Austral Photoplay Company
The Austral Photoplay Company was a short lived Australian production and distribution company. It was established in Melbourne in 1913 by A.C. Tinsdale and later transferred to Sydney in 1917.[1] It initially sought to raise ₤10,000 to make a film about the goldfields.[2]
It raised funds to make movies via public subscription; people would pay for the right to appear in the film. They later purchased the negatives of films made by the Australian Film Syndicate in 1911-12.[3][4]
In 1917 Tinsdale shot footage for a feature in Ballarat called Women and Gold which was never completed.[3]
The company was still trying to raise funds in 1919[5] and also later in 1920, under another name.[6]
Select Credits
- The Life's Romance of Adam Lindsay Gordon (1916) - distribution only
- The Laugh on Dad (1918)
- Dad Becomes a Grandad (1918) - short
- Through Australian Wilds (1918) - documentary with Francis Birtles
- A Romance of Burke and Wills Expedition of 1860 (1918)
- Scars of Love (1918)
References
- ^ "AUSTRAL PHOTOPLAY COMPANY". The Ballarat Courier (Vic. : 1914 - 1918). Vic.: National Library of Australia. 6 June 1914. p. 12 Edition: DAILY. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
- ^ "Advertising". Mornington Standard (Frankston, Vic. : 1911 - 1920). Frankston, Vic.: National Library of Australia. 13 June 1914. p. 2 Edition: MORNING. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
- ^ a b Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p 75
- ^ "Local Moving Pictures". The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers’ Advocate (Parramatta, NSW : 1888 - 1919). Parramatta, NSW: National Library of Australia. 24 May 1919. p. 11. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
- ^ "Advertising". Singleton Argus (NSW : 1880 - 1954) . NSW: National Library of Australia. 10 May 1919. p. 6. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
- ^ "WHAT MR. THEODORE THINKS". The Daily News. Perth, WA: National Library of Australia. 19 February 1921. p. 4. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
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