Australian Daybills Original or Reissue

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MARILYN MONROE Original Australian Daybill Movie Posters image

MARILYN MONROE Original Australian Daybill Movie Posters

27 Apr 2023 | Added by John Reid | 0 Comments

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.


EXCEPTIONALLY RARE Collection of Australian Movie Press Sheets – recently discovered image

EXCEPTIONALLY RARE Collection of Australian Movie Press Sheets – recently discovered

19 Nov 2022 | Added by John Reid | 0 Comments

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 Daybill Movie Poster Original or Reissue? image

HAROLD AND MAUDE Daybill Movie Poster Original or Reissue?

23 Jul 2022 | Added by John Reid | 0 Comments

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


BULLITT Daybill Movie Poster Original or Reissue? image

BULLITT Daybill Movie Poster Original or Reissue?

22 Jul 2022 | Added by John Reid | 0 Comments

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 Daybill Movie Poster Original or Reissue? image

THE TAMING OF THE SHREW Daybill Movie Poster Original or Reissue?

21 Nov 2021 | Added by John Reid | 0 Comments

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 Daybill Movie Poster Original or Reissue? image

THE PARENT TRAP Daybill Movie Poster Original or Reissue?

11 Apr 2021 | Added by John Reid | 0 Comments

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 …


SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER Daybill Movie Poster Original or Reissue? image

SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER Daybill Movie Poster Original or Reissue?

11 Mar 2021 | Added by John Reid | 0 Comments

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 Movie Poster Original or Reissue? image

The Overlanders Daybill Movie Poster Original or Reissue?

9 Feb 2021 | Added by John Reid | 0 Comments

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 …


DOCTOR ZHIVAGO Daybill Movie Poster Original or Reissue? image

DOCTOR ZHIVAGO Daybill Movie Poster Original or Reissue?

26 Nov 2020 | Added by John Reid | 0 Comments

One of the first things to check when dating Australian movie posters is the censorship details. They can often give a clue as to whether a poster is original or a re release. In the case of Doctor Zhivago, the film was released in 1965 so the censorship rating should be “Not Suitable for Children”. …


IN SEARCH OF THE CASTAWAYS Daybill Movie poster Original or Reissue? image

IN SEARCH OF THE CASTAWAYS Daybill Movie poster Original or Reissue?

13 Sep 2020 | Added by John Reid | 0 Comments

IN SEARCH OF THE CASTAWAYS was filmed by Disney in 1962. The daybill pictured on the left is clearly original but it is exceptionally rare leading some sellers to mistakenly think that the daybill on…


THE GODFATHER Daybill Movie poster Original or Reissue? image

THE GODFATHER Daybill Movie poster Original or Reissue?

5 Sep 2020 | Added by John Reid | 0 Comments

Two slightly different styles of the Australian daybill were printed. An orange/yellow version and a red version. Original Daybills often had colour variants so it is not unusual at all to see the two different colours on The Godfather. The text on both daybills is virtually identical and there is no information in press sheets that would indicate that one came before the other. The only difference is in the printers details at the bottom of the two posters.