An extremely rare original 1938 Dad and Dave Come To Town Australian long daybill image, along with a rare Australian one sheet. image. Both are certainly beautiful posters.
( Ves) An Australian two sided herald and title lobby card .
There are al some other original black and white lobby scene cards available also which I haven't included here.
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?
R.P would most likely be Renwick, Pride, Print, Tattersall's Lane, Melbourne.
R.P would most likely be Renwick, Pride, Print, Tattersall's Lane, Melbourne.
You certainly would have to think so. Both Efftee Studios and Renwick Pride operated out of Melbourne in 1934. Usually the initials around that period of time appearing within the actual image would have been for the poster artist's signature. In this case though I believe it is for the printer as John said.
Around this time also on the artwork that appeared in Everyones magazine was credited as being Renwick Pride Photogravure. Also one example from 1934 was credited as being Renwick Pride Melb.
On saying this though, in the case of the Harmony Row daybill I would say it was just a case of laziness by the printers.
(Everyones December 1933 ). An idea of the printer's set up.
(Both John) 2000 Weeks (1969) Australian daybill and one sheet.
(IMDb) One of seven Australian lobby carsds sighted.
2000 Weeks was the first feature film directed by Tim Burstall. The film was a small budget film which was poorly received critically and did very litte takings at the box office.
I thought that I would mention that the Scottish actor Mark Mcmanus, who was living in Australia at the time appeared in the following year in a main supporting role in Ned Kelly (1970). He is the actor seen in the below image on the far right. Well known for Starring in Taggart as DCI JIm Taggart in the television series first screened between 1983 and 1992,
A Ticket In Tatt's (1934) is a George Wallace film with poster material very difficult to locate. The above Australian lobby card and herald are all that I have been able to locate. I would love to see what a daybill image would like like.
A Ticket In Tatt's (1934) is a George Wallace film with poster material very difficult to locate. The above Australian lobby card and herald are all that I have been able to locate. I would love to see what a daybill image would like like.
Not a lobby card. That is a herald with front and back pictured.
Not a lobby card. That is a herald with front and back pictured.
Thanks John for pointing that out. I have had the image for a long time, but with no details included with it, I wasn't sure 100% about it being a lobby card and should have mentioned that, I had checked out your website but there was only one side of the herald that was available to see.
The fact now that we are down to only one poster item sighted does make this film indeed extremely rare in known poster availability,
Peter included the following poster image here on this thread in August of 2024, I would now like to add some additional information regarding the film's history. (Trove) The above Captain Starlight, Or Gentleman Of The Road (full title), is an extremely rare 1911 Australian daybill.
This film version was based on the stage play adaptation of the 1888 novel Robbery Under Arms. There were five other filmed versions that were adapted from the book that were all titled Robbery Under Arms.
The following image I thought would be of interest. The daybill poster was printed by Hollander & Govett Lid. Sydney, They printed many wartime 10 x 30 size film posters for Paramount Pictures during the 1940s, There premises were at George Street Camperdown. and interestingly the image is credited to be circa 1911. This was the year the Captain Starlight film was released in Australia.
George Wallace the famous Australian comedian, vaudvillian actor and radio personality made five Australian comedy feature films in the 1930s between 1932 and 1939, .
I have previously featured posters from four out of the five feature films. The titles being Harmony Row, A Ticket In Tatts, Let George Do It and Gone To The Dogs.
There is remaining one title His Royal Highness from 1932 where finding any original poster material has been extremely difficult. to accomplish. The following Everyones publication advertisement, along with another advertisement are the best I can come up with to give nee an idea what the film artwork may have looked like.
A nice bit of information Peter. Being 1930s I would think images of posters should have been included in the press sheet.
The problem here is for anything not already photographed it is very difficult indeed to obtain any more information or images from the NFSA than what is included above.
I will call the NFSA on Monday anyway to see if any images can be acquired, Most likely though will prove to be fruitless, but let us see.
Fred Brodrick initials on the black and white artwork for the advert. It would be good to see if he designed the daybill as well.
I believe there is a very good chance that he may have designed the daybill poster,
I base this on the fact that the poster artist Fred Brodrick designed daybill and numerous newspaper and magazine artwork, including his work appearing regularly in Everyones magazine from at least 1921 to 1933.
I have 179 images of his film artwork. Of his imput I have numerous images from this period, except for the year 1925.
Approximately 96% of the 179 images were produced for Universal Pictures. Seeing that Universal distributed His Royal Highness for Efftee in Australia, and both of my two earlier posted images were signed by Fred Brodrick, surely then there would have to be a very strong chance that he would have also designed the Australian daybill.
I have submitted an assess request to view the press book with. the NFSA earlier today. I will have to wait now and see how my request fares.
Just received an initial response from the NFSA stating the Access team will review my request. It also mentioned it does not supply copies or provide online access for personal interest and does not respond to such requests.
I have supplied information as to why i would like the requested information, so I will have to wait to see if they will send the press book information to me or not.
It would be good if the NFSA could put images of their archived posters on their website.
I'm pretty sure it's down to resources, they have so much material to preserve that scanning for the website is not a priority, they will get around to most things eventually. It's good that there is the ability to access the material at least and it's not locked away where no one can see it.
It would be good if the NFSA could put images of their archived posters on their website.
I'm pretty sure it's down to resources, they have so much material to preserve that scanning for the website is not a priority, they will get around to most things eventually. It's good that there is the ability to access the material at least and it's not locked away where no one can see it.
Yes I agree, and unlike the pre November 1971 Australian censorship records that seem lost forever and just gathering cobwebs somewhere.
Previous included on this thread in December 2023 and January 2024 were all of the Australian Smithy (1946) posters that were known to me at that period of time. I have now another poster to add to the previous listings.
The following daybill poster I have just noticed for sale on eBay. It is a probably a 1950's re-release poster, or a follow up printing for the film. It is currently available for a low selling price of only $35. Thought someone would be interested in obtaining it. A bonus is you also get two other posters in the deal. These posters as seen below being Brewster's Millions and The Fifth Chair.
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An Australian two sided herald and title lobby card .
There are al some other original black and white lobby scene cards available also which I haven't included here.
R.P would most likely be Renwick, Pride, Print, Tattersall's Lane, Melbourne.
Around this time also on the artwork that appeared in Everyones magazine was credited as being Renwick Pride Photogravure. Also one example from 1934 was credited as being Renwick Pride Melb.
On saying this though, in the case of the Harmony Row daybill I would say it was just a case of laziness by the printers.
Deathcheaters (1976) Australian daybill and one sheet.
The is also a set of eight Australian colour lobby card images available to view on IMDb that are not included here.
2000 Weeks (1969) Australian daybill and one sheet.
2000 Weeks was the first feature film directed by Tim Burstall. The film was a small budget film which was poorly received critically and did very litte takings at the box office.
I thought that I would mention that the Scottish actor Mark Mcmanus, who was living in Australia at the time appeared in the following year in a main supporting role in Ned Kelly (1970). He is the actor seen in the below image on the far right.
Well known for Starring in Taggart as DCI JIm Taggart in the television series first screened between 1983 and 1992,
A Ticket In Tatt's (1934) is a George Wallace film with poster material very difficult to locate. The above Australian lobby card and herald are all that I have been able to locate. I would love to see what a daybill image would like like.
Thanks John for pointing that out. I have had the image for a long time, but with no details included with it, I wasn't sure 100% about it being a lobby card and should have mentioned that, I had checked out your website but there was only one side of the herald that was available to see.
The fact now that we are down to only one poster item sighted does make this film indeed extremely rare in known poster availability,
The above Captain Starlight, Or Gentleman Of The Road (full title), is an extremely rare 1911 Australian daybill.
This film version was based on the stage play adaptation of the 1888 novel Robbery Under Arms. There were five other filmed versions that were adapted from the book that were all titled Robbery Under Arms.
The following image I thought would be of interest. The daybill poster was printed by Hollander & Govett Lid. Sydney, They printed many wartime 10 x 30 size film posters for Paramount Pictures during the 1940s, There premises were at George Street Camperdown. and interestingly the image is credited to be circa 1911. This was the year the Captain Starlight film was released in Australia.
The film appears to have received a very limited cinema release on 16mm either before or after the television screenings.
George Wallace the famous Australian comedian, vaudvillian actor and radio personality made five Australian comedy feature films in the 1930s between 1932 and 1939, .
I have previously featured posters from four out of the five feature films. The titles being Harmony Row, A Ticket In Tatts, Let George Do It and Gone To The Dogs.
There is remaining one title His Royal Highness from 1932 where finding any original poster material has been extremely difficult. to accomplish.
The following Everyones publication advertisement, along with another advertisement are the best I can come up with to give nee an idea what the film artwork may have looked like.
https://www.collection.nfsa.gov.au/title/753641
Peter
The problem here is for anything not already photographed it is very difficult indeed to obtain any more information or images from the NFSA than what is included above.
I will call the NFSA on Monday anyway to see if any images can be acquired, Most likely though will prove to be fruitless, but let us see.
Peter
I base this on the fact that the poster artist Fred Brodrick designed daybill and numerous newspaper and magazine artwork, including his work appearing regularly in Everyones magazine from at least 1921 to 1933.
I have 179 images of his film artwork. Of his imput I have numerous images from this period, except for the year 1925.
Approximately 96% of the 179 images were produced for Universal Pictures. Seeing that Universal distributed His Royal Highness for Efftee in Australia, and both of my two earlier posted images were signed by Fred Brodrick, surely then there would have to be a very strong chance that he would have also designed the Australian daybill.
I have supplied information as to why i would like the requested information, so I will have to wait to see if they will send the press book information to me or not.
Peter
Previous included on this thread in December 2023 and January 2024 were all of the Australian Smithy (1946) posters that were known to me at that period of time. I have now another poster to add to the previous listings.
The following daybill poster I have just noticed for sale on eBay. It is a probably a 1950's re-release poster, or a follow up printing for the film. It is currently available for a low selling price of only $35. Thought someone would be interested in obtaining it. A bonus is you also get two other posters in the deal. These posters as seen below being Brewster's Millions and The Fifth Chair.