Also on eBay at the present time is an Australian daybill advertising the grand opening of the Hayden Orpheum Picture Palace in Cremorne a suburb of Sydney in 1987
. This item of historical interest is being offered at $79.95 or best offer. The cinema today does have a number of copies of this poster.
The Set (1970) is a little known low budget Australian film that only had a very limited release here, taking little in receipts at the box office..
The following daybill and one sheet printed for the small independent distributor Chesterman International Distributors Pt .Ltd.. are extremely rare. In general posters from Chesterman International are very hard to locate for most films that they distributed here in Australia..
I don't deal with eBay so I cannot access the results for the Smithy plus two daybill items. Love to know though what the item sold form and the number of bids it did receive,
Perchance does anyone here happen to be the winning bidder?
$43. I bid $42 and I think there were only two bidders. Because it had attracted interest here and therefore likely competition, i didn't bother trying too hard. I've just bought a few other more expensive titles.
(John)(John)s and Captain Thunderbolt (1955) original Australian daybill and two interesting black and white stills that are minus the Australian distributor and the Australian censorship rating as well. This is the sum total of individual material that was located for the film.
This film was actually filmed in 1951 and is often credited as being either a 1952 or 1953 film. It has been incorrectly credited also as being a re-release as well. After failing to acquire an Australian film distributor over many years Ray Films came on board and finally the film was released here with the premier taking place on 22/6/1955 in Armidale, N.S.W., and then followed shortly after when screened in Sydney on 8/9/1955. Box office receipts were low.
The film has previously been discussed in 2016 on the forum in a thread called Captain Thunderbolt which was introduced by Ves. It may be beneficial to check this out as well.
Two versions were filmed by Associated TV Pty. Ltd., with one being theatrical, and the other being a shorter for television version. Television was still five years away arriving in Australia so this version was apparently meant for overseas sales at that time,.
The Australian daybill was printed by Colorcraft Printing Co. who appear only to have printed Australian film posters in Australia between 1954 and 1956, so this tie in well with the 1955 release of the film. I In 2024 a complete 35 mm print that was long thought lost was loaned to the NFSA to be copied andceuality enhanced. The print was in excellent condition and came from the Czech Republic, The print was titled Kapitain Blesk and complete with Czrch suftitles.
Two nice cards Andrew, and thanks for posting them here,
Interesting that the one featuring Grant Taylor and Charles Tingwell is from the same scene as one of my earlier posted cards, with only a very slight difference in their timing appearance. Very odd indeed.
Any comments regarding these cards and their origins would be appreciated.
Notice that on the title still from the set, there was a triangle where the Australian censor details would have been placed indicating that these stills would have been used internationally
Good work John . I was hoping someone would pick up on that fact.
Where then were the cards also used? The U.K, or New Zealand do spring to mind, Because of the covered over Australin censorship New Zealand must be a strong possibility as this is the sort of thing that they regularly did in removing Australian censorship classifications from posters used over there.
I am currently making enquiries with a knowledgeable U.K. poster contact, and shortly i will do the same with two contacts in New Zealand as well.
Deso anyone have an Australian Ray Films press sheet for any film at all by any chance? I cannot recollect in ever sighting one, Let us know ir anyone has one,
It certainly is also a rare Australian film and one sheet. Bingo BrIdesmaids & Braces from 1988.
The flyer John mentioned that is currently being advertised on eBay. As with the previous The Place At The Coast flyer the two curved yellow line images were added by the seller.
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Also on eBay at the present time is an Australian daybill advertising the grand opening of the Hayden Orpheum Picture Palace in Cremorne a suburb of Sydney in 1987
. This item of historical interest is being offered at $79.95 or best offer. The cinema today does have a number of copies of this poster.
There is now...and it's not me!
The following daybill and one sheet printed for the small independent distributor Chesterman International Distributors Pt .Ltd.. are extremely rare. In general posters from Chesterman International are very hard to locate for most films that they distributed here in Australia..
Peter
Perchance does anyone here happen to be the winning bidder?
One of a number of films that Lee Robinson and Chips Rafferty's Southern International Productions made in the 1950s and 1960s.
Peter
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N.S.W. state policemen.
Captain Thunderbolt (1955) original Australian daybill and two interesting black and white stills that are minus the Australian distributor and the Australian censorship rating as well. This is the sum total of individual material that was located for the film.
This film was actually filmed in 1951 and is often credited as being either a 1952 or 1953 film. It has been incorrectly credited also as being a re-release as well. After failing to acquire an Australian film distributor over many years Ray Films came on board and finally the film was released here with the premier taking place on 22/6/1955 in Armidale, N.S.W., and then followed shortly after when screened in Sydney on 8/9/1955. Box office receipts were low.
The film has previously been discussed in 2016 on the forum in a thread called Captain Thunderbolt which was introduced by Ves. It may be beneficial to check this out as well.
Two versions were filmed by Associated TV Pty. Ltd., with one being theatrical, and the other being a shorter for television version. Television was still five years away arriving in Australia so this version was apparently meant for overseas sales at that time,.
The Australian daybill was printed by Colorcraft Printing Co. who appear only to have printed Australian film posters in Australia between 1954 and 1956, so this tie in well with the 1955 release of the film.
I
In 2024 a complete 35 mm print that was long thought lost was loaned to the NFSA to be copied andceuality enhanced. The print was in excellent condition and came from the Czech Republic, The print was titled Kapitain Blesk and complete with Czrch suftitles.
Peter
Here are some other versions
Interesting that the one featuring Grant Taylor and Charles Tingwell is from the same scene as one of my earlier posted cards, with only a very slight difference in their timing appearance. Very odd indeed.
Any comments regarding these cards and their origins would be appreciated.
Where then were the cards also used? The U.K, or New Zealand do spring to mind, Because of the covered over Australin censorship New Zealand must be a strong possibility as this is the sort of thing that they regularly did in removing Australian censorship classifications from posters used over there.
I am currently making enquiries with a knowledgeable U.K. poster contact, and shortly i will do the same with two contacts in New Zealand as well.
Deso anyone have an Australian Ray Films press sheet for any film at all by any chance? I cannot recollect in ever sighting one, Let us know ir anyone has one,
An Australian A4 flyer currently being advertised on eBay.
The flyer John mentioned that is currently being advertised on eBay. As with the previous The Place At The Coast flyer the two curved yellow line images were added by the seller.