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Spencer Cosens best known as Cosens Spencer and posthumously as Charles Cozens Spencer, was a British-born Canadian film exhibitor and producer, a significant figure in the early years of the Australian film industry. His company Spencer's Pictures was an early backer of Raymond Longford before it was absorbed into the conglomerate which became known as "The Combine".
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Dope is a 1924 Australian silent film about a respected citizen who is blackmailed by someone from his past. It is considered a lost film.
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Fraser Film Release and Photographic Company was an Australian film company formed in 1912 by two brothers, Archie and Colin Fraser. It operated as a film exchange, importing movies from overseas, and production house, making shorts, features and documentaries.
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".
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- ↑ "BERNHARDT AT WEST'S THEATRES". The Sydney Morning Herald . No. 23, 168. New South Wales, Australia. 13 April 1912. p. 21. Retrieved 16 August 2024– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "WEST'S PICTURES". Sunday Times. No. 1369. New South Wales, Australia. 14 April 1912. p. 2. Retrieved 16 August 2024– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Advertising." The Sydney Morning Herald 13 April 1912
- ↑ "WEST'S PICTURES". Truth. No. 1082. New South Wales, Australia. 14 April 1912. p. 3. Retrieved 16 August 2024– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "ALONG FILM ROW.", Everyones., Sydney: Everyones Ltd, 16 July 1930, nla.obj-562183768, retrieved 16 August 2024– via Trove
- 1 2 "FILM FACTS AND FANCIES". The Sun. No. 472. New South Wales, Australia. 14 April 1912. p. 17. Retrieved 16 August 2024– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 34.
- ↑ "OTHER ENTERTAINMENTS". The Sydney Morning Herald . National Library of Australia. 10 April 1912. p. 17. Retrieved 18 September 2013.
