John Richardson Movie Poster Artist
John Richardson was a printer and illustrator and founded The Richardson Studio in the early 1920s. His studio produced the artwork for Paramount daybill movie posters from the early 1920s to the late 50s with a very distinctive and striking style that was quite unique.
John Richardson's signature appears on just a small group of daybills printed in 1923 and 1924 but it is likely that he would have provided the artwork for a great many posters that would have been unsigned over a forty year period. The signed Richardson Studio posters are among the most sought after of all Australian posters. Sadly, little is known about John Richardson but if you do have any information about the Richardson Studio please email me. The posters in this Exhibition are truly amongst the rarest of the rare.
ALL THE BROTHERS WERE VALIANT 1923 Australian Daybill
Directed by Irvin Willat. With Malcolm McGregor, Billie Dove, Lon Chaney, William Orlamond.
Signed by John Richardson
ALL THE BROTHERS WERE VALIANT 1923 Australian Daybill (Detailed Image)
Directed by Irvin Willat. With Malcolm McGregor, Billie Dove, Lon Chaney, William Orlamond.
Signed by John Richardson
DIE FLAMME aka THE FLAME aka MONTMARTRE 1923 Australian Daybill Movie Poster
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Writers: Hanns Kräly, Hans Müller (play)
Stars: Pola Negri, Hermann Thimig, Alfred Abel
Image Courtesy of Kevin Brianton
Signed by John Richardson
FASHION ROW 1923 Australian Daybill
Directed by Robert Z. Leonard. With Mae Murray, Earle Foxe, Freeman Wood, Mathilde Brundage.
Signed by John Richardson
FASHION ROW 1923 Australian Daybill Movie poster (Detailed Image)
Directed by Robert Z. Leonard. With Mae Murray, Earle Foxe, Freeman Wood, Mathilde Brundage.
Signed by John Richardson
FLAMING BARRIERS 1924 Australian Daybill Movie poster
Directed by George Melford. With Jacqueline Logan, Antonio Moreno, Walter Hiers, Charles Ogle.
Signed by John Richardson
Image Courtesy of Vesna Babic
FLAMING BARRIERS 1924 Australian Daybill Movie poster (Detailed Image)
Directed by George Melford. With Jacqueline Logan, Antonio Moreno, Walter Hiers, Charles Ogle.
Signed by John Richardson
Image Courtesy of Vesna Babic
HALF-A-DOLLAR-BILL 1924 Australian Daybill
Directed by W.S. Van Dyke. With Anna Q. Nilsson, William P. Carleton, Raymond Hatton, Mitchell Lewis.
Signed by John Richardson
HALF-A-DOLLAR-BILL 1924 Australian Daybill (Detailed Image)
Directed by W.S. Van Dyke. With Anna Q. Nilsson, William P. Carleton, Raymond Hatton, Mitchell Lewis.
Signed by John Richardson
HEARTS AFLAME 1923 Australian Daybill
Directed by Reginald Barker. With Frank Keenan, Anna Q. Nilsson, Craig Ward, Richard Headrick.
Signed by John Richardson
HELD TO ANSWER 1923 Australian Daybill Movie Poster
Directed by Harold M. Shaw. With House Peters, Grace Carlyle, John St. Polis, Evelyn Brent.
Signed by John Richardson
HELD TO ANSWER 1923 Australian Daybill Movie Poster (Detailed Image)
Directed by Harold M. Shaw. With House Peters, Grace Carlyle, John St. Polis, Evelyn Brent.
Signed by John Richardson
HOMEWARD BOUND 1923 Australian Daybill Movie Poster
Directed by Ralph Ince. With Thomas Meighan, Lila Lee, Charles S. Abbe, William P. Carleton.
Signed by John Richardson
ICEBOUND 1924 Australian Daybill Movie Poster
Director: William C. de Mille
Writers: Clara Beranger, Owen Davis (play)
Stars: Richard Dix, Lois Wilson, Helen Dubois
Signed by John Richardson
ICEBOUND 1924 Australian Daybill Movie Poster (Detailed image)
Director: William C. de Mille
Writers: Clara Beranger, Owen Davis (play)
Stars: Richard Dix, Lois Wilson, Helen Dubois
Signed by John Richardson
LONG LIVE THE KING 1923 Australian Daybill Movie Poster
Director: Victor Schertzinger Writers: Mary Roberts Rinehart (book), C. Gardner Sullivan (adaptation)
Stars: Jackie Coogan, Rosemary Theby, Ruth Renick
Image Courtesy of Vesna Babic
Signed by John Richardson
LONG LIVE THE KING 1923 Australian Daybill Movie Poster (Detailed Image)
Director: Victor Schertzinger Writers: Mary Roberts Rinehart (book), C. Gardner Sullivan (adaptation)
Stars: Jackie Coogan, Rosemary Theby, Ruth Renick
Image Courtesy of Vesna Babic
Signed by John Richardson
PIED PIPER MALONE 1924 Australian Daybill Movie Poster
Director: Alfred E. Green Writers: Thomas J. Geraghty (screenplay) (as Tom Geraghty) , Thomas J. Geraghty (titles) (as Tom Geraghty)
Stars: Thomas Meighan, Lois Wilson, Emma Dunn
Signed by John Richardson
PIED PIPER MALONE 1924 Australian Daybill Movie Poster (Detailed Image)
Director: Alfred E. Green Writers: Thomas J. Geraghty (screenplay) (as Tom Geraghty) , Thomas J. Geraghty (titles) (as Tom Geraghty)
Stars: Thomas Meighan, Lois Wilson, Emma Dunn
Signed by John Richardson
SALOMY JANE 1923 Australian Daybill Movie Poster
Directed by George Melford. With Jacqueline Logan, George Fawcett, Maurice 'Lefty' Flynn, William B. Davidson.
Signed by John Richardson
SALOMY JANE 1923 Australian Daybill Movie Poster (Detailed image)
Directed by George Melford. With Jacqueline Logan, George Fawcett, Maurice 'Lefty' Flynn, William B. Davidson.
Signed by John Richardson
SCARAMOUCHE 1923 Australian Daybill Movie Poster Style "A"
SCARAMOUCHE 1923 Australian Daybill Movie Poster Style "A"
Director: Rex Ingram Writers: Rafael Sabatini (by), Willis Goldbeck (scenario) Stars: Lloyd Ingraham, Alice Terry, Ramon Novarro
Image Courtesy of Vesna Babic
Signed by John Richardson
SCARAMOUCHE 1923 Australian Daybill Movie Poster Style "A" (Detailed image)
SCARAMOUCHE 1923 Australian Daybill Movie Poster Style "A"
Director: Rex Ingram Writers: Rafael Sabatini (by), Willis Goldbeck (scenario) Stars: Lloyd Ingraham, Alice Terry, Ramon Novarro
Image Courtesy of Vesna Babic
Signed by John Richardson
SCARAMOUCHE 1923 Australian Daybill Movie Poster Style "B"
SCARAMOUCHE 1923 Australian Daybill Movie Poster Style "A"
Director: Rex Ingram Writers: Rafael Sabatini (by), Willis Goldbeck (scenario) Stars: Lloyd Ingraham, Alice Terry, Ramon Novarro
Image Courtesy of Vesna Babic
Signed by John Richardson