Window Cards for various James Bond 007 movies including "Dr No" and "Goldfinger", Benton Card Co., reprinted in the 80ies. Does anyone know more about these? Are there cards for FRWL, Thunderball and LALD?
And a few more "From Russia With Love" posters from around the world: Japan, Australia, New Zealand, India, Pakistan, Argentina and Brazil. I'm sure there must be more international posters out there. For example: I've never seen a Mexican poster, only lobby cards. Does anyone have an example or link for a Mexican Bond poster?
This is my (mostly virtual) collection of European "From Russia With Love" posters that I've collected over the years. I've put them into their size context because usually you see them printed in the same format. No guarantees for accuracy or completeness. Let me know if you spot any mistakes.
After the great success of Goldfinger in Europe, United Artists launched a larger than life advertising campaign for Thunderball. Here are some examples from Germany where the film is called "Feuerball" (Fireball): The equivalent of the pressbook is called "Werberatschlag" (Advertising Advice). It comes with newspaper advertisement suggestions, available advertising material like posters and a small teaser poster within the pressbook.
One difference to the US pressbooks: The press information itself is provided in a separate brochure called "Presseinformation". Which makes sense as the first one is aimed at cinema owner while the second goes to the press.
Cinema owner were heavily incentivised to promote the film: The German equivalent of Variety magazine called "Film Echo / Film Woche" featured Thunderball in 3 differnt editions including a sweepstake to travel to the Bahamas. Especially appealing as Thunderball was released in Germany in December.
Some nice examples from a cinema in Hamburg and outdoor advertising below. A special offer were Thunderball standees as shown below. Has anyone ever seen one of these in reality?
