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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 Dick 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/The Artist's Inspiration (1915)[5]
- Sold to the Malays (1915)[6]
- Amongst the Zulus (1916)[6]
- African Birds (1916)[6]
- A Cruel Plant (1916)[6]
- Grahamstown, An Historic South African City (1916)[6]
- A "Kract" Affair (1916)[6]
- Marriage Customs of the Zulus (1916)[6]
- South African Ostrich Farming (1916)[6]
- £20,000 (1916)[6]
- De Voortrekkers (1916), directed by Harold M. Shaw[7]
- With Our Troops in German East Africa (1916)[8]
- A Zulu's Devotion (1916)[1]
- With the 2nd. Mounted Brigade in German East Africa (1916)[6]
- Adventures of Ranger Focus (1917)[6]
- Don't You Believe It (1917)[6]
- The Silver Wolf (1917)[6]
- And Then (1917)
- Zulutown (1917)[6]
- Zulutown Races (1917)[6]
- The Piccanin's Christmas (1917),[9] a short directed by Dick Cruikshanks, written by Joseph Albrecht, and starring Mabel May
- In Darkest Swaziland (1918)[6]
- Swallow (1918)[6]
- The Bridge (1918)
- The Symbol of Sacrifice (1918),[10] directed by Dick Cruikshanks[11]
- Bond and Word (1918)
- The Voice of the Waters (1918)
- Beautiful Maritzburg (1919)[6]
- King Solomon's Mines (1919)[6]
- Allan Quatermain (1919),[6] based on Allan Quatermain
- Around Bulawayo Southern Rhodesia (1919)[6]
- The Stolen Favourite (1919)
- Fallen Leaves (1919)
- With Edged Tools (1919)
- Copper Mask (1919)
- Prester John (1920),[6] based on Prester John
- 6. Isban: Or the Mystery of the Great Zimbabwe (1920)
- Virtue in the City (1920)
- Mauritius (1921)[6]
- 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)
- The Consoling Weed (1937)[6]
???Sarie Marais (1931)???
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Tomaselli, Keyan (March 3, 2007). Encountering modernity. Rozenberg Publishers. p. 162. ISBN 978-90-5170-886-8 – via Google Books.
- ^ Hall, Lucinda M. "Research Guides: Film Studies: National Cinemas: South Africa". Darthmouth Libraries. Retrieved December 23, 2024.
- ^ Sandon, Emma (April 2022). "Black and White Bioscope: Making Movies in Africa 1899-1925". Journal of Film Preservation. pp. 136–138. Retrieved December 23, 2024 – via ProQuest.
- ^ 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 AfricaBib.
- ^ Bendazzi, Giannalberto (October 23, 2015). Animation: A World History: Volume I: Foundations - The Golden Age. CRC Press. p. 88. ISBN 9781317520849 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x "Collections Search". British Film Institute. Retrieved December 23, 2024.
- ^ "Voortrekkers (1916)". Africa in Motion. Archived from the original on June 12, 2023. Retrieved December 23, 2024 – via Wayback Machine.
- ^ "Information". British Film Institute. Retrieved December 23, 2024.
- ^ Lahti, Janne; Weaver-Hightower, Rebecca (July 26, 2020). Cinematic Settlers: The Settler Colonial World in Film. Taylor & Francis. p. 302. ISBN 9781000094459 – via Google Books.
- ^ Parsons, Neil (September 2, 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.
- ^ Raugh, Harold E. (June 2011). Anglo-Zulu War, 1879: A Selected Bibliography. Scarecrow Press. p. 271. ISBN 9780810874671 – via Google Books.
Africa Film Production ca. 1950s film production company. Theater chain?
Filmography
[edit]- 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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