BB17-040 — ANYONE CAN PLAY
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YEAR: 1967 — international release also commonly catalogued as 1968
ORIGINAL TITLE: Le Dolci Signore
FILM STUDIO / PRODUCTION: Documento Film / Paramount Pictures TAGLINE: “Four of the Screen’s Most Beautiful Women in One of the Screen’s Most Provocative Films!”
DIRECTOR: Luigi Zampa
CAST: Ursula Andress, Virna Lisi, Claudine Auger, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Frank Wolff, Lando Buzzanca, Mario Adorf, Marisa Mell MUSIC: Armando Trovajoli
GENRE: Comedy / Italian Comedy
POSTER PRINTER: Robert Burton Pty. Ltd.
FORMAT: Australian Daybill

The film was an Italian production directed by Luigi Zampa and released internationally by Paramount. It is particularly notable for bringing together Ursula Andress and Claudine Auger — two major Bond women of the 1960s — alongside Virna Lisi and Marisa Mell.

POSTER DESIGN FEATURES: A particularly attractive late-1960s Australian Daybill dominated by four colourful illustrated portraits of the film's female stars, each presented in a separate red-bordered panel. The artwork uses strong red, blue, yellow and green tones, with the title Anyone Can Play displayed dramatically against a deep blue lower panel. Ursula Andress receives prominent top billing, while the Australian “Suitable Only for Adults” classification adds further period character.

COLLECTOR'S NOTE: This Daybill has stronger crossover collector appeal than the film title alone suggests. Ursula Andress became one of cinema's most recognisable Bond women as Honey Ryder in Dr. No, while Claudine Auger played Domino in Thunderball. Virna Lisi and Marisa Mell add further European cinema interest. Importantly for poster collectors, all four women are actually illustrated prominently on this Australian artwork rather than merely appearing in the credits.