I will comment on this poster tomorrow, along with the duotone daybill version seen below. I need to confirm some thoughts that I have about the two posters.
Before I move on to discuss the above two daybills, I am wondering if anyone has any thoughts about the earlier included Australian black and white and the colorised lobby cards, and as to when they may have been used?
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 have had a bunch of cards like that, and most of them were from Canada or Australia from the late 1940s (I am guessing they used odd paper due to paper shortages).
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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 had a bunch of cards like that, and most of them were from Canada or Australia from the late 1940s (I am guessing they used odd paper due to paper shortages).
How do you know for sure that the Australian lobby cards you referred to were from the late 1940s. I assume you were referring to the colourized examples and not the above black and white ones.
As to the paper shortages from World War 11, I would have thought the paper shortages no longer applied in Australia in the late 1940s.
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.?
Can't say for sure but yes, this is my suspicion, but its hard to tell as your can't see the full cards other than the title one.
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.?
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.
I have many hundreds of Australian lobby cards and they are quite unique.
I only have the Colour cards for Gone to the Dogs but I would imagine that the B/W cards are similar to the Colour cards. Here is an example from Let George Do It which was released at a similar time to Gone to the Dogs. The cards are identical but one card is colourized and the other is B/W.
In the meantime from the above selection, and following below are two rare complete pictured black and white card images that I thought you may like to see.
I have been unable to locate any colourised versions of either of these designs.
Another just located rare black and white lobby card that was printed for Gone To The Dogs. Again I have not been able to find a colourised version of this design.
I was expecting someone to post this daybill that recently auctioned on eBay and has been posted on Facebook. It was posted by Michael Lovell, I hope it's okay to repost here. Fantastic find from 1911.
It would have been a much better buy at $150 that it was originally passed in at. Sadly, i was watching it but thought it was too good to be true and was likely a copy. Loos like a bad decision on my behalf.
This beautiful rare 1911 poster and great piece of history ended up selling for $830. Another complete image this time of the poster with the printer's credit of Hollander And Govett appearing on it.
Hollander And Govett Ltd, Sydney were registered in 1905 and went into voluntary liquidation in 1980,
The only other film posters that I have been able to locate that they printed were numerous Richardson Studio / Paramount small 10/30 war time daybills that they printed for this limited size were between late 1943 and early 1945. The Uninvited 10 x 30 poster following is an example of the posters that they produced.
There has been a delay in introducing some new film titles to this thread,. Be rest assured though that there will be more titles to come from the 1930s and the 1940s sometime in the future.
No proof, but I do believe that the following took place.
All original Gone To The Dogs Australian lobby cards were only printed in the black and white versions only.
The colourised versions were produced at some unknown period of time for subsequent re-releases that took place startiing in the 1940s and ending in the 1960s.
My wife colourised black and white photographs in Australia and the U.S.A. for over two decades.
George Wallace Australian film Harmony Row from 1933. Above are the Australian poster images that I have been able to collect over many years. The majority of the poster images courtesy of John Reid.
The daybill is credited on the poster to being signed as R.P. I have a very large list of Australian posters artists who signed daybills, along with other film poster advertising material, and the initials do not tie in with anyone that I have listed.
Anyone per chance happen to know who R.P. happens to be?
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I will comment on this poster tomorrow, along with the duotone daybill version seen below. I need to confirm some thoughts that I have about the two posters.
I've seen this before where the "lobby cards" are actually just photos of something else.
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Do you believe Ves that these are just photos then in this case.?
As to the paper shortages from World War 11, I would have thought the paper shortages no longer applied in Australia in the late 1940s.
Have you any examples that you can show here?
I have many hundreds of Australian lobby cards and they are quite unique.
I currently have some differing thoughts in my mind, and some images and information,
As I am still currently researching into the subject I will hold back revealing this until my searching has come to an end,
In the meantime from the above selection, and following below are two rare complete pictured black and white card images that I thought you may like to see.
I have been unable to locate any colourised versions of either of these designs.
Another just located rare black and white lobby card that was printed for Gone To The Dogs. Again I have not been able to find a colourised version of this design.
Peter
Another complete image this time of the poster with the printer's credit of Hollander And Govett appearing on it.
Hollander And Govett Ltd, Sydney were registered in 1905 and went into voluntary liquidation in 1980,
The only other film posters that I have been able to locate that they printed were numerous Richardson Studio / Paramount small 10/30 war time daybills that they printed for this limited size were between late 1943 and early 1945. The Uninvited 10 x 30 poster following is an example of the posters that they produced.
Across The Top is a little known 1968 Australian documentary film shot on 16mm which played commercialy around Australia.
Wil was kind enough to send me the above image of a poster style that was used during the New Zealand release.
I am thinking the poster was a slight alteration of the poster that would have been used in Australia.
If anyone has another different poster of this film I would love to see it?
All original Gone To The Dogs Australian lobby cards were only printed in the black and white versions only.
The colourised versions were produced at some unknown period of time for subsequent re-releases that took place startiing in the 1940s and ending in the 1960s.
My wife colourised black and white photographs in Australia and the U.S.A. for over two decades.
Peter
George Wallace Australian film Harmony Row from 1933. Above are the Australian poster images that I have been able to collect over many years. The majority of the poster images courtesy of John Reid.
The daybill is credited on the poster to being signed as R.P. I have a very large list of Australian posters artists who signed daybills, along with other film poster advertising material, and the initials do not tie in with anyone that I have listed.
Anyone per chance happen to know who R.P. happens to be?
The known posters of the Peter Vernon's Silence film from 1926.
Peter