From the 1910s through to the 1940s
film studios developed their own artwork styles for their movie posters and
used well-known artists and illustrators. The films were black and white but
the studios recognised the attraction of colour in the publicity.
Originally
the posters were produced for the exclusive use by the theatres exhibiting the
film the poster was created for, and the copies of the posters were required to
be returned to the distributor after the film left the theatre. Very few
posters from this period survive because the paper was recycled during the
depression years and WW2.
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| 1913 The Last Days of Pompeii |
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| 1914 Pierre of the Plains |
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| 1914 The Jungle |
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| 1916 Intolerance |
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| 1917 Cleopatra |
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| 1917 The Pinch Hitter |
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| 1917 The Pride of the Clan |
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| 1917 The Regenerates |
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| 1918 Over the Top |
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| 1921 A Private Scandal |
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| 1921 Sham |
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| 1921 The Off-Shore Pirate |
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| 1921 Through the Back Door |
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| 1922 Fair Lady |
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| 1922 French Heels |
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| 1922 Rent Free |
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| 1922 The Face in the Fog |
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| 1923 Black Oxen |
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| 1923 Fury |
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| 1923 Pure Grit |
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| 1923 Rosita |
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| 1923 The Speed King |
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| 1923 Where the North Begins |
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| 1924 40 Horse Hawkins |
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| 1924 A Sainted Devil |
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| 1924 Excitement |
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| 1924 That French Lady |
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| 1924 The Flaming Crisis |
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| 1924 Three Weeks |
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| 1924 White Man |
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| 1924 White Man |
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| 1924 Wine |
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| 1925 Cupid's Victory |
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| 1925 The Half Way Girl |
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| 1926 Mannequin |
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| 1926 The Scarlet Letter |
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| 1926 The Son of the Sheik |
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| 1927 The Gaucho |
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| 1927 Wings |
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| 1928 A Woman of Affairs |
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| 1928 Laugh, Clown, Laugh |
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| 1928 Moran of the Marines |
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| 1928 The Last Command |
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| 1928 The Wedding March |
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| 1928 Three Weekends |
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| 1929 Dangerous Curves |
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| 1929 His First Command |
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| 1929 The Wild Party |
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| 1929 Weary River |
