A Big Mear Eater (1982) Australian daybill poster. This film was released on 35mm by Valhalla Holdings, who were Cinema owners in Sydney and Melbourne. This is the only daybill from Valhalla Films that I have managed to so far locate for a number of films that they released in 35mm in the 1980's here in Australia.
The above poster which was produced for the double bill programme of Robot Monster (1953) and Plan 9 From Outer Space (1958) is of an unknown size. Both films were screened commercially in Australia in 35mm for the first time circa 1981 The source of the above poster is unknown, along with the size of the poster. As their later released film Big Meat Eater had a traditional sized daybill printed, then one has to then wonder if two individual sized daybills would have been produced for Robot Monster and Plan 9 from Outer Space as well. Does anyone know it they happen to exist?
I wonder whether the Valhalla would have just relied upon their calendar to promote most films they didn't actually have a financial interest in? Many fridges at the time had a Valhalla calendar on them. Here's one from Sydney with the aforementioned Big Meat Eater.
My thoughts on Valhalla printing daybill posters for films that they imported into Australia for theatrical cinema release.. Apart from the three filns that I have mentioned, I am unaware of any other films that whey possibly may have also imported into Australia. Is it possible that for Robot Monster and Plan 9 From Outer Space, that apart from the Valhalla screenings, no other bookings were anticipated so therefore no daybills were printed. In the case though of seeing a daybill was printed for Big Meat Eater, were Valhalla hoping to attract some additional outside cinema bookings for this film. Why go to the trouble and cost to print a daybill for use at only advertising their two cinemas screenings if this wasn't the case?
Who knows what was going on with distribution back in those days? The owners of Valhalla might have known a cheap printer? They may have sold posters at the cinema (hoping for a cult following). Perhaps it was part of the distribution agreement to have posters made? The 80s were an odd time.
If I am remembering correctly, like the Astor in Melbourne, the Valhalla was known for showing "classics" on a regular basis. I recall seeing Rocky Horror there when it was the Westgarth.
There was (is?) a seller on ebay who was selling off a large chunk of the Valhalla's posters after closure if I am remembering correctly. I am sure that there were several other weird posters they had listed.
I was talking about the Valhalla in Richmond, but that image was from the Glebe Valhalla. I sued to go to the Richmond Valhalla regularly to watch classics and revivals.
A Big Mear Eater (1982) Australian daybill poster. This film was released on 35mm by Valhalla Holdings, who were Cinema owners in Sydney and Melbourne. This is the only daybill from Valhalla Films that I have managed to so far locate for a number of films that they released in 35mm in the 1980's here in Australia.
The above poster which was produced for the double bill programme of Robot Monster (1953) and Plan 9 From Outer Space (1958) is of an unknown size. Both films were screened commercially in Australia in 35mm for the first time circa 1981 The source of the above poster is unknown, along with the size of the poster. As their later released film Big Meat Eater had a traditional sized daybill printed, then one has to then wonder if two individual sized daybills would have been produced for Robot Monster and Plan 9 from Outer Space as well. Does anyone know it they happen to exist?
Was looking at CATHS FB group for any info on the Valhalla, and this Robot monster double came up...looks like it was a bit bigger than A4 size.
Who knows what was going on with distribution back in those days? The owners of Valhalla might have known a cheap printer? They may have sold posters at the cinema (hoping for a cult following). Perhaps it was part of the distribution agreement to have posters made? The 80s were an odd time.
Apart from the Robot Monster/Plan 9 From Outer Space odd size poster I have now discovered that for their other own acquired and distributed film releases they appeared to have produced normal sized daybill posters for them. An example of this to follow, and I am still looking inro it.
Was looking at CATHS FB group for any info on the Valhalla, and this Robot monster double came up...looks like it was a bit bigger than A4 size.
Great information. As mentioned earlier, I do think that the powers to be at Valhalla didn't hold out much hope for any other bookings for these films so no daybills were produced.
A La Grande Bouffe Valhalla released film daybill poster from the early 1980s produced for the film's Australian re-release. Following this is the original Australian 1970's first release BEF distributed daybill that Valhalla adapted their daybill artwork from.
(Best available images extracted from the Valhalla calendar)
A Boy And His Dog and L'Albero Di Guernica are two other films imported by Valhalla and were shown at Valhalla Cinemas in the 1980s. No daybill images located though. '
The huge majority of films that were screened at the two Valhalla cinemas were sourced from many small independent Australian film distributors as well as from the majors. Any poster material for these films would have been supplied by their distributors..
It would be interesting to know the number of films that Valhalla imported themselves. Trying to locate this information and other individual titles is proving to be very difficult indeed. At the moment I only know that they imported six films between 1981 and 1986, but there are bound to be many more.
One interesting fact that I found while checking on this subject is that Valhalla screened a 16mm print of the film Aquirre Wrath Of God.
I do intend to further research this subject, so hopefully some more information and images may still be forthcoming.
Looks like Barry is still involved, might be worth reaching out to out to him.
Yes Peter the idea had crossed my mind previously when you had mentioned you had thought that Barry Peak could be involved at the Nova Cinema. I will attempt to contact him shortly, but before I do that I will firstly, over the next few days include here some more information on the subject that I have just located.
The Terror Of Tiny Town (1938) was classified on 16mm by Valhalla Films for public exhibition on 1 December 1981, This certainly appears to have been the first Australian theatrical release of the film.
Original U.S.A. poster artwork for another worse film candidate follows below. Was there an Australian Valhalla film poster produced, and if so I would love to see it?
Some information regarding the early history or the Valhalla cinema in Glebe. You may find the above article that was published in the Tharunka newspaper by students of the University Of N.S.W. on 16 September 1985 of interest A fact that I had not been aware of is that Valhalla themselves produced four films in the 1980s. The films are as follows. Future Schlock (Submitted by Valhalla Films and classified by the Australia film censor on 01 July 1984 on 16mm Channel Chaos (Submitted by Valhalla Holdings and classified by the Australian film censor on 01 November 1985 on 35mm.. The Big Hurt (Submitted by Valhalla Holdings and classified by the Australian film censor on 01 October 1986 on 35mm. As Time Goes By (Submitted by Valhalla Holdings and classified by the Australian film censor on 01 February 1988 on 35mm.
A rare Australian printed film poster for Future Schlock , and an Australian Videotape image to give an idea about the film's content.
Both Terror Lostralis and Buckeye And Pinto were released in Australia as a double feature in 1980. They were independent Australian films shot and released on 16mm. The films were shorts with Terror Lostralis running either 43 minutes or 55 minutes , depending on which source you believe. Buckeye And Pinto ran 29 minutes according to two different sources. The double ran for lengthy, if limited seasons in Melbourne, Adelaide and Sydney. Both of the two films were also screened separately with other programming. The Australian distributor/s of these films is unknown.
This Under The Red Sea (1951) Australian daybill poster artwork is rather odd. Why wasn't the blue ocean colouring extended out on the right hand section of the daybill, instead of leaving all the empty white space there.?
I agree. I have always liked posters where some of the image goes outside the frame. It is eye-catching, which is what a poster is supposed to be.
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Something not included in my knowledge is regarding modern Australian printed movie one sheets. My research in the past found the last printed Australian one sheets that were credited with the printer's names were printed by Robert Burton in 1989 and then with M.A.P.S. in 1990. What I am curious about to know though Is for any information regarding who has printed Australian one sheets here since then. I found the following information on Google as follows. Modern posters for cinema releases are printed by large scale Australian commercial printers. Any knowledge on who any of these printers are? Have any of the post 1990 printed posters been credited with a printer's name? Any information on this subject would be most welcomed.
I don't have any real knowledge on who the printers are...I know that for more specific releases, they are just local commerical printers. For example, I recently picked up a bunch of Star Wars posters for one of the newer films from a printer moving whom had printed a whole bunch as give aways for a local premiere screening in Melbourne. I understand that the major distributors use distribution warehouses to get the posters out to the cinemas. Sorry I dont have anything else I can really add.
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A Big Mear Eater (1982) Australian daybill poster. This film was released on 35mm by Valhalla Holdings, who were Cinema owners in Sydney and Melbourne. This is the only daybill from Valhalla Films that I have managed to so far locate for a number of films that they released in 35mm in the 1980's here in Australia.
The above poster which was produced for the double bill programme of Robot Monster (1953) and Plan 9 From Outer Space (1958) is of an unknown size. Both films were screened commercially in Australia in 35mm for the first time circa 1981 The source of the above poster is unknown, along with the size of the poster. As their later released film Big Meat Eater had a traditional sized daybill printed, then one has to then wonder if two individual sized daybills would have been produced for Robot Monster and Plan 9 from Outer Space as well. Does anyone know it they happen to exist?
Peter
Peter
There was (is?) a seller on ebay who was selling off a large chunk of the Valhalla's posters after closure if I am remembering correctly.
I am sure that there were several other weird posters they had listed.
Or are we just talking about the Valhalla in NSW?
Peter
Peter
To this day, my nephew tries to convince me Plan 9 is a good movie.....
Great information. As mentioned earlier, I do think that the powers to be at Valhalla didn't hold out much hope for any other bookings for these films so no daybills were produced.
Peter
A La Grande Bouffe Valhalla released film daybill poster from the early 1980s produced for the film's Australian re-release. Following this is the original Australian 1970's first release BEF distributed daybill that Valhalla adapted their daybill artwork from.
A Boy And His Dog and L'Albero Di Guernica are two other films imported by Valhalla and were shown at Valhalla Cinemas in the 1980s. No daybill images located though. '
The huge majority of films that were screened at the two Valhalla cinemas were sourced from many small independent Australian film distributors as well as from the majors. Any poster material for these films would have been supplied by their distributors..
It would be interesting to know the number of films that Valhalla imported themselves. Trying to locate this information and other individual titles is proving to be very difficult indeed. At the moment I only know that they imported six films between 1981 and 1986, but there are bound to be many more.
One interesting fact that I found while checking on this subject is that Valhalla screened a 16mm print of the film Aquirre Wrath Of God.
I do intend to further research this subject, so hopefully some more information and images may still be forthcoming.
Here's an article about Chris and Barry (from 2017 though).
https://overland.org.au/2017/09/paradise-on-glebe-point-road-the-story-of-the-valhalla-cinema/
Peter
Peter
Original U.S.A. poster artwork for another worse film candidate follows below. Was there an Australian Valhalla film poster produced, and if so I would love to see it?
Some information regarding the early history or the Valhalla cinema in Glebe. You may find the above article that was published in the Tharunka newspaper by students of the University Of N.S.W. on 16 September 1985 of interest
A fact that I had not been aware of is that Valhalla themselves produced four films in the 1980s. The films are as follows.
Future Schlock (Submitted by Valhalla Films and classified by the Australia film censor on 01 July 1984 on 16mm
Channel Chaos (Submitted by Valhalla Holdings and classified by the Australian film censor on 01 November 1985 on 35mm..
The Big Hurt (Submitted by Valhalla Holdings and classified by the Australian film censor on 01 October 1986 on 35mm.
As Time Goes By (Submitted by Valhalla Holdings and classified by the Australian film censor on 01 February 1988 on 35mm.
A rare Australian printed film poster for Future Schlock , and an Australian Videotape image to give an idea about the film's content.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-b_b27-5r1s
Peter
Images courtesy of IMDb, NFSA and Moviefare.
Peter
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HAS real customer service before, during and after EVERY auction, and answers all questions - IS eMoviePoster.com
HAS 25% or 26% "buyers premiums" of any kind (but especially the dreadful "$29 or $49 minimum" ones) - NOT eMoviePoster.com
HAS "reserves or starts over $1 - NOT eMoviePoster.com
HAS hidden bidder IDs - NOT eMoviePoster.com
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HAS inadequate packaging - NOT eMoviePoster.com
HAS no customer service to speak of, before, during and after any auction, and answers almost no questions - NOT eMoviePoster.com
What I am curious about to know though Is for any information regarding who has printed Australian one sheets here since then.
I found the following information on Google as follows.
Modern posters for cinema releases are printed by large scale Australian commercial printers.
Any knowledge on who any of these printers are? Have any of the post 1990 printed posters been credited with a printer's name? Any information on this subject would be most welcomed.