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Australasian Films
Australasian Films, full name Union Theatres and Australasian Films, was an Australian film distribution and production company formed in 1913 that was wound up in the 1930s to merge into Greater Union. The Union Theatres and Australasian Films dominated cinema in Australia in the 1910s and 1920s. Origins In 1912, West's Pictures merged into Amalgamated Pictures, and then Amalgamated Pictures merged with Spencer's Pictures to create the General Film Company of Australasia. The following year this company combined with the Greater JD Williams Amusement Co, a large exhibition and film supply outfit, to create Union Theatres and Australasian Films. The company had a capital of £300,000; its first directors included William Gibson and Charles Cozens Spencer. Feature Production Spencer encouraged Australasian to enter feature production with the 1914 silent film ''The Shepherd of the Southern Cross'' but the film was not a success at the box office and Spencer was forced out of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greater Union
Greater Union Organisation Pty Ltd, trading as Event Cinemas, Greater Union, GU Film House, Moonlight Cinema and Birch Carroll & Coyle (BCC Cinemas), is the largest movie exhibitor in Australia and New Zealand, with over 140 Multiplex (movie theater), cinema complexes currently operating worldwide. The Greater Union Organisation is a subsidiary of the Australian Stock Exchange, ASX-listed Event Hospitality and Entertainment, a corporation that owns and operates brands in the entertainment, hospitality and leisure sectors, mainly within Australasia. History The Event Cinemas cinema chain has had a great impact on the Australian culture and cinema of Australia, film industry, and has a history of mergers and acquisitions and liquidations that span over a century. Early 20th century From 1906 to 1911, during Silent film, the silent era, Australia was the most prolific producer of feature films in the world, a period which included the creation of the first feature-length film Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mercury (Hobart)
''The'' ''Mercury'' is a daily newspaper, published in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, by Davies Brothers Pty Ltd (DBL), a subsidiary of News Corp Australia, itself a subsidiary of News Corp. The weekend issues of the paper are called ''Mercury on Saturday '' and ''Sunday Tasmanian''. The current editor of ''The'' ''Mercury'' is Craig Warhurst. History The newspaper was started on 5 July 1854 by George Auber Jones and John Davies. Two months subsequently (13 September 1854) John Davies became the sole owner. It was then published twice weekly and known as the ''Hobarton Mercury''. It rapidly expanded, absorbing its rivals, and became a daily newspaper in 1858 under the lengthy title ''The Hobart Town Daily Mercury''. In 1860 the masthead was reduced to ''The Mercury'' and in 2006 it was further shortened to simply ''Mercury''. With the imminent demise of the ( Launceston) ''Daily Telegraph'', ''The Mercury'', from March 1928, used the opportunity to increase their penetration th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IMDb
IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, plot summaries, trivia, ratings, and fan and critical reviews. IMDb began as a fan-operated movie database on the Usenet group "rec.arts.movies" in 1990, and moved to the Web in 1993. It is now owned and operated by IMDb.com, Inc., a subsidiary of Amazon. the database contained some million titles (including television episodes) and million person records. Additionally, the site had 83 million registered users. The site's message boards were disabled in February 2017. Features The title and talent ''pages'' of IMDb are accessible to all users, but only registered and logged-in users can submit new material and suggest edits to existing entries. Most of the site's data has been provided by these volunteers. Registered users with a prov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cinema In Australia
The cinema of Australia had its beginnings with the 1906 production of ''The Story of the Kelly Gang'', arguably the world's first feature film. Since then, Australian crews have produced many films, a number of which have received international recognition. Many actors and filmmakers with international reputations started their careers in Australian films, and many of these have established lucrative careers in larger film-producing centres such as the United States. Commercially successful Australian films include: ''Crocodile Dundee'', George Miller's '' Mad Max: Fury Road'', Baz Luhrmann's ''Moulin Rouge!'', and Chris Noonan's ''Babe''. Award-winning productions include ''Picnic at Hanging Rock'', ''Gallipoli'', ''The Tracker'', ''Shine'' and ''Ten Canoes''. Australian actors of renown include Errol Flynn, Peter Finch, Rod Taylor, Paul Hogan, Jack Thompson, Bryan Brown, Judy Davis, Jacki Weaver, Geoffrey Rush, Hugo Weaving, Eric Bana, Guy Pearce, Hugh Jackman, C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
That's Cricket
''That's Cricket'' is a 1931 Australian featurette from director Ken G. Hall about the game of cricket and its importance to the British Empire. It features appearances from some of Australia's top cricketers of the day and footage of the Australian cricket team in England in 1930. Cast * Lionel Lunn * Don Bradman *Clarrie Grimmett *Clem Hill *Alan Kippax * Stan McCabe * William Oldfield *Bill Ponsford *Bill Woodfull References External linksCricket''in the Internet Movie Database''That's Cricket''at National Film and Sound Archive''That's Cricket''at Australian Screen Online The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA), known as ScreenSound Australia from 1999 to 2004, is Australia's audiovisual archive, responsible for developing, preserving, maintaining, promoting and providing access to a national c ... 1931 films Films directed by Ken G. Hall Australian black-and-white films Featurettes Cricket films 1930s Australian films 1930s English-langu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Grey Glove
''The Grey Glove'' is a 1928 Australian silent film A silent film is a film with no synchronized Sound recording and reproduction, recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) ... based on a newspaper serial by E. V. Timms. Synopsis An amateur detective, John Courtney, tries to catch a mysterious criminal who always leaves a grey glove behind. Together with his fiancée Margaret he uncovers the work of a foreign spy. Cast *Aubrey Kelner as John Courtney *Val Lassau as Margaret Trent *Phyllis Wheldon as Pauline Hemingway *Charles O'Mara as Inspector Drew *William Thornton as Charlie James *Claude Turton as Simpson *George Ames as Peterson *Carl Francis as Seton Carr *James Alexander as Perry Production The film was shot at Australasian's Bondi studios. It appears to have been shot prior to August 1926. References External links *''The Grey Glove''at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hills Of Hate (1926 Film)
''Hills of Hate'' is a 1926 Australian silent film directed by Raymond Longford, based on the debut novel by E. V. Timms, who also did the screenplay. It is considered a lost film. Synopsis A feud exists between two outback families, the Blakes and the Ridgeways, caused by Sam Ridgeway having married a woman Jim Blake was in love with. The feud goes on for over thirty years. Blake's eldest son, also called Jim (Gordon Collingridge) returns from being away for ten years and falls in love with Ridgeway's daughter Ellen ( Dorothy Gordon). Matters are complicated by Sam Ridgeway's villainous overseer, Cummins (Big Bill Wilson). Cast *Dorothy Gordon as Ellen Ridgeway *Gordon Collingridge as Jim Blake *Big Bill Wilson as Black Joe Cummins *Clifford Toone as Jim Blake Snr *Kathleen Wilson as Peggy Blake *Stanley Lonsdale as Stanley Ridgeway Original Novel E. V. Timms' original novel was published in 1925. The ''Bulletin'' called it "A virile Australian story, though rough-cu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tall Timber (1926 Film)
''Tall Timber'' is a 1926 Australian silent film about a rich man who flees the city and works in a timber mill. It is considered a lost film. In 1937, Cinesound Productions, the company that followed Australasian Films under the Greater Union banner, made a movie set in the timber industry called '' Tall Timbers''. It was directed by Ken G. Hall who claimed he had never seen the 1926 ''Tall Timber''. Synopsis Jack Maxwell, son of a wealthy stockbroker, is disowned by his father after a raucous party, and goes to work at a mill in the North Coast timber district owned by his friend Dick Desmond. He falls in love with Betty Manning, the daughter of the widow who cooks for the workers, and clashes with Steve Black, the ganger of the mill who is behind a spate of timber robberies, who also loves Betty. A sundowner arrives in camp and shoots Steve in revenge for seducing the sundowner's wife years ago. He also reveals Steve has been blackmailing Dick's father for a murder for whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Pioneers (1926 Film)
''The Pioneers'' is a 1926 Australian silent film directed by Raymond Longford. The script had been written by Lottie Lyell but she had died by the time filming started. It was considered a lost film but some surviving footage from it has recently emerged. Synopsis The story of a Scottish settler and his wife, Donald and Mary Cameron, who live in the Gippsland bush, with their son David. They adopt the daughter of an ex-convict and raise him as their own. The daughter and David Cameron fall in love, but she marries another man. Cast *Virginia Beresford *William Thornton as David Cameron *Robert Purdie as Donald Cameron *Connie Martyn as Mary Cameron *Augustus Neville *George Chalmers *W. Dummitt *'Big' Bill Wilson *Sydney Hackett *Phyllis Culbert Production Katharine Susannah Prichard's novel had won a £1,000 prize in 1915 and had previously been filmed by Franklyn Barrett in 1916. It was directed by Raymond Longford who in September 1925 had accepted a position of director ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunrise (1926 Film)
''Sunrise'' is a 1927 Australian silent film co-directed by Raymond Longford, who took over during filming. It was the second film from Australasian Films following their recommencement of production, after ''Painted Daughters''. It is considered a lost film. Plot George Willis loses his unfaithful wife in a rock fall and takes to the bush. He rescues a girl, Hope Stuart, from a flood and nurses her back to health. When he brings her back to her father he discovers that an old enemy, Arthur Greerson, has accused him of murder. Greerson is injured in a mining accident and after George rescues him, Greerson admits he has lied. George returns to his life as a recluse in the mountains, followed by Hope. Cast *Phyllis du Barry as Hope Stuart *Robert Travers as George Willis *Zara Clinton as Elsa Willis *Harry Hodson as Old Ben * Charles Villiers *Dunstan Webb as Arthur Greerson *Dick Thonton Production The film was shot on location at the Avon Dam near Bargo with interiors at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cupid Camouflaged
''Cupid Camouflaged'' is a 1918 Australian silent film directed by Alfred Rolfe. It is a high society melodrama. The film was made to aid fund raising for the Red Cross. It is considered a lost film. Plot Rosita Manners (Rosamund Lumsdaine) falls in love with Tony (Captain Saltmarshe) and become engaged on a picnic at Port Hacking. Rosita's mother (Mrs T. H. Kelly) wants her daughter to marry Valentine Loring (J.B.N. Osborne), who she believes is of noble blood. Tony and Rosita elope, so Rosita's mother tries to marry Valentine herself – until she discovers he is not from nobility, just a dress designer. Cast * Mrs. T. H. Kelly as Mrs Manners * Miss Rosamund Lumsdaine as Rosita Manners * Miss Madge Hardy as Althea Gardner * Mr. James Osborne as Valentine Loring * Captain Saltmarsh, A.D.C. as Tony Martin * Mr. J. L. Maude as Charles Leslie * Col. and Mrs. Macarthur Onslow * Captain and Mrs. Glossop * Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Allen * Miss Edith Walker * Miss Barbara Bowker * M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia Prepared
''Australia Prepared'' is a 1916 Australian documentary film to show the country's preparation for World War I. It was inspired by the British propaganda film ''Britain Prepared'' (1915) and was commissioned by Senator George Pearce. Filming took several months. Unlike many Australian silent movies, a copy of it survives. References External linksComplete copy of filmat Australian War Memorial''Australia Prepared''at Australian Screen Online The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA), known as ScreenSound Australia from 1999 to 2004, is Australia's audiovisual archive, responsible for developing, preserving, maintaining, promoting and providing access to a national co ... World War I propaganda films Australia in World War I 1916 films Films from Australasian Films Australian silent feature films Australian black-and-white films Australian documentary films 1916 documentary films Silent war films {{WWI-documentary-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
