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
edit- 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
edit- ^ "AUSTRAL PHOTOPLAY COMPANY". The Ballarat Courier (MORNING ed.). Frankston, Vic. 13 June 1914. p. 2. Retrieved 10 July 2012 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Advertising". Mornington Standard (MORNING ed.). Frankston, Vic.: National Library of Australia. 13 June 1914. p. 2. 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. 24 May 1919. p. 11. Retrieved 10 July 2012 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Advertising". Singleton Argus. NSW. 10 May 1919. p. 6. Retrieved 10 July 2012 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "WHAT MR. THEODORE THINKS". The Daily News. Perth. 19 February 1921. p. 4. Retrieved 10 July 2012 – via National Library of Australia.
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