( X Marks The Shop ) The above Australian daybill of Richard ( 1972 ) is the only example of this poster that I have ever sighted. The film was a satire on American president Richard Nixon which was released before the Watergate scandal. Tagline on the poster has ''Satire on tricky dicky'' appearing on it.
The daybill would appear to be have been printed for Roadshow Distributors.
I had never heard about the film previously, and any posters from around the world appear to be in very small numbers. The film itself from some reports has it as seemingly vanished altogether.It sounds like something I would be keen on viewing.
Curious to know if anyone was aware of this film before this as it was a complete surprise to me. when I came across it.
New to me...though there are plenty of films I never knew existed, only to be enlightened by someone posting a picture of the poster.
True and your Under Your Cover Of Clouds posted image on another thread is another example of this as well. I can understand why this film was obscure, but in the case of Richard the topic was world wide knowledge at the time.
I have decided to cover all the Walt Disney True life adventures feature length and short films originally released in the U.S.A. between 1948 and 1960. The fourteen produced films were mainly released in Australia by RKO Radio Pictures, with the last three released by MGM when RKO ceased distributing motion pictures in the late 1950s. One of the films never received an Australian release.
The fourteen films in the series are as follows.
Short films released by RKO in Australia,. All the following films only had running times of between 27 minutes up to 33 minutes in duration..
Seal Island (1948) (rare daybill image available) Beaver Valley (aka In Beaver Valley (1950) (no daybill image located) Nature's Half Acre (1951) (no daybill image locaed) The Olympic Elk (1952) (no daybill image located) Water Birds (1952) (no daybill image located) Bear Country (1953 (rare daybill image available) Prowlers Of The Everglades (1953) (no daybill image located)
Feature length films released by RKO .
The Living Desert ( 1953) (daybill available) The Vanishing Prairie ( 1954) (daybill available) The African Lion (1955) (daybill available)
Feature length film that RKO or even later on MGM didn't release in Australia for whatever reason.
Secrets Of Life (aka Nature's Secrets Of Life) (1956) U.S.A. insert image .
Feature length films released by MGM.
Perri (1957) (daybill available). Delayed release in Australia in 1959 Wild Wilderness (1958) (daybill available). Delayed release in Australia in 1960. Jungle Cat (1960).(daybill available). Released in Australia in 1961.
Does anyone happen to have any daybills for any the five missing short film titles of Beaver Valley, Nature's Half Acre, The Olympic Elk, Water Birds and Powers Of The Everglades?
Daybills would most likely have been printed for these films seeing that Seal Island and Bear Country daybills were printed and do exist.
Walt Disney's People And Places is a short subject documentary series. There were seventeen films released in the U.S.A, between 1953 and 1960.
The films are -
The Alaskan Eskimo (1953) Siam (1954 ) Switzerland (1955 ) Men Against The Arctic (1955) Sardinia (1956) Disneyland, U.S.A. (1956) Samoa (1956) The Blue Men Of Morocco ) (1957) Lapland (1957) Portugal 1957) Wales (1958) Scotland (1958) Ama Girls (1958) Seven Cities Of Antartcia (1958) Cruise Of The Eagle (1959) Japan (1960) The Danube (1960)
These seventeen films were all released in Australia by either RKO Radio or MGM in the 1950s or the 1960s.
The following The Alaskan Eskimo and Disneyland, U.S.A. images are extremely rare and are the only daybiil images located.
The Alaskan Eskimo had a running time of 27 minutes, while Disneyland, U.S.A. has a length of 42 minutes.
Whether daybills were ever printed for any of the remaining fifteen films is unknown. My thinking is that of the not known number of titles of the earlier films that were released here by RKO, daybills may have been printed for them. It is a long shot, but if anyone happens to have any of the above earlier released listed films in your collection please let us know.
The majority of the films would have been released in Australia by MGM in the late 1950s, and the early 1960s. MGM weren't known for printing daybills for short subject films, so I am thinking this never would have ever taken place, .
It might not be, but that Disneyland USA daybill has the look of a stock poster with that big yellow oval where a film title can be printed.
I can understand your thinking, but for various reasons I believe the Australian daybill is an original designed first release poster, and not a stock poster.
The below U.S.A. one sheet poster has a central yellow section as well. This is where the Australian daybill artist would have been influenced by.
(Bruce) A section from the original 1956 U.S.A. American pressbook showing how limited the number of printed accessories that were available for this film.
(Bruce) A section from the original 1956 U.S.A. American pressbook showing how limited the number of printed accessories that were available for this film.
Lawrence, it seems that almost all movie paper for non-feature films was VERY limited.
A good question is WHY they bothered to make it at all! I have asked hundreds of old-timers if they EVER saw posters for shorts, cartoons, or newsreels on display outside theaters and they all say no!
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Lawrence, it seems that almost all movie paper for non-feature films was VERY limited.
A good question is WHY they bothered to make it at all! I have asked hundreds of old-timers if they EVER saw posters for shorts, cartoons, or newsreels on display outside theaters and they all say no!
I would think cinemas, particularly smaller ones lacked suitable available space to display them anyway. All advertising would have been used to promote current screenings, usually double features and numerous coming attractions, which were the drawcards for audiences, and not the shorts.
One would think posters for short films would have been displayed mainly at children's matinees, cartoon festival screenings and at newsreel theatre screenings.
I thought that I would also mention that there was a documentary compilation film containing 13 out of the 14 films that were in the original series. Perri For some reason Perri wasn't included.
The film is titled The Best Of Walt Disney's True-Life Adventures and was released in 1975. The film had a running time of 89 minutes and was released in Australia by BEF.
The Brides Of Dracula (1960) Australian film history is puzzling.
The film was originally banned here in 1961 on horror grounds,
According to government records the film was resubmitted by UIP on 35mm and classified NRC on 01 June 1972, The then NRC rating was for films that were classified as being Not Recommended For Children. The running time is recorded as being 85 minutes.
What has been very interesting is that after thoroughly searching through all available resource material there is no record of this film ever receiving a theatrical release in Australia, This is indeed odd that a film would be classified and then not released.
The film did receive what would appear to be its first release here in Australia on Blu-ray and DVD. According to IMDb it premiered here on Blu-ray July 3, 2015. The running time for the Blu-ray is 85 minutes.
I am very confident that the film for whatever reason after being classified never received a theatrical release here in Australia.. Therefore no daybill would exist.
The New Zealand daybill that was printed for its release there in the 1960s.
We are The Marines is a The March Of Time 1942 produced documentary feature length film of 70 minutes duration.
Being a feature length film one would surely think a daybill would have been produced for this film. The above U.S.A. insert poster is certainly impressive, so it would be great if an Australian daybill, most likely printed by W.E. Smith would surface, so to see what one wokld look life.
20th Century Fox had a stock daybill poster printed for The March Of Time short newsreel magazine films , with the following example appearing below. The title of Inside Fascist Spain, a, 18 minute film from 1943 was added to the poster, This is the only copy of a stock poster that I have ever sighted for these short length magazine style documentary films.
20th Century Fox took over distributing The March Of Time films in 1942, taking over from RKO Radio who had previously distributed the films since 1935. Fox released the film Series between 1942 and 1951 when production of the product ceased.
Wil was kind enough to send to me the above impressive, and certainly rare Australian long daybill image. As the film has some interesting history, I thought I would share it with you. Lucky Boy is a 1929 American sound part-talkiemusicalcomedy-drama film directed by Norman Taurog and Charles C. Wilson, most notable for starring George Jessel in his first known surviving feature picture.[5] In addition to sequences with audible dialogue or talking sequences, the film features a synchronized musical score, singing and sound effects along with English intertitles. The sound was recorded using the Tiffany-Tone system using RCA Photophone equipment. [6] The film's plot bore strong similarities to that of the hit 1927 film The Jazz Singer, which had originally been intended to star Jessel (the star of The Jazz Singer stage production) before Al Jolson took over the role.[7] ( Wikipedia).
I love the following U.S.A. lobby card that was printed for Lucky Boy, but with the original working title The Ghetto appearing on it.
What strikes me about it is George Jessel's image reminds me strongly of him looking like a robot with his facial expression and pose
THE MISSING 195O'S MUSICAL FILM GENRE AUSTRALIAN DAYBILL LIST OF TITLES originally listed here in March 2023. i Since this time a daybill image for one of the missing listed titles The Daughter Of Rosie O'Grady, courtesy of Rick. was included here on this thread in April 2023.
I have just realised that two important films are missing from the list. Previously they had been mentioned though on another thread, the now very seldom used thread titled What Happened To The Australian Daybills? in January 2017.
As these films were no included here in the original March 2023 listing, I will include them here now. The titles are. as follows.
Gigi Calamity Jane.
The original full colour first release daybill images are missing. he following daybills are later printings
If you happen to have either of these two films daybills, or any other titles from the missing Match 2023 listing please include the images here.
Comments
Peter
I have decided to cover all the Walt Disney True life adventures feature length and short films originally released in the U.S.A. between 1948 and 1960. The fourteen produced films were mainly released in Australia by RKO Radio Pictures, with the last three released by MGM when RKO ceased distributing motion pictures in the late 1950s. One of the films never received an Australian release.
The fourteen films in the series are as follows.
Short films released by RKO in Australia,. All the following films only had running times of between 27 minutes up to 33 minutes in duration..
Seal Island (1948) (rare daybill image available)
Beaver Valley (aka In Beaver Valley (1950) (no daybill image located)
Nature's Half Acre (1951) (no daybill image locaed)
The Olympic Elk (1952) (no daybill image located)
Water Birds (1952) (no daybill image located)
Bear Country (1953 (rare daybill image available)
Prowlers Of The Everglades (1953) (no daybill image located)
Feature length films released by RKO .
The Living Desert ( 1953) (daybill available)
The Vanishing Prairie ( 1954) (daybill available)
The African Lion (1955) (daybill available)
Feature length film that RKO or even later on MGM didn't release in Australia for whatever reason.
Secrets Of Life (aka Nature's Secrets Of Life) (1956) U.S.A. insert image .
Feature length films released by MGM.
Perri (1957) (daybill available). Delayed release in Australia in 1959
Wild Wilderness (1958) (daybill available). Delayed release in Australia in 1960.
Jungle Cat (1960).(daybill available). Released in Australia in 1961.
Does anyone happen to have any daybills for any the five missing short film titles of Beaver Valley, Nature's Half Acre, The Olympic Elk, Water Birds and Powers Of The Everglades?
Daybills would most likely have been printed for these films seeing that Seal Island and Bear Country daybills were printed and do exist.
My request was a long shot, but I do appreciate you both responding
Walt Disney's People And Places is a short subject documentary series. There were seventeen films released in the U.S.A, between 1953 and 1960.
The films are -
The Alaskan Eskimo (1953)
Siam (1954 )
Switzerland (1955 )
Men Against The Arctic (1955)
Sardinia (1956)
Disneyland, U.S.A. (1956)
Samoa (1956)
The Blue Men Of Morocco ) (1957)
Lapland (1957)
Portugal 1957)
Wales (1958)
Scotland (1958)
Ama Girls (1958)
Seven Cities Of Antartcia (1958)
Cruise Of The Eagle (1959)
Japan (1960)
The Danube (1960)
These seventeen films were all released in Australia by either RKO Radio or MGM in the 1950s or the 1960s.
The following The Alaskan Eskimo and Disneyland, U.S.A. images are extremely rare and are the only daybiil images located.
The Alaskan Eskimo had a running time of 27 minutes, while Disneyland, U.S.A. has a length of 42 minutes.
Whether daybills were ever printed for any of the remaining fifteen films is unknown. My thinking is that of the not known number of titles of the earlier films that were released here by RKO, daybills may have been printed for them. It is a long shot, but if anyone happens to have any of the above earlier released listed films in your collection please let us know.
The majority of the films would have been released in Australia by MGM in the late 1950s, and the early 1960s. MGM weren't known for printing daybills for short subject films, so I am thinking this never would have ever taken place, .
Peter
I can understand your thinking, but for various reasons I believe the Australian daybill is an original designed first release poster, and not a stock poster.
The below U.S.A. one sheet poster has a central yellow section as well. This is where the Australian daybill artist would have been influenced by.
A section from the original 1956 U.S.A. American pressbook showing how limited the number of printed accessories that were available for this film.
A good question is WHY they bothered to make it at all! I have asked hundreds of old-timers if they EVER saw posters for shorts, cartoons, or newsreels on display outside theaters and they all say no!
Here is a handy checklist to help tell eMoviePoster.com apart from all other major auctions!
One would think posters for short films would have been displayed mainly at children's matinees, cartoon festival screenings and at newsreel theatre screenings.
I thought that I would also mention that there was a documentary compilation film containing 13 out of the 14 films that were in the original series. Perri For some reason Perri wasn't included.
The film is titled The Best Of Walt Disney's True-Life Adventures and was released in 1975. The film had a running time of 89 minutes and was released in Australia by BEF.
The Brides Of Dracula (1960) Australian film history is puzzling.
The film was originally banned here in 1961 on horror grounds,
According to government records the film was resubmitted by UIP on 35mm and classified NRC on 01 June 1972, The then NRC rating was for films that were classified as being Not Recommended For Children. The running time is recorded as being 85 minutes.
What has been very interesting is that after thoroughly searching through all available resource material there is no record of this film ever receiving a theatrical release in Australia, This is indeed odd that a film would be classified and then not released.
The film did receive what would appear to be its first release here in Australia on Blu-ray and DVD. According to IMDb it premiered here on Blu-ray July 3, 2015. The running time for the Blu-ray is 85 minutes.
I am very confident that the film for whatever reason after being classified never received a theatrical release here in Australia.. Therefore no daybill would exist.
The New Zealand daybill that was printed for its release there in the 1960s.
We are The Marines is a The March Of Time 1942 produced documentary feature length film of 70 minutes duration.
Being a feature length film one would surely think a daybill would have been produced for this film. The above U.S.A. insert poster is certainly impressive, so it would be great if an Australian daybill, most likely printed by W.E. Smith would surface, so to see what one wokld look life.
20th Century Fox had a stock daybill poster printed for The March Of Time short newsreel magazine films , with the following example appearing below. The title of Inside Fascist Spain, a, 18 minute film from 1943 was added to the poster, This is the only copy of a stock poster that I have ever sighted for these short length magazine style documentary films.
20th Century Fox took over distributing The March Of Time films in 1942, taking over from RKO Radio who had previously distributed the films since 1935. Fox released the film Series between 1942 and 1951 when production of the product ceased.
Peter
Wil was kind enough to send to me the above impressive, and certainly rare Australian long daybill image.
As the film has some interesting history, I thought I would share it with you.
Lucky Boy is a 1929 American sound part-talkie musical comedy-drama film directed by Norman Taurog and Charles C. Wilson, most notable for starring George Jessel in his first known surviving feature picture.[5] In addition to sequences with audible dialogue or talking sequences, the film features a synchronized musical score, singing and sound effects along with English intertitles. The sound was recorded using the Tiffany-Tone system using RCA Photophone equipment. [6] The film's plot bore strong similarities to that of the hit 1927 film The Jazz Singer, which had originally been intended to star Jessel (the star of The Jazz Singer stage production) before Al Jolson took over the role.[7] ( Wikipedia).
I love the following U.S.A. lobby card that was printed for Lucky Boy, but with the original working title The Ghetto appearing on it.
What strikes me about it is George Jessel's image reminds me strongly of him looking like a robot with his facial expression and pose
Does anyone per chance happen to have an image of an Australian 1960 MGM daybill that was printed for the above Guns Don't Argue! 1957 film?
THE MISSING 195O'S MUSICAL FILM GENRE AUSTRALIAN DAYBILL LIST OF TITLES originally listed here in March 2023.
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Since this time a daybill image for one of the missing listed titles The Daughter Of Rosie O'Grady, courtesy of Rick. was included here on this thread in April 2023.
I have just realised that two important films are missing from the list. Previously they had been mentioned though on another thread, the now very seldom used thread titled What Happened To The Australian Daybills? in January 2017.
As these films were no included here in the original March 2023 listing, I will include them here now. The titles are. as follows.
Gigi
Calamity Jane.
The original full colour first release daybill images are missing. he following daybills are later printings
If you happen to have either of these two films daybills, or any other titles from the missing Match 2023 listing please include the images here.