Poster Exhibition
Many collectors have recently begun to appreciate the artwork of The Richardson Studio founded by John Richardson in the early 20s (my best guess is 1923). Their artwork was produced for Paramount...
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Best start packing away those pennies...Love the RKO stuff too. Only really discovered those daybills a little while back...Ves- "Get three coffins ready...My mistake, four coffins."
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Quote:Dan has prompted me to get the ruler out and more accurately measure my long daybills. The majority that I have are actually around 15 inches wide with some slightly wider and some narrower but,...
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Quote:Love the RKO stuff too. Only really discovered those daybills a little while back... Hi VesnaMaybe an RKO exhibition might be a project for the future. Here is one of the good...
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Hi John,Would love to see an RKO exhibit too...Cry danger is great.Also love Dick vs Gruesome, but my favourite to date is Where Danger Lives...Love it Love it Love it!Ves- "Get three coffins...
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Some of the Tim Holt and Tarzan RKO's are excellent toowww.movimem.com
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John,Im sending a few Richardsons you dont have on your site up your way this afternoon so when Megan has finished the backing feel free to take some photos.That Cry danger is fantastic!When your...
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Many Thanks KerryGlenn Taranto sent me images of his Richard Dix Richardson Studio posters and I have just added them onto the site. A very rare collection of 9 posters for 20s silent films.You can...
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It's . . . . nevermind, I found what I was asking about.Dan Waka - The Vanisher
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Quote:It's . . . . nevermind, I found what I was asking about.No, the correct answer is "both".
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Question...Why didn't the studio ever do one sheets?Were they not widely used until much later???Anyone know?Ves- "Get three coffins ready...My mistake, four coffins."
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Richardson seems to have only done daybills and almost exclusively for Paramount, but not ALL Paramounts.Interestingly, Paramount one sheets art is variable. simply indicating it depended on what...
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I have only ever seen the Richardson Studio logo on daybills. There are some one sheets where the art is quite similar to the daybill but I would guess that the artwork has simply been copied by...
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Even The King was on a Richardson, well several, but as all his early films in particular were run endlessly, daybills are thin on the ground for these films.Phil Edwardswww.cinemarts.com
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Talking about Australian poster sizes earlier, here's what an Australian one sheet looks like before it's trimmed from 30x40 to 27x40.Phil Edwardswww.cinemarts.com
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Phil The King Creole is a fine Richardson Studio poster that is hard to find. I remember the infamous dealer Harry Zac trying to offload one at what now seems a very good price many years ago in...
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Quote:here's what an Australian one sheet looks like before it's trimmed from 30x40 to 27x40.That one certainly has a historical significance. It is a pity that so much information has been lost over...
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He's dreaming.Well, you asked me to!Seriously, there's really precious little done in serious film preservation in Australia of its own cinematic past, let alone preserving posters properly (or even...
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