Rushcutters Bay Studio was an Australian film studio built by

Charles Cozens Spencer Charles Cozens Spencer (12 February 1874 – c. September 1930) was a British-born film exhibitor and producer, who was a significant figure in the early years of the Australian film industry. He produced films under the name Spencer's Pictures a ...

in 1912 at Rushcutters Bay, Sydney. For a number of years it was the leading film studio in Sydney, being the base of operations for

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 d ...

. In 1925 that company built a new studio. In 1933 Cinesound Productions converted the studios into a backup for their main studios at Bondi.

Selected Films Shot at Studio

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Know Thy Child ''Know Thy Child'' is a 1921 Australian silent film directed by Franklyn Barrett. It is considered a lost film. Plot A travelling salesman, Ray Standford (Roland Conway), seduces country girl Sadie McClure ( Vera James) but forgets about her ...

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Prehistoric Hayseeds ''Prehistoric Hayseeds'' is a 1923 Australian film comedy that was written, produced, and directed by Beaumont Smith. It is the sixth in his series about the rural family the Hayseeds and concerns their discovery of a lost tribe. It is considere ...

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The Digger Earl ''The Digger Earl'' is a 1924 Australian film comedy from director Beaumont Smith. The plot is about a typical Australian (Arthur Tauchert) who takes the place of an earl. Only eight minutes of the film survives today.Andrew Pike and Ross Coope ...

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Splendid Fellows ''Splendid Fellows'' is a 1934 Australian film from director Beaumont Smith about an Englishman (Frank Leighton) who comes to Australia. The cast includes Eric Colman, brother of Ronald Colman, and Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, who has a cameo as ...

'' (1934)

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