9-560: The Australian Film Syndicate was an Australian film production company based in North Sydney. According to novelist Arthur Wright, "A local draper put a lot of money into it, and lost it; though all the films produced were not 'duds.' One which paid its way well was an adaptation of my novel, Gamblers Gold ". The company was formed in May 1911. Wright wrote "a draper and a medico found the finance. They also lost it". In November 1911 it
18-623: A noted polar explorer under the name "Hubert". He had become cinematographer for the Australian Film Syndicate after Lacey Percival left the company to join the Australian Photo-Play Company . According to Wright the film "paid its way well... packed with action and thrills, [it] drew the crowds... If it could be shown to-day [in 1931] lecturer and all, no doubt it would be the laugh of a life time.". A contemporary review said "the story abounds
27-409: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Gamblers Gold Gambler's Gold is a 1911 Australian film based on the 1911 novel by Arthur Wright . It is considered a lost film . The story revolved around a man innocently accused of murder. The film was divided into chapters: The film was based on a novel by Arthur Wright , who specialised in stories about horse racing. The story
36-494: The events: there is certainly no emotional sentiment, no principle, no characterisation, no redeeming feature whatever in the crude production." Nonetheless film rights were sold early. The film was made by the short lived Australian Film Syndicate in North Sydney. A sequence involved the Sydney Cup race. The AJC would not allow scenes to be shot at Randwick so the producer used Victoria Park. According to Wright: It
45-440: The years pass, the squatter is tormented by remorse, while the friend develops feelings for the squatter's daughter, who, in turn, is in love with one of her father's shearers. A contemporary critic called the book a "wild and woolly farrago of delinquencies and stupidities. To'outline the "plot" is practically impossible. The story drifts from one absurdity to another. There seems to be no possibility of rational connection between
54-553: Was announced the Australian Film Company was formed with a capital of £20,000 to make movies for the Australian Film Syndicate. The Australian Film Company went into liquidation in 1913. An advertisement of June 1911 pushing The Octoroon said the company had also made The Shadow of the Rockies , Black Talbot and Diamond Cross . In June 1911, the actor EB Williams was reported as working for them. The company
63-585: Was decided to shoot the Cup scene first. A grey — Fitz Merv, I think— won the handicap which was to represent the race for the Sydney Cup, after making a brilliant run in the straight from the rear of the field. This was a tiny stroke of luck for the producer who thereupon secured a grey horse to be used right through the picture, and when he was seen winning the Cup in the final scene the fans went crazy with delight. The cinematographer, George Wilkins , later became
72-411: Was first serialised in a newspaper in 1910 and published in novel form a year later. It became one of his most popular books. Two men, who are good friends, fall in love with the same woman. One of the men is successful and works as a squatter. He eventually marries the woman, and they have a daughter together. Tragically, the squatter accidentally kills his wife while attempting to strike his friend. As
81-687: Was involved in various lawsuits. According to Lacey Percival, six films were made for the Australian Film Syndicate. There was a fire at the Melbourne office of the JD Williams Australian Film Company in November 1911. The Australian Film Company was liquidated in April 1913. (Another Australian Film Company appeared to emerge in following years). This article about a film production company or film distributor
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