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Africa Film Productions was a silent film era film production company in South Africa. A studio for its productions was built outside Johannesburg.[1]
Isidore W. Schlesinger established Africa Film Productions in 1916.[2] He employed directors Harold M. Shaw, Lorimer Johnston, Marmaduke Arundel Wetherell, and Dirk Cruikshanks.[3]
The studio's productions included nationalistic epics and comedies.[4]
"African Mirror" newsreels.
Edgar Hyman filmed actualities in South Africa.
Filmography
[edit]- The Artist's Dream (1916)
- De Voortrekkers (1916), Harold M. Shaw director[5]
- £20,000 (1916)
- Glorida (1916)
- A Zulu's Devotion (1916)[1]
- A Kract Affair (1916)
- With Our Troops in German East Africa (1916)[6]
- And Then (1917)
- The Piccanin's Christmas (1917), a short directed by Dick Cruikshanks, written by Joseph Albrecht, and starring Mabel May
- The Bridge (1918)
- The Symbol of Sacrifice (1918)[7]
- Bond and Word (1918)
- The Voice of the Waters (1918)
- Allan Quatermain (1919) based on Allan Quatermain
- The Stolen Favourite (1919)
- Fallen Leaves (1919)
- With Edged Tools (1919)
- Copper Mask (1919)
- Prester John (1920) based on Prester John
- 6. Isban: Or the Mystery of the Great Zimbabwe (1920)
- Virtue in the City (1920)
- Under the Lash (1921) directed by Sam Wood[1] this is an American film set in South Africa.
- The Buried City (1921)[1]
- Swallow (1922), directed by Leander De Cordova, written by H. Rider Haggard, and starring Joan MorganHayford HobbsM.A. Wetherell
- Sam's Kid (1922)
- The Blue Lagoon (1923)
- The Reef of Stars (1923)
???Sarie Marais (1931)???
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Tomaselli, Keyan (March 3, 2007). Encountering modernity. Rozenberg Publishers. ISBN 978-90-5170-886-8 – via Google Books.
- ^ Hall, Lucinda M. "Research Guides: Film Studies: National Cinemas: South Africa". researchguides.dartmouth.edu.
- ^ "Black and White Bioscope: Making Movies in Africa 1899-1925 - ProQuest". www.proquest.com.
- ^ Parsons, Neil (March 3, 2016). "Make faces, Zulu! Make faces, Zulu!: silent comedy and ethnic stereotyping in early South African movies, 1916-1921". Journal of African Cinemas. 8 (2): 133–154. doi:10.1386/jac.8.2.133_1 – via www.africabib.org.
- ^ "Voortrekkers (1916)". Africa in Motion.
- ^ "This page no longer exists". BFI.
- ^ Parsons, Neil (September 3, 2013). "Nation-Building Movies Made in South Africa (1916–18): I.W. Schlesinger, Harold Shaw, and the Lingering Ambiguities of South African Union". Journal of Southern African Studies. 39 (3): 641–659. doi:10.1080/03057070.2013.827003 – via CrossRef.
Africa Film Production ca. 1950s film production company. Theater chain?
Filmography
[edit]- The Consoling Weed (1937)
- Die Bou van 'n Nasie (1938)???
- Geboortegrond (1946)
- Die Kaskenades van Dokter Kwak (1948)
- Kom saam vanaand! (1949)
- Arches of Faith (1949)
- Zonk (1950), a musical
- Hier's Ons Weer! (1950)
- Ivory Hunter (1951)
- Alles sal Regkom! (1951)
- South African Cavalcade (1952)
- Song of Africa (1952)
- Natal (1956)
- Farbige Liebelei (1956)
- Fishermen of Skeleton Coast (1956)
- South African Mosaic (1956)
- Anette: A Story of Achievement (1957)
- They Came to Stay (1958)
- The Wild are Free (1958)
- Nooi van my Hart (1959)
See also
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