Rating on long daybills
I have a few long daybills with this stamp on them.
My question is why?
They all have no rating on them.
Was this an early aussie thing? Not an aussie thing? And surely they wouldn't have done this to EVERY print of the poster?
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The Red Mark - Australian long daybill
The Cossacks - Australian long daybill
Prince of Adventurers - Australian long daybill
There you go...if you need anything else just let me know.
Thanks Lawrence
They are both stamped on the front...very faint but still there. Prince of adventurers is the only one I have seen with the stamp so prominent. These are the only 3 I have with the stamp.
On The Cossacks, it is across the white box with the credits.
The following is the best I can come up with regarding your question Ves.
The late 1920s onwards saw a considerable tightening of censorship in Australia generally and that of film in particular. By the end of 1928 a Commonwealth Film Censorship Board ( 3 persons ) had been established in Australia.
The three films you show examples of with the censorship rating on them were released in Australia in either late 1928, and in the case of The Cossacks in October1928 or possibly early 1929.
The stamping of the three posters coincides with the starting up of the CFSB in 1928, The reason for the stamping of the posters will probably have to remain unknown but I could come up with a theory but will refrain from doing so except to say this is probably the first primitive attempt at censorship ratings being placed on posters in Australia.
If one is to take a look down the track at the Mammy ( 1930 ) daybill General Exhibition had been now applied professionly to the poster.
Thanks Lawrence, very much appreciated as usual.
So then I am guessing the stamp would have been applied to all if not most of the posters printed.