I find that if the db isn't a copy of the US art, it generally doesn't reflect the spirit of the film...you have to kind of guess what the film is about.
I think the insert is a bit busy and too much going on myself.
Possibly, but on the other hand I find the daybill to be somewhat on the bland side.
Something extra added in the background, or even some brighter colour/s used on much sharper designed images should have improved its appearance a lot.
The tagline "Two years in the making! A fortune to produce!" - obviously they weren't talking about the daybill!
Enchanted Island (1958 ) original U.S.A.. insert poster, and an Australian daybill poster.
A second and a final inclusion of disappointing Australian daybill poster artwork to be presented here.
The Australian poster in my view is bland, with too much white in the background. A vast improvement would have been if an extra image or images, or even enlargements of the current ones would have been applied, Just some bright colour in place of the white in the background should have helped a lot in enhancing the appearance of the daybill..
A daybill stock poster designed to be used to promote western films released by Warner Bros. It would have been printed sometime between 1967 and 1969 when Warner Bros. - 7 Arts were operating.
( John ) Was perhaps Hopalong Cassidy the popular western character from the 1930s until the 1950s the inspiration for the stock poster artwork? I certainly believe it to be the case.
I believe though that you may have nailed it The daybill certainly appears to have been copied from the Roy Rogers and Trigger Sunset Serenafe ( 1942 ) U.S .artwork.
The Great Caruso ( 1951 ) Australian 1968 re-release daybill.
The Australian daybill poster history for this film is interesting.
No sightings of an original first release 1951 daybill ( most likely W,E.Smith printed ).
The above daybill version has always been very accessible. Bruce has auctioned twenty three of them in the past.
b The above 1968 printed poster version was also used for only a few screenings of the film in 1974 when it was shown in Sydney in a spherical blown up 70mm version. Reported to have only been one print in circulation in Australia.
This poster with the added 70mm snipe information is a very rare poster infeed.
A one sheet that was printed for the 1970 U,S.A. re-release in 70mm.
The Mask ( 1961 ) original release U.S.A. one sheet. The film was banned in Australia in 1962 on horror grounds.
Eyes Of Hell ( 1971 ) Australian one sheet poster. The Mask was re-released in the U.S. in 1971 under the new title Eyes Of Hell.
Although a re-release as Eyes Of Hell it was flrst release in Australia after being passed by the Australian film censor in 1971 under the new title of Eyes Of Hell.
The film in around ten years went from banned to being allocated the mild NRC certificate.
An Australian daybill poster produced for the Japanese science fiction film The X From Outer Space (1967).
The interesting thing here is Regent ( RFD ) is credited on the poster as being the Australian film distributor. The film was classified by the Australian film censor 1 December 1971. It was submitted by Wallis Drive-In Theatres, a major circuit which consisted in 1971 of 12 drive-in theatres which operated in South Australia. It appears that Wallis then handed over distribution to RFD.
One has to wonder if Wallis Drive-In Theatres had imported any other films inro Australia as well as this one.
Laserblast ( 1978 ) Australian daybill. A rare format poster showing six scenes from the film at the bottom of the poster. I cannot recollect any other daybills similar to this, can you?
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Here's a few that might fall into that same category, I'm not a fan of daybills with images at the bottom, it just looks like lazy design to me. I much prefer artwork, but possibly it's a way of fitting the one sheet artwork into a daybill format? You end up with space at the top or bottom.
The previous images reminded me of U.S.A. insert posters that had one or images added to the artwork on the bottom of some of the posters. I have never liked this poster presentation.
( John a Red. Hot And Blue (1949) U.S.A. insert poster with additional images added to the bottom of the poster, along with a much preferred by me Australian daybill version.
Africa Adventure (1954) U.S.A, insert poster, and a rare example with images printed at the top as well as the bottom of this poster. \ \The Australian daybill poster is the more appealing to look at.
Africa Adventure (1954) U.S.A, insert poster, and a rare example with images printed at the top as well as the bottom of this poster. \ \The Australian daybill poster is the more appealing to look at.
Agree about the daybill bring more appealing...perhaps apart from the mask!
The above Wakamba! (1955) U.S.A. insert poster design had me thinking about this African docudrama film's Australian daybill. I had sighted one many decades ago and I remember it to be an impressive very brightly coloured Simmons printed RKO full bleed poster. It was similar to the attractiveness of the Africa Adventure daybill.
Searching high and low for many decades since then I have never been able to find an image for it. A long shot but I will ask anyway if anyone happens to have a copy of the Wakamba! daybill?
Searching high and low for many decades since then I have never been able to find an image for it. A long shot but I will ask anyway if anyone happens to have a copy of the Wakamba! daybill?
Unfortunately it would appear that a daybill for this film will remain currently unsighted.
The Good,The Bad & The Ugly ( 1966 ) original Australian delayed 1969 release daybill, and a 1976 re-release Australian daybill poster.
The 1966 Australian film print ran 140 minutes, while the 1976 re-release had a running time either 161 or 162 minutes. Although the 1976 re-released daybill states '' For the first time the complete uncut version'' this statement is incorrect. The original running time for the Italian version is reported to have been either 177 or 178 minutes in duration.
Another The Good, The Bad & The Ugly Australian daybill poster. This is an extremely rare image and the only image that I have sighted to date. What is the story behind this poster's printing I have to wonder. Interesting the film certainly wasn't ever given an M certificate rating as far as records show.
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Peter
Enchanted Island (1958 ) original U.S.A.. insert poster, and an Australian daybill poster.
A second and a final inclusion of disappointing Australian daybill poster artwork to be presented here.
The Australian poster in my view is bland, with too much white in the background. A vast improvement would have been if an extra image or images, or even enlargements of the current ones would have been applied, Just some bright colour in place of the white in the background should have helped a lot in enhancing the appearance of the daybill..
A daybill stock poster designed to be used to promote western films released by Warner Bros. It would have been printed sometime between 1967 and 1969 when Warner Bros. - 7 Arts were operating.
Was perhaps Hopalong Cassidy the popular western character from the 1930s until the 1950s the inspiration for the stock poster artwork? I certainly believe it to be the case.
Peter
Topper with a mane.
I believe though that you may have nailed it The daybill certainly appears to have been copied from the Roy Rogers and Trigger Sunset Serenafe ( 1942 ) U.S .artwork.
An interesting stock poster used to promote a 1950'a re-release of the1943 Hopalong Cassidy film Leather Burners.
Rearing horses seem to have been a popular choice to use on western film stock posters.
The Great Caruso ( 1951 ) Australian 1968 re-release daybill.
The Australian daybill poster history for this film is interesting.
No sightings of an original first release 1951 daybill ( most likely W,E.Smith printed ).
The above daybill version has always been very accessible. Bruce has auctioned twenty three of them in the past.
The above 1968 printed poster version was also used for only a few screenings of the film in 1974 when it was shown in Sydney in a spherical blown up 70mm version. Reported to have only been one print in circulation in Australia.
This poster with the added 70mm snipe information is a very rare poster infeed.
A one sheet that was printed for the 1970 U,S.A. re-release in 70mm.
The Mask ( 1961 ) original release U.S.A. one sheet. The film was banned in Australia in 1962 on horror grounds.
Eyes Of Hell ( 1971 ) Australian one sheet poster. The Mask was re-released in the U.S. in 1971 under the new title Eyes Of Hell.
Although a re-release as Eyes Of Hell it was flrst release in Australia after being passed by the Australian film censor in 1971 under the new title of Eyes Of Hell.
The film in around ten years went from banned to being allocated the mild NRC certificate.
An Australian daybill poster produced for the Japanese science fiction film The X From Outer Space (1967).
The interesting thing here is Regent ( RFD ) is credited on the poster as being the Australian film distributor. The film was classified by the Australian film censor 1 December 1971. It was submitted by Wallis Drive-In Theatres, a major circuit which consisted in 1971 of 12 drive-in theatres which operated in South Australia. It appears that Wallis then handed over distribution to RFD.
One has to wonder if Wallis Drive-In Theatres had imported any other films inro Australia as well as this one.
Laserblast ( 1978 ) Australian daybill. A rare format poster showing six scenes from the film at the bottom of the poster.
I cannot recollect any other daybills similar to this, can you?
Yeti ( aka Yeti The Giant Of The 20th Century ( 1977 ).
Same distributor as the previous mentioned Laserblast daybill. This one with three scenes included at the bottom of the poster.
Laserblast was classied by the Australian film censor on 1/ 11 / 1978, and Yeti was classidied on 1 / 12 / 1978.
The month apart classifications would lead me to think both of these posters that were printed by M.A.P.S. were printed at the same time.
The last four subjects that I have included here have received only the one response.. Although this is my most viewed thread by far, some interaction would be most welcome.
Peter
Africa Adventure (1954) U.S.A, insert poster, and a rare example with images printed at the top as well as the bottom of this poster.
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\The Australian daybill poster is the more appealing to look at.
Overall though I do think that the Australian daybill is more appealing than the insert artwork.
Peter
The above Wakamba! (1955) U.S.A. insert poster design had me thinking about this African docudrama film's Australian daybill. I had sighted one many decades ago and I remember it to be an impressive very brightly coloured Simmons printed RKO full bleed poster. It was similar to the attractiveness of the Africa Adventure daybill.
Searching high and low for many decades since then I have never been able to find an image for it. A long shot but I will ask anyway if anyone happens to have a copy of the Wakamba! daybill?
The Good,The Bad & The Ugly ( 1966 ) original Australian delayed 1969 release daybill, and a 1976 re-release Australian daybill poster.
The 1966 Australian film print ran 140 minutes, while the 1976 re-release had a running time either 161 or 162 minutes. Although the 1976 re-released daybill states '' For the first time the complete uncut version'' this statement is incorrect. The original running time for the Italian version is reported to have been either 177 or 178 minutes in duration.
Another The Good, The Bad & The Ugly Australian daybill poster. This is an extremely rare image and the only image that I have sighted to date.
What is the story behind this poster's printing I have to wonder. Interesting the film certainly wasn't ever given an M certificate rating as far as records show.
Actually, just found that it was re-rated in 2003, but as MA15+, no record of just M, but that might have been an oversight on the poster printing?
Peter