Lack of stock posters
Hi!
I love collecting RR and stock daybills; I find them a fascinating part of Aussie movie history. I've been thinking lately about the lack of variety of films in the stock daybills, though.
For example, these are the only 2 designs I've seen for this pretty damn great stock poster:
So why create a stock poster if they were utilized so infrequently?
'The Exorcist' was initially granted an R rating in 1974 and it would appear that 'Dracula Sucks' was passed initially with an R rating in 1980 and then subsequently re-rated in 1983.
Without knowing when 'The Exorcist' stock poster may have been printed (and I do have several other, different RR daybills for it), that's still a big chunk of time for this style of stock poster to have been available for use. It is a full size 13 x 30 daybill and it has the newer MAPS logo, placing it as being printed between 1975 and 1979. For reference, the original 'Exorcist' daybill (from 1974) has the older MAPS logo.
'The Exorcist II' was released in Australia in 1977, so it's reasonable to suggest that some cinemas might have played the original film as part of a double bill at the time. If so, it's possible that a RR daybill was printed at that time. My view is that, if there was such a RR daybill created, it probably would have been one of the others that I have and not have been the one pictured - due mainly to the lack of other films using that style of stock poster.
I think that this RR stock poster was created later in the 1970s.
Ultimately, the lack of use for this style of stock poster is likely to remain a mystery, but I'd love to hear your thoughts and especially find out of other examples of this stock poster exist!
I love collecting RR and stock daybills; I find them a fascinating part of Aussie movie history. I've been thinking lately about the lack of variety of films in the stock daybills, though.
For example, these are the only 2 designs I've seen for this pretty damn great stock poster:
So why create a stock poster if they were utilized so infrequently?
'The Exorcist' was initially granted an R rating in 1974 and it would appear that 'Dracula Sucks' was passed initially with an R rating in 1980 and then subsequently re-rated in 1983.
Without knowing when 'The Exorcist' stock poster may have been printed (and I do have several other, different RR daybills for it), that's still a big chunk of time for this style of stock poster to have been available for use. It is a full size 13 x 30 daybill and it has the newer MAPS logo, placing it as being printed between 1975 and 1979. For reference, the original 'Exorcist' daybill (from 1974) has the older MAPS logo.
'The Exorcist II' was released in Australia in 1977, so it's reasonable to suggest that some cinemas might have played the original film as part of a double bill at the time. If so, it's possible that a RR daybill was printed at that time. My view is that, if there was such a RR daybill created, it probably would have been one of the others that I have and not have been the one pictured - due mainly to the lack of other films using that style of stock poster.
I think that this RR stock poster was created later in the 1970s.
Ultimately, the lack of use for this style of stock poster is likely to remain a mystery, but I'd love to hear your thoughts and especially find out of other examples of this stock poster exist!
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Almost the same design of the above stock poster was used to produce a first release poster in 197I for the Night Of The Big Heat ( 1967 ) first release in Australia by Regent Trading Enterprises. The exact original stock poster I haven't seen used to promote any films.
Do you think the stock poster was created from that design?
No - as the ''...'' and ''!'' are different on the two posters, why didn't they just overprint Night Of The Big Heat on it, and not go to the trouble of printing a new poster.
Yes "The Big Boss'' poster is the same design but it would have been printed separately in Australia for a different distributor in N.Z.: ''The Chinese Connection'' would have been on this poster and the Australian BEF credit was intentionally left off and most likely the M certificate as well. "The Big Boss'' title of this film wasn't used in Australia until Filmways Distributors re-released it in the early 1980's. Why did the overprinting of the title take place? Was the film ever released in N.Z. as ''The Chinese Connection''? It most likely appears it was released there in the 1970's under the title of ''The Big Boss''.
The first time I believe that I have come across a title added to the blank stock poster ''Thundering Western Excitement!'' in the above ''Blazing Saddles'' example.
Pancho are these images inspired from an earlier film or films, or just created from the Australian film poster artists mind ? What do you think ?
The lizard / dragon on the right looks the most familiar to me. I feel like I've seen that elsewhere.
There was indeed a video release in Australia circa 1983 by 14th Mandolin through the King Of Video label with the 74 minute running time. This now poses a query with one wondering if contrary to the Australian Classification Board information published of the 14th Mandolin application in 1983 being 35mm, it was actually for the video release only. Did Roadshow retain the 35mm 87 minute version rights for cinema release after 1983? If this happened to be the case this would extent the period the Dracula Sucks stock poster could have been printed. Very confusing to say the least.
Raton Pass ( 1951 ) image I have recently come across. The question to be posed here is why would a 1951 "B' grade black and white film that had been shown on Australian television be screened again in cimemas in the 197O's. My only conclusion is that this poster was printed for 16mm screenings. Any other thoughts?