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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
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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
Herbert Finlay was an Australian producer, photographer and exhibitor. He initially worked in films as a photographer and exhibitor of news items in Melbourne in the late 1890s. He helped tour ''The Story of the Kelly Gang'' (1907) and joined Path ...
then helping establish the Australian Photo-Play 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 ...
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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
The Right Honourable the Lord Mayor of Sydney is the head of the Council of the City of Sydney, which is the local government area covering the central business district of Sydney in the State of New South Wales, Australia. The Lord Mayor has be ...
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 Hall and his Gang'' (1911) – producer *''Frank Gardiner, the King of the Road
''Frank Gardiner, the King of the Road'' is a 1911 Australian film about the bushranger Frank Gardiner, played by John Gavin, who also directed. It is considered a lost film.
Plot
The movie consists of 25 scenes. Frank Gardiner, real name Fran ...
'' (1911) – producer
*''The Assigned Servant
''The Assigned Servant'' is a 1911 Australian silent film about a convict who is transported to Van Diemen's Land. It was made by the husband-and-wife team of John and Agnes Gavin and is considered a lost film.
Plot
In England, Ralph Frawley i ...
'' (1911) – producer
*''Keane of Kalgoorlie
''Keane of Kalgoorlie, or a Story of the Sydney Cup'' is a 1911 Australian silent film set in the racing and gambling circles of Sydney, based on a popular play by Edward William O'Sullivan and Arthur Wright, adapted from the novel by Wright.
...
'' (1911) – producer
See also
*Berith Park, Wahroonga
''Berith Park'' is an historic house located in Wahroonga, an upper north shore suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Completed in the Federation Queen Anne style, the house was listed on the Ku-ring-gai Council local government herita ...
References
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 ...
Mayors and Lord Mayors of Sydney
1955 deaths
1888 births
Civic Reform Association politicians
20th-century Australian politicians
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