ALICE'S RESTAURANT (1969) Movie Poster, Daybill, Vietnam War Era
Size AU Daybill Post-War (13" x 30")
ALICE'S RESTAURANT (1969) Movie Poster, Original Vintage Daybill, Vietnam War Era, Starring Arlo Guthrie, Pat Quinn and James Broderick, Directed by Arthur Penn is in Fine+ condition. Movie Poster and...
ALICE'S RESTAURANT (1969) Movie Poster, Original Vintage Daybill, Vietnam War Era, Starring Arlo Guthrie, Pat Quinn and James Broderick, Directed by Arthur Penn is in Fine+ condition.
Movie Poster and Condition
Condition: This Original Vintage Daybill Movie Poster is in Fine+ condition with a paper crumple on left top corner and a 1cm tear, edgewear right hand bottom side with a 1cm tear and .5cm tear and small paper loss. Edgewear left hand side towards the bottom and a little paper dent right hand side top half. This poster is currently stored flat but will be rolled and carefully packed and shipped in a cylinder. This is an authentic Australian daybill movie poster from the late 1960s, offering excellent display appeal while retaining genuine signs of age that confirm its originality and Vietnam War era provenance.
Movie Synopsis
Released in 1969, Alice’s Restaurant is a countercultural classic that perfectly captures the spirit, humour and political unease of late-1960s America. Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Arthur Penn, the film is a loose, episodic adaptation of Arlo Guthrie’s iconic 18-minute folk song, “Alice’s Restaurant Massacree”, which had already become an underground anthem for the anti-war movement before the film went into production.
The story follows Arlo Guthrie, playing a semi-fictionalised version of himself, as a drifting, guitar-carrying young man navigating life, love and social expectations during the height of the Vietnam War. After a minor run-in with the law on Thanksgiving, Arlo finds that a seemingly trivial incident snowballs into serious consequences when he faces the military draft. Rather than a traditional plot-driven narrative, the film unfolds as a series of encounters and observations, reflecting the aimlessness and quiet rebellion of a generation questioning authority.
Much of the film is set around the welcoming church-turned-commune run by Alice Brock and Ray Brock, portrayed by Pat Quinn and James Broderick. Their communal home becomes a refuge for musicians, misfits and free thinkers, embodying the era’s ideals of shared living, creativity and resistance to conventional values. Penn’s direction favours a naturalistic, almost documentary style, allowing conversations to wander and moments to breathe, which gives the film an authenticity rarely seen in studio productions of the time.
Alice’s Restaurant (1969) stands out as both a comedy and a social document, blending gentle satire with pointed criticism of bureaucracy, conformity and the draft system. The film’s soundtrack, featuring Guthrie’s folk music, reinforces its emotional core and cultural impact. Interestingly, many scenes were shot in real locations connected to the true story, further blurring the line between fact and fiction. Today, the film is widely regarded as a significant piece of American counterculture cinema and a powerful reflection of the Vietnam War era.
To find out more about Alice's Restaurant (1969) click here to go to IMDB.com.
Special Notes
Images may have a small 'MPA' digital watermark and this does not appear on the poster. Posters are being held by magnets in the corners to take photographs, so you may see some magnet and shadows from the magnets in these areas. The magnets are not included in the sale of the item.
Postage, Insurance & Your Country Taxes
Postage costs are quoted for this item, include insurance up to AUD$100, but if you reside outside of Australia, the price does not include any import taxes/fees that you may be required to pay when the item reaches your borders. Please check with your local authorities for any additional taxes or fees. If you would like full insurance coverage for your purchase, please message me and I would be happy to quote the additional cost (estimate is AUD$2.50 p/AUD$100 or 2.5% of the item value, up to a maximum item value of AUD$5,000).
FAQ
At Movie Posters Australia, the love and conservation of movie posters comes first, and we like to share this passion. Our commitment to quality means we will provide high quality memorabilia to our customers. Posters are carefully chosen and authenticated to ensure originality and value. We want our customers to trust MPA, so we always try to be as open and transparent as we can, provide detailed condition information and images, to ensure customers are comfortable and confident in their purchase.
While the industry does have a few condition rating standards, there is no movie poster condition rating system that has become the accepted standard world wide. This unfortunately makes condition terms vary from movie poster dealer to movie poster dealer. Terms like Mint, Near Mint, Very Fine, Fine, Very Good, Good, Fair, Poor, seem to be universal to most condition rating standards, but most standards still lack definition about what and how many flaws/defects/damage defines a specific condition level. For more information on how Movie Posters Australia grades the condition of its movie posters, daybills, lobby cards and other ephemera please see out Movie Poster Condition and Grading page.
In the early days of cinema, posters were primarily hand-drawn and printed in various sizes, often tailored to fit the available space in theaters or promotional areas. In the United States, the "One Sheet" size (some times called '1 Sheet' or '1SH' approximately 27" x 41", became the standard during the 1930s. This size was manageable for theater display and suited the needs of a growing film industry.
Different countries developed their own poster sizes and styles, which also changed sometimes over the decades, and were influenced by local preferences and practical considerations, like available paper sheet sizes and how many posters could be printed on one sheet.
In Australia, the most popular size, the Daybill, has evolved over the decades. Australian Daybills sizes in chronological order are:
- Long Daybills (15" x 40"), from 1920's to pre-WW2 or pre-1941, were printed two to a sheet, longer than current Daybill versions. There were size variances in width from 14.5" to 15" and in height from 39.5" to 40".
- War Time Daybill (10" x 30"), during WW2, for a short time to conserve paper during a war time shortage, four Daybills were printed on one sheet. Information from Press Sheets also referred to these War-Time sizes as "New Size Daybills".
- Post-War Daybill (13" x 30"), this 13" x 30" Post-War size carried through until the 1980's, but also varied in size from 13"-14" x 29.75"-30.25".
- Post-80's Daybill (33cm x 66cm, or 13" x 26"), over a few years in the late 80's, the size changed again to a metric 33cm x 66cm, although these have also varied from 32-33cm x 64.5-66cm. New sizes from the late 80's were created, sometimes called a Mini Daybill or Mini Poster, in 9" x 12", 11" x 17" and 13" x 20".
In the UK, the somewhat unique 'Quad' poster, measuring 30" x 40", became popular, offering a larger landscape format that allowed for more elaborate designs.
In Japan, movie poster sizes were smaller, such as the "B2" (20" x 28"), which suited the more compact living environment of larger cities, smaller advertising spaces, and unique aesthetic sensibilities.
The 1970s and 1980s, witnessed the rise of the "six-sheet" (81" x 81") format, reflecting a trend towards larger and more visually impactful advertising.
Overall, the variation in movie poster sizes across different countries and decades highlights the interplay between technological printing advancements, paper resource availability, paper sheet size changes, cultural preferences, and the evolving nature of movie marketing.
At Movie Posters Australia we tag each poster we sell with a 'size' and 'condition' description at the very top of the page for our customers to easily see. There may however be some slight variations to sizes by up one inch due to variations in production and guillotine methods by printers over the decades.