Australian wartime 10 X 30 daybills.
What interest is there in the small 10 x 30 daybills? The subject is not discussed very often. I have researched this topic for many years and have a lot of information to share that I would think would be interesting for you to know about.
Before I commence supplying information on this topic I would like to hear from anyone with what they know about 10 X 30 daybills .For example why all the duotone daybills, why a few weren't Richardson designs, what printers were involved, when were they printed, why did most of the 10 x 30 daybills printed for Paramount also have a 13 x 30 daybill design as well, either in colour or duotone, and so on?
John has previously published some excellent information on this topic on his website but I would like to expand on this.
I will refrain from saying anything for the time being to see what comes forward and perhaps a few images of the better !0 X 30 daybills would be appropriate.
Hondo
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Seems like virtually no interest in talking about10 x 30 Australian daybills. Shame as there are some great examples such as Double Indemnity, Gaslight, & So Proudly We Hail among others.
Hondo
Here is what I have handy...
The second is obviously not a wartime size, but threw it into the mix for discussion!
Thanks Ves for your examples. I believe the duotone was also printed during the war but more of this later.
Hondoi
I believe the 10 x 30.
Hondo
All sounds very logical but why only selective printing of the smaller daybills by Paramount & MGM the only Australian distributors doing this format.
When the war years are discussed for this style of daybill what years do you you think we are talking about?
Why were 13 X 30 daybills also produced in mainly black & white but also colour for a great many of the Paramount films and to a lesser extent MGM of the same titles during the period of the 10 x 30's?
Why were some of the 10 x 30's Paramount film posters not produced by Richardson?
Let's hear some thoughts?
Hondo
Hope John won't mind me posting his work here (meant to before but slipped my mind):
http://www.ozefilm.com/wartime-daybills/
John has up to this time been the only person who has published some background to the 10 x 30 wartime daybills and he must be congratulated on doing this. I have been researching this subject for a very long time and eventually hope to publish in detail more information on this subject including the printers involved and the exact period as far as possible the posters were released..The more I delve into it the more fascinating it becomes.
At the moment I need some information. John or anybody who has a copy of the Lost Angel MGM 10 x 30 1943 daybill would you mind checking it and advising the name of the printer?
Hondo
Here is a question for you. Does anyone have a duotone daybill in a 13 x 30 in the same similar style of a 10 x 30 full colour daybill from MGM and only MGM not Paramount?
Hondo
Thanks for looking anyway.
Hondo
Just back from another buying trip. Its amazing how much information has come out in just the last few days on Australian posters. Re Hondo's query, I sold Lost Angel a long time ago and only have a small picture which doesn't show printers details.
Thanks John. On magnifying the image it appears there possibly was a
printer's name on it but for whatever reason one cannot read it. Very odd..
Hondo
I have since discovered Offset Printing Co. was the printer of the Lost Angel daybill.
Recently I decided to further research the 10 x 30 daybill size once more. With what I have discovered so far the information acquired will be a little different from what many people probably think about the length of the period of time in which this size poster was printed. The number of individual titles printed, the Australian distributors involved, and where the duotone versions fit into the picture in 10 x 30 printing, along with 13 x30 duotone versions of the colour versions, will hopefully fill in a lot of gaps regarding this short lived poster size. I have no idea when I will complete this project but it is something I have always been keen to look into and to compile and eventually pass on my findings.
Peter