Australian Daybills 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…

A hand litho daybill for Edge of the City (pictured to the left) has turned up fairly regularly on ebay.There are some obvious clues to prove that the Edge of the City daybill is actually a late…

The Searchers is yet another example of a daybill that has been misrepresented on ebay. The Searchers daybill is a rare and sought after John Wayne title. Collectors seeing a hand litho daybill…

The Omega Man is another daybill that is regularly misrepresented on ebay. There doesn't seem to be any inclination for ebay to take any action about these things and there are a great many…

Original posters for The Titfield Thunderbolt are so rare that a later release has often been mistakenly sold as first release. This is another example where the differences are obvious when seen…

The year of release of daybills for Waterloo Bridge is fairly easy to spot when you see them side by side. However, the original true first release is so rare that it has only turned up a couple of…

There has always been some uncertainty about the release dates of Dumbo Australian daybills. The original daybill is so rare that it led many to believe that another RKO version was original. However…

Daybills for Alfred Hitchcock's Spellbound are incredibly rare. When I purchased the blue background Spellbound daybill many years ago I thought it was original because nothing else had been seen…

Not too difficult to work out the original from the re releases for Billy the Kid – particularly when you see them all together! The original on the left was printed by The Marchant Company. Second…

The Outlaw (1943) Directors: Howard Hughes, Howard Hawks (uncredited) Writer: Jules Furthman (screenplay) Stars: Jack Buetel, Thomas Mitchell, Jane Russell The Outlaw's original release in…

Captain Thunderbolt was released in 1953, directed by Cecil Holmes and starring Grant Taylor, Charles 'Bud' Tingwell, Rosemary Miller, Harp McGuire. Posters and advertising material for…