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LEIGH TAYLOR-YOUNG Signing a Daybill Movie Poster for The Horsemen
Leigh Taylor-Young starred in The Horsemen with Omar Sharif and Jack Palance. She autographed a daybill for me in Los Angeles on 28th April 2018. Although she does sign many 8 x 10 photos she…
FIRE MAIDENS FROM OUTER SPACE and SNOW CREATURE Original or Reissue daybills
The artwork on original Movie Posters can sometimes be very disappointing and this can occasionally lead collectors to mistakenly believe that some posters are reissues when, in fact, they are…
Paget’s Talkies – Almost Forgotten Australian Cinema History
Paget's Talkies is an almost forgotten page of Australian Movie History. The company was established in 1908, taking Silent Films on tour to remote country towns in Queensland. Very little is…
CAROLINE MUNRO Signs a SPY WHO LOVED ME Daybill Movie Poster
Caroline Munro autographed a Spy Who Loved Me daybill movie poster in Los Angeles recently. Caroline played the sexy Naomi in the film with Roger Moore and Barbara Bach. She had a successful…
DAME JOAN COLLINS Signing an Australian Daybill Movie Poster
Dame Joan Collins signs a great many photographs for her fans but she has only very rarely autographed Australian Daybills. She signed five daybills for me in Los Angeles recently including one for…
MICHAEL PARE Signing a Streets of Fire daybill movie poster
Michael Pare has starred in a number of cult movies over the years and he recently autographed a Streets of Fire daybill for me in Los Angeles. The stars rarely see original daybills, and signed…
COMPANY OF KILLERS Heavily Censored Australian Daybill Movie Poster
Company of Killers was a minor made for TV movie that had cinema release in Australia. For some reason, daybills that were printed for this title had to be heavily censored by stencilling over the…
LOU DIAMOND PHILLIPS Signing a Daybill Movie Poster for Renegades
Lou Diamond Phillips was a popular guest at the Hollywood Show in Feb 2018. He signed a number of photos for patrons and one Australian Daybill for Renegades, the film he starred in with Keifer…
THE STORY OF THE KELLY GANG Original Daybill Movie poster on display
A reproduction of one of the most significant of all Australian posters has been on display in Melbourne at the ACMI Exhibition of The Story of Film Television and Digital Culture at Federation…
THE ITALIAN JOB Daybill Movie Poster Original or Reissue?
An Italian Job duotone daybill (pictured below right) has often been referred to as original release on ebay and other sites. However, it is actually an early 1970s release daybill that is…
MY FAIR LADY Daybill Movie Poster Original or Reissue?
When you see these two My Fair Lady daybills together it is fairly obvious that one is original and the other a re release. The original daybill has the “For General Exhibition” censor logo…
