Australian Daybills Original or Reissue

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…

A late1960s release daybill for Julius Caesar appears on ebay quite regularly and is often misdescribed as being an original 1953 release. ebay doesnt appear to care whether movie posters are…

Jungle Jim was very popular as a TV series in Australia in the 60s and a number of the 1950s films were re released to cash in on the appeal of the show. Green and black stock daybills were printed…

The Australian daybill movie poster for Night of Bloody Horror is often referred to as oriignal but that is a little misleading. A number of horror films from the 1960s were either banned or not…

The Wayward Bus Australian Daybill Original or Reissue There are two versions of The Wayward Bus Australian Daybill. One full colour and one with just two colours. Collectors and dealers have…