Prehistoric Hayseeds ( 1923 ) Australian one sheet poster. Extremely rare Australian one sheet poster printed here in the 1920s that still survives today. There is also a good number of black and white stills that were produced for this film that surprisingly also exist today.
A series of seven films written and directed by Beaumont Smith we made about The Hayseed were made and released between 1917 and 1933. The final title in the series titled The Hayseeds ( 1933 ) was covered here on this thread on February of this year.
The original Prehistoric Hayseeds Australian one sheet, and the same poster image as it is currently appearing on the IMDb website. It would appear that someone was maybe thinking that they were being creative?
Clara Gibbings ( 1934 ) long daybill. There appears to be a small number of this daybill in existence, but no other poster material could be located, except for the above Everyones advertisement. Dorothy Brunton the star of this film was a well known stage and musical comedy star. Her only other film appearance was in an earlier 1916 Australian silent film titled Seven Keys To Baldpate.
This Image isolated from the following front of house poster display.
Around The Boree Log { 1925 ). No Australian posters of any description have been able to be located by me for this film. The above small poster image is from the film's first Australian release and was sourced from Everyones / Trove. It appears to be an early printed in Australia three sheet poster giving one an idea of what the poster of this looks like.
Based on the poems of John O'Brien, AROUND THE BOREE LOG is a sentimental journey back through the 1870's with a Catholic priest who recounts his life and experiences in a gentle country township. The film ends with scenes of the priest's life in the "present day" 1925! ( IMDb )
The book that the film was based on was first published in 1921.
A more well known Australian film will be covered here next time.
This Image isolated from the following front of house poster display.
Around The Boree Log { 1925 ). No Australian posters of any description have been able to be located by me for this film. The above small poster image is from the film's first Australian release and was sourced from Everyones / Trove. It appears to be an early printed in Australia three sheet poster giving one an idea of what the poster of this looks like.
Based on the poems of John O'Brien, AROUND THE BOREE LOG is a sentimental journey back through the 1870's with a Catholic priest who recounts his life and experiences in a gentle country township. The film ends with scenes of the priest's life in the "present day" 1925! ( IMDb )
The book that the film was based on was first published in 1921.
A more well known Australian film will be covered here next time.
Never hear of nor was aware of this film! Would love for some paper to turn up!
A nice assortment of film posters for The Overlanders will be presented here shortly. Included among them will be two posters with some questions to be asked of them regarding their authenticity as being original 1946 firsr release posters.
# 4. Into The Straight ( 1949 ). Only colour advertising material I could locate as no posters could be located. Released by Universal International in Australia. The running of the Melbourne Cup features in this film.
I have a copy of this poster. Did you know that on the other side of the poster is the film "Sons of Matthew"..
# 4. Into The Straight ( 1949 ). Only colour advertising material I could locate as no posters could be located. Released by Universal International in Australia. The running of the Melbourne Cup features in this film.
I have a copy of this poster. Did you know that on the other side of the poster is the film "Sons of Matthew"..
I wasn't aware of this. Can we see the Sons Of Matthew poster image ?
The Overlanders ( 1946 ) first release Australian one sheet, daybill and lobby card.
Now moving on to two daybill posters that I have concerns about.
Firstly the above daybill is the Frank Tyler design which I have two questions to ask about it. Is the absence of the W.E. Smith printer's credit a concern, along with the darker colouring of the poster compared to authentic original versions sighted of the poster's appearance? Is it perhaps a commercial poster, or just a simple case of the poster being trimmed, thus removing the printer's name from the image, along with the the image being badly presented?
The above daybill poster image on the right is an extremely rare alternative daybill version that I was made aware of many years ago. I firmly believe that this poster was a second printing organised for the film's successful box office run. Due to the style of BEF logo it would point to the poster being printed pre 1950. The main reason for this poster version being a second printing is the switching around of the name credits for Peter Pagan and John Nugent Hayward's names.
The image is displayed on the ozmovies.co.au website. Their website is unable to be contacted these days, so I cannot ask them where the image originated from,
I reckon its come from the Australian Film Posters Book 1906-1960. If I recall correctly most if not all the images in that book have no printer info....must have used that image as a reference on their site.
Thanks Ves for that information. Anyone have access to the publication Ves mentioned? If anyone has easy access to this publication perhaps they could confirm that the image I posted is indeed the same used in the book
I believe that you are most likely correct due to the absence of the W.E.Smith printers credit. Ozmovies, as well as leaving off the printers credit from their posted image look like they just darkened their image somewhat as well. What do others think?
The Overlanders ( 1946 ) first release Australian one sheet, daybill and lobby card.
Now moving on to two daybill posters that I have concerns about.
The above daybill poster image on the right is an extremely rare alternative daybill version that I was made aware of many years ago. I firmly believe that this poster was a second printing organised for the film's successful box office run. Due to the style of BEF logo it would point to the poster being printed pre 1950. The main reason for this poster version being a second printing is the switching around of the name credits for Peter Pagan and John Nugent Hayward's names.
Two different daybills were printed for the original release of The Overlanders, This is confirmed in the Press Book ....
Thanks John for clearing up up the printing period for the alternative poster, and with providing us with the answer. Obviously I wasn't aware of your information that you had compiled.
I just wish though to make some final comments about this rare alternative poster. As this poster has the following differences, it would certainly appear this version was designed by a different poster artist than the one Frank Tyler ( F.T. signed) designed for the commonly seen and available version. Major differences between the two versions are that the actors credits are presented in a different order of appearance, Rafferty's first name is in inverted commas on one and not the other, and the overall colour and presentation vary with the Tyler version being visually more striking than the other one. A question as well in why is the second version daybill so rare? Were there perhaps less copies printed for this version than the other?
A piece of trivia is that the in inverted commas Chips name appears only on the Frank Tyler daybill, and does not appear on his one sheet and lobby card artwork, or as far as I can see any other advertising artwork produced for The Overlanders.
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Prehistoric Hayseeds ( 1923 ) Australian one sheet poster. Extremely rare Australian one sheet poster printed here in the 1920s that still survives today. There is also a good number of black and white stills that were produced for this film that surprisingly also exist today.
A series of seven films written and directed by Beaumont Smith we made about The Hayseed were made and released between 1917 and 1933. The final title in the series titled The Hayseeds ( 1933 ) was covered here on this thread on February of this year.
Peter
The original Prehistoric Hayseeds Australian one sheet, and the same poster image as it is currently appearing on the IMDb website. It would appear that someone was maybe thinking that they were being creative?
Clara Gibbings ( 1934 ) long daybill. There appears to be a small number of this daybill in existence, but no other poster material could be located, except for the above Everyones advertisement. Dorothy Brunton the star of this film was a well known stage and musical comedy star. Her only other film appearance was in an earlier 1916 Australian silent film titled Seven Keys To Baldpate.
Around The Boree Log { 1925 ). No Australian posters of any description have been able to be located by me for this film. The above small poster image is from the film's first Australian release and was sourced from Everyones / Trove. It appears to be an early printed in Australia three sheet poster giving one an idea of what the poster of this looks like.
Based on the poems of John O'Brien, AROUND THE BOREE LOG is a sentimental journey back through the 1870's with a Catholic priest who recounts his life and experiences in a gentle country township. The film ends with scenes of the priest's life in the "present day" 1925! ( IMDb )
The book that the film was based on was first published in 1921.
A more well known Australian film will be covered here next time.
Dad Rudd M.P. ( 1940 ). Two first release Australian daybills ans a one sheet.
A nice assortment of film posters for The Overlanders will be presented here shortly. Included among them will be two posters with some questions to be asked of them regarding their authenticity as being original 1946 firsr release posters.
Here is a copy..
The Overlanders ( 1946 ) first release Australian one sheet, daybill and lobby card.
Now moving on to two daybill posters that I have concerns about.
Firstly the above daybill is the Frank Tyler design which I have two questions to ask about it. Is the absence of the W.E. Smith printer's credit a concern, along with the darker colouring of the poster compared to authentic original versions sighted of the poster's appearance? Is it perhaps a commercial poster, or just a simple case of the poster being trimmed, thus removing the printer's name from the image, along with the the image being badly presented?
The above daybill poster image on the right is an extremely rare alternative daybill version that I was made aware of many years ago. I firmly believe that this poster was a second printing organised for the film's successful box office run. Due to the style of BEF logo it would point to the poster being printed pre 1950. The main reason for this poster version being a second printing is the switching around of the name credits for Peter Pagan and John Nugent Hayward's names.
If I recall correctly most if not all the images in that book have no printer info....must have used that image as a reference on their site.
Peter
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I just wish though to make some final comments about this rare alternative poster. As this poster has the following differences, it would certainly appear this version was designed by a different poster artist than the one Frank Tyler ( F.T. signed) designed for the commonly seen and available version. Major differences between the two versions are that the actors credits are presented in a different order of appearance, Rafferty's first name is in inverted commas on one and not the other, and the overall colour and presentation vary with the Tyler version being visually more striking than the other one. A question as well in why is the second version daybill so rare? Were there perhaps less copies printed for this version than the other?
A piece of trivia is that the in inverted commas Chips name appears only on the Frank Tyler daybill, and does not appear on his one sheet and lobby card artwork, or as far as I can see any other advertising artwork produced for The Overlanders.