Always good to hear positive feedback from you, many thanks.
regards,
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Movie Posters wrote on 5/01/2015 11:13 AM:
Thank god. Now if you could just get all of the Aussie daybills OFF
fleabay and confined to one place we'd all be set.
On Sunday, January 4, 2015, David Rew <[email protected]
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Apologies - image didn't appear to attach?
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David Rew wrote on 5/01/2015 10:31 AM:
January 26th is Australia Day and starting that day will be a
special event dedicated to Australian film and Australian-printed
memorabilia. This auction will be featuring some of the most
rare, highly desirable and much sought after movie posters ever
assembled with many pieces never seen at auction before. Now is a
great time to register <http://bidll.com/Account/Register>.
*Blackmail (1929) - An Original Australian Long Daybill*
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*Some trivia about this movie:*
* There were two versions made and released - a silent one and
a sound one, the silent one was released for those theatres
that weren't yet equipped for sound.
* Interestingly the 'talkie' version was banned in Australia
when first released in October 1929 - this was appealed by
the distributors Cinema Arts Films Ltd.
* In April 1930 Hitchcock was quoted: "RIDICULOUS," says .
Mr.Alfred Hitchcock, British International Pictures producer,
commenting on the statements relative to British films in the
report of the Commonwealth Chief Censor (Mr. O'Reilly)."It is
often complained that British films do not contain sufficient
sex appeal. The censor bans scenes in British films which he
permits to pass in American films of a similar type." Mr.
Hitchcock adds that British films are particularly clean
compared with American. He recalls that Australia alone took
exception to the talkie "Blackmail," which was accepted
throughout the rest of the world.
* I believe I have found evidence that the talkie was released
in 1930, but I have yet to 100% cross check and confirm this.
* The silent version of Blackmail actually ran longer in
theatres and proved more popular.
* The film is often cited by film historians as the first truly
British "all-talkie" feature film
* The silent version is with Sam Livesey as the Chief Inspector
and the sound version with Harvey Braban in the same role
* It was Hitchcock's first sound/talkie movie as a director
* The co-star villain was one Cyril Ritchard born Cyril
Trimnell-Ritchard in Surry Hills, Sydney, Australia.
You might like to view some clips here:
1. Sound test with Alfred Hitchcock - not quite PC
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGQC109RnAA>
2. The murder scene with musical score added by Neil Brand
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3sOL_30nbw>
3. The murder after which we follow the shocked killer through
London - pretty special stuff.
<http://videos.criticalcommons.org/transcoded/http/www.criticalcommons.org/Members/kfortmueller/clips/blackmail-1929-the-murder-and-the-aftermath-1/video_file/webm-high/blackmail-m4v.webm>
Don't forget to register!
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