Efftee Studios

Efftee Studios was established by F.W. Thring (the name 'Efftee' deriving from his initials, 'FT') in 1930 and existed until Thring's death in 1935. Initially Efftee Films was based in Melbourne and used optical sound equipment imported from the USA.

History

In 1931, the company produced the first commercially viable Australian made sound feature film, Diggers. Over the next five years, Efftee produced nine features, over 80 shorts and several stage productions, including the Australian musicals Collits' Inn (1933) and The Cedar Tree (1934). Notable collaborators include C. J. Dennis, George Wallace and Frank Harvey.

In 1934, Thring suspended Efftee's operations[1] to pressure the government to establish a quota for Australian films, threatening to move production to London. He relocated production to Sydney to take advantage of the New South Wales Cinematograph Films (Australian Quota) Act 1935.[2][3]

Efftee was also the first licensee of Melbourne radio station 3XY which began broadcasting on 9 September 1935.

Thring traveled to Hollywood in March 1936 to look for scriptwriters and actors[4] and returned in June but died soon after.

Selected filmography

Features

Non-Efftee features shot in the Efftee Studio

The 'Efftee Entertainers' Variety Shorts

Two-Reel Efftee shorts

Theatre shows

Unmade films

See also

References

  1. "AUSTRALIAN FILMS.". The Sydney Morning Herald (National Library of Australia). 14 February 1934. p. 12. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
  2. "EFFTEE FILMS.". The Sydney Morning Herald (National Library of Australia). 27 July 1934. p. 7. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
  3. "EFFTEE FILMS.". The Sydney Morning Herald (National Library of Australia). 8 February 1936. p. 17. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
  4. "FILMS TO BE MADE FROM AUSTRALIAN STORIES.". The Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, NSW: National Library of Australia). 2 March 1936. p. 4. Retrieved 22 January 2012.
  5. Melbourne production credits at AusStage
  6. Production credits at AusStage
  7. Melbourne production credits at AusStage
  8. Melbourne production credits at AusStage
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  10. Melbourne production credits at AusStage
  11. 'ENGLISH PLAYS To be Filmed in Melbourne', The Sydney Morning Herald, Friday 12 January 1934 p 6
  12. 1 2 "HAVE YOU READ?.". The World's News (Sydney: National Library of Australia). 27 August 1927. p. 14. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  13. "Counting the Cash in Australian Films"', Everyones 12 December 1934 p 19-21

Sources

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