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Australian Photoplay Company
The Australian Photo-Play Company was a short-lived but highly productive Australian film production company which operated from 1911 to 1912. Establishment Stanley Crick, who was Pathe Freres manager in Australia, and Herbert Finlay had enjoyed success producing a series of Australian films directed by John Gavin (director), John Gavin. They decided to establish the Australian Photo-Play Company in June 1911 under the management of Crick with capital of £20,000. (Gavin later claimed it was his idea to form the company.) It was stated in the initial prospectus the aim of the company was to purchase Crick and Finlay's film manufacturing business. The initial directors of the company Philip Lytton, Stanley Crick, Dr Sherlock Mason, Arthur Upjohn, and Douglas Selkirk. The company decided to erect two studios for film production – "one capable of producing large spectacular productions, and another smaller interior productions." A studio was built in Summer Hill, New South Wales ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanley Crick
Stanley Sadler Crick (9 October 1888 – 1955) was an Australian film producer, distributor and politician. He joined the Melbourne office of Pathe Freres and became manager of the Sydney branch in 1909. He went into production, first in partnership with Herbert Finlay then helping establish the Australian Photo-Play Company. When that ended in 1912 he went into distribution as managing director of the express Film Service and in 1914 became partner of John C. Jones in another distribution service. He managed Fox Film Corporation's Australian operation from 1919 to 1938, during that time also serving as a chairman of director of Hoyts Theatres. He was an opponent of quotas for Australian films. He worked as an alderman on the Sydney City Council from 1935 and served as Lord Mayor of Sydney from 1940 to 1942.Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, ''Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production'', Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 13 Selected filmography *''Ben Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
