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Richardson Studio was founded by John Richardson in the early 1920s. He had been a poster artist prior to this and had produced the artwork for a number of posters for silent films during this era.
In the very early 20s posters produced by Richardson Studio would carry a tag at the bottom of the poster “Drawn […]
Australian daybill is the term that is used for posters that were produced exclusively for the original Australian release of films.
The majority of daybills issued during this period measured approximately 13″ x 30″ in a similar format to the US insert. 3 daybills were generally printed from one production sheet of paper. The exception was […]
Some Australian daybills were printed in a 10″ x 30″ format during a portion of the war years from approximately 1941- approximately 1945. The commonly accepted anecdotal reason for this is that there was a paper shortage during these years and the narrow format allowed an additional
daybill to be printed from one 40″ x 30″ […]
Australian daybills from this era measured approximately 15″ x 40″ and are commonly known as “long daybills”. Two posters were generally printed from one sheet of paper using either the hand litho process (see my guide on daybills 1960-2006 for more information on the hand litho technique) or stone litho process. Many pre 1941 daybills […]
From the 1940s to 1960s most Australian movie posters were produced with far more human involvement/assistance than other techniques therefore daybills from this era are often referred to as “hand litho”. This unique process is recognisable by its rich texture of colour and subtle tones.
To view Australian “hand litho” movie posters go to http://www.aussieposters.com/
“Hand lithos” […]
Richardson Studio AUSTRALIAN daybills are among the most highly sought daybills and one of the few movie posters that are collected as much for their art as for the movie they advertised.
The daybills designed by Richardson Studio provided a consistency of style and fine use of both the earlier stone litho and later hand-litho printing […]