Goldsworthy Productions was a short lived Australian film production company established by actor
Reg Goldsworthy
Reginald Goldsworthy (1919–1981) was an Australian actor, writer and producer of radio and film. In the late 60s he established Goldsworthy Productions which made a number of movies. He started acting in Adelaide and then moved to Melbourne in t ...
. Head of production was TV producer Warwick Freeman. They made three films directed by American
Eddie Davis using American actors and Australian support cast, crew and finance. American company
Commonwealth United Entertainment
Commonwealth United Entertainment, formerly known as ''Television Enterprises Corporation'' and was also known as Commonwealth United Corporation after its parent corporation, was an American film production and distribution company active to 197 ...
released the films and provided a negative pick up so all the financing was local, done through an insurance and finance company.
[Warwick Freeman, 'Demonstrator - Filmmakers Notes', ''ACMI'', 8 May 2008](_blank)
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They also assisted in the films ''
Squeeze a Flower
''Squeeze a Flower'' is a 1970 Australian comedy film directed by Marc Daniels and starring Walter Chiari.
Plot
Brother George is the only monk at the Italian Monastery who knows the secret recipe of the popular liqueur that is the sole source of ...
'' (1970) and ''
Sidecar Racers
''Sidecar Racers'' is a 1975 Australian film about an Australian motorcycle rider (John Clayton) who teams up with an American surfer ( Ben Murphy) to take part in a motorcycle racing tournament.
Plot
Jeff Rayburn, an American surfer visiting Aus ...
'' (1975).
Select Credits
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It Takes All Kinds'' (1969)
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Color Me Dead
''Color Me Dead'' is a 1969 Australian thriller directed by Eddie Davis, starring American actors Tom Tryon, Carolyn Jones and Rick Jason. It is a remake of the 1950 film ''D.O.A.''. Due to the failure on renewing copyright of ''D.O.A.'', the c ...
'' (1970)
*''
That Lady from Peking
''That Lady from Peking'' is an Australian crime film directed by Eddie Davis and starring Carl Betz, Nancy Kwan and Bobby Rydell. Although shot in 1969 it was not screened commercially until 1975.
It was the last of three films Eddie Davis made ...
'' (1975)
See also
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List of companies of Australia
This is a list of notable companies based in Australia, a country in Oceania. For further information on the types of business entities in this country and their abbreviations, see " Business entities in Australia".
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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 product ...
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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 Ce ...
References
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External links
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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 ...
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IMDb
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Film production companies of Australia