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West's Pictures
West's Pictures was a short-lived Australian film production and exhibition company during the silent era. It was established by English theatrical entrepreneur Thomas James West (1885-1916) who helped turn the company into one of Australia's largest exhibitors. The company also produced a regular newsreel and several narrative films, some made by Franklyn Barrett. Many of their early films were contemporary stories made on a joint writer-technician-director basis.Graham Shirley and Brian Adams, ''Australian Cinema: The First Eighty Years'', Currency Press 1989 p 39 It merged with Australasian Films in 1912, becoming part of the combine that later became the Greater Union organisation. TJ West's film company was often confused in the public mind with that of AJ West's quite separate 'Our Navy' company (incorporated 1902), but there was no connection. However, T.J. West did secure the exclusive right in 1912 to show A.J Wests's 'Our Navy' films in Bournemouth (Bournemouth Graph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
The Mystery Of The Black Pearl
''The Mystery of the Black Pearl'' is a 1912 Australian silent film. A detective drama, It is now considered a lost film A lost film is a feature or short film that no longer exists in any studio archive, private collection, public archive or the U.S. Library of Congress. Conditions During most of the 20th century, U.S. copyright law required at least one copy o .... Cast *Cyril Mackay as Dick Weston *Sydney Stirling as Dudley Segrave *Leonard Willey as Sam Grimm *Charles Lawrence *Joseph Brennan *Irby Marshall References External links * 1912 films Silent Australian drama films Australian black-and-white films Lost Australian films 1912 drama films 1912 lost films Lost drama films Films directed by Franklyn Barrett {{Australia-silent-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Film And Sound Archive
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 collection of film, television, sound, radio, video games, new media, and related documents and artefacts. The collection ranges from works created in the late nineteenth century when the recorded sound and film industries were in their infancy, to those made in the present day. The NFSA collection first started as the National Historical Film and Speaking Record Library (within the then Commonwealth National Library) in 1935, becoming an independent cultural organisation in 1984. On 3 October, Prime Minister Bob Hawke officially opened the NFSA's headquarters in Canberra. History of the organisation The work of the Archive can be officially dated to the establishment of the National Historical Film and Speaking Record Library (part of t ... [...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] |
List Of Television Production Companies
This is a list of television production companies, sorted by country. Australia Egypt * Studio Misr * Lotus Film Production * Ramses Naguib * Salah Zulfikar Films * Mary Queeny Films * Egyptian Media Production City * Dollar Film * New Century Production France * Luminar Productions India * Balaji Telefilms *Gahlaut Entertainment Private Limited *Movement Creations LLP * Prag News *Rashmi Sharma Telefilms *Triangle Film Company * StarPlus * Sun Pictures *Magic Moments Motion Pictures *Vaishnavi Production House * Essel Group Netherlands * Endemol Shine Group * Endemol New Zealand Thailand *BEC-TERO *GMMTV *GMM Bravo *JSL Global Media *Kantana Group *TV Thunder *Workpoint Entertainment *ZENSE Entertainment United Kingdom * Warner Bros. Television Productions UK * AJK TV * Aardman Animations * BBC Studios * BBC Television * Bigg Boss international * Broken Flames Productions * Candid Broads Productions * Fremantle * HIT Entertainment * ITV Studios * Ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Film Production Companies
This is a list of film production and distribution companies. A production company may specialize in producing their in-house films or own subsidiary development companies. Major production companies often distribute films from independent production companies. This list includes both active and no longer active (defunct) companies. Active production companies are either run by themselves or as a subsidiary. Film studios also create television programs for broadcast syndication. Notable production companies See also * Film producer * List of animation studios * List of documentary films * List of film and television directors * List of television production companies * Lists of actors * Lists of films * Major film studio References {{DEFAULTSORT:Film Production Companies * Production Companies A production company, production house, production studio, or a production team is a studio that creates works in the fields of performing arts, new media art, film, televisio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Silent Witness (1912 Film)
''A Silent Witness'' is a 1912 Australian silent film directed by Franklyn Barrett. It is considered a lost film A lost film is a feature or short film that no longer exists in any studio archive, private collection, public archive or the U.S. Library of Congress. Conditions During most of the 20th century, U.S. copyright law required at least one copy o .... It was a drama set in Sydney with Cyril Mackay as the hero. Barrett later claimed this detective drama was the first production in which he had a "free hand".Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, ''Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production'', Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p35 Cast *Cyril Mackay *Irby Marshall *Charles Lawrence *Sydney Stirling *Leonard Willey *George Bryant *Loris Brown References External links * 1912 films Australian drama short films Australian silent short films Australian black-and-white films 1912 drama films Lost Australian films 1912 lost films Lost drama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Eleventh Hour (1912 Film)
''The Eleventh Hour'' is a 1912 Australian silent film. It is considered a lost film A lost film is a feature or short film that no longer exists in any studio archive, private collection, public archive or the U.S. Library of Congress. Conditions During most of the 20th century, U.S. copyright law required at least one copy o .... Plot The script is based on a play "showing the adventures and vicissitudes in the life of a Girl Telegraphist". The action consisted of four acts: *Act 1 – 'Pangs of Jealousy' *Act 2 – 'Bad Blood' *Act 3 – 'The Distress Call' *Act 4 – 'The Eleventh Hour' Cast *Cyril Mackay *Sidney Stirling *Leonard Willey *Charles Lawrence *Loris Brown *Irby Marshall Release The film was shot in Sydney and released in that city in 1912. It screened in London in September 1913 under the title Saved by Telegram. The critic from ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' said that "the story is a thrilling one, whilst the cinematographic work of Mr. Franklyn Barrett, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Strangler's Grip
''The Strangler's Grip'' is a 1912 Australian silent film shot by Franklyn Barrett. It is considered a lost film. Plot The movie featured a "furious motor ride in the night" Cast *Sidney Stirling as Squatter John Dalton *Cyril Mackay as his friend Frank Wood *Leonard Willey as Mike Logan, the tramp *Chas Laurence as Old Simon, John's Butler *Master Willey as Bill Dalton, John's Son *Irby Marshall as Maurice Dalton, John's wife Production It is likely that the film was directed jointly by the three lead actors, Sydney Stirling, Cyril Mackay and Leonard Willey. It was the first of four movies they made for West's Pictures in 1912. Cyril Mackay (d. 1923) was a London stage actor brought out to Australian by J.C. Williamson in 1906.Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, ''Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production'', Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 31 Reception The film was described as being a "splendid draw" with the public. It was likely the first thrill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1914 - 1917)
This year saw the beginning of what became known as World War I, after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austrian throne was Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip. It also saw the first airline to provide scheduled regular commercial passenger services with heavier-than-air aircraft, with the St. Petersburg–Tampa Airboat Line. Events January * January 1 – The St. Petersburg–Tampa Airboat Line in the United States starts services between St. Petersburg, Florida, St. Petersburg and Tampa, Florida, becoming the first airline to provide scheduled regular commercial passenger services with heavier-than-air aircraft, with Tony Jannus (the first federally-licensed pilot) conveying passengers in a Benoist XIV flying boat. Abram C. Pheil, mayor of St. Petersburg, is the first airline passenger, and over 3,000 people witness the first departure. * January 11 – The Sakurajima volcano in Japan b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
