Australian (Hoyt's Pictures) Green Room magazines 1919 to 1921

Wil

I picked these up in the States last year and only just had a chance to take a few shots. 

I hadn't heard of this magazine before and assume it would have been a popular read back in the day, covering theatre and moving pictures. 

A few articles and advertisements of note, a number for Australian made productions such as Crude Oil, The Shadow of Lightning Ridge, A sentimental Bloke and A Girl of the Bush. 

Along with a nice Tom Ferry illustration of an actress having a post-show cigarette.

HONDO

A wonderful haul of extremely rare Australian film related history. I had never heard of this Green Room publication previously. It's interesting that you found them in the U.S.A.

I particularly like the Snowy Baker Shadow Of Lighting Ridge advertisement.

Wil

Thanks Lawrence. They're a little fragile, however, I'll attempt a couple of scans later.

Wil

Clearer shots of the 2 signed ones. From Tom Perry & Dick Hore. 

Wil

And a few additional adverts.

 

HONDO

I have been searching now for a very long time to find any film poster material on the films that Australian Snowy Baker made here in Australia.
  
 ( various sources )
Another different advertising artwork design of The Shadow Of Lightning Ridge.

HONDO

 ( Everyone's 22 June 1921 edition / Trove ).
A different style of artwork advertisement for Bride 13 above. Both versions designed by artist Dick Hore. who I have a number of other film artwork designs of his that also appeared in Everyone's issues, and other publications as well, at various times in the 1920s.

Wil

Very nice Lawrence. I'm sure Bride 13 would've been an impressive daybill, going off of Dick's artwork. 

dedeposter

Great find, very interesting magazines you've got there.

HONDO

collectahollic said:

Very nice Lawrence. I'm sure Bride 13 would've been an impressive daybill, going off of Dick's artwork. 

I am wondering if there was a daybill printed at all for Bride 13,

Universal and Columbia Pictures did produce Australian daybills for their serial product. On the other hand BEF and 20th Century Fox, the Australian distributors of Republic Pictures, never produced daybills for their Republic released serials at all.

Whether the Fox Film Corporation, the distributor in Australia of Bride 13 printed a daybill poster is unknown. If one did happen to have been printed though I am sure a poster design would have been very attractive. Interesting Fox only ever produced two serials. Both were released  in 1920, with the other one being Fantomas. 


  

 

One thing that I find more than a little odd is the above five American posters are similar in period to the Australian. advertisement, yet the other below advertisement has a dinosaur appearing in it.

    

HONDO

Before anyone possibly raises the above daybill that was printed for a Republic Pictures film, I will point out that this poster was most likely printed  for a small independent distributor ( Ray Films or IFD possibly ) many years after the original release of the film.

Wil

HONDO said:

One thing that I find more than a little odd is the above five American posters are similar in period to the Australian. advertisement, yet the other below advertisement has a dinosaur appearing in it.

    

Going off of this trade ad (and possibly inlaid 24 Sheet image?), That 'dinosaur' could well be representing a sea beast of some kind? 





Episode titles: 1. Snatched from the Altar 2. The Pirate's Fangs 3. The Craft of Despair 4. The Vulture's Prey 5. The Torture Chamber 6. The Tarantula's Trail 7. Tongues of Flame 8. Entombed 9. Hurled from the Clouds 10. The Cavern of Terror 11. Greyhounds of the Sea 12. The Creeping Peril 13. Reefs of Treachery 14. The Fiendish Tribesmen 15. Thundering Vengeance

Rick

some great history in those pages

HONDO

collectahollic said:

HONDO said:

One thing that I find more than a little odd is the above five American posters are similar in period to the Australian. advertisement, yet the other below advertisement has a dinosaur appearing in it.

    

Going off of this trade ad (and possibly inlaid 24 Sheet image?), That 'dinosaur' could well be representing a sea beast of some kind? 





Episode titles: 1. Snatched from the Altar 2. The Pirate's Fangs 3. The Craft of Despair 4. The Vulture's Prey 5. The Torture Chamber 6. The Tarantula's Trail 7. Tongues of Flame 8. Entombed 9. Hurled from the Clouds 10. The Cavern of Terror 11. Greyhounds of the Sea 12. The Creeping Peril 13. Reefs of Treachery 14. The Fiendish Tribesmen 15. Thundering Vengeance

I take your point on board and possibly you are right , but Looking into the plot of the serial the dinosaur / sea beast image to me looks at odds with the rest of the story. 

HONDO

Curious to know how many of these rare magazines did you manage to get your hands on.

Secondly were poster sizes mentioned at all in any of the issues?

Wil

Unfortunately, the seller only had the five shown Lawrence. 

Also, no mention of sizes, or posters at all in any of the issues from memory.

HONDO

Thanks for your reply Wil.

 It is great though that five issues of this rare Australian publication still exist today.