Author: John Reid

Original Australian Daybills for Marilyn Monroe’s films are generally very rare. So rare, in fact, that some daybills have never been seen despite the fact that they must have been printed.

Collectors love to speculate on the print runs of various posters. They often have a vested interest in trying to push up the value of posters in their collection by saying that the print run for a particular film was miniscule. However, the fact is that no amount of guesswork is proof unless you have the evidence to support your theories.

Harold and Maude is a much loved classic and original Australian daybills are highly desirable but quite scarce.

Original Daybills for Bullitt are amongst the most sought after of all daybill movie posters from the 1960s but there has always been some confusion about the chronology of the pink and the orange styles.

The Taming of The Shrew, directed by Franco Zeffirelli and was the fifth of eleven movies in which Dame Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton starred together.

The Parent Trap was released in 1961 and featured the very popular Hayley Mills playing a dual role as twin sisters trying to reunite their divorced parents. The two daybills, pictured below are both full colour and both rare. However, when you look closely, the daybill on the left carries a notation in small print …

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In late 1941, Australian daybills started being printed in a smaller format due to the paper shortage during WWII. Prior to 1941, daybills measured 15″ x 40″ and are now referred to as “long Daybills”. Only two long daybills were able to be printed from a sheet. The new reduced size format of approx 13″ …

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Saturday Night Fever was first released in 1977/8 with an “R” rating in Australia due to some language that was regarded as offensive and some risque scenes. . Paramount purchased the soundtrack and was keen to attract a wider audience to the film so they edited six minutes out of the original film, giving it a PG rating. T

The Overlanders daybill that is pictured on the left was generally thought of as the first release but when another version turned up, some collectors questioned whether the more common daybill might have been a reissue. An original Press Book was recently found and that proves that two styles of daybill were produced for the …

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As a result of upcoming changes to Customs requirements in the UK and Europe, we may not be able to ship to your destination. Please email us first before ordering.   Impact of the new regulations on Buyers   VAT will have to be paid at point of purchase for all purchases £0 – £135. …

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LARA PARKER Autographed some original daybills for us in Los Angeles on 1st Feb 2020. She is probably best known for her role as Angelique in Night of Dark Shadows and the four novels that she has written based on her character. She also starred in Race with the Devil with Peter Fonda and we …

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