Horizontal Daybills

[guest4208]

The View to a Kill daybill that I have came from an old cinema collection. It doesn't have a rating but the owner said he displayed it for the original release of the film in his cinema. I know Bruce had one years ago but unfortunately I dont have much more information on its origin.

[guest4208]

Although maybe someone, somewhere can finally post the elusive Temple of Doom horizontal daybill which appears mythic at this point...

Is this the one you are referring to?

[Silhouette]

The View to a Kill daybill that I have came from an old cinema collection. It doesn't have a rating but the owner said he displayed it for the original release of the film in his cinema. I know Bruce had one years ago but unfortunately I dont have much more information on its origin.

John it was discussed earlier this year - I have the same one and asked the question...

http://www.allposterforum.com/index.php/topic,3910.0.html

[guest4208]

Hi David
The photos have all been removed in that thread. Was your poster folded? The poster I have is rolled and came from another dealer in Melbourne. Again, its hard to be certain as to how or where it was released but it appears to have been printed here in Australia.
Regards
John

[Ari]

In the View to a kill Aussie exhibitor information sheet mentions daybill (singular), also has 6' standees of Moore and grace  jones, yikes.

[theartofmovieposters]

Is this the one you are referring to?

Yep, that's the one I remember seeing

[Ari]

Decided to take your memory pills I see. 

[theartofmovieposters]

Decided to take your memory pills I see. 

One of these days Ari...one of these days...

[ozcinemagic]

Hi Mark,

NO - only 2 styles of daybills were printed for Temple of Doom - the jungle style (unique to oz) and the style (derived from the quad).

There have only ever been 2 horizontal daybills printed to my knowledge. 1) The 1920's silent era BEN HUR and the 1963 Coppola trash title DEMENTIA 13.

There were horizontal photobusters - a set of 8 - 10 and they were landscape around a 16 x 20 inch in size.

Hope this helps....

Regards,

Keith

[ozcinemagic]

Is this the one you are referring to?

I have seen 1970s and earlier Aus posters printed without ratings, for the NZ market. For the gloss paper from '80s on I haven't seen it though. If there's no rating I tend to think of it as a promo poster, rather than printed specifically to advertise the film to the public (or foreign poster). I think it is / was law to have the rating visible.
John, you have handled a million more posters than me. Have you noticed any 1980s on without ratings before?

[Charlie]

Is this the one you are referring to?

Now that would look good under my window!

[guest4208]

NO - only 2 styles of daybills were printed for Temple of Doom - the jungle style (unique to oz) and the style (derived from the quad).

Leaving the horizontal poster aside, there are actually three daybills for Temple of Doom:

Mike Vaughan Jungle Art
Whip art version
Whip art with "The Hero is Back" at the top of the poster.

[guest4208]

John, you have handled a million more posters than me. Have you noticed any 1980s on without ratings before?

Although you would think that ratings should have been included on all posters there have been quite a lot of daybills without ratings over the years. This is sometimes due to the fact that the daybill was printed for use in New Zealand or other regions and occasionally for other reasons.

Without spending too much time delving through the archives, here is an example of a post 80s daybill without a rating ....


Sometimes it is impossible to be absolutely certain about the origins of a poster. You often hear people who will swear on their mother's grave that a poster was printed at a certain time but when they are asked to produce something definitive to actually prove what they are saying they can never come up with the goods. Pressbooks cannot always be relied on.

Information about Australian movie posters is often anecdotal based on the knowledge and experience of collectors and dealers and there are times when opinions will differ.

[Ari]

There's also an el cheapo silk screen daybill floating around.

And keiths memory is obviously worse than mine.

And Vesna, one day, ok, meet you there

[Silhouette]

Hi David
The photos have all been removed in that thread. Was your poster folded? The poster I have is rolled and came from another dealer in Melbourne. Again, its hard to be certain as to how or where it was released but it appears to have been printed here in Australia.
Regards
John

Yes it is folded, I'd have to pull it out to have a better look at it to see if it was machine folded or otherwise

[CSM]

Thanks John!  Been waiting years to finally see that horizontal ToD. 

That's like several fortnights Ari - but happy to see you really aren't crazy (except crazy loveable  )

[Ari]

Yeah well it took time, but my reputation is now intact, oh wait.. Well it's less untact than it was a fortnight ago.

[ozcinemagic]

Horizontal TOD being sold as a video poster >>>

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/INDIANA-JONES-AND-THE-TEMPLE-OF-DOOM-MOVIE-POSTER-/271107591632?pt=AU_Movie_Memorabilia&hash=item3f1f458dd0

And another in UK >>

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Indiana-Jones-and-the-Temple-of-Doom-30x15-inches-Promo-Poster-/170940187474?pt=UK_DVD_Film_TV_Film_Memorabilia_LE&hash=item27ccd44352

[Charlie]

Thanks Man!  One on the way to Texas...  I've got the perfect spot for it.

[CSM]

Horizontal TOD being sold as a video poster >>>

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/INDIANA-JONES-AND-THE-TEMPLE-OF-DOOM-MOVIE-POSTER-/271107591632?pt=AU_Movie_Memorabilia&hash=item3f1f458dd0

And another in UK >>

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Indiana-Jones-and-the-Temple-of-Doom-30x15-inches-Promo-Poster-/170940187474?pt=UK_DVD_Film_TV_Film_Memorabilia_LE&hash=item27ccd44352

Well that is very interesting and both listed at 15x30...little bit wider than standard daybill.  First time I have ever seen these for sale so thank you...

[ozcinemagic]

It's a cool poster and an easy price to live with.
Is it a daybill? Not in my mind. The horizontal format, lack of rating and no printer's information all go against it. For a major release like TOD the rating would definitely have been on an Australian printed piece.
Seeing the posters available in UK confirms my suspicions. I think it is a Brit promo poster, probably used in Australia for video.
As I mentioned in another thread we were using Brit 1 sheets for Bond films in the eighties. I have several here.
We also used Brit material for video. The Return of the Living Dead quad Rick posted just recently came out of a video store.
So there you go! 

[guest4208]

Hard to say for sure about exactly what it is but you could be right. I believe it was used in Australia but it may have to come down to guesswork as to where it was printed and for what purpose.

[ozcinemagic]

Hard to say for sure about exactly what it is but you could be right. I believe it was used in Australia but it may have to come down to guesswork as to where it was printed and for what purpose.

I know one thing for certain - I just sold two for that UK seller!!

[paul waines]

I thought Moveposters direct only sold repros....?