Stanley Sadler Crick (9 October 1888 – 1955) was an Australian film producer, distributor and politician. He joined the Melbourne office of Pathe Freres and became manager of the Sydney branch in 1909. He went into production, first in partnership with Herbert Finlay then helping establish the Australian Photo-Play Company.[1][2]
When that ended in 1912 he went into distribution as managing director of the express Film Service and in 1914 became partner of John C. Jones in another distribution service. He managed Fox Film Corporation's Australian operation from 1919 to 1938, during that time also serving as a chairman of director of Hoyts Theatres. He was an opponent of quotas for Australian films.[3][4]
He worked as an alderman on the Sydney City Council from 1935 and served as Lord Mayor of Sydney from 1940 to 1942.[5][6]
Selected filmography
edit- Ben Hall and his Gang (1911) – producer
- Frank Gardiner, the King of the Road (1911) – producer
- The Assigned Servant (1911) – producer
- Keane of Kalgoorlie (1911) – producer
See also
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References
edit- ^ "FILM-MAKING IN AUSTRALIA". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 11 June 1936. p. 11. Retrieved 21 November 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Everyones, Everyones Ltd, 1920, retrieved 30 May 2018
- ^ "FILM INDUSTRY". The Sydney Morning Herald. 13 July 1937. p. 10. Retrieved 12 August 2012 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "PROMINENT PICTURE MEN". Table Talk. Melbourne. 30 June 1921. p. 40. Retrieved 26 October 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Stanley Crick at National Library of Australia
- ^ Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 13
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