Edward John Carroll (28 June 1874 - 28 July 1931), better known as E.J. Carroll, was an Australian theatre and film entrepreneur. He produced several films of
Snowy Baker
Reginald Leslie "Snowy" Baker (8 February 18842 December 1953) was an Australian athlete, sports promoter, and actor. Born in Surry Hills, an inner-city suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Baker excelled at a number of sports, winning New Sout ...
and
Raymond Longford and helped establish Birch, Carroll and Coyle. Difficulties in securing international distribution for his films turned him away from production towards exhibition.
"The National Ideal" ''The Register (Adelaide)'' 22 Nov 1927: 13
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He was a partner, with his brother Daniel Joseph "Dan" Carroll (1886–1959) and Harry G. Musgrove (died 1951) in the Carroll-Musgrove partnership which, with financial assistance from George Marlow
George Marlow (24 September 1876 – 21 May 1939) (born Joseph Marks) was an Australian theatrical entrepreneur born in London of Jewish extraction, noted for bringing melodrama and pantomime to Sydney audiences in the early 1900s. His name has b ...
, founded the magnificent Prince Edward Theatre on Castlereagh Street, Sydney.
Filmography
*'' For the Term of His Natural Life'' (1908) - producer
*'' The Sentimental Bloke'' (1919) - distributor
*'' On Our Selection'' (1920) - producer
*''The Man from Kangaroo
The Man from Kangaroo is a 1920 Australian silent film starring renowned Australian sportsman Snowy Baker. It was the first of several films he made with the husband and wife team of director Wilfred Lucas and writer Bess Meredyth, both of whom ...
'' (1920) - producer
*''The Jackeroo of Coolabong
''The Jackeroo of Coolabong'' is a 1920 Australian silent film starring renowned Australian sportsman Snowy Baker. It was the last of three films he made with the husband and wife team of director Wilfred Lucas and writer Bess Meredyth, both of ...
'' (1920) - producer
*'' Ginger Mick'' (1920) - producer
*''The Shadow of Lightning Ridge
''The Shadow of Lightning Ridge'' is a 1920 Australian silent film starring renowned Australian sportsman Snowy Baker. It has been called the most "Western"-like of the films Baker made in Australia.
It is now considered a lost film.
Charles ...
'' (1921) - producer
*''The Blue Mountains Mystery
''The Blue Mountains Mystery'' is a lost 1921 Australian silent film directed by Raymond Longford and co-directed by Lottie Lyell.
The film was derived from the 1919 novel '' The Mount Marunga Mystery'' by Harrison Owen. It is considered a los ...
'' (1921) - producer
References
External links
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E.J. Carroll
at Australian Dictionary of Biography
The ''Australian Dictionary of Biography'' (ADB or AuDB) is a national co-operative enterprise founded and maintained by the Australian National University (ANU) to produce authoritative biographical articles on eminent people in Australia's ...
E. J. Carroll
Biography at Australian Variety Theatre Archive
E.J. Carroll
at 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 co ...
Australian film producers
1874 births
1931 deaths
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